She is from the 21st century: in memoriam Rimutė Rimantienė (25.10.1920 - 4.07.2023)

ENOn 4 July 2023, the renowned Lithuanian archaeologist Rimutė Jablonskytė-Rimantienė died at the age of 102. The scientist was born on 25 October 1920 in Kaunas, into the family of the famous historian Konstantinas Jablonskis and the mathematician Sofija LandsbergytėJablonskienė. From 1930 to 1938, she studied at the ‘Aušra’ Gymnasium for Girls in Kaunas. As a schoolgirl, and later as a student, she surveyed archaeological monuments around Kaunas with her father, who was a member of the State Archaeological Commission from 1919 to 1936. Later, she used the material from the surveys in her scientific works. It is evident that her interest in the past was influenced by both her personal choices and the environment in which she lived. In her memoirs she wrote: ‘Yes, I chose archaeology, for the period of our country’s history it covers is still largely unexplored’. Traditions of intellectual families of the interwar period influenced the Jablonskiai family to start up a makeshift newspaper, the title of which translates as ‘A word from the grandchildren’, which was edited by Rimutė. With a good knowledge of Swedish and Norwegian (which was quite rare in Lithuania at the time), in addition to Russian, German and French, she translated several works from the two Scandinavian languages, including the plays "The Wild Duck and Ghosts" by the playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906). [Extract, p. 144]

• Akmens amžiaus žvejai prie Pajūrio lagūnos : Šventosios ir Būtingės tyrinėjimai / Rimutė Rimantienė. Vilnius : Lietuvos nacionalinis muziejus, 2005. 525 p.
• Nida : a bay coast culture settlement on the Curonian Lagoon / Rimutė Rimantienė. Vilnius : National Museum of Lithuania, 2016. 269 p.