Aleksei P. Okladnikov: The Great Explorer of the Past: A Biography of a Soviet Archaeologist (1900s-1950s) (1) - Couverture souple

Konopatskii, Aleksander K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1789692040 ISBN 13 : 9781789692044

Editeur : Access Archaeology, 2019

Synopsis

`Aleksei P. Okladnikov: The Great Explorer of the Past' presents the life and works of Aleksei P. Okladnikov (1908-1981), a prominent archaeologist who spent more than 50 years studying prehistoric sites in various parts of the Soviet Union - mainly in Siberia and Central Asia as well as in Mongolia. Okladnikov made numerous fascinating discoveries in the 1930s, including the first Neanderthal fossils in the USSR at Teshik Tash (Uzbekistan) and unique figurines at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Buret' in the Angara River basin (Eastern Siberia). His research and achievements are shown on the background of ideological campaigns inspired by the Communist Party in the 1920s-1950s; this subject is very rarely described in non-Russian sources. Particular attention is given to the debunking of the `Japhetic theory' and the `new doctrine of language' developed by Nikolai Y. Marr, an Oriental scholar and specialist in languages who in the 1920s-early 1930s was a formal leader of Soviet archaeology. Marr's principles of linguistic studies were mechanically transmitted to several fields of the humanities, including archaeology, and were mandatory for every Soviet scholar. In 1950 an abrupt end to Marr's theories was enacted by Josef Stalin. Details of these events - important for development of archaeology, ancient history, and linguistics in the USSR - were never previously described. This volume will appeal to archaeologists, historians, and anyone interested in the history of science (particularly the humanities) in the twentieth century.

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À propos de l'auteur

ALEKSANDER K. KONOPATSKII was born in 1951 in Tambovka County, Amur Province, USSR. After graduating from Suvorov's Military Boarding School in Ussuriisk (Maritime Province), he met Aleksei P. Okladnikov in 1969. Konopatskii became a cadet at the Novosibirsk Military-Political Academy but dropped out in 1972 and joined the Institute of History, Philology and Philosophy, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. After that, he closely associated with Okladnikov, assisting in fieldwork, travel and the preparation of scientific reports. In 1974, Konopatskii graduated in History (including archaeology) from Kemerovo State University. Later that decade, he studied prehistoric sites on the shore of Lake Baikal in Siberia, and gained the Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.-equivalent) degree in 1979; in the 1980s - early 1990s, he excavated ancient sites in the lower course of the Amur River (Russian Far East). Since 1998, Konopatskii has been an Assistant Professor of the Novosibirsk General Military Academy, where he teaches humanities.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Access Archaeology
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1789692040
• ISBN 13: 9781789692044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 438
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible