- Archaeological Geophysics, Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, Numismatics, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Ancient Roman Numismatics, and 143 moreAncient Greek Numismatics, Roman numismatics and archaeology, Post Medieval Numismatics, Roman Republican Numismatics, European Copper and Bronze Age – Archaeometallurgy – Prehistoric Metalworking in Social Context – Settlement Archaeology – Application of Geophysical Methods in Archaeology – Neolithic – Theory / Cultural Anthropology – Material Culture Studies, Paleontology, Paleoanthropology, Paleoecology, Paleobiology, Paleopathology, Paleoenvironment, Paleobotany, Paleodiet, Hittite, Hittitology, Hittite archaeology, the Sea Peoples, XIX - XX Dynasty in Egypt, the Hittites, the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Medittaranean, Hittites, Hittite History, Hittitology, Hittite, Ancient Near East, Anatolian Archaeology, Anatolian Studies, Ancient Anatolia, Old Assyrian Karu/Colony Period in Anatolia, Aegaean Archaeology, Aegean Archaeology, Mediterranean Archeology, the island of Crete, Mycenaean era archaeology, Minoan and Mycenaean Architecture and Urbanism, Survey Methodology, Archaeological survey, Survey Sampling, Soil Survey and Classification, Soil Survey and Land Evaluation, Archaeological Prospection, Archaeological Instrumental Prospections, Magnetic Prospection, Archeological Prospection, Magnetometry, Archaeo-geophysical prospection, Using of Geophysical Methods of Archeological Prospection, Heritage Conservation, Architectural Conservation, Cooking and Food Preparation (archaeology), Cooking, Viking Age food:ingredient availability, cooking techniques,resource utilisation strategies; Viking age brewing, Medieval Cooking, Late Roman Cooking Ware, History of Cooking and Food Culture, Prehistoric cooking, Brewing, Beer consumption trends, craft brewing industry, Medieval Brewing, Brewing and Beverage engineering, Brewing industry, Historical Brewing, History of brewing, Ancient Brewing, Vikings Brewing, Mead brewing, Archaeology of Beer and Cereal Fermentation, Beer (Alcohol Studies), Beer and Brewery History, Beer, Cultural history of beer, Science Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Science Fiction Film, Utopia and Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk, Internet Studies, Warszawa, Warsaw, Warsaw Uprising, Games for Learning, Board Games, Ancient board games, Archaeometry, Archaeometallurgy, Mineralogy, Archaeometry, Experimental Archaeology x Lithics x Lithic Technology x Quartz industries x Typology x Archaeology x Archaeometry x Archaeological Method & Theory x Archaeological Science x Statistical Methods in Archaeology x, Archaeological geophysics (Archaeology), Aerial Archaeology, Uses of aerial photographs for archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Landscape Archaeology, Field Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, Remote Sensing, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Remote sensing and GIS, Landscape Archaeology, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, LiDAR for Landscape Archaeology, Archaeology of urban landscapes, Landscape and Garden Archaeology, Archaeometry, archaeological science, ceramics, Archaeometry, archaeology of measurement, Archaeological Fieldwork, Archaeological Fieldwork In Practice and Theory, Survey (Archaeological Method & Theory), Spatial archaeology, Open Source GIS, Open Source GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Quantum Gis, GeoArcheology, LiDAR, Lidar and Satellite Remote Sensing, LiDAR for Archaeology, Electromagnetic method, APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY METHOD, Resistivity Method, Soil Microbiology, Soil Science, Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Archaeological Soil Micromorphology, Soil, Phosphorus, Soil phosphorus, Chemistry, Archaeological Chemistry, Work of Ekrem Akurgal, Ekrem Akurgal, Ancient Near East, Near Eastern Archaeology, Dental Anthropology, Dental microwear, Spintriae, Chitosan, Art, Visuality, Visual Art, Critical Theory, Cultural Theory, Creative Practice, Technological Futurism, Telepathy, Affect Theory, Psychical Research, Conceptual Art, Performance, Trauma Studies, Site Catchment Analysis, Commercial/ Contract Archaeology, Burial Practices (Archaeology), Bioarcheology, Paleopathology, Prehistory, Mesolithic Europe, and Svante Pääboedit
- "All of this has happened before, and will happen again"edit
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Geology, Remote Sensing, Aerial Archaeology, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Roman Army, and 12 moreArchaeological Prospection, Archaeological Geophysics, Roman Provincial Archaeology, Canabae legionis, Roman Limes, Novae, Roman soldier/civilian relationships, Roman Archaeology, Legio I Italica at Novae, Lower Moesia, Legio I Italica, and Roman Legionary Camp
Bread was a basic food staple as well as a marker of status in medieval societies. A study of Byzantine and Islamic textual sources combined with an archaeological scientific study of teeth remains from four excavated sites in modern... more
Bread was a basic food staple as well as a marker of status in medieval societies. A study of Byzantine and Islamic textual sources combined with an archaeological scientific study of teeth remains from four excavated sites in modern Turkey demonstrates that literary stereotypes about access to high-quality bread may have held in densely populated urban settlements but not in society on a wider scale. Peasants, the lowest social group, also had access to high-quality bread. In regions inhabited by diverse groups, differences in food consumption did not depend on religion or culture.
