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Fair Prehistory: archaeological exhibits at French Expositions Universelles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nils Müller-Scheessel
Nils Müller-Scheessel*
Affiliation:
Römisch-Germanische Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Palmengartenstraβe 10–12, 60325 Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
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International exhibitions in the 19th century were used as showcases for scientific and technological advances, but also often included exhibits of objects from the past, including prehistoric times. Three Expositions Universelles held in Paris in 1867, 1878 and 1889 are examined to see how archaeological artefacts were presented to the public and how they influenced the development of the subject of prehistoric archaeology at that period.

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history of researchworld's fairsrepresentationsFranceexhibitionsracismevolutionism
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 288 , June 2001 , pp. 391 - 401
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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