À Carthage avec les Américains: colaboraciones, rivalidades científicas y nacionalismo en el comienzo de las excavaciones de Byron Khun de Prorok en Cartago (1921-1924)
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2021
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Jorge García Sánchez, À Carthage avec les Américains: colaboraciones, rivalidades científicas y nacionalismo en el comienzo de las excavaciones de Byron Khun de Prorok en Cartago (1921- 1924), CaSteR 6 (2021), doi: 10.13125/caster/4417, http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/caste
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RESUMEN: En la historia de las excavaciones de Cartago, Byron Khun de Prorok ha sido relegado a un puesto secundario, más vinculado a una pseudoarqueología y al expolio de antigüedades que a un trabajo científico que abordase la resolución de las problemáticas históricas de la ciudad. Este artículo no se enfoca a presentar el desarrollo de sus sondeos en los vestigios de la población tunecina, sino a resaltar la capacidad que tuvo Prorok, un artista y arqueólogo diletante, de introducirse en el entramado de la arqueología del Protectorado, soslayando una enérgica oposición nacionalista, y lograr para sus proyectos el apoyo de prestigiosas personalidades como Louis Poinssot, el padre Delattre o Stéphane Gsell. Así se convirtió durante un lustro en el interlocutor entre el mundo académico francés y el americano, y obtuvo la dirección de yacimientos tan importantes como el tofet.
ABSTRACT: In the history of excavations at Carthage, Byron Khun de Prorok has been relegated to a secondary position, more linked to a pseudo-archaeology and the looting of antiquities than to a scientific work addressed to solve the historical problems of the city. This article does not focus on presenting the development of his surveys to the remains of the Tunisian archaeological site, but rather to highlight the ability of Prorok, an artist and dilettante archaeologist, to enter the framework of the archaeology of the French Protectorate, avoiding a strong nationalist opposition, and obtaining the support for his projects of prestigious personalities, such as Louis Poinssot, Father Delattre or Stéphane Gsell. Thereby, for five years, he became the interlocutor between the French and American academic worlds, and obtained the management of important archaeological sites, such as the tophet.
ABSTRACT: In the history of excavations at Carthage, Byron Khun de Prorok has been relegated to a secondary position, more linked to a pseudo-archaeology and the looting of antiquities than to a scientific work addressed to solve the historical problems of the city. This article does not focus on presenting the development of his surveys to the remains of the Tunisian archaeological site, but rather to highlight the ability of Prorok, an artist and dilettante archaeologist, to enter the framework of the archaeology of the French Protectorate, avoiding a strong nationalist opposition, and obtaining the support for his projects of prestigious personalities, such as Louis Poinssot, Father Delattre or Stéphane Gsell. Thereby, for five years, he became the interlocutor between the French and American academic worlds, and obtained the management of important archaeological sites, such as the tophet.













