Lietuvos archeologija

On the basis of surviving archive documents and the recollections of contemporaries, the article recreates the history of the serial research publication Lietuvos Archeologija (Lithuanian Archaeology) from the appearance of the need to have a separate archaeological publication in Lithuania to the release of volume 1 of Lietuvos Archeologija. This volume passed through four development phases: the appearance of the conception (late 1974–early April 1975), the materialisation of the idea in the form of plans (April–June 1975), its preparation in the Department of Archaeology (second half of 1975– second half of 1977), and its preparation for publication at Mokslas Publishing House (second half of 1977–late April 1979). Consistent studies of Soviet era archaeological history are hindered by the incompleteness of the available sources and the lack of comprehensiveness of the information recorded in them.