| International Institute of Anthropology |
Lolita Nikolova, PhD
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I am a person who everyday rediscovers the world and
myself. When I came from Bulgaria to the USA (2000) and
especially in Salt Lake City in 2001, my only goal was to
have continued my archaeology scholar research as the
main motivation in my life. Today archaeology is an
essential part of my social biography, but I would not say
that it is more important than others like the anthropology
of everydayness, genealogy, prehistoric anthropology of
Eurasia, our Bulgarian parties, art shows, the celebrations
of the living traditions in Salt Lake and many other events.
On the whole the human society is an example of the
progress thanks to many micro- mezo- and macro-social
groups, most of which do not have access to funds for
culture, but they are respected because of their honest
behaviour and humanistic view on the world. I am proud to
be a member of such formal and non-formal groups
believing that with every cell of my body I do communicate
humanity. One of them is the World Archaeological
Congress - the fastest growing global organization of
archaeologists and their friends.
My archaeological research interest has been transformed
from searching for the past itself in searching for our
ancestral past as an integral part of our everydayness.
Then, I cannot be a non-globalist and non-moralist - these
were some of the most essential values of our distant
ancestors, who actually discovered the blood of our social
life - how to live together, how to reproduce ourselves as
humans, how to develop as human society and possibly
how to live in our everydayness. Unfortunately, my distant
researched unknown heroes (I all feel them as exceptional
and extraordinary personalities) did not need to record
their lives, so we have only their material culture. But in
many cases the last is even more communicative than the
written records, because you can also feel it and the vision
perception is incompatible in our understanding of the
world.
I believe that the visitors of the websites of the International
Institute of Anthropology, which I founded in 2001 will find
something worth for them, and if you want to contact me,
you can just e-mail to lnikolova@iianthropology.org
myself. When I came from Bulgaria to the USA (2000) and
especially in Salt Lake City in 2001, my only goal was to
have continued my archaeology scholar research as the
main motivation in my life. Today archaeology is an
essential part of my social biography, but I would not say
that it is more important than others like the anthropology
of everydayness, genealogy, prehistoric anthropology of
Eurasia, our Bulgarian parties, art shows, the celebrations
of the living traditions in Salt Lake and many other events.
On the whole the human society is an example of the
progress thanks to many micro- mezo- and macro-social
groups, most of which do not have access to funds for
culture, but they are respected because of their honest
behaviour and humanistic view on the world. I am proud to
be a member of such formal and non-formal groups
believing that with every cell of my body I do communicate
humanity. One of them is the World Archaeological
Congress - the fastest growing global organization of
archaeologists and their friends.
My archaeological research interest has been transformed
from searching for the past itself in searching for our
ancestral past as an integral part of our everydayness.
Then, I cannot be a non-globalist and non-moralist - these
were some of the most essential values of our distant
ancestors, who actually discovered the blood of our social
life - how to live together, how to reproduce ourselves as
humans, how to develop as human society and possibly
how to live in our everydayness. Unfortunately, my distant
researched unknown heroes (I all feel them as exceptional
and extraordinary personalities) did not need to record
their lives, so we have only their material culture. But in
many cases the last is even more communicative than the
written records, because you can also feel it and the vision
perception is incompatible in our understanding of the
world.
I believe that the visitors of the websites of the International
Institute of Anthropology, which I founded in 2001 will find
something worth for them, and if you want to contact me,
you can just e-mail to lnikolova@iianthropology.org
| Archaeologist, cultural anthropologist and genealogist. Founder and Research Director of the Internatonal Institute of Anthropology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (Resume) |
Archaeological finds from my excavations at
Dubene, Karlovo, Bulgaria
Dubene, Karlovo, Bulgaria
Favorite membership;
World Archaeological
Congress
Most recent scholar
interests:
Theory and application of
enculturation
Anthropology of
everydayness
Prehistory of Eurasia
Academic affiliation:
Department of
Anthropology, University
of Utah, Salt lake City,
Utah, USA
Institute for Development
and Innovations in
Education and Science,
Sofia, Bulgaria
Publications (.pdf files):
Prehistoric female
figurines (2000)
Bronze Flange-Axe (2002)
Social Change (2005)
Prehistoric everydayness
(2005)
You can buy books by
Lolita Nikolova from:
International Institute of
Anthropology
Heritage Marketing and
Publications
Genealogy affiliations:
Universal Genealogy
Center
Price & Assoc.
World Archaeological
Congress
Most recent scholar
interests:
Theory and application of
enculturation
Anthropology of
everydayness
Prehistory of Eurasia
Academic affiliation:
Department of
Anthropology, University
of Utah, Salt lake City,
Utah, USA
Institute for Development
and Innovations in
Education and Science,
Sofia, Bulgaria
Publications (.pdf files):
Prehistoric female
figurines (2000)
Bronze Flange-Axe (2002)
Social Change (2005)
Prehistoric everydayness
(2005)
You can buy books by
Lolita Nikolova from:
International Institute of
Anthropology
Heritage Marketing and
Publications
Genealogy affiliations:
Universal Genealogy
Center
Price & Assoc.
| © 2006-2008 International Institute of Anthropology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
Summer in Salt Lake (Youth Parade, 19th July 2008)
Dora S'Lake is my new friend who I
will travel to Malta with in September,
to attend the 14th Meeting of the
European Association of
Archaeologists. She is prepared to be
given to a colleague who would not
buy a new dress for Malta. I think she
will come back with me in Salt Lake.
will travel to Malta with in September,
to attend the 14th Meeting of the
European Association of
Archaeologists. She is prepared to be
given to a colleague who would not
buy a new dress for Malta. I think she
will come back with me in Salt Lake.