From the battlefield to the labour camp: archaeology of civil war and dictatorship in Spain

The author explores responses to political violence through the materiality of three aspects of the Civil War in Spain: military lines in the battle for Madrid, a concentration camp in Extremadura and a remote settlement of forced labourers and their families. He shows how archaeology's revelat...

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Published in:Antiquity 2012-06, Vol.86 (332), p.456-473
Main Author: González-Ruibal, Alfredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Archaeological research
Archaeological sites
Archaeology
Archaeology and history
Architecture
Armed forces
Catholic Church
Colleges & universities
Concentration camps
conflict
Dictatorship
Extremadura
Forced labour
Historical archaeology
History
ideology
Madrid
Political violence
Politics
Research article
social control
Spain
Spanish Civil War
totalitarianism
twentieth century
Violence
War
World War I
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Summary:The author explores responses to political violence through the materiality of three aspects of the Civil War in Spain: military lines in the battle for Madrid, a concentration camp in Extremadura and a remote settlement of forced labourers and their families. He shows how archaeology's revelations reflect, qualify and enrich the story of human survival under the pall cast by a dictatorship. Sharing the inquiry with the public of today also revealed some of the disquieting mechanisms by which history is composed and how archaeology can be used to deconstruct it.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00062876