From Farmers to Heroes? Archaeological Studies in Honor of Sławomir Kadrow, 2022
Strontium in pots: an experimental study on the determination of strontium isotope ratios (87 Sr/... more Strontium in pots: an experimental study on the determination of strontium isotope ratios (87 Sr/ 86 Sr) and provenance of prehistoric vessels from Verteba Cave, Ukraine (Tripolye culture) .
In 2020 an axe made of Jurassic flint was accidentally found in Rybitwy in Połaniec Borough. It i... more In 2020 an axe made of Jurassic flint was accidentally found in Rybitwy in Połaniec Borough. It is a four-sided with partially smoothed surface. Traceological analysis did not reveal any presence of microtraces that would indicate that the axe had been used. Given the shape and size of the axe one can find multiple analogies in inventories of the Corded Ware culture graves in Małopolska region. Various artifacts associated with the Corded Ware culture, both pottery and flint artifacts, were found in numerous locations within 10km of Rybitwy (e.g.
A planitiebus usque ad montes studia archæologica Andreæ Pelisiak vitæ an-no sexagesimo quinto oblata, 2020
Nowe dane o zasiedleniu stanowiska nr 2 w Aleksandrowicach (pow. krakowski) w paleolicie, neolici... more Nowe dane o zasiedleniu stanowiska nr 2 w Aleksandrowicach (pow. krakowski) w paleolicie, neolicie i wczesnej epoce żelaza, w świetle wykopalisk przeprowadzonych w 2019 roku. .
Barrow 11 at site 1 in Jawczyce is the first burial mound in the Wieliczka Foothills, and also in... more Barrow 11 at site 1 in Jawczyce is the first burial mound in the Wieliczka Foothills, and also in the whole of Lesser Poland, dated to the 19th and 18th centuries BC and associated with the late phase of the Mierzanowice culture. The grave under the mound had a wooden construction, and within it were found faience beads as well as four flint arrowheads. The interment was not preserved. The radiocarbon date acquired from charcoal is 3580±35 BP (Poz-101091), which is 1974-1888 BC after calibration. This dating can be correlated with the beginnings of the late phase of the Mierzanowice culture. The mound in Jawczyce combines older Final Neolithic traditions (the barrow) with Early Bronze ones (the grave goods, arrangement of the deceased). Therefore, it significantly supplements current knowledge of the funeral rite of the Mierzanowice culture.
The subject of the study is a collective find of three axes discovered in 1964 during excavation ... more The subject of the study is a collective find of three axes discovered in 1964 during excavation research at the multicultural site VII in Klementowice, Kurów commune, Puławy district, Lublin voivodship, in the north-western part of the Nałęczów Plateau. Two artefacts (with quadrilateral section and bifacial) are made of banded flint and one (with quadrilateral section) – of Świeciechów flint. These raw materials come from deposits exploited in the Neolithic period in mines of the Świętokrzyski region of the prehistoric flint mining. Despite the existing doubts, these axes should be combined with the Funnel Beaker culture, its southeastern group.
In the area of Mokrzec village, human bones were accidentally discovered, along with the followin... more In the area of Mokrzec village, human bones were accidentally discovered, along with the following accompanying
artefacts: a small cup, products made of copper – a bracelet, the blade of a dagger, five chapes, a bone awl,
flint tools and flakes. It is probably a grave from the beginning of the Bronze Age, which can be related to the
early phase of the Mierzanowice culture. The inventory of the grave indicates the importance and status of the
buried man.
Kosin 10, Kopiec 4 i 8 – stanowiska osadniczo-pracowniane tarnobrzeskiej kultury łużyckiej na terenie wychodni krzemieni świeciechowskiego oraz go-ścieradowskiego, 2019
Vir Bimaris. Od kujawskiego matecznika do stepów nadczarnomorskich. Stu-dia z dziejów międzymorza bałtycko-pontyjskiego ofiarowane Profesorowi Aleksandrowi Kośko, 2019
Katarzyna Ślusarska, Nieobecna obecność-dane do rekonstrukcji produkcji tekstylnej i stroju społe... more Katarzyna Ślusarska, Nieobecna obecność-dane do rekonstrukcji produkcji tekstylnej i stroju społeczności schyłku epoki brązu i początków epoki żelaza Niżu Europejskiego .
The subject of this article is a hoard of Volhynian flint blades discovered in Świątniki. The col... more The subject of this article is a hoard of Volhynian flint blades discovered in Świątniki. The collection encompasses 12 macrolithic Volhynian flint blades. The blades cannot be refitted together. The morphological and technological features of the blades suggest that they were produced with the use of indirect percussion or the lever pressure technique. The traceological analysis did not reveal any utilization patterns. Only slight polishing traces were recorded, perhaps resulting from keeping/transporting the blades in a wrapping made of light material. The makers of the blades should be associated with the populations of the Trypilian, Lublin-Volhynian, or Funnel Beaker culture, which does not indicate unequivocally the cultural attribution of the hoard.
