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Irina Rusanova
Irina Petrovna Rusanova (, 22 April 1929 – 22 October 1998) was a Russian archaeologist who mostly explored Early Slavs, early Slavic sites in the Western Ukraine. She held a string of positions at the Institute of Archaeology of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. She studied at Moscow State University, first at the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics, then at the Department of Archaeology. Her diploma thesis was written under the supervision of Daniil Avdusin. Immediately afterward, she entered postgraduate studies and became a student of Pyotr Tretyakov. Her Candidate of Sciences dissertation examined the Drevlian archaeological sites (1960). Beginning in 1959, Rusanova conducted independent research in Polissia, especially the Zhytomyr region. In 1974, after marrying archaeologist Boris Timoshchuk, they jointly led an expedition to study two 5th-century Slavic settlements on the Prut River (known as Kodyn). Rusanova's doktor nauk, Doctor of Sciences dissertation (1977) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, archaeological site, sites, and cultural landscapes. Archaeology can be considered both a social science and a branch of the humanities. It is usually considered an independent academic discipline, but may also be classified as part of anthropology (in North America – the four-field approach), history or geography. The discipline involves Survey (archaeology), surveying, Archaeological excavation, excavation, and eventually Post excavation, analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Archaeologists study human prehistory and history, from the development of the first stone tools at Lomekwi in East Africa 3.3 million years ago up until recent decades. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
