Archaeology of the Communist Era: A Political History of Archaeology of the 20th Century

ISBN-13: 9783319832128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 364 str.

Ludomir R. Lozny

Recenzje

"Stemming from a Theoretical Archaeology Group Conference in 2011, this collection of papers offers a highly personalized glimpse into the relationship between scholarship and politics during the 20th century. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students/faculty/professionals." (K. Killian, Choice, Vol. 55 (2), October, 2017)

Spis treści

Preface.- 1: Introduction.- 2: Theory and practice of archaeology under communism: key characteristics.- 3: Archaeology in Bolshevik Russia.- 4: Archaeology and Marxism in Poland: a personal account.- 5: Historical Observations on Archaeology in the Polish People’s Republic 1945-1989.- 6: Czech archaeology under communism.- 7: "A number of valuable guidance received by researchers who studied long periods of history of our country ...": On the ideological conditions of archaeology in Ukraine 1945-1991.- 8: Contemporary Bulgarian Archaeology as a Social Practice in the later 20th – early 21st century.- 9: Archaeology in Hungary 1948–1989.- 10: Between Science and Ideology– Aspects of Archeological Research in the Former GDR between the End of World War II and the Reunification.- 11: A Story of Its Own: what happened and what is going on with the North Korean Archaeology.- 12: Marx, Sherlock Holmes, and Late Italian Prehistory.- 13: Ex Oriente Lux: Palaeolithic Research in Central and Eastern Europe.

O autorze

Ludomir Lozny is current managing editor of the journal Human Ecology, and an adjunct professor at Hunter College in the Department of Archaeology.