Abstract A precisely dated, high-resolution palynological profile shows that around 5680 BCE a community that grew crops and raised livestock settled on the northern periphery of the area later covered by the LBK colonisations. This indicates that pioneer farmers reached this region around 300 years earlier than estimated by recognised […]
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The article presents the results of research on the settlement of the Pyrzyce Lowland, NW Poland, in the Pre-Roman and Roman Iron Ages. The central part of this area was covered in the past by a large water body, pre-Miedwie lake, which due to natural processes and subsequent human intervention […]
The Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age transition in the Lower Oder and the Oder Lagoon region from settlement and environmental perspectives. According to classical narratives, the end of the Bronze deepened social inequality and hierarchical structure among European societies, though not in every region. Outside borders of the […]
Is It Just the Location? Visibility Analyses of the West Pomeranian Megaliths of the Funnel Beaker Culture The article attempts to apply visibility analyses to megalithic tombs of the Funnel Beaker Culture in the Pyrzyce Plain in north-western Poland. The analyses were carried out on 23 megalithic monuments in order […]
Late Neolithic and post-Neolithic settlements and burial grounds in the TPC Area at Çatalhöyük: The research project of the archaeological team from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The chapter presents the results of the research project conducted by the team of archaeologists from Adam Mickiewicz University at the World Heritage […]
Einmal ist keinmal. Peculiar burial practices of prehistoric communities settling the Lublin-Volhynia Upland in the Early Iron Age, „Praehistorische Zeitsc rift” Pre-published 16 September, 2021 Abstract The study addresses remains of two peculiar graves unearthed at the site Mikulin 9 in the Dobużek Scarp (Pol. Skarpa Dobużańska) area in Western […]
A Nuclear Generator of Clouds: Accidents and Radioactive Contamination Identified on Declassified Satellite Photographs in the Mayak Chemical Combine, Southern Urals The Mayak Chemical Combine was one of the most secretive places in the Soviet Union. It was built in the southern Urals, close to Kyshtym. The facility produced weapons-grade […]
The forgotten Eastern Front: dealing with the social and archaeological legacies of the Battle of the Rawka and Bzura Rivers (1914–1915), central Poland While the Western Front of the Great (or First World)War is deeply engrained in the European historical consciousness, memories of the Eastern Front are less prominent. Here, […]
Abstrakt: Rola zasobów naturalnych w gospodarce wczesnych społeczności Europy Środkowe ciągle jeszcze stanowi marginalne zagadnienie dyskusji. Centralnym obszarem badań pozostaje uprawa zbóż i strategie hodowli zwierząt. W badaniach tych rośliny dzikie wykorzystywane są jako dane pośrednie pozwalające na oceny sposobów uprawy i zbioru czy też strategie żywienia zwierząt hodowlanych. Podstawowym […]
The Goths, the Wielbark Culture and over 100 years of research on the eponymous site Abstract The cemetery site for which the Wielbark Culture was named has been known for over a century. The scientific value of the site is, however, only now beginning to be realised. With a continuous […]
How far did they come from? Archaeological and archeometric provenance studies on glass beads recovered from the Malbork-Wielbark cemetery Abstract The cemetery at Malbork-Wielbark, Pomeranian voivodship, northern Poland, was in use from phase A1 of the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age (end of the 3rd/beginning of the 2nd century AD) to […]
What shall we put in the grave? Archaeometric analyses of ceramics from a late Pre-Roman, Roman and Migration period cemetery in Malbork-Wielbark, northern Poland Abstract The necropolis at Malbork-Wielbark was excavated from 1927 to 1936 and 2008 to 2019. This burial ground is the eponymous site of the Wielbark culture. […]