Gennadii Borisovich Zdanovich (; 4 October 1938 – 19 November 2020) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

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, ...

based at the historical site of Arkaim, Chelyabinsk, Russia. Zdanovich led the excavation campaign at Arkaim in the Southern Urals. In the archaeology of the

Sintashta culture The Sintashta culture is a Middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Southern Urals, dated to the period 2200–1900 BCE. It is the first phase of the Sintashta–Petrovka complex, –1750 BCE. The culture is named after the Sintashta ...

, he introduced the term "the Country of Towns".Andrey Bersenev, Andrey Epimakhov and Dmitry Zdanovich
SINTASHTA BOW OF THE BRONZE AGE OF THE SOUTH TRANS-URALS, RUSSIA
in: "Bronze Age Warfare: Manufacture and Use of Weaponry", 2011, He was a proponent of an approach which seeks to unify archaeological and ecological approaches to the environment. Zdanovich died on 19 November 2020.

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