Review article
https://doi.org/10.33254/piaz.35.11
Early Modern Archaeology in Croatia – Problems of Methodology, Terminology and Nomenclature
Ana Azinović Bebek
orcid.org/0000-0002-2063-6466
; Croatian Conservation Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The article gives an overview of the use and meaning of the term “early modern archaeology” around the world and in Croatia. The Anglo-American and British scientific communities have been interested in early modern archaeology since the 1960s and 1970s. West European archaeology has devoted more attention to this scientific branch from the 1970s and 1980s, while archaeologists from Central Europe have showed more interest in this field in the last 30 years. This article presents all the terms used in professional and scientific literature, explains their meaning in the historical and archaeological context, and examines the methodological approaches of particular scientific communities. Furthermore, it presents the state of research in Croatia, the statistical data on the type and number of excavated Croatian early modern sites, as well as suggestions on periodization, terminology, and nomenclature. Early modern archaeology in Croatia is a relatively new scientific discipline that has an opportunity to learn from the successes and failures of European early modern archaeology and develop into a strong and dominant multidisciplinary profession, methodologically continuing Croatian archaeology.
Keywords
early modern archaeology; historical archaeology; terminology; periodization; multidisciplinary
Hrčak ID:
212028
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2018.
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