Rad Pave Anđelića u okviru europske arheologije
The work of Pavo Anđelić in the framework of European archeology

Author(s): Judith A. Rasson
Subject(s): Archaeology, Geography, Regional studies, Recent History (1900 till today)
Published by: Franjevačka teologija Sarajevo
Keywords: Europe; archeology; Pavo Anđelić; 20th century; culture history;
Summary/Abstract: Archaeology as practiced in Europe since the eighteenth century has had three goals: To define social groups in space and time, to describe culture history, and to explain cultural processes. In terms of addressing these goals, Pavo Anđelić followed the trends of his own time in European archaeology at the same time coping with the geopolitical climate of the post-World War II period. He addressed mainly the first two goals of archaeology. Although he clearly had ideas about the nature of processes of culture change, he never elaborated them or adopted a specific model of cultural evolution. Anđelić’s enthusiasm for archaeology arose from his sense of place; he approached medieval archaeology from a historical perspective and integrated the use of documentary sources with his field research, especially his major excavation at Bobovac. He apparently did not make much use of publications from outside Yugoslavia, but he seems to have been aware of research trends in Eastern Europe, such as the interest in the archaeology of the Slavs. He may not have been aware of developments in Hungarian archaeology (and/or they post-dated him), but finds from Bobovac proved to be a critical cultural tie between Bosnia and Hungary. Pava Anđelić contributed to understanding the medieval history of Bosnia by refining the existing spatialchronological framework and adding political and economic content specific to Bosnia. He focused on reconstructing the medieval geo-political world of Bosnian history, exploring the interplay between elements of the material world and the world of the mind (the text).

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