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Archaeology, Cultural Heritage and World War II
Italy, Greece, France and Finland as Historical Contexts
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What can you learn about the impact of war on archaeology and museums in past conflicts such as World War II? What was the role of state authorities in protecting antiquities in some European contexts? This volume assesses a variety of targeted, vital case studies providing genuine and fresh data (even unpublished pictures and archival records).
For instance, contributions detail on the military requisition of the National Museum of Naples, the burial of artefacts in the National Museum of Athens basement, a little-known military excavation in Milazzo (Sicily), 'wararchaeology' of Crete and the rescue of war remains in Finnish Lapland.
For instance, contributions detail on the military requisition of the National Museum of Naples, the burial of artefacts in the National Museum of Athens basement, a little-known military excavation in Milazzo (Sicily), 'wararchaeology' of Crete and the rescue of war remains in Finnish Lapland.
Antonino Crisà, Ph.D. (2015), University of Leicester, is currently Assistant Professor of Humanities at Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University. He has published substantial articles and two books on Sicilian archaeology, numismatics and museums, including 'When Archaeology Meets Communities' (Archaeopress, 2018).
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Antonino Crisà
1 Italy 1940–45: Allied Reports on Antiquities
Carlotta Coccoli
2 ‘Quartered in the Midst of the Greatest Collection in All Italy’: Lessons from the Museo Nazionale di Napoli in Wartime
Nigel Pollard
3 War and the Antiquities at Risk in Sicily: a Case Study on the Artillery Position at the Polyphemus Cave in Milazzo (Messina, 1943)
Antonino Crisà
4 Memories of War: the Battle of Troina, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Sicily
Flaminia Bartolini and Simon Stoddart
5 Bridges at War and Conservation of Cultural Heritage: a Case Study from Italy
Germano Germanò
6 The Antiquities in Attica during Conflict: the Impact of World War II
Chrysanthi Tsouli
7 Protecting Museum Antiquities during World War II: Photographs from the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, with a Story to Tell
Maria Chidiroglou
8 Kerameikos: a Significant Archaeological Site of Athens and Its Museum during World War II (1940–44)
Fotios Katevas
9 Never-Never Land under Attack: Axis War Damage to Cretan Antiquities
Jan Driessen
10 Rock(s) around the Bunker: the Destruction of the Archaeological Heritage of France during World War II
Jean-Pierre Legendre and Laurent Olivier
11 From ‘War Junk’ to ‘Isn’t This a Treasure!’: Processes of Heritagization of the Material Remains of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland
Suzie Thomas
Conclusion
Antonino Crisà
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Antonino Crisà
1 Italy 1940–45: Allied Reports on Antiquities
Carlotta Coccoli
2 ‘Quartered in the Midst of the Greatest Collection in All Italy’: Lessons from the Museo Nazionale di Napoli in Wartime
Nigel Pollard
3 War and the Antiquities at Risk in Sicily: a Case Study on the Artillery Position at the Polyphemus Cave in Milazzo (Messina, 1943)
Antonino Crisà
4 Memories of War: the Battle of Troina, Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in Sicily
Flaminia Bartolini and Simon Stoddart
5 Bridges at War and Conservation of Cultural Heritage: a Case Study from Italy
Germano Germanò
6 The Antiquities in Attica during Conflict: the Impact of World War II
Chrysanthi Tsouli
7 Protecting Museum Antiquities during World War II: Photographs from the National Archaeological Museum, Athens, with a Story to Tell
Maria Chidiroglou
8 Kerameikos: a Significant Archaeological Site of Athens and Its Museum during World War II (1940–44)
Fotios Katevas
9 Never-Never Land under Attack: Axis War Damage to Cretan Antiquities
Jan Driessen
10 Rock(s) around the Bunker: the Destruction of the Archaeological Heritage of France during World War II
Jean-Pierre Legendre and Laurent Olivier
11 From ‘War Junk’ to ‘Isn’t This a Treasure!’: Processes of Heritagization of the Material Remains of the Second World War in Finnish Lapland
Suzie Thomas
Conclusion
Antonino Crisà
Index
The volume’s interdisciplinary nature could benefit the readers interested in many multi-faced research themes and perspectives on WWII and cultural heritage at risk, such as archaeologists, historians, museum studies specialists, military, politics and social studies experts, and undergraduate/postgraduate students.