@article{
author = "Mihajlović, Vladimir V.",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Teren i tekst, naročito na polju klasične arheologije, uvek su u dijalektičkom
odnosu: terenska praksa i tekstovi (kako oni koji prethode, tako i oni koji proističu
iz iskopavanja) se međusobno prožimaju, potvrđuju i preoblikuju. Stoga, osim ključnih
ličnosti ili institucija i tekstovi mogu imati autoritet koji se vremenom stiče, potvrđuje
ili pak gubi. Pausanijin Opis Helade jedno je od dela koje je upisano u disciplinarne
temelje klasične arheologije. Ovo delo uticalo je na pravce istaživanja na polju klasične
arheologije Grčke, njihov obim i metodologiju, kao i konačnu interpretaciju. O uzajamnom
prožimanju arheologije i Pausanijinog Opisa Helade najbolje govore iskopavanja
u Olimpiji, koja su u ovome radu uzeta kao studija slučaja. S jedne strane, iz višegodišnjih
temeljnih istraživanja, kojima je prethodila višedecenijska diplomatska borba
za dozvolu za iskopavanja, proisteklo je bolje razumevanje Pausanijinog dela, dok je s
druge, preoblikovana ne samo terenska praksa, nego i epistemološke osnove klasične
arheologije. Cilj ovoga rada jeste da još jednom podseti na neodvojivost praktičnog i
interpretativnog, odnosno na neodvojivost terenskog i kabinetskog rada u arheologiji., One of the key products of archaeological work, the clear disciplinary distinction
separating it from amateur curiosity or lucrative treasure hunt, is the
text. Not only it stands at the end of almost every archaeological endeavour,
text in its various forms often presents the source of fieldwork: archaeological
excavations are preceded by (repeated) reading of previously written landscape,
either represented through old travelogues, or through recent reports from archaeological
surveys. In short, fieldwork and text are dialectically linked: fieldwork
practice and texts mutually intertwine, confirm and (re)shape one another.
Therefore, along with “founding fathers” of the discipline, some texts may also
posses authority – achieved over time, confirmed, or lost.
Opposed to the authors and works of the classical canon, Pausanias and his
Description of Greece were not of noble origins, that would secure the position
of indisputable authority in the field of classical archaeology. Therefore
the reputation of the author and his work was built – through confirmations and
refutations – in the very landscape of Greece, primarily through archaeological
fieldwork. During the 19th century Description of Greece served as a kind of
travel guide for researchers to the long-abandoned sites and grand archaeological
discoveries, such as Schliemann in Mycenae. The Erechteion in Athens is
today known by the name given to the temple by Pausanias. His authority, built in the field of classical archaeology, spread out of the domain of the discipline:
on the grounds of the data from the Description of Greece and the esteem of
its author, the administration of the new independent Greek kingdom started
changing the Slovene, Albanian, Turkish or Italian toponyms in its territory. The
excavations at Olympia – the case-study presented here, speak most eloquently
about the mutual intertwining of archaeology and Description of Greece. On the
one side, the years-long excavations, enabled by the decades-long diplomatic
struggle for the licence, deepened the understanding of the work of Pausanias,
but on the other side, the fieldwork practice has also changed, as well as the
epistemological foundations of classical archaeology. The aim of this paper is to
point once more to the inseparable ties linking practical and interpretive aspects,
i.e. fieldwork and study in archaeology.",
publisher = "Beograd : Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu, Odeljenje za etnologiju i antropologiju",
journal = "Etnoantropološki problemi",
title = "Autoritet i kako ga steći: Pausanija, Opis Helade i arheološka iskopavanja u Olimpiji, Authority and How to Attain It: Pausanias, Description of Greece and Archaeological Excavations at Olympia, Autorité et comment l’obtenir: Pausanias, Description de la Grèce et les fouilles archéologiques d’Olympie",
pages = "937-953",
volume = "14",
number = "3",
doi = "10.21301/eap.v14i3.9",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_10840"
}
