ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF THE MUSEUM OF THE YENISEI REGION IN 1920 (TO THE CENTENARY SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT)

На основе архивных материалов рассматривается история организации и первого года работы отдела доисторической археологии Музея Приенисейского края (Красноярского краевого краеведческого музея). Публикуется отчет Г. К. Мергарта о деятельности отдела в первый год его создания в 1920 г. Представлен маршрут археологической экспедиции музея от Минусинска до Красноярска и Енисейска. Информацию о результатах работ отдела дополняет переписка Г. Мергарта с директором Красноярского музея А. Я. Тугариновым. Публикуемые архивные материалы сопровождаются иллюстрациями археологических коллекций музея. Документы показывают процесс становления начинающего археолога Г. П. Сосновского и его вклад в деятельность отдела. В публикации дана краткая характеристика выразительных археологических коллекций В. А. Данилова, С. М. Сергеева и других исследователей, передавших свои материалы в Красноярский музей в 1920 г. Делается вывод об успешной работе и решающем вкладе австрийского археолога Г. К. Мергарта в создание археологического отдела музея Приенисейского края. On the basis of archival materials, the history of the establishment and the fi rst year of work of the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Museum of the Yenisei Region (Krasnoyarsk Regional Museum of Local Lore) is considered. G. K. Mergart’s report on activities during the fi rst year of the establishment of the department in 1920 is published. The route of the museum’s archaeological expedition from Minusinsk to Krasnoyarsk and Yeniseysk is presented. Information about the results of the department’s work is supplemented by correspondence of G. Mergart with the Director of the Krasnoyarsk Museum A. Ya. Tugarinov. The published archival materials are accompanied by illustrations from archaeological collections of the museum. The documents show the process of formation of novice archaeologist G. P. Sosnovsky and his contribution to the activities of the department. The publication gives a brief description of the distinguished archaeological collections of V. A. Danilov, S. M. Sergeev and other researchers who transferred their materials to the Krasnoyarsk Museum in 1920. The conclusion about the successful work and decisive contribution of Austrian archaeologist G. K. Mergart to the establishment of the Archaeological Department of the Museum of the Yenisei Region is made.

Tübingen Publications in Prehistory

Tübingen Publications in Prehistory reflect the work of a cooperative project between the Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology of the University of Tübingen’s Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Medieval Archaeology and Kerns Verlag to provide the results of current research in prehistoric archaeology and all its allied fields to a broad international audience.

The Effects of Publishing Processes on Scientific Thought. Typography and Typology in Prehistoric Archaeology (1950s–1990s)

In the last decades, many changes have occurred in scientific publishing, including online publication, data repositories, file formats and standards. The role played by computers in this process rekindled the argument on forms of technical determinism. This paper addresses this old debate by exploring the case of publishing processes in prehistoric archaeology during the second part of the twentieth century, prior to the wide-scale adoption of computers. It investigates the case of a collective and international attempt to standardize the typological analysis of prehistoric lithic objects, coined typologie analytique by Georges Laplace and developed by a group of French, Italian, and Spanish researchers. The aim of this paper is to: 1) present a general bibliometric scenario of prehistoric archaeology publishing in continental Europe; 2) report on the little-known typologie analytique method in archaeology, using publications, archives, and interviews; 3) show how the publication of scientific production was shaped by social (editorial policies, support networks) and material (typography features and publication formats) constraints; and 4) highlight how actors founded resources to control and counterbalance these effects, namely by changing and improving publishing formats.

Marginal Life: Experiencing a Medieval Landscape in the Periphery

Medieval landscape archaeology has mainly focused on the function and management of medieval settlements and their immediate surroundings. While theories concerning the experience of the cultural landscape, regional identity and social structure have proved fruitful in other disciplines such as prehistoric archaeology and human geography, medievalists have disregarded the possibilities of phenomenology for landscape studies. The wealth of materiel available to medieval landscape studies ought to be fully exploited in the development of theories concerning the experience of the landscape during the Middle Ages. Evidence from Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor in south-west Britain is re-examined in order to discuss the ways in which the landscape was perceived by those who lived and worked on the moors and by those who had an interest in the moors from further afield.

Spear Butts or Sceptre Heads? Towards the Ferrules from Lori Berd

H. Martirosyan’s contribution in the development of archaeology in Armenia is enormous. Thanks to his efforts, the archaeology in Armenia reached a new level. As for our article, it is important to mention that the excavations at the necropolis of Lori Berd were initiated and supported by H. Martirosyan, who was the head of the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Soviet Armenia back then. Moreover, he supervised the PhD thesis of S. Devedjyan (one of the contributors of this article).

To the 80th anniversary of Mykhailo Gladkikh (instead of a foreword)

The current issue of VITA ANTIQUA is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Professor of the Department of Archaeology and Museum Studies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Doctor of History, well known in Ukraine and abroad specialist in prehistoric archaeology Mykhailo Ivanovych Gladkikh.

The effects of publishing processes on scientific thought: Typography and typology in prehistoric archaeology (1950s–1990s)

ArgumentIn the last decades, many changes have occurred in scientific publishing, including online publication, data repositories, file formats and standards. The role played by computers in this process rekindled the argument on forms of technical determinism. This paper addresses this old debate by exploring the case of publishing processes in prehistoric archaeology during the second part of the twentieth century, prior to the wide-scale adoption of computers. It investigates the case of a collective and international attempt to standardize the typological analysis of prehistoric lithic objects, coined typologie analytique by Georges Laplace and developed by a group of French, Italian, and Spanish researchers. The aim of this paper is to: 1) present a general bibliometric scenario of prehistoric archaeology publishing in continental Europe; 2) report on the little-known typologie analytique method in archaeology, using publications, archives, and interviews; 3) show how the publication of scientific production was shaped by social (editorial policies, support networks) and material (typography features and publication formats) constraints; and 4) highlight how actors founded resources to control and counterbalance these effects, namely by changing and improving publishing formats.