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Archeologia Polski
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2008
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vol. 53
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issue 1
51-54
EN
On 29 February 2008, the management of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the scientific editors of 'Archeologia Polski' celebrated officially the 90th birthday of Professor Witold Hensel, longtime director (1954-1989) of what was then the Institute of History of Material Culture (from 1992 the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology) PAN. The special volumes of 'Archeologia Polski' and of 'Slavia Antiqua' were presented to W. Hensel and the meeting continued as a small conference on the ethnogenesis of the Slavs. 2 Figures.
Archeologia Polski
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2008
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vol. 53
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issue 1
97-99
EN
During the discussion at the seminar Professor Witold Hensel indicated the need to consider the ethnogenesis of the Slavs in a context that in the age of Europe's unification it would be not just European, but primarily worldwide. He emphasized the common cultural roots of the European peoples and expressed the opinion that in such discussions ignoring the non-European roots of the Slavs and placing too little importance to the common Indo-European origins of various peoples is a major omission. He also said that the question of historical sources on the Venetians is seldom discussed. Another point made during the discussion was the size of the original area from which the Slavs came in a paleodemographic context; considering the later numbers of Slavs, it is impossible for them to have come from a small territory (Lech Leciejewicz, Stanislaw Tabaczynski), the paleoecological context was also emphasized, the agrarian character of Slav economy excluding the possibility of their original homeland being located in an area not supporting agriculture (Marek Dulinicz). 1 Figure.
EN
Years of debate on Slav ethnogenesis were concluded with the 'Archaeology on Slav Origins' conference held in Kraków in 2001 but, instead of opening new perspectives, it revealed a certain crisis in research. A broader discussion of the actual questionnaire concerning Slav ethnogenesis appears now to be in order. The question is the interpretation of archaeological data on the localization of the zone where Slav culture actually developed at the earliest. Many archaeologists have argued in favor of the Slavs' allochthonous origins in Polish territory, while the autochthonous concept has been defended by some linguists. Ancient sources on the living conditions of the inhabitants of Barbaricum are in need of reinterpretation. Recently, demographic studies have allowed anthropology to contribute important proof of the Slavs' longtime residence in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The discussion should also address the socio-cultural structure of the Slavs, the agrarian character of which was distinctive in Europe, indicating a more likely origin in the agriculturally favorable forest-field and forest-steppe environment of the Oder and middle Dnieper interfluve, rather than in the forest zone of Eastern Europe.
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