The Construction of a Prehistory for the World Beyond Europe: Introduction to the File: Prehistory in the Tropics La construction de la préhistoire hors d’Europe: Introduction au dossier Préhistoire sous les tropiques En Fr

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The Construction of a Prehistory for the World Beyond Europe: Introduction to the File: Prehistory in the Tropics From the second half of the 19th century, prehistory developed, both theoretically and in the field, according to a European model. Concepts and vocabulary, but also collections and European sites, were established as axioms. This construction of prehistory took place during the expansion of ethnographic missions and colonial empires. This European prehistory with universal ambitions had to take into account an otherness, current and embodied by the savage, which had become an object of study for the emerging human sciences. From a historiographical point of view, many relationships remain to be clarified with regard to the interactions between European prehistory and the construction of a prehistory beyond Europe.

À partir de la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle, la préhistoire s’est développée, sur le plan théorique et sur le terrain, selon un modèle européen. Concepts, vocabulaire, mais aussi collections et sites européens sont alors érigés en axiomes. Cette construction de la préhistoire intervient lors de l’expansion des missions ethnographiques et des empires coloniaux. Cette préhistoire européenne aux ambitions universelles devait prendre en compte une altérité, actuelle et incarnée par le sauvage, devenue un objet d’étude pour les sciences humaines émergentes. Sur le plan historiographique, de nombreuses relations restent à clarifier en ce qui concerne les interactions entre préhistoire européenne et la construction d’une préhistoire hors d’Europe. The Construction of a Prehistory for the World Beyond Europe: Introduction to the File: Prehistory in the Tropics From the second half of the 19th century, prehistory developed, both theoretically and in the field, according to a European model. Concepts and vocabulary, but also collections and European sites, were established as axioms. This construction of prehistory took place during the expansion of ethnographic missions and colonial empires. This European prehistory with universal ambitions had to take into account an otherness, current and embodied by the savage, which had become an object of study for the emerging human sciences. From a historiographical point of view, many relationships remain to be clarified with regard to the interactions between European prehistory and the construction of a prehistory beyond Europe.