The Slavic Dossier

Medieval Archaeology in the Soviet Republic of Moldova: Between State Propaganda and Scholarly Endeavor
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-34258-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 53, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450

In The Slavic Dossier, Iurie Stamati’s objective is to understand the reasons for the emergence of two different discourses on the place of the Slavs on the territory of Moldova and their role in the genesis of Moldovans and their culture during the medieval period in the Soviet archaeology. His analysis goes beyond the utilitarian perception of Soviet archeology. To achieve this, Stamati not only questions the political contexts in which these discourses emerged, but also looks at the history of the Moldovan archaeological field, personal profiles of archaeologists, their theoretical and ideological attachment, relationships and interactions with each other inside and outside the archaeological field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stamati, Iurie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations and Maps

Abbreviations

Annotations and Transliteration

Introduction

1 The Republic of Moldova: Historical Overview

2 Soviet Archaeology—A Simple Ideological Tool? (Theoretical Approach)

3 Methodology and Sources

4 The Tool Box of Nationalist Ideology

5 Structure of the Book

1 The Birth of a Paradigm: Moldovan Archaeology and the Slavic Problem

Introduction

1 Moldovan Archaeology: The Beginnings of a Discipline

2 Between Ethnic and Social: Theoretical Framework and Methodological References of Moldovan Archaeology

3 The Conquest of a New Territory: The Beginnings of Slavic Archaeology in the MSSR

Conclusions

2 Georgii Fedorov and the Building of Slavic Archaeology in the MSSR

Introduction

1 The Intellectual Georgii Fedorov

2 Fedorov the Archaeologist: His Training and Know-how

3 Why the MSSR?

4 Fedorov and the First Generation of Moldovan Medievalist Archaeologists

5 The Slavic Saga on the Territory of the MSSR According to Fedorov

Conclusions

3 The Indigenous Character of the Moldovans, a Singular View

Introduction

1 Romanian Archaeology and the Slavic Question

2 Relations between Romanian and Soviet Archaeologists

3 The Slavic Saga and the Date of the Appearance of the Vlachs on the Territory of the MSSR—the Official Version of the 1960s–1980s

4 The “Ion Hîncu” Dossier

Conclusions

Conclusions: The Slavic Dossier, Medieval Archaeology in the Soviet Republic of Moldova between State Propaganda and Scholarly Endeavor

Bibliography

Oral Sources

Archival Sources

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Iurie Stamati, Ph.D. (2015), Université Laval, is a Visiting Research Scholar at University of Florida, Department of History. He has published many articles on the politicization of historiography and archaeology in Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, Romania, and Moldova.