Between History and Archaeology. Papers in honour of Jacek Lech, 2018
The studies on the sickle-shaped, bifacially formed knives showed that the crescent-like forms (w... more The studies on the sickle-shaped, bifacially formed knives showed that the crescent-like forms (with the maximum width around the middle of the specimen) found in Lesser Poland should be associated with the people of the Trzciniec and/ or Lausatian culture. Some premises seem to indicate for the possibility of connecting the relatively narrow specimens with well-defined bases as well as those with base similar to distal tip with a straight or concave inner edge (the latter ones show similarities to crescent-like forms) with the 'Lausatian' culture settlements. In direct vicinity of Świeciechów flint deposits, at a place called Kopiec, a workshop of bifacial forms was discovered, at which-in the context of the Lausatian culture pottery-around 70 crescent-like sickle-shaped knives in various stages of completion and state of preservation were found. At least 20 'pottery' sites of this culture are known from earlier and later verified surface surveys (Polish Archaeological Record). These sites are located within on the area of in direct vicinity of grey flint, i.e. Świeciechów and Gościeradów flint, outcrop.
From around 4,000 to 2,000 BC the forest-steppe northwestern Pontic region was occupied by people... more From around 4,000 to 2,000 BC the forest-steppe northwestern Pontic region was occupied by people who shared a nomadic lifestyle, pastoral economy and barrow burial rituals. It has been shown that these groups, especially those associated with the Yamnaya culture, played an important role in shaping the gene pool of Bronze Age Europeans, which extends into present-day patterns of genetic variation in Europe. Although the genetic impact of these migrations from the forest-steppe Pontic region into central Europe have previously been addressed in several studies, the contribution of mitochondrial lineages to the people associated with the Corded Ware culture in the eastern part of the North European Plain remains contentious. In this study, we present mitochondrial genomes from 23 Late Eneolithic and Bronze Age individuals, including representatives of the northwestern Pontic region and the Corded Ware culture from the eastern part of the North European Plain. We identified, for the first time in ancient populations, the rare mitochondrial haplogroup X4 in two Bronze Age Catacomb culture-associated individuals. Genetic similarity analyses show close maternal genetic affinities between populations associated with both eastern and Baltic Corded Ware culture, and the Yamnaya horizon, in contrast to larger genetic differentiation between populations associated with western Corded Ware culture and the Yamnaya horizon. This indicates that females with steppe ancestry contributed to the formation of populations associated with the eastern Corded Ware culture while more local people, likely of Neolithic farmer ancestry, contributed to the formation of populations associated with western Corded Ware culture. The forest-steppe northwestern Pontic region of the middle Dniester and Prut interfluve was a place of contact and exchange routes between human populations inhabiting the drainages of the Black and Baltic Seas from around 4,000 to 2,000 BC 1. During this time, the region was occupied by forest-steppe populations attributed to
Małgorzata Stryjecka: Ocena zawartości składników mineralnych i bioaktywnych oraz właściwości prz... more Małgorzata Stryjecka: Ocena zawartości składników mineralnych i bioaktywnych oraz właściwości przeciwutleniających pokrzywy zwyczajnej (Urtica dioica L.
A harpoon of type 5 according to J. G. D. Clark (= type 04.01 according to L. B. M. Verhart)
was... more A harpoon of type 5 according to J. G. D. Clark (= type 04.01 according to L. B. M. Verhart)
was found in the area of the Wieprz-Krzna Canal. In the Polish literature such harpoons are known as the
Gniewino type. The 14C dating of specimens from Bolkowo (MKL-1871: 7760±50 BP) and the Wieprz-
Krzna Canal (Poz-31597: 9380±50 BP) indicate their association with the Maglemose circle.
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artefacts: a small cup, products made of copper – a bracelet, the blade of a dagger, five chapes, a bone awl,
flint tools and flakes. It is probably a grave from the beginning of the Bronze Age, which can be related to the
early phase of the Mierzanowice culture. The inventory of the grave indicates the importance and status of the
buried man.
was found in the area of the Wieprz-Krzna Canal. In the Polish literature such harpoons are known as the
Gniewino type. The 14C dating of specimens from Bolkowo (MKL-1871: 7760±50 BP) and the Wieprz-
Krzna Canal (Poz-31597: 9380±50 BP) indicate their association with the Maglemose circle.