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Promoting the National Past. Archaeology and Tourism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

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Chapter 4 focuses on archaeological tourism between the 1870s and the early decades of the twentieth century. It starts by pointing to the widening of the social base interested in archaeological tourism, a growth of interest that explains the increase in visitor numbers at archaeological sites. This led in some sites to new ways of controlling access to them. The development of photography in these years promoted new ways of seeing that were popularized by several means and, in particular, by the widespread use of postcards. It is in this period that the souvenir became common, competing in the market with the sale of actual antiquities and fakes. New tourist destinations appeared, including North Africa, India and Mexico. The national interest in the antiquities of the own nation, however, also grew in the richest countries of the world, those that provided the highest number of tourists. This is illustrated by two archaeological sites opened for visitors at that time and about which some evidence has survived: Stonehenge and Ampurias. Ancient Roman theaters and amphitheaters also see new, alternative uses, in the framework of archaeological tourism, for their use for performances began in this period.

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    Pompeii already had a turnstile gate in 1887 (Baedeker 1887: 126).

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    Other countries followed suit: Canada (1885), Australia (1886), New Zealand (1894) South Africa (1898), Argentina (1901), Sweden (1909), Switzerland (1914).

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