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A Russian perspective on theoretical archaeology : the life and work of Leo S. Klejn
- Title
- A Russian perspective on theoretical archaeology : the life and work of Leo S. Klejn / Stephen Leach.
- Author
- Leach, Stephen D.
- Publication
- Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | CC115.K58 L43 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 221 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Both the work and the life of Leo S. Klejn, Russia's foremost archaeological theorist, remain generally unrecognized by Western scholars. Until now. In this biography and summary of his work, Stephen Leach outlines Klejn's wide-ranging theoretical contributions on the place and nature of archaeology. The book details: Klejn's diverse work on ethnogenesis, migration, Homeric studies, pagan Slavic religion, homosexuality, and the history of archaeology; his life challenges as a Russian Jewish scholar, jailed for homosexuality by the KGB and for his challenges to Marxist dogma; his key contributions to theoretical archaeology; and, in particular, Klejn's comparisons between archaeologists and forensic scientists"--
- Subject
- Kleĭn, L. S
- Kleĭn, L. S. > Philosophy
- Archaeologists > Soviet Union > Biography
- Jewish scholars > Soviet Union > Biography
- Archaeology > Philosophy
- Archaeology > History. > Soviet Union
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology
- Archaeologists
- Archaeology > Study and teaching (Higher)
- Jewish scholars
- Philosophy
- Soviet Union
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Stephen Shennan -- Preface -- Part I: Life Story -- Chapter 1: Before Prison -- Chapter 2: Prison -- Chapter 3: After Prison -- Part II: Life's Work -- Chapter 4: Anthropology -- Chapter 5: Homeric Studies -- Chapter 6: The Resurrection of Perun -- Chapter 7: Ethnogenesis -- Chapter 8: Histories of Archaeology -- Chapter 9: Theoretical Archaeology in Relation to Practice -- Chapter 10: What is Theoretical Archaeology? -- Chapter 11: The Archaeologist and the Detective -- Appendix A: The Commandments -- Appendix B: Klejn's Bibliography.
- ISBN
- 9781629581385 (hardback)
- 1629581380 (hardback)
- 9781629581408 (institutional ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781629581415 (consumer ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015006235
- 99965404271
- OCLC
- ocn894749984
- 894749984
- SCSB-9623446
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries