Abstract
The archeology of Kazakhstan is one of the most dynamic, if not the most publicly visible and dynamic anthropological sub-disciplines in this post-Soviet Central Asian country today. The Kazakhstani state and elite pay a lot of attention to archeology through different programs and grants. However, I argue that: after becoming independent more than thirty years ago, Kazakhstani archeology still demonstrates a strong attachment to Russian archeology as with the former academic metropole, in some sense operates in many ways in the shadows of the Soviet legacy; archeology is still heavily dependent on state ideology or used by it as a nation-building tool
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 29-38 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Антропологии/Anthropologies |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 5 2022 |