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An Archaeologist and His Road to Voruta ALBINAS KUNCEVIČIUS 26 With his wife Aušra, and daughters Migle and Laura, in Vilnius in August 2003. over my position as department head to Algirdas Girininkas, who had worked at the institute for a number of years, but at that time was working at the Institute for Monument Protection, and was in charge of publishing the magazine Baltų archeologija (Baltic Archaeology). He also wanted to go back to academic work. We often talk about the fact that following the restoration of the country’s independence, archaeological institutions were decentralised. The only purely scientific archaeology institution, not to mention museum and training centre, was split ... From today’s perspective, the decentralisation was beneficial. Obviously, there was no other way out. All Western countries have several archaeological centres. In those countries, there is no centralisation as there was in Lithuania during Soviet times. Furthermore, it is important that at that time we managed to get rid of a function that was not exactly the function of the Lithuanian Institute of History, granting permits for archaeological excavations. Nowadays, it is the function of institutions for monument protection. Despite various discussions, this was done quite smoothly. And how did you end up at Klaipėda University? Quite by accident. On the sad day of Vytautas Kazakevičius’ funeral in Marijampolė, Algirdas Girin- inkas, who was then the department head, asked me whether I would be willing to go and work at Klaipėda University, together with him and most of the department’s staff. I had no special plans to change my place of work at that time, although I’d always wanted to do some lecturing. It is obvious that the reason for the move was the ever-worsening situation at the Institute of History. The institute had stopped growing, both in terms of quantity and quality. Well, if Algirdas Girininkas and Vladas Žulkus had not invited me, perhaps I would still be working there. The first archaeologist to leave the institute for Klaipėda was Vytautas Kazakevičius. It should be mentioned that the first members of staff to leave the institute for Klaipėda were not junior researchers but the older generation, who had already written their dissertations. Klaipėda University, especially when Vladas Žulkus became rector, had immense growth potential. When you started working at Klaipėda University, your archaeological research changed a little too. I’ve noticed that you are more involved in excavations in the Old Town, and especially on the former castle site in Klaipėda; although you haven’t given up hill-forts either. I have been excavating hill-forts far less in recent years. Prior to the establishment of Klaipėda University, the main archaeologists in the city had been Vladas Žulkus
and Jonas Genys. They both took managerial positions. The excavations of the town were taken over by other archaeologists. Although I took part in these excavations, from the point of view of earlier excavations, I was more interested in the excavations of the former castle site. As for excavations of hill-forts, the programme for the restoration of hill-forts that were under the threat of destruction, financed by the Department for the Cultural Heritage, was a significant stimulus. I tried to use the funds for excavating a nearly destroyed late-period hill-fort. That way, as many as ten hill-forts were excavated. I would say that, along with your book about wooden castles, another very important work of yours is ‘The Atlas of Lithuanian Hill-Forts’. Probably that was prompted by your interest in hill-forts too? Thanks to my interest in hill-forts, I’ve collected a lot of material. Besides, it was important to know the exact number of hill-forts in Lithuania. New, previously unknown hill-forts are discovered almost every year. The earlier 1975 edition of the atlas of hill-forts was not exhaustive. The descriptions were very short, the illustrations were few and of poor quality, and the publication contained no plans or maps. The publication of the new atlas of hill-forts was financed by the Ministry of National Defence. The preparation of the atlas took two years. Zenonas Baubonis and I had to visit more than a thousand places. Some of them had to be visited several times, for the photographs or the plans. The monograph ‘Wooden Castles of Lithuania’, ‘The Atlas of Lithuanian Hill-Forts’ ... what other major research works would you like to mention? ‘A History of Archaeology’. Pranas Kulikauskas was my lecturer, but we were not on close terms. We had the opportunity to discuss things in detail when he was celebrating his jubilee. He had prepared the outlines of his lectures, but we both agreed that the text of the future book should be supplemented with archival data and illustrations. Our talk ends with Gintautas Zabiela’s story of his move to Klaipėda University. His colleagues and students could give a better assessment of his work there. After our talk, it is clear that it is possible to achieve a lot in archaeology, research and life if you know exactly what you want, and try to achieve your goals through hard work. Gintautas Zabiela’s childhood dream has come true. Despite the changing circumstances, which were not always favourable, he has remained faithful to the targets of his chosen area of research and his life. He chose a subject and monuments to research on his own, and then for the first time in Lithuania, and perhaps in all the Baltic lands, he conducted comprehensive research into a hill-fort, which gave him the opportunity to claim and prove that the site of the legendary castle of Voruta was the hill-fort of Šeimynėliškiai, not far from his home village. I would like to congratulate my friend and colleague on this important anniversary. I would also like to congratulate him for all his past work, and I’m sure that there are a lot of publications and finds ahead. Good luck! Albinas Kuncevičius Vilnius University, Faculty of History Department of Archaeology Universiteto 7, LT-01513, Vilnius Lithuania E-mail: a.kuncevicius@gmail.com ARCHAEOLOGIA BALTICA 16 I TO GINTAUTAS ZABIELA, A FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE 27
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IV. LIFESTYLE IN TOWNS, PALACES AND
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