This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book aims to establish a dialogue on the crucial relationship …

In the early 2000s when I started studying archaeology in Gothenburg, the academic
environment was heavily influenced by the revolt against grand narratives and …

As a discipline deeply rooted in the turbulent nation-building days of “the long 19th century,”
archaeology is closely entangled with political discourse. Modernity, however, has also …

Pottery is the most common archaeological material recorded in large quantities at the
excavation of the Neolithic sites in the Aegean and the Balkans. Thus, it comprises the best …

Thracian research was first institutionalized in Communist Bulgaria during the 1960s and
1970s and became a national agenda soon after. In this context, the establishment of …

This article delves into the work of a researcher group based around the Center for
Theoretical Archaeology in Belgrade (2007–present) and the path they have taken to …

In Southeastern Europe, the discipline of archaeology transcends its conventional role as a
scientific endeavour and assumes a distinct position as a purveyor of alternative knowledge …

Yugoslav archaeology, as well as archaeology in the post-Yugoslav states, is burdened with
topics of ethnicity and continuity, both contained in the term 'ethnogenesis'. Whenever an …

References to the past have always been a common trope in political discourse. Either
alluding to more recent or distant periods, processes, events, figures, or works, political …

The present thesis focuses on the intersections between identity and power as displayed in
the funerary sphere in the context of the early Macedonian kingdom. More specifically …