The present paper is the outcome of a small documentary research that the author undertook since the year 2009 on the early life and academic foundation of an archaeologist – Vikuosa Nienu, wherein his contribution to the archaeology of the region seem like an unfamiliar one to the majority of us from Northeast India. But the value of his work stands out for two reasons – firstly, prior to this research, no archaeological investigations had ever been conducted in Nagaland beyond mere archaeological reconnaissance. It was a time when political situations in Nagaland were tense, and field archaeology at that time was considered problematic and challenging. Secondly, this pioneering work is laudable because of its theoretical underpinnings of three dominant paradigms – culture-historical, processual and behavioural archaeology where Nienu gained exposure as a student at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Grasshopper Pueblo Field School during the early 1970s. The paper thus, examines Nienu’s formative years at the School of Archaeology, New Delhi, and thereafter his field experiences, academic environment and the major paradigms that shaped his understanding of the region’s prehistory in the course of his later research.

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免得我们忘记：维库萨·尼努（Vikuosa Nienu）对印度东北考古学的贡献的估算

本文是作者自2009年以来对考古学家Vikuosa Nienu的早期生活和学术基础进行的小规模文献研究的成果，其中他对该地区考古学的贡献似乎对大多数人来说是陌生的来自印度东北部的人 但是他的工作之所以突出价值，有两个原因-首先，在进行这项研究之前，除了纯粹的考古勘测，在那加兰邦还没有进行过任何考古调查。那段时间，那加兰邦的政治局势紧张，当时的野外考古学被认为是有问题且充满挑战的。其次，这项开创性的工作值得称赞，因为它在三个主要范式（文化历史，Nienu在过程和行为考古学中曾于1970年代初在加州大学伯克利分校和Grasshopper Pueblo野外学校就读时获得了曝光。因此，本文考察了Nienu在新德里考古学院的成长历程，然后考察了他的野外经验，学术环境和主要范式，这些思想范式在他后来的研究过程中塑造了他对该地区史前史的理解。