Andrejs VASKS

Professor Andrejs VASKS Head of the Department of Archaeology and Auxiliary Historical Disciplines, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia Brivibas iela 32, Riga, LV 1011 Latvia Phone: + 371 7 280874. Fax: +371 7216769 Senior Researcher of the Institute of History of Latvia, University of Latvia Akademijas laukums 1, Riga LV 1050 Latvia Phone: + 371 7 223715 Fax: + 371 7 225044 E-mail: vasks@lanet.lv

Born: June 13, 1947, Riga, Latvia

Interests:

• Archaeology and Prehistory of East Baltic
• The Bronze and Early Iron Age of East Baltic
• Man and Environment in Prehistory, etc.

Languages: Russian, English, Latvian.

• University of Latvia (Faculty of History and Philosophy), 1965 - 1970
• Institute of Archaeology, Leningrad, Russia, 1980 - 1983
• Dr. hist. (Candidate of Sciences in former USSR), Leningrad, USSR, 1984
• Dr. habil.hist., University of Latvia, 1995

• Researcher, Senior Researcher, Museum of History of Latvia, 1968-1980
• Researcher, Institute of History of Latvia, University of Latvia, 1984 - 1992
• Senior Researcher, Institute of History of Latvia, University of Latvia, 1993 - 1999
• Professor, Department of Archaeology and Auxiliary Historical Disciplines, Faculty of History and Philosophy, University of Latvia, 1997 -

Honours and Awards

• Corresponding Member, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2000

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Chairman of Latvian Council of Science Expert Committee for History
• Vice-Chairman, Council of the Institute of History of Latvia
• Member, Council of Habilitation and Promotion for History, University of Latvia
• Member, Advisory Council of Archaeological Heritage, State Inspectorate for Heritage Protection
• Member, European Association of Archaeologists
• Member of the Board, Association of Archaeologists of Latvia

University of Latvia -

• Latvia before history
• Archaeology of Latvia
• Archaeological monuments of Latvia
• Reconstructing Ethnicity: Theory and Practice
• Europe in the Bronze Age

Monographs:

• Pottery of the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age of Latvia. – Riga: Zinatne: 1991, 198 pp. (in Russian; English summary).
• Brikuli fortified settlement. The Lubana Lowlands in the Late Bronze and Iron Age (1000 B.C. – 1000 A.D.). – Riga: Preses Nams Publishers, 1994, 128 pp. (in Latvian; English summary).
• The Prehistory of Latvia. 8500 BC-1200 AD (The joint authors - B. Vaska, R. Gravare). – Riga: Zvaigzne ABC, 1997 , 223 pp. (in Latvian; English summary).

The main papers:

• An Episode from links between the Baltic and Central Europe in the Early Bronze Age . - The Journal of Latvian Institute of History, 1992 - 2 .
• Cultural development in the Eastern Baltic in the Late Bronze - Early Iron Age – In: Actes du XII Congress International des Sciences Prehistoriques et Protohistoriques. Bratislava, 1-7 Septembre 1991. Tomus 3 - Bratislava, 1993.
• The Early Iron Age settlement Keruzi . – Arheologija un etnografija (Riga:Zinatne), 1994, vol. 16.
• The settlement, economy and society in the Bronze/Pre-Roman Iron Age in the Daugava basin. – The Journal of Latvian Institute of History, 1994 – 4.
• New Data on Early Iron Age Settlement in South-Eastern Latvia. – In: Archaeologica Baltica /V. Kazakevicius and R. Sidrys (eds)/, 1995, Vilnius: Alma Littera.
• Rusticated pottery in Latvia – Arheologija un etnografija (Riga:Zinatne), 1996, vol. 18.
• The Cultural and Ethnic situation in Latvia during the Early and Middle Iron Age (1^st –8^th century AD). – Latvian Ethnic History. Humanities and Social Sciences. Latvia, 1997, 3 (16).
• The Academic programme of the European Association of Archaeologists in Riga meeting. – Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section A, 1997, vol. 51, N 5/6 (592/593).
• Ethnic Reconstruction in the Prehistory of Latvia and Political Systems.- The Journal of Latvian Institute of History, 1998 – 3.
• Politics and Methodology in the Archaeology of Ethnicity: An East Baltic Case. -Abstracts Book. 4^th Annual Meeting, Göteborg, Sweden. September 23 - 27, 1998.
• Latvian archaeology: research and conclusions. - Inside Latvian Archaeology. Gotarc series A (Göteborg), 1999, vol. 2, pp. 3 - 88.
• The Introduction and Pre-Christian History of Farming in Latvia (Co-authors L. Kalnina, R. Ritums). - Environmental and Cultural History of the Eastern Baltic Region. – Pact 57, 1999, pp. 291-304.
• Early metalurgy in Latvia. - I Bronzi Antichi: Produzione e tecnologia. Atti del XV Congresso Int. sui Bronzi Antichi . - Monographies instrumentum 21 - Montagnac: ed. Monique Mergpoil, 2002, pp. 35-39.
• The symbolism of stone work-axes (based on material from the Daugava basin). -  Archaeologia Lituana 4.- Vilnius:Vilnius University Publ. House, 2003, pp. 27-32.

• A.Vasks (Collaborator of Project). Latvia in Antiquity. Latvian Council of Science (1994-1996)
• A.Vasks (Head of Project). Society, Economy and Environment in Prehistoric Latvia. Latvian Council of Science (1997-2000).
• A.Vasks (Head of Project). Man in Changing Environments in the Stone Age and Early Metal Period. Latvian Council of Science (2001 - 2004).
• A.Vasks (Head of Project). Man and Culture in the Environmental Context in Latvian Early Prehistory.  Latvian Council of Science (2005 - ).

Last update 14.12.2004