Publication: Descolonización y nacionalización del patrimonio arqueológico sirio entre 1946 y 1956. Un estudio de caso en torno al yacimiento de Ras Shamra.
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Álvarez García, Juan
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Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de publicaciones
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https://doi.org/10.6018/pantarei.573911
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En el momento en el que la República Árabe de Siria proclamó su independencia en 1946, puso su patrimonio arqueológico al servicio de la construcción de la identidad nacional. Entre los yacimientos que sirvieron a este propósito se encuentra Ras Shamra-Ugarit. A lo largo de una década, los descubrimientos realizados en torno al palacio real de la antigua ciudad fueron ampliamente difundidos a la población siria con el objetivo de presentar el yacimiento como la prueba de un origen nacional glorioso. Sin embargo, dichos descubrimientos fueron llevados a cabo por la misión arqueológica francesa que ya lo había estado excavado desde 1929, bajo mandato colonial. Así pues, la nacionalización del yacimiento dependió de las relaciones que se establecieron entre la misión científica y la Dirección de Antigüedades.
When the Syrian Arab Republic proclaimed its independence in 1946, it placed its archaeological heritage at the service of building a national identity. Among the sites that served this purpose was Ras Shamra-Ugarit. Over the course of a decade, the discoveries made around the royal palace of the ancient city were widely disseminated to the Syrian population with the aim of presenting the site as evidence of a glorious national past. However, these discoveries were made by the French archaeological mission that had already been excavating the site since 1929, under colonial mandate.Thus, the nationalisation of the site depended on the relations that were established between the scientific mission and the Directorate of Antiquities.
When the Syrian Arab Republic proclaimed its independence in 1946, it placed its archaeological heritage at the service of building a national identity. Among the sites that served this purpose was Ras Shamra-Ugarit. Over the course of a decade, the discoveries made around the royal palace of the ancient city were widely disseminated to the Syrian population with the aim of presenting the site as evidence of a glorious national past. However, these discoveries were made by the French archaeological mission that had already been excavating the site since 1929, under colonial mandate.Thus, the nationalisation of the site depended on the relations that were established between the scientific mission and the Directorate of Antiquities.
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