Išgelbėti baltų proistorės liudijimai Palangos gintaro muziejuje

LTStraipsnyje apžvelgiamos kraštotyros ištakos XIX a. antroje pusėje ir šios veiklos rezultatų pasitelkimas nacionalinio identiteto kovose. Kraštotyrinės veiklos inspiracijų tęstinumas matomas ir XX a. antroje pusėje, kai buvo toliau renkama krašto savitumą ir baltišką kultūrą iliustruojanti materialinė medžiaga. Į kraštotyrinę svarbią veiklą buvo įsitraukęs ir Lietuvos dailės muziejaus kolektyvas su būriu savo srities profesionalų, kurių dėka išsaugotas gausus materialių baltų proistorės liudijimų rinkinys pristatomas Palangos gintaro muziejaus lankytojams. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Archeologija; Baltai; Lietuvos dailės muziejus; Palangos gintaro muziejus; Archaeology; Balts; Lithuanian Art Museum; Palanga Amber Museum.

ENThe article reviews the origins of local history research from the second half of the 19th century and the use of the results of these activities in the struggle for establishing national identity. The continuity of inspiration for local history activities can also be observed in the second half of the 20th century, when material evidence of the lands uniqueness and material illustrating Baltic culture continued being collected. The Lithuanian Art Museum’s collective, with a group of professionals of their respective fields, had been involved in such local history research activities, thanks to who a large collection of material evidence of Baltic prehistory has been preserved, and is currently kept and presented at the Palanga Amber Museum. The organisation of archaeological expeditions in 1965 by the Lithuanian Art Museum was a new and important task in collecting valuable exhibits for the Palanga Amber Museum. The largest part of the museum’s archaeological collection consists of various objects testifying to Baltic prehistory gathered during organised investigative expeditions around the seaside burial sites that were being destroyed at the time. The expeditions were organised with the purpose of locating and preserving the material heritage found at burial sites. The museum had archaeological material from burial sites identified in the Klaipėda, Kretinga, Šilutė, Plungė and Šilalė districts. Also on display are amber works dating to the Stone Age, as well as raw materials from Pervalka, Palanga and Šventoji. The visiting of burial grounds was important not only to collect archaeological material raised to the surface of arable land, but also to ensure the preservation of the archaeological monuments themselves.The burial sites located during these investigative expeditions were later professionally researched by archaeologists, while the newly uncovered material is even today contributing to the context of Lithuanian and European archaeological culture studies. According to data from 1995, over 2,500 exhibits were amassed at the museum during expeditions, which could have otherwise been destroyed during the ploughing of unprotected burial site areas. The museum’s current archaeological collection features around 6,000 exhibits that enrich Lithuanian archaeological material, spanning an extended period from the last period of the Stone Age, the Neolithic period, until the juncture of the Iron Age’s Viking period with the beginning of the formation of the Lithuanian state. [From the publication]

• Archeologija / Archaeology
• Istorija / History