Key Challenges to the Archaeological Heritage Preservation in Kuzbass. Part I: "Archaeological Treasure Hunting"
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-2-307-317
Abstract
Preservation of archaeological heritage objects (AHO) in Kuzbass is one of the tasks on the formation of a fund of objects of historical and cultural heritage of the Russian Federation. The paper characterizes the key challenges to AHO preservation, one of which is the so-called amateur "archaeological treasure hunting", and offers possible solutions. The research was based on law and media analysis. The contemporary legal framework of the Russian Federation provides the necessary conditions for AHO preservation. For instance, it regulates the procedure for search and extraction of artifacts from archeological sites. Amateur "archaeological treasure hunting" is illegal but extremely popular. The situation in Kuzbass stays within the national trends. However, the authors managed to define some regional specifics. First, the local treasure hunters demonstrate a high level of social publicity in their attempt to legalize their activities. Second, they focus mostly on Modern Age artifacts. The authors claim the urgency of the problem and propose a number of solutions, e.g. media marginalization of the " black archaeology", a targeted public protection of Modern Age archaeological sites, prompt interception of illegal "treasure hunting", etc.
About the Authors
S. A. Vasyutin
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sergey A. Vasyutin
Kemerovo
A. G. Marochkin
Kemerovo State University; Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey G. Marochkin
Kemerovo
P. V. German
Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pavel V. German
Kemerovo
A. S. Sizyov
Historical Cultural and Natural Museum-Preserve Tomskaya Pisanitsa
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander S. Sizyov
Kemerovo
N. E. Gorlyshkin
Kemerovo State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nikita E. Gorlyshkin
Kemerovo
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Vasyutin S.A., Marochkin A.G., German P.V., Sizyov A.S., Gorlyshkin N.E. Key Challenges to the Archaeological Heritage Preservation in Kuzbass. Part I: "Archaeological Treasure Hunting". The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2020;22(2):307-317. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2020-22-2-307-317
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