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Is there an alternative to the nation state?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Christopher Prescott
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Abstract

Academic developments, migration and other forces of globalization have ruptured the validity of traditional national and ethnic archaeology in the Scandinavian states. However, this does not mean that the relationship between nation states and archaeology has come to an end. In reference to Norway, this article contends that on a practical level there is no viable alternative to replace the nation state. In terms of archaeological narratives, it is more relevant to adapt archaeological narratives to the evolving state than to advocate abandoning the nation state altogether.

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cultural heritageglobalizationillicit trademigrationNorwayScandinavian archaeology

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Archaeological Dialogues , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , June 2016 , pp. 18 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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