The Vače situla and creation of the Slovenian national identity

Mlekuž, Dimitrij (author)

The paper traces the role of a prominent archaeological object, Vače situla in the formation of the modern Slovenian state. It examines the material properties of the situla and the – often implausible and counterintuitive –ways it entered into heterogeneous networks that emerged and led to the formation of the Republic of Slovenia. Although the situla was mobilised by different groups and initiatives with different goals and ideas, the paper argues that the situla, with its own powers, was able to align these coalitions towards a common goal.

• Language: English
• Keywords: archaeology, Vače situla, material culture, actor network theory, nationalism, Slovenia
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 145-159
• Numbering: Vol. 31, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-167259
• UDC: 902
• ISSN on article: 1470-3610
• DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2024.2406003
• COBISS.SI-ID: 225838595
• Publication date in RUL: 11.02.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of heritage studies
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 1470-3610
• COBISS.SI-ID: 521642009

Licences

• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Description: The most restrictive Creative Commons license. This only allows people to download and share the work for no commercial gain and for no other purposes.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: arheologija, Vaška situla, materialna kultura, nacionalizem, Slovenija

Projects

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: J6-4234
• Name: Zamišljena materialna kultura. O širjenju nacionalizma v družbi materialne kulture

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P6-0247
• Name: Arheologija