Boris Alekseevich Kuftin (2 February 1892 in
Samara, Russia
Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of ...
- 2 August 1953 in Lielupe (now a part of
Jūrmala)) was a Soviet
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...
and
ethnographer. From 1933 to 1953, he worked in
Tbilisi,
Georgian SSR. In the 1930s, he discovered the
Trialeti culture;
and in 1940, he coined the term
Kura-Araxes.
He participated in the
South Turkmenistan Complex Archaeological Expedition in the 1940s-1950s.
Kuftin became a member of the
Georgian National Academy of Sciences in 1946.
Selected works
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References
1892 births
1953 deaths
People from Samara, Russia
Soviet ethnographers
Soviet archaeologists
Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences
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