Archaeology of the Contemporary Past
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Dit artikel beschrijft de eerste stappen in het project Moluks Erfgoed, een archeologisch onderzoek naar de sporen van het conflict tussen de Molukse Nederlanders en de Nederlandse Staat (zie ook Wijnen, verwacht 2020). Het project werd... more
Die Stadt Graz spielte in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus eine nicht unbedeutende Rolle. Schon vor der Ankunft deutscher Truppen in Österreich am 12. März 1938 zogen Nationalsozialisten demonstrierend durch die Stadt und hissten... more
The notion of counter-archaeology is echoed by the opposing faces of the volcanic plug of Dumbarton Rock, Scotland. On the one side is the ‘official’ heritage of Dumbarton Castle, with its upstanding seventeenth-century military remains... more
Graffiti poses a provocative dichotomy for us: do we love it or hate it; think it is art or a crime? Should we remove it or engage with it; is it an urban or a rural phenomenon? The majority of graffiti research, publications, social... more
This article discusses the results of archaeological and anthropological research concerning material remains of a prisoner of war camp in Czersk (Pomeranian province, Poland) (Kriegsgefan-genenlager Czersk). In the first part, I sketch a... more
@ SHA 2020: Revolution, Boston, 08.-11.01.2020
The Journal of Contemporary Archaeology accepted this review of Rachael Kiddey's excellent Homeless Heritage book in early April, 2018, but for reasons unknown to me did not publish it until September 2019 despite several inquiries. As an... more
The trench art is a broad art category which incorporates a wide spectrum of objects created by soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war during the war or just after the end of war. The oldest samples are connected to the modern war... more
This paper summarises some of the results of archaeological research on twentieth century military heritage in the Polishwoodlands, namely the discovery of artefacts made, remade, and personalised by soldiers, prisoners of war, and... more