title: Archaeology at the Crossroads between the Humanities and Natural Sciences
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metadata.value: Bochkarev, Vadim S.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2021-08-18T11:39:18Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2021-08-18T11:39:18Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2021-06
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Bochkarev V. S. Archaeology at the Crossroads between the Humanities and Natural Sciences. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2021, vol. 66, issue 2, рp. 516–530.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu02.2021.212
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/32780
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: In this study archaeological sites are defined as objects comprised of two major components.
  One of them is regarded as culturological, and the other one — as natural-historical. The
  first component is mainly represented by the artefacts, and thus it supplies cultural-historical
  information, examination and interpretation of which is one of the primary tasks of archaeology
  as a discipline of the humanities. The second component includes eco-facts, nature-facts
  and so-called cultural-natural objects. All оf them have natural origin or were shaped under
  a strong influence of the natural environment, which makes it reasonable to deem this second
  component the basis for natural-scientific repository of archaeology. It provides materials
  for geological, palaeobotanical, palaeozoological, chemical and other researches. It must be
  strongly emphasized that such knowledge without a cultural-historical context has no purpose
  or focus. This article demonstrates that the natural-historical component is an integral
  part of any archaeological site. It is inseparable from the culturological component. A vivid
  material embodiment of the link between the two is provided by the cultural layer. Essentially, it is impossible to meaningfully examine the two components in isolation — independently of
  each other. As a result, the actual material archeologists work with, its content and character
  place archaeology at the crossroads between the humanities and natural sciences. It is hoped
  that in the future it will develop as a multi-disciplinary subject with a prevalence of the humanitarian
  dimension.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.description.sponsorship
metadata.value: The study had been supported by the Federal Scientific Research Programme of the State Academy of
  Sciences, project no. 0184-2019-0004.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 66; Issue 2
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: essence of archaeological sites
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: cultural-historical and natural-historical components of archaeological sites
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: archaeology as a multi-disciplinary subject
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Archaeology at the Crossroads between the Humanities and Natural Sciences
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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