Slovenska zgodnjesrednjeveška arheologija med preteklostjo in sedanjostjo - pogled z "Zahoda"

The article discusses the vagueness of the concept of the "Early Middle Ages", which when settling for the "tyranny of the historical record" and the disregard of the subjectivit y of historical and archaeological sources, moulds Slovene archaeological classifications and interpretations. The commitment of Slovene archaeology to the culture-history paradigm codifies the Early Medieval Ages with chronological and cultural-ethnic studies and deviates from the on-going modern theoretical debates. Furthermore, the Early Medieval archaeology, as "historical archaeology", incessantly emphasises traditional privileges for the written record.Članek obravnava nejasnosti koncepta zgodnjega srednjega veka, ki ob pristajanju na "tiranijo historičnega zapisa" in neupoštevanju subjektivnosti zgodovinskih ter arheoloških virov, kroji okvir slovenski arheološki klasifikaciji in interpretaciji. Zavezanost slovenske arheologije kulturno-historični paradigmi ga opredeljuje s kronološkimi in kulturnoetničnimi študijami, odmika od sodobnih teoretskih debat, zgodnjesrednjeveški arheologiji pa, kot eni "historičnih arheologij", neprestano poudarja tradicionalno privilegiranost pisnih virov

Sodobna sociologija o problemih etničnosti, narodov (nacionalizmov) in današnja arheologija

The article deals with the role of contemporary sociological theories about nations and nationalisms, specifically two outstanding representatives among the theoreticians - Ernest Gellner and Anthony David Smith - and their role in understanding the collective identity in archaeology, calling attention to inconsistencies tied to the poor knowledge of sociological theories about nationalism, and indicating a new path to comprehending ethnicity, which was introduced into archaeology by Siân Jones.Članek obravnava vlogo sodobne sociološke teorije o narodih in nacionalizmih oziroma dva izrazita predstavnika med teoretiki - socialnega antropologa Ernesta Gellnerja in sociologa Anthonyja Davida Smitha - in njuno vlogo pri razumevanju kolektivnih identitet v arheologiji, opozarja na nedoslednosti povezane s slabim poznavanjem socioloških teorij o nacionalizmih in nakazuje novo pot k razumevanju etničnosti, ki jo v arheologijo uvaja Siân Jones