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Soviet archaeology : schools, trends, and history

By: Klein, L. S [Author]Contributor(s): Kleæin, L. S [Author] | Windle, Kevin [Contributor] | Ireland, Rosh [Contributor]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Oxford studies in the history of archaeology Soviet archaeologyPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. Description: ill., col. mapsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: ISBN: 0191804592Other title: Soviet archaeology trends, schools, and historySubject(s): Archaeology -- History -- Soviet Union | Archaeology -- Study and teaching -- Soviet Union | History & Archaeology | ArchaeologyAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 930.109470904 LOC classification: CC101.S65 K5713 2012
Contents:
Part I: History and the Present. The 'Great Unknown' ; The Stages of a Long Journey ; Generations and Aspirations ; A Spectrum of Trends ; The Arena of Debate. -- Part II: Facets of a new science. Under the Sign of History ; The archaeology of a Great Power: the complications of composition ; Archaeology under the red flag ; Childe and Soviet archaeology ; Reading between Lines. -- Part III: Personalities in the system. Unbridled intellect and revolution: N. Ya. Marr ; The red demon of archaeology: the saga of V. I. Ravdonikas ; A Historian Armed with a Spade: A. V. Artsikhovsky ; Prince of Soviet Archaeology: B. A. Rybakov ; The masters and their roles ; Conclusion: Retrospective and Perspective.
Summary: This title examines the peculiar phenomenon which was Soviet archaeology, showing where it differs from Western archaeology and the archaeology of pre-revolutionary Russia, and where it reveals similarities. The book asks whether Soviet archaeology can be regarded as Marxist, and, if so, whether Marxism was to Russian archaeology a help or a hindrance at that time. Were the writings of Soviet archaeologists mere propaganda, driving their own political agenda, or can they be read as objective studies of our past?
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: History and the Present. The 'Great Unknown' ; The Stages of a Long Journey ; Generations and Aspirations ; A Spectrum of Trends ; The Arena of Debate. -- Part II: Facets of a new science. Under the Sign of History ; The archaeology of a Great Power: the complications of composition ; Archaeology under the red flag ; Childe and Soviet archaeology ; Reading between Lines. -- Part III: Personalities in the system. Unbridled intellect and revolution: N. Ya. Marr ; The red demon of archaeology: the saga of V. I. Ravdonikas ; A Historian Armed with a Spade: A. V. Artsikhovsky ; Prince of Soviet Archaeology: B. A. Rybakov ; The masters and their roles ; Conclusion: Retrospective and Perspective.

This title examines the peculiar phenomenon which was Soviet archaeology, showing where it differs from Western archaeology and the archaeology of pre-revolutionary Russia, and where it reveals similarities. The book asks whether Soviet archaeology can be regarded as Marxist, and, if so, whether Marxism was to Russian archaeology a help or a hindrance at that time. Were the writings of Soviet archaeologists mere propaganda, driving their own political agenda, or can they be read as objective studies of our past?

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