Summary
What had Ethiopia and Spain in common in the 1930s? They were both witness to a new mode of war combining totalitarian ideologies, cutting-edge technologies and preindustrial landscapes. They were thus a prelude to the sort of violence that would prevail in many theaters of the Second World War. In this talk, I will look at both conflicts from an archaeological point of view, showing what the material remains of the past can tell us about total war and the people that experienced it –soldiers and civilians, women and men. For that, I will be drawing on archaeological projects that I have been conducting in both countries since 2006.
Keywords
Arqueología de la guerra civil española. Arqueología del fascismo. Violencia política. Arqueología contemporánea.