Research Interests: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies, Anatolian Studies, Environmental History, Anatolian Archaeology, Food History, and 10 moreByzantine Studies, Byzantine History, Byzantine Archaeology, Seljuks (Islamic History), Applied Economics, Interdisciplinary History, Byzantium, Foodways, MIT, and Historical Studies
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Geophysics, Remote Sensing, Roman military archaeology, Roman Army, Archaeological Prospection, and 13 moreArchaeological Geophysics, Roman provinces, Moesia inferior, Legionary fortresses, Canabae legionis, Roman Limes, Novae, Roman soldier/civilian relationships, Roman Archaeology, Legio I Italica at Novae, Lower Moesia, Legio I Italica, and Roman Legionary Camp
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
New Nieszawa was a 15th century medieval urban settlement, covering approximately 22 hectares on the Polish–Teutonic border. Te exact location of the town was forgotten until its discovery through aerial prospection in 2006. In just 40... more
New Nieszawa was a 15th century medieval urban settlement, covering approximately 22 hectares
on the Polish–Teutonic border. Te exact location of the town was forgotten until its discovery through
aerial prospection in 2006. In just 40 years the town grew into an important economic entity, competing
for trade on the Vistula river until its relocation (1460–1462) during the Tirteen Years' War. Te site is
unique in that it has not been overbuilt by later structures as is common with medieval foundations. It
is located in a flood plain approximately 2 km from the urban center of Toruń. Regular non-invasive
surveys have revealed the spatial organization of the town in its untouched state from 550 years ago.
Te Łódź branch of the Scientifc Society of Polish Archaeologists carried out three consecutive projects
of non-invasive prospection in 2012–2014, using a Bartington Grad 601-2 instrument (0.5 m x 0.25 m
sampling) to cover an area of almost 40 ha stretching for more than 1.6 km. Te magnetic survey revealed
anomalies located on the spot of observed crop marks, and extending far beyond the area open to aerial
observation. It verifed the existence of subsurface magnetically susceptible deposits indicative of a typical
medieval town plan in Poland
on the Polish–Teutonic border. Te exact location of the town was forgotten until its discovery through
aerial prospection in 2006. In just 40 years the town grew into an important economic entity, competing
for trade on the Vistula river until its relocation (1460–1462) during the Tirteen Years' War. Te site is
unique in that it has not been overbuilt by later structures as is common with medieval foundations. It
is located in a flood plain approximately 2 km from the urban center of Toruń. Regular non-invasive
surveys have revealed the spatial organization of the town in its untouched state from 550 years ago.
Te Łódź branch of the Scientifc Society of Polish Archaeologists carried out three consecutive projects
of non-invasive prospection in 2012–2014, using a Bartington Grad 601-2 instrument (0.5 m x 0.25 m
sampling) to cover an area of almost 40 ha stretching for more than 1.6 km. Te magnetic survey revealed
anomalies located on the spot of observed crop marks, and extending far beyond the area open to aerial
observation. It verifed the existence of subsurface magnetically susceptible deposits indicative of a typical
medieval town plan in Poland
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), czyli zastosowanie skanerów laserowych z pokładu platform latających w celu rejestracji ukształtowania terenu, jest techniką używaną w prospekcji archeologicznej, która ewoluowała w minionej dekadzie z... more
Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), czyli zastosowanie skanerów laserowych z pokładu platform latających w celu rejestracji ukształtowania terenu, jest techniką używaną w prospekcji archeologicznej, która ewoluowała w minionej dekadzie z pozycji bycia nowatorską technologią do powszechnej praktyki (Holden et al. 2002; Banaszek 2014, s. 211-212). Jednak do niedawna pozyskanie tego typu danych wiązało się z dużym wydatkiem finansowym. Sytuacja w Polsce zmieniła się wraz z finalizacją projektu ISOK (Informatyczny System Osłony Kraju) oraz opublikowaniem pochodnych danych ALS przez GUGiK (Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii) w ramach projektu GEOPORTAL.GOV.PL na ogólnodostępnej platformie internetowej (Wężyk 2014). Poniżej postaramy się odpowiedzieć na pytanie, jaki wpływ na zarządzanie dziedzictwem oraz zainteresowanie przeszłością szerszego społeczeństwa miało upowszechnienie się tego typu danych w Polsce oraz w jaki sposób ich wykorzystanie może być dalej rozwijane.
