Dr Andris ŠnēFaculty of History and Philosophy

of the University of Latvia

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758 –1838): "We speak from facts not theory"

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

"De Istri ostiis" (Breslau 1820) ;

"Anastasis der Waräger" (Reval 1841);

"Nekrolivonika, oder Altertümer von Liv-, Esth- und Kurland" (Dorpat 1842);

"Russische Altertümer" (Dorpat 1844-45, 2 Hefte);

"Urgeschichte der Ostseeprovinzen" (Moskau 1846);

"Chronicon Nortmannorum" (Gotha 1851)

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

Introduction of research methodology

First general surveys of the archaeological past in the Baltic

Prehistory of the East Baltic region

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Formation of Latvian archaeology and the establishment of the first research institutions in field of archaeology

culture historical approach, site and artefactual studies prehistory of Latvia problematic «Middle Ages»

19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013

Marxistic approach, artefactual and site studies (ethnic) prehistory of the Balticfield work practice and methodologies;serial publications;high and increasing number of publications;

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Decentralisation of the research infrastructure

Decrease of the field work practices

Urban archaeologyFormation of commercial

archaeologyIntroduction of exact

research methods and Western approaches

Interdisciplinarity and internationalization of research

Public archaeology19th EAA Meeting, Plzen 2013