Introduction: National Socialist Archaeology in Europe and Its Legacies
Year: 2023

Abstract Archaeology witnessed remarkable advances during the National Socialist regime, both as a research field and as part of international academic networks. The Nazi dictatorship and World War II provided contexts in which archaeology flourished, both in Germany and in (occupied) Europe. This archaeology was embedded in prestigious German archaeological traditions but based on a shared sense of National Socialist mission. Many of its elements can be connected to wider developments within th