Vilnius university Department of archaeology (from 1990 to 2010)

The number of locations for fieldwork practice has increased from two in 1990 to six-seven. They are headed by the Department lecturers who have carried out investigations at important Lithuanian archaeological sites, such as Kernave (A. Luchtanas, G. Velius), Dubingiai Castle site and the old town of Trakai (A. Kuncevicius), Paragaudis barrow cemetery CM. Michelbertas). flint quarry and flint working site at the Titnas lake (E. Satavicius), Sereitlaukis settlement and JaSiunai burial mounds (V. Simenas), Stanciai settlement and Joguciai burial ground (L. Tamulynas), Benaiciai, Turlojiskes and Meskuciai archaeological complex sites (A. Merkevicius). The Department lecturers often travel to lecture abroad. They have lectured at various European Universities. Besides lecturing, the Department staff have been on scholarships and fellowships in various foreign archaeological institutions, where they also collected archaeological evidence and did re-. search work. In cooperation with archaeological institutions of other countries, the Department invites to deliver lectures to foreign archaeologists: S. Milisauskas (Buffalo University), V. Lang (Tartu University), A. Vasks (University of Latvia), K. Randsborg (Copenhagen University), I. Jansson (Stockholm University), M. Miiller-Wille (Ch. Albrecht University), V. Kulakov (Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences), W. Nowakowski (Warsaw University), R. Mazurowski (Warsaw University), W. Wroblewski (Warsaw University), B. Madsen Gelg (Copenhagen University), M. Geld (The Jagiellonian University of Krakow) and others. Besides scientific and educational activities, the Department is also involved in search for archaeological sites and popularization of archaeology. Every year the researchers present their investigation results to the media. During the last two decades the Department has grown into one of the major archaeological instit..