SPRAWOZDANIA ARCHEOLOGICZNE 67, 2015 PL ISSN 0081-3834 ARCHEOLOGIES OF THE RECENT PAST AND THE SOVIET REMAINS OF THE COLD WAR IN POLAND: A CASE STUDY OF BRZEźNICA-KOLONIA, KłOMINO AND BORNE SULINOWO ABSTRACT Kobiałka D., Kajda K. and Frąckowiak M. 2015. Archeologies of the recent past and the Soviet remains of the cold war in Poland: a case study of Brzeźnica-Kolonia, Kłomino and Borne Sulinowo. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 67, 9–22. In this paper we analyze three places extensively used by the Soviets in Poland during the Cold War: Brzeźnica-Kolonia, Kłomino and Borne Sulinowo. We treat these places and artefacts found there as heritage. However, instead of calling for their urgent preservation, we try to argue that heritage does not need to be per- ceived as a dead past. Material culture and material transformations in landscapes of the recent past last and survive their own times. The goal of this paper is to pay archaeological attention to the duration of the things and landscapes from the recent past in the present. Key words: heritage, materiality, archaeologies of the recent past, Cold War, ruins, landscape Received: 18.11.2014; Revised: 30.01.2015; Accepted: 29.04.2015 INTRODUCTION: ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE RECENT PAST Over the last decade, there has been a clearly discernible archaeological interest in material culture of the recent past (Shanks 2007; Webmoor 2007; Webmoor, Witmore 2008). Of course, archaeology has been interested predominantly in material culture from Dawid Kobiałka*, Kornelia Kajda**, Maksymilian Frąckowiak*** * ul. Rzepakowa 10/26, 89-600 Chojnice; dawidkobialka@wp.pl ** Institute of Prehistory at Adam Mickiewicz University; ul. Św. Marcin 78, 61-809 Poznań; nelkaa1@o2.pl *** ul. Matejki 5/11, 60-766 Poznań; maksymilian.frackowiak@gmail.com A R T I C L E S