Oleksandrivka Mound on Banks of the Akarzha River at the Black Sea: History of the Grave and Memories of One of its Researchers
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to analyze the situation with the Oleksandrivka Mound, located on the banks of the Akkarzha River at the Black Sea. It concerns the ‘excavations’ of a unique site, conducted by V. Beilekchi and V. Petrenko in 1993, the materials of which have not yet been published.
The scientific novelty is in the introduction of materials and a number of cartographic sources regarding the history of the study of the Oleksandrivka Mound into scientific circulation. In addition, the information on the reconstruction of the mound in 2010 and the results of excavations in 2020 are presented, as well as the prospects for publishing the materials of the 1993 ‘excavations’ are considered.
Conclusions. The problem of legal rights related to the materials of the Oleksandrivka Mound, which is being discussed in Ukraine, and more so in the Republic of Moldova, is far-fetched, since they belong exclusively to the Ukrainian state and are kept in the funds of the Institute of Archaeology and Odesa Archaeological Museum of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. As for the rights of the Head of the excavation of the mound, who had the ‘Open Sheet’ on them, he could have obtained a time-limited author’s rights on the publication of the materials if he had fulfilled all the requirements and rules given in the instructions for the ‘Open Sheet’. This refers to the mandatory submission of a notarized ‘Open Sheet’, a report, a diary of fieldwork, drawings, imprints, certificates on the transfer of the finds to state storage, etc. to the Field Committee at the Institute of Archaeology or to Odesa Archaeological Museum of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine after the completion of work and processing of materials. However, V. Beilekchi did not do any of that, so he actually did not obtain the author’s rights. Well, more: he broke another obligation stated in all the ‘Open Sheets’ of the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine of 1993: “It is forbidden to assign work on this ‘Open Sheet’ to another person”. So, based on the above, V.H. Petrenko did not have any rights related to the materials of the Oleksandrivka Mound, but he also had no obligations, which is why any permissions for the use of those materials he signed are not worth the paper they are written on.
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