Uses of the

past;
Archaeology in
the service of the
State
Don D. Fowler
Samahel Prada Cortes
 INTRODUCTION
GENERAL IDEA
 The text talks about how the state control the past through the archaeology
OTHER IDEAS
 Three examples of how the Power control de past (Mexico, China and Great Britain)
 Explanation of why the past is controlled
 Development
The author explains the article through three 2. Great Britain
examples:
3. People’s Republic of China
1. Mexico
 Why the “archaeology”?
 Bad perspective of the true archaeology
 Used only for the State
 Benefits with the found objects, that is, put on sale what is found
 Increase in other benefits such as tourism, other companies arrive to appropriate the history of
the place.
 The true archaeology
 The state uses the archaeology as a pretext for their own benefits .
 That means that the archaeology is not bad, the uses given are sometimes incorrect.
 The same discipline has tried to change this, finding more meaning to the archaeology through
dissemination, making more people appropriate the history which we belong.