Fr Juozapas Žiogas: Archaeologist and Priest
Volumes 21-22 (2015): Horizons of Archival Archaeology, pp. 121–133
Pub. online: 30 September 2015
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
8 December 2014
8 December 2014
Revised
12 June 2015
12 June 2015
Accepted
22 July 2015
22 July 2015
Published
30 September 2015
30 September 2015
Abstract
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the Lithuanian national liberation movement, interest in the history of old Lithuania and its monuments peaked. Amateurs investigated hill-forts and cemeteries. These amateurs rarely saved artefacts or data from their excavations. One exception was the priest Juozapas Žiogas, who investigated over ten archaeological sites. Fr Žiogas formed an extensive archaeological collection, which is now held in the Aušra Museum in Šiauliai.