Collection of Documents of Rajki Archaeological Expedition [1925-1971]
Scope & Content:
The collection keeps documents concerning the archaeological research carried out near Rajki village in 1925-1935. This is a pilot project containing only sample images from the collection. The remainder of the collection has not yet been digitised. In 1925 and further in 1929-1932 the Rajki ex...
Card diaries – is a category of scientific expedition documentation, which was developed by T.M. Movchanovskiy with a purpose to use it in everyday work to record results of archaeological work on separate plots (such as excavation site, plot, trench, square etc.) of the Rajki hillfort. Card dia...
The series contain saved drafts (those on different research objects, plans of squares, stratigraphic characteristics (cuts) of cultural layers of the hillfort) of the Rajki archaeological expedition
Most of plates for the negatives are hand-made: plates made from the usual glass were cut; the photographer spread the emulsion by hand. The state of most negatives is unsatisfactory: many of them are cracked and have spots, others have exfoliated emulsion, and lots of slabs are broken. Highly r...