AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION AS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON: TERMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of terms associated with three cultural aspects of archaeological expeditions functioning: adaptation, organizational and subcultural. The author drawsa distinction between some close but not identical terms. The author defines the relationships between the terms «archaeological expedition» and «permanent-working archaeological expedition». The article reveals expeditionary subculture of archaeologists some elements essence, in particular such as the «ritual» of «initiation into archaeologists» and the professional holiday Archaeologists Day (this is 15 of augustin Ukraine). The author comes to conclusion that the term «expedition» in archaeological expedition contextshas at least several meanings at the present stage. The author proposes to separate the terms «professional subculture of archaeologists” and “archaeological expeditionary subculture».