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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF A TOMSK ARCHAEOLOGIST: DEDICATED TO THE ANNIVERSARY OF LYUDMILA M. PLETNYOVA // Tomsk Journal of Linguistics and Anthropology. 2016. Issue 3 (13). P. 77-84

The publication is dedicated to the biography of Professor and Doctor of History L. M. Pletneva, Russian archaeologist, and her contribution to archaeological studies of Siberia. Her research interests are focused on the Early Iron Age and the Middle Ages of the Tomsk Ob Region (the south of Western Siberia). Over forty field seasons (1963–2005), Lyudmila Pletneva accumulated a strong source base and used these data for creating the original concept – the cultural and historical development of the region for the whole Iron Age. In particular, based on archaeological data of the Middle Ages, she identified the migration of Turkic groups to the Tomsk Ob Region, to the areas populated by the local (Samoyedic) peoples. The publication highlights some social activities of L. M. Pletneva: she contributed to developing the archaeological education of Tomsk school children in the 1970s.

Keywords: archaeologist L. M. Pletneva, Western Siberia, Tomsk Ob Region, field studies, the Early Iron Age, the Middle Ages, biography of a scientist