| Title |
Vilniaus universiteto Archeologijos katedra (nuo įkūrimo iki 1966 metų) / |
| Translation of Title |
Vilnius University, Department of Archaeology (from the establishment until year 1966). |
| Authors |
Michelbertas, Mykolas |
| DOI |
10.15388/ArchLit.2010.11.5300 |
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| Is Part of |
Archaeologia Lituana.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2010, t. 11, p. 7-14.. ISSN 1392-6748 |
| Abstract [eng] |
Thus began the career of Professor Ph. D. Jonas Puzinas in Vilnius University, the most famous interwar Lithuanian archaeologist and the pioneer of scientific archaeology in Lithuania. The work did not stop in June of 1940, after first Soviet occupation, although there were some changes. In autumn semester of 1940 the Department of Ethnics was divided into two separate Departments of Ethnography and Archaeology. Department of Archaeology in Vilnius University was established in September of 1940. On the September 20th J. Puzinas was elected to head of the Department of Archaeo- logy and on January 1st, 1941, he was equated to a professor with a Ph. D. In the FH Council meeting on of June 5th1941, R. Volkaitė was elected assistant of the Department of Archaeology. So there were two academic researchers working in the Department at that time. The work did not cease during the years of Nazi Germany occupation. In the autumn of 1941 docent J. Puzinas was once again elected Head of Department of Archaeology. On December 5th he was presented as candidate for election of extraordinary professor. Until J. Puzinas fled to the West, he also was the Dean of FH (from June 26th, 1941) and the member of Vilnius University Senate (from August 7th, 1941). Teaching of archaeology disciplines in the University was not reserved to archaeology students only, but also to Ethnography and Lithuanian History students. During the war the Department did not conduct archaeological research so students did not have any fieldwork practice. The Department’s staff produced only a small amount of academic publications... |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2010 |
| CC license |
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