Iš archeologijos ir archeologinių leidinių istorijos : "Lietuvos archeologijos" gimimas

LTStraipsnyje minimi archyviniai dokumentai bei amžininkų prisiminimai atkuria tęstinio mokslinio leidinio „Lietuvos archeologija" istoriją nuo poreikio turėti tokios krypties leidinį Lietuvoje atsiradimo iki pirmojo tomo išleidimo. „Lietuvos archeologijos" 1 tomo raidą sudaro 4 fazės: koncepcijos atsiradimas (1974 m. pabaiga-1975 m. balandžio pradžia), idėjos įgyvendinimas planuose (1975 m. balandžio- birželio mėnesiai), leidinio rengimas Archeologijos sektoriuje (1975 m. antroji pusė-1977 m. antroji pusė) ir ruošimas spaudai „Mokslo" leidykloje (1977m. antroji pusė-1979 m. balandžio pabaiga). Nuoseklias tarybinio laikotarpio archeologijos istorijos studijas apsunkina tai, kad nepakanka esamą šaltinių ir informacija nėra išsami. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Tarybinis laikotarpis; Istorijos institutas; Lietuvos archeologijos istorija; Mokslinis leidinys; Soviet era; Institute of History; History of Lithuanian archaeology; Research publications.

ENThis article is devoted to the three decades of the serial publication Lietuvos Archeologija (Lithuanian Archaeology). (34 volumes were published from 1979 to 2009.) On the basis of the archive documents and contemporaries' recollections, which have survived in it (see appendix no. 1), the history of Lietuvos Archeologija is recreated from the appearance of the need to have a separate archaeological publication in Lithuania to the publication of volume 1. The need to have a separate archaeological publication in Lithuania appeared in the 1950s, when the number of archaeologists began to grow significantly. Archaeologists' articles were initially printed together with ethnographic articles in the publication Iš Lietuvių Kultūros Istorijos (From the History of Lithuanian Culture, 1958-1964). The organisation of another analogous publication, Lietuvos Archeologiniai Paminklai (Lithuanian Archaeological Sites) began at the same time. The work on this publication, which lacked a clear conception, continued throughout the 1960s and ended in 1968 with the appearance of the single book Lietuvos Archeologiniai Paminklai, which was devoted to Lithuanian coastal cemeteries from the 1st—7th centuries (Fig. 1). But the need to have a separate archaeological publication remained. The document trail of Lietuvos Archeologija begins at the 26 December 1974 session of the Scientific Council of the Institute of History of the Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences. Institute Director Bronius Vaitkevičius (1926-2002) (Fig. 5), who summarised the discussion, mentioned the necessity of such a serial publication. This idea was primarily supported by Archaeologist Regina Volkaitė- Kulikauskienė, PhD History (1916-2007) (Fig. 3), who became a corresponding member of the Lithuanian SSR Academy of Sciences in 1972.The publication began to be concretely formed at an 18 March 1975 session of the Department of Archaeology of the Institute of History (Fig. 6), which discussed the implementation of the ruling of the Institute's aforementioned Council. Department workers R. Rimantienė and V. Urbanavičius concretised the vision of the publication and, after the Department unanimously approved, R. Kulikauskienė decreed that the Institute's directorate begin to publish archaeological material every two years in the serial publication Archeologija, which was to have 22-25 printer's sheets, a run of 1500 copies, and article summaries in Russian and one foreign language. Late 1974-early April 1975 is the first phase in the appearance of Lietuvos Archeologija and was when its conception and initial composition were created at the Institute's level. The publication's initial content was quickly reformed, orienting it to the publication of researchers' material on the basis of topic. April-June 1975 is to the second phase in the development of Lietuvos Archeologija, in which its content was essentially formed, the name determined, and the publication itself included in the publishing plans. The second half of 1975 - second half of 1977 is the third phase in the development of Lietuvos Archeologija and is characterised by the publication's final preparation in the Department and its being sent to the publishing house. This phase was the longest and hardest. The last and fourth phase in the development of Lietuvos Archeologija lasted from the second half of 1977 to late April 1979, when the book was printed. The long and difficult process of publishing the first volume of Lietuvos Archeologija did not cool the desire to continue its publication. In late 1979 a second volume began to be prepared for publication and was released in 1981, which established Lietuvos Archeologija as a serial publication. [From the publication]