________ twisted the archaeological record to reinforce German nationalism and support the Nazi Party.

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Gustaf Kossinna became the leading proponent of a theory called Kulturkreise, which held that cultural groups were identifiable through their material remains. He used archaeology to try to prove that German civilization was superior and that the German people had a long and unbroken ancestry stretching back to the distant past. His nationalist and racist interpretations of archaeological data were eagerly embraced by the Nazi Party.

________ Twisted the Archaeological Record to Reinforce German Nationalism and Support