Published: 2018-12-16

The most recent monograph on the Kashubian burrows in the Bronze and Iron Ages, in other words, how some archaeologists find themselves in the post-truth world

Jacek Gackowski
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
Section: Discussions and Polemics
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/SA70.2018.016

Abstract

This text presents some critical comments on the most recent monograph by Radosław Janiak, referring to burrows of the Lusatian and Pomeranian Cultures from the region of the Kashubian Lake District. Apart from comments relating to ordinal and periodisation issues, the reviewer mainly stressed the research approach assumed in the monograph in question, unjustified from the viewpoint of the present studies on prehistory. This approach leads to formulating conclusions not supported either by the existing source materials, or particularly in the course of non-scientific reasoning proposed by the author. Unfortunately, the latter has very little in common with the contemporary theory of studies on prehistoric cultures. Finally, it should be stressed that indeed, Radosław Janiak prepared a relatively extensive work, however he considers stone burial mounds as separate objects, excluded from their cultural context of that time.

Keywords:

burrows, Kashubian Lake District, Bronze Age, Early Iron Age

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Gackowski , J. (2018). The most recent monograph on the Kashubian burrows in the Bronze and Iron Ages, in other words, how some archaeologists find themselves in the post-truth world. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 70, 339–351. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA70.2018.016

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