Department of Bronze Age Archaeology

Department of Bronze Age Archaeology

The Department of Bronze Age Archaeology (until 1994, the Neolithic and Bronze Age Sector), one of the Institute's main structural divisions, was established at the IIMK in 1944. The department was headed by Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences S.V. Kiselev until his death in 1962, and was subsequently led by such renowned scholars as E.I. Krupnov (until 1970), N.Ya. Merpert (until 1988), M.F. Kosarev (until 1994), and V.V. Volkov (until 2000).

Many leading researchers in prehistoric archaeology worked in the department over the years: A.Ya. Bryusov, M.V. Voevodsky, M.E. Foss, O.A. Krivtsova-Grakova, T.S. Passek, V.N. Chernetsov, V.I. Moshinskaya, V.S. Titov, O.N. Bader, D.A. Kraynov, E.K. Chernysh, V.I. Sarianidi, Yu.S. Grishin, and others.

During the Institute's structural reorganization in 1992–1994, the Neolithic and Bronze Sector was transformed into the Bronze Age Department. An independent Stone Age Department was created on its basis, a