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• Title:
  Modern archaeology of Professor Jan Żak (1923-1990). On the 100th anniversary of his birth.
• Creator:
  Minta-Tworzowska, Danuta
• Description:
  On March 23rd, 2023 the 100th anniversary of Professor Jan Żak’s birth was marked with an exhibition and a seminar meant to present the modern archeology he had been creating. In addition to Professor’s scientific achievements, there were fragments presented of three documentaries to illustrate his involvement into popularization of archeology. The article discusses also Professor’s work and scientific activities in the field of early medieval archeology, methodology of archaeology and general prehistory, widely recognized and appreciated not only in Poland but also abroad. In 1945 Jan Żak took part in the military operations of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, and his professional life took place in the realities of the People’s Republic of Poland. Particularly important were his organizational achievements as well as scientific contacts with researchers from Western Europe. The article also presents the direction of contemporary archeology methodology established by J. Żak, continued by his students and subsequent generations or archaeologists.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2023 Danuta Minta-Tworzowska
• Date:
  2023.12.20
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  Artykuł naukowy
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia; Vol. 28 (2023); 231-253;
  Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia; Tom 28 (2023); 231-253;
  2450-5846;
  0239-8524
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fpp/article/view/40763/34175
• Subject:
  modernism and postmodernism in archaeology;
  the methodology of Jan Żak;
  methodology and theory of archeology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań;
  modern archaeology;
  modern archaeology,;
  methodology and theory of archeology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,;
  modernism and postmodernism in archaeology,
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/fpp/article/view/40763
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
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  seek permission
• Type:
  text