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Crisis, austerity measures and beyond: archaeology in Greece since the global financial crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2018

Dimitris Plantzos*
Affiliation:
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | dkplantzos@arch.uoa.gr
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Extract

This article, covering the roughly decade-long ‘Greek crisis’ (2008–2018), uses official statistics in order to examine the effects the prolonged recession has had on archaeology in Greece. As the data show, although revenues from museums and archaeological sites have risen considerably (a side effect of ‘crisis tourism’, among other factors), state spending on archaeological research is insufficient. Furthermore, the steady collapse of the state apparatus during this long decade has seriously affected archaeology and the ways it is practised in the country, ultimately leading to the loss of an entire generation of Greek archaeologists.

Type
Archaeology in Greece 2017–2018
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Copyright © Authors, the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies and the British School at Athens 2018 

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