Jauno vēsturnieku zinātniskie lasījumi, IV : konferences referātu tēzes = The 4th Annual Conference “Scholarly Readings of Young Historians” : abstracts, 2018
Anotācija. Šogad jau ceturto reizi LU Latvijas vēstures institūts un Valmieras muzejs rīko pasāku... more Anotācija. Šogad jau ceturto reizi LU Latvijas vēstures institūts un Valmieras muzejs rīko pasākumu "Jauno vēsturnieku zinātniskie lasījumi", kas adresēts topošajiem vēstures pētniekiem un humanitārās un mākslas zinātņu nozares studentiem, kuru starpdisciplinārie pētījumi ietver vēsturi. Pasākums iedibināts VPP Letonika ietvaros kā zināšanu pārnesi nodrošinoša aktivitāte, kas tuvina zinātniekus un studentus. Šogad lasījumiem pieteikts 21 referāts. Autori pārstāv Latvijas Universitāti, Daugavpils Universitāti, Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas Mūzikas akadēmiju, Latvijas Kultūras akadēmiju un Latvijas Mākslas akadēmiju. Lasījumiem pieteikto ziņojumu hronoloģiskais un tematiskais diapazons ir ļoti plašs: no paleolīta apmetnes izpētes rezultātiem līdz Latvijas Tautas frontes Augstākās Padomes frakcijas darbības 1991. gadā izvērtējumam. Pasākuma ietvaros referenti pieslīpē savas prasmes uzstāties, argumentēt un aizstāvēt sava pētījuma rezultātus. Referāti, pārstrādāti zinātniskos rakstos, būs publicēti anonīmi recenzētā rakstu krājumā. Annotation. This year, for the fourth time the Institute of Latvian History, University of Latvia and Valmiera Museum are organising an event called "Scholary Readings of Young Historians" addressed to the emerging researchers of history and to the students of humanities and art sciences whose studies involve aspects of history. The event was established within the framework of the State Research Programm "Letonika" as a knowledge transfer activity that brings together scientists and students. The authors represent the University of Latvia, Daugavpils University, the Latvian Academy of Music, Latvian Academy of Culture and the Latvian Academy of Arts. The chronological and thematic range of reports is very broad: from the findings of a study of a Paleolithic settlement to the evaluation of the activities of the Popular Front Faction at the Supreme Council of Latvia in 1991. The event help the speakers to improve their skills to present, substantiate and uphold the findings of their research. Research papers, based on the delivered reports, will be published in an anonymously peer-reviewed collection.
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Such weapons appear in Latvian archaeological material at the turn of the 14th century. In the typology of Māris Atgāzis, these spearheads are identified as Type G. It is in the 14th century that Type G spears show the greatest variation in form – all three variants of Type G spearhead sockets (G 1 – with four faces, G 2 – with six faces, both variants used in the 14th century, G 3 – with eight faces, used in the 14th–16th centuries, G 4 – with ten faces, used in the 14th century). These spearheads emerged following the development of defensive armaments: the facetted sockets provided a more effective attachment of the spearhead to the haft.
Type G spearheads played an important role in the armament of both cavalry and infantry. As the archaeological material from burial places shows, until the end of the 16th century Type G spears were most commonly used in battle in combination with axes, daggers, swords and maces.
The material provides evidence of trends of armament unification, when the spread of one spear type resulted not only from a developed arms trade, but also from the indigenous people’s ties with the military power of Livonia. On the other hand, the presence of different vari- ants of these spears indicates that a degree of variety of forms of these stabbing weapons continued.
In this article a detailed typology and dating of medieval spearheads with facetted sockets in Latvia is presented for the first time.
In this study the combat and hunting melee weapons of the 14th–16th century found in Latvia are examined as archaeological sources. The term “melee weapons” here denotes cold offensive weapons used against an enemy at a distance of up to four metres.