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Conservation, LiDAR, Archaeological GIS, and 6 moreCultural Heritage Management, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, Remote sensing and GIS, LiDAR for topographic mapping, Community Archaeology, and LiDAR for Landscape Archaeology
Research Interests:
Change in Mediterranean grinding technology during the Hellenistic/Roman period affected the pattern of dental microwear since external grit particles were finer when flour was prepared using large rotary querns. Therefore, it is possible... more
Change in Mediterranean grinding technology during the Hellenistic/Roman period affected the pattern of dental microwear since external grit particles were finer when flour was prepared using large rotary querns. Therefore, it is possible to detect the technological change through the analysis of human dentition. Here, the sample of teeth from Kültepe (ancient Kanesh), Turkey, is investigated to determine if the grinding technology changed at this site between the Middle Bronze Age (n = 12) and Hellenistic/Roman period (n = 4). A Hellenistic/Roman sample from Assos (n = 7) is also included for comparative purposes. The proportions and size of linear and nonlinear features did not differ significantly between periods or sites, which indicates that in spite of technical advances, old grinding technologies were still used in the Hellenistic/Roman period in Anatolia.
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Research Interests:
Educational script concerning the technology of iron smelting in the Mazovian Metallurgy Centre (2nd c. BC - 3rd c. CE) and the chemical processes behind it.
Research Interests:
Nieszawa has been founded to the west of the Dybów Castle, buit in 15th c. As an initiative of Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło. The settlement received in 1425 municipal rights, becoming Nowa (New) Nieszawa, Nieszawa or Dybowo. The name... more
Nieszawa has been founded to the west of the Dybów Castle, buit in 15th c. As an initiative of Polish king Władysław II Jagiełło. The settlement received in 1425 municipal rights, becoming Nowa (New) Nieszawa, Nieszawa or Dybowo. The name was an association with an earlier settlement, located 3 km further to the west (at present Mała Nieszawka) at foregrounds of the first Teutonic Order's castle on Polish lands erected in first half of 13th c. and demolished after signing of the Treaty of Melno in 1422.
This second Nieszawa developed dynamically, benefiting from its location on the bank of the Vistula river, not one kilometre away from the walls of Teutonic town of Toruń (Thorn). Border location and rising income from river trade became reasons of socioeconomic tension between the Kingdom of Poland and Teutonic Order. After the mutiny of Toruń's townspeople against the Teutonic rule and in appreciation of their involvement in the Thirteen Years' War (1454--66), Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon gave out a decree -- according to the will of Toruń's townspeople -- to demolish the competitive economic centre at Nieszawa. The king simultaneously decided to relocate the city 32 upstream of Vistula, where Nieszawa exists to this day. The former place, where old Nieszawa existed has never been overbuilt.
Today, the area identified with 15th c. Nieszawa consists of fields on the floodplain terrace in Toruń's Podgórz district. These fields contain a time capsule with undeground relics of a medieval town that existed for only 35 years. Nieszawa, was a town with over a thousand citizens, with a vast town square, carefully designed districts, regular street layout, market spaces, production zones and an impressive embankment-moat fortification system existed in the protective shade of the Dybow Castle as a resilient metropolis on the border between Kingdom of Poland and Teutonic state. Creation of such advanced urban organism required increased effort of the Kingdom. Dynamically developing Nieszawa, has risen during not more than 40 years of existence as a main competition of the Hanseatic Toruń, successfully displacing it's Teutonic rival in river trade.
History of archaeological research
Between 2012-2013, thanks to financial support from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and National Heritage Board, the Scientific Association of Polish Archaeologists (Łódź branch) conducted non-invasive archaeological survey that allowed to locate and discover the spatial organisation of the second location of Nieszawa.
The movie presents the achievements of 2 seasons of non-invasive archaeological survey of medieval location of Nieszawa. Due to the work of archaeologists and historians an impressive urban organism emerges from the underground, an organism created in the sole purpose of economic rivalry with the Teutonic Order.
