A decade of Carlist wars archaeology. State of affairs, main contributions, and possible future
One of the major historical phenomena of the 19th century was the progressive implementation of the bourgeois revolution agenda. In this context of deep changes, the use of arms was commonplace, unleashing bloody and prolonged civil wars. Spain was no exception and was dragged into this global conte...
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Instituto de Arqueología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2024
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| Sumario: | One of the major historical phenomena of the 19th century was the progressive implementation of the bourgeois revolution agenda. In this context of deep changes, the use of arms was commonplace, unleashing bloody and prolonged civil wars. Spain was no exception and was dragged into this global context where revolution and its reactionary forces faced each other in the battlefield. The main expressions of this conflict were the War of Independence or Peninsular War (1808-1814) and the civil wars of 1822-1823, 1833-1840, 1846-1848 and 1872-1876. The concatenation of military operations has created a rich and varied heritage to which archaeology has not been paying much attention until recently. Since the 2010s, archaeological approaches have been multiplying throughout Spain, even though most are concentrated in the Basque Country and Navarre. After a decade of research, this paper aims to present the current state of affairs of the emerging archaeology of the Carlist Wars. We begin with a general global overview of conflict archaeology in the XIX century. Next, we focus specifically on the Spanish context, particularly on the archaeology of the Carlist Wars. We describe its main features as well as some of its shortages. We end with a discussion where we stress the constraints and possibilities of this area of studies, and a series of conclusions about pending issues to be addressed in the future. |
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