SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION OF LVIV ARCHAEOLOGISTS ON THE EXAMPLE OF RESEARCH OF LA TÈNE AND ROMAN SITES IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD

Abstract

The history of research of La Tène and Roman sites by Lviv archaeologists in the interwar period is considered. Special attention is paid to the activities of scientists of the Jan Kazimierz University of Lviv and the Shevchenko Scientific Society in this research branch. Archaeological excavations of the period carried out by the conservator Bohdan Janusz, who represented the State Group of Conservators of Prehistoric Sites, are presented separately. In particular, this refers to the excavations in Holyn' near Kalush at the settlement of the Carpathian Tumuli culture. During the Second Commonwealth of Poland, several sites were discovered and researched, including burial complexes in Hryniv, Kolokolyn, Luchka, settlements in Zalistsi, Holyn', Holigrady, and Novosilka Kostiukova, and other important sites. The works of Yaroslav Pasternak, Markiian Smishko, Tadeusz Sulimirski, Kazimierz Majewski, and other archeologists were significant at this time. Their important contribution to the development of methodology and practice of research of sites of the first centuries A.D was noted. It is concluded that in the interwar period a process of formation of modern archaeology took place. There was a large number of planned field excavations for which relevant permits from the conservator were obtained, the processing of the results became systemic, and the analysis of discovered materials was conducted with the involvement of the whole set of available methods. Most of the research results were published by the authors of the excavations, which allowed them to transfer all the results of fieldwork to descendants as much as possible. Archaeological finds from the researched sites are stored in museums of Lviv, which allows modern researchers to work with these collections.