VITA ANTIQUA, ISSN 2522-9419 (Online), 2519-4542 (Print)
Center for Paleoethnological Research
VITA ANTIQUA 10, 2018, Prehistoric Networks in Southern and Eastern Europe, 6-12
FOREWORD: Network Approach for Studying the Prehistoric Networks
Shydlovskyi P., Morozova Ya.
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of History
DOI:10.37098/2519-4542-2018-1-10-6-12
https://doi.org/10.37098/2519-4542-2018-1-10-6-12
ABSTRACT
This volume represents a part of the materials which were highlighted as the reports at the international scientific conference “Wetland Archaeology and Prehistoric Networks in Europe” that was held in Kyiv and Kaniv from the 15 to 18 September 2017. This conference was the final event of the Institutional Partnership Programme (SCOPES) “Network in Eastern European Neolithic and Wetland Archaeology for the improvement of field techniques and dating methods (NEENAWA)”, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The current state of Ukrainian archaeology should be described as an integration stage, which is characterized by the representation of the achievements of national science in the world on the one hand and the adaptation of world experience for a more complete coverage of past phenomena on the other hand. In the context of the crisis of traditional scientific institutions and outdated approaches, modern research increasingly acquires a networked character, that manifests itself in the cooperation of specialists from different scientific fields and institutions when investigating a specific scientific problem. The consequence of these changes, which one can see in our country during the last several years, is a process of cultural integration of Ukraine into the European space, which is maintained by varied programs of scientific and cultural cooperation. For the modern Ukrainian humanitarian sphere, we have issues which are connected with the unification of methodology, modernization of approaches and the inclusion of the scientific achievements of our country into European scientific heritage. The Project “Network in Eastern European Neolithic and Wetland Archaeology for the Improvement of Field Methods and Dating Methods” is the first step towards establishing ground for cooperation on the study of the Neolithic in Eastern Europe. The name of our conference “Wetland Archaeology and Prehistoric Networks in Europe” is symbolic within the framework of this project.
Keywords: network approach, prehistoric archaeology, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, neolithization, Eastern Europe
Language: English / Ukrainian
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