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Archaeology of the Communist Era

A Political History of Archaeology of the 20th Century

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Editors:
  1. Ludomir R Lozny

    1. Hunter College, New York, USA

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  • Highlights the political conditions that influenced archaeological theory and practice during the communist era worldwide

  • Addresses the overall impact of Soviet archaeology by contrasting it directly with Western archaeology

  • Clarifies the interconnection between archaeology and political pressure?

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Archaeology of the Communist Era

    • Jerzy Gąssowski
    Pages 1-8

  3. Sickle, Hammer, and Trowel: Theory and Practice of Archaeology Under Communism

    • Ludomir R. Lozny
    Pages 9-58

  4. Archaeology in Soviet Russia

    • Leo Klejn
    Pages 59-99

  5. Archaeology and Marxism in Poland: A Personal Account

    • Jerzy Gąssowski
    Pages 101-121

  6. Historical Observations on Archaeology in the Polish People’s Republic, 1945–1989

    • Sarunas Milisauskas
    Pages 123-150

  7. Czech Archaeology Under Communism

    • Evžen Neustupný
    Pages 151-166

  8. “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

    • Michael Lyubychev
    Pages 167-176

  9. Contemporary Bulgarian Archaeology as a Social Practice in the Later Twentieth to Early Twenty-first Century

    • Lolita Nikolova, Diana Gergova
    Pages 177-193

  10. Archaeology in Hungary 1948–1989

    • László Bartosiewicz
    Pages 195-233

  11. Between Science and Ideology: Aspects of Archaeological Research in the Former GDR Between the End of World War II and the Reunification

    • Eike Gringmuth-Dallmer
    Pages 235-273

  12. A Story of Their Own: What Happened and What is Going on with North Korean Archaeology?

    • Yongwook Yoo
    Pages 275-293

  13. Marx, Sherlock Holmes, and Late Italian Prehistory

    • Jonas Danckers
    Pages 295-322

  14. Looking for the Palaeolithic in Central Europe: Research, Impact, and Geopolitics

    • Iza Romanowska
    Pages 323-347

  15. Erratum to: Marx, Sherlock Holmes, and Late Italian Prehistory

    • Jonas Danckers
    Pages E1-E1

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 349-364
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About this book

This book contributes to better recognition and comprehension of the interconnection between archaeology and political pressure, especially imposed by the totalitarian communist regimes. It explains why, under such political conditions, some archaeological reasoning and practices were resilient, while new ideas leisurely penetrated the local scenes. It attempts to critically evaluate the political context and its impact on archaeology during the communist era world wide and contributes to better perception of the relationship between science and politics in general. This book analyzes the pressures inflicted on archaeologists by the overwhelmingly potent political environment, which stimulates archaeological thought and controls the conditions for professional engagement. Included are discussions about the perception of archaeology and its findings by the public.  ​

Reviews

“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)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hunter College, New York, USA

    Ludomir R Lozny

About the editor

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


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Archaeology of the Communist Era

  • Book Subtitle: A Political History of Archaeology of the 20th Century

  • Editors: Ludomir R Lozny

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45108-4

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45106-0Published: 16 December 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83212-8Published: 11 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45108-4Published: 06 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 364

  • Number of Illustrations: 27 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Political Science

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