Common graves of the Civil War in the XXI Century: antecedents, interdisciplinarity and legislation

Abstract

This article analyses the evolution of exhumations in Spain since 2000 until 2018. The so-called “historical memory” and its origins in Spain are associated with the discovery of human remains in mass graves, highlighting the precarious official involvement in this process, either the administration or the judiciary. Are analysed the exhumations carried out from a historiography point of view, an updated balance of these interventions is made and the relevance of interdisciplinary is emphasized. Likewise, the normative scope in this matter and the changes that it has suffered at the state level and in the different autonomous communities are exposed. The analysis is useful to make known the progress made in each territory.

Keywords

• exhumaciones de fosas
• derechos humanos
• arqueología
• ciencias forenses
• memoria histórica y legislación