Object structure
Title:

Towards a new synthesis of the prehistory of Polish lands. Some remarks on “The Past Societies. Polish lands from the first evidence of human presence to the early Middle Ages”

Subtitle:

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 70 (2018)

Creator:

Pawleta, Michał

Publisher:

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Kraków

Date issued/created:

2018

Description:

25 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

synthesis ; the prehistory of Polish lands ; new discoveries ; the social past ; an anthropological approach ; theory of archaeology ; accessibility

Abstract:

The article discusses the recently published (2016) five-volume synthesis entitled “The Past Societies. Polish lands from the first evidence of human presence to the early Middle Ages”, edited by Przemysław Urbańczyk. It is a long-overdue publication, written by a group of sixty archaeologists, presenting in subsequent chapters the oldest history of Polish lands from the Palaeolithic Era to the Early Middle Ages (1000 AD). Instead of a systematic analysis of its scientific content – due to its extent and the abundance of issues it addresses, this is impossible for one author – this article takes under scrutiny the main initial goals and ideas of this compendium, its theoretical and methodological assumptions along with the proclaimed anthropological and less materialistic approach to the human past as well as its editorial layout. It also addresses the crucial aspect of the accessibility of this publication

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Relation:

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

Volume:

70

Start page:

353

End page:

373

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

0081-3834 ; doi:10.23858/SA70.2018.017

Source:

IAiE PAN, call no. P 244 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 245 ; IAiE PAN, call no. P 243 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-SA 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-SA 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget. ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

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