The breaking point in locating the location of medieval Nieszawa were the results of aerial survey conducted during 2001-2011 campaigns by archeologist Wiesław Stępień, who managed to document cropmarks revealing part of the urban layout. Basing on the results of trial excavations conducted by archaeologist Lidia Grzeszkiewicz-Kotlewska (199-2001) a project for non-invasive survey with geophysical methods has been created. During two years magnetic prospection has covered 32 hectares on the extent of over 1,2 kms, which places the survey as the most extensively conducted in Poland so far. Additional soil resistivity measurements have covered 0,5 ha. In 2013 more additional fieldwork has been done with application of magnetic susceptibility measurements, a pioneer survey to the extent of 4 ha. The geophysical survey has been also aided by numerous techniques of aerial archaeology - photographic documentation with UAV drones, aerial prospection of the landscape of Vistula's left bank and innovatory application of termovision. These informations have been complemented with numeric terrain model created with LIDAR ALS data.
Consultations with specialists in the field of medieval urbanisation, dr Jerzy Sikora (Institute of Archaeology, University of Łódź) and dr Michał Starski (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) resulted in creation of a digital three-dimensional spatial model of old Nieszawa, which sums up the state of knowledge about the city and reconstructs it digitally for the state of 2013's research (the earlier visualization, created after 2012's research is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPv2-9... ).
This second Nieszawa developed dynamically, benefiting from its location on the bank of the Vistula river, not one kilometre away from the walls of Teutonic town of Toruń (Thorn). Border location and rising income from river trade became reasons of socioeconomic tension between the Kingdom of Poland and Teutonic Order. After the mutiny of Toruń's townspeople against the Teutonic rule and in appreciation of their involvement in the Thirteen Years' War (1454--66), Polish king Casimir IV Jagiellon gave out a decree -- according to the will of Toruń's townspeople -- to demolish the competitive economic centre at Nieszawa. The king simultaneously decided to relocate the city 32 upstream of Vistula, where Nieszawa exists to this day. The former place, where old Nieszawa existed has never been overbuilt.
Today, the area identified with 15th c. Nieszawa consists of fields on the floodplain terrace in Toruń's Podgórz district. These fields contain a time capsule with undeground relics of a medieval town that existed for only 35 years. Nieszawa, was a town with over a thousand citizens, with a vast town square, carefully designed districts, regular street layout, market spaces, production zones and an impressive embankment-moat fortification system existed in the protective shade of the Dybow Castle as a resilient metropolis on the border between Kingdom of Poland and Teutonic state. Creation of such advanced urban organism required increased effort of the Kingdom. Dynamically developing Nieszawa, has risen during not more than 40 years of existence as a main competition of the Hanseatic Toruń, successfully displacing it's Teutonic rival in river trade.
History of archaeological research
Between 2012-2013, thanks to financial support from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and National Heritage Board, the Scientific Association of Polish Archaeologists (Łódź branch) conducted non-invasive archaeological survey that allowed to locate and discover the spatial organisation of the second location of Nieszawa.
The movie presents the achievements of 2 seasons of non-invasive archaeological survey of medieval location of Nieszawa. Due to the work of archaeologists and historians an impressive urban organism emerges from the underground, an organism created in the sole purpose of economic rivalry with the Teutonic Order.
The breaking point in locating the location of medieval Nieszawa were the results of aerial survey conducted during 2001-2011 campaigns by archeologist Wiesław Stępień, who managed to document cropmarks revealing part of the urban layout. Basing on the results of trial excavations conducted by archaeologist Lidia Grzeszkiewicz-Kotlewska (199-2001) a project for non-invasive survey with geophysical methods has been created. During two years magnetic prospection has covered 32 hectares on the extent of over 1,2 kms, which places the survey as the most extensively conducted in Poland so far. Additional soil resistivity measurements have covered 0,5 ha. In 2013 more additional fieldwork has been done with application of magnetic susceptibility measurements, a pioneer survey to the extent of 4 ha. The geophysical survey has been also aided by numerous techniques of aerial archaeology - photographic documentation with UAV drones, aerial prospection of the landscape of Vistula's left bank and innovatory application of termovision. These informations have been complemented with numeric terrain model created with LIDAR ALS data.
Consultations with specialists in the field of medieval urbanisation, dr Jerzy Sikora (Institute of Archaeology, University of Łódź) and dr Michał Starski (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) resulted in creation of a digital three-dimensional spatial model of old Nieszawa, which sums up the state of knowledge about the city and reconstructs it digitally for the state of 2013's research (the earlier visualization, created after 2012's research is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPv2-9... ).
Multimedia presentation about archaeological non-invasive survey that led to the discovery of medieval location of the city Nieszawa.
Research Interests:
Short documentary presenting different methods of non-invasive prospection applied during the Workshop for Reading Past and Present Landscapes in Central Europe, held in Hungary, October 2012.
Site of the medieval Nieszawa non-invasive survey project.
http://staranieszawa.pl/
(English menu at the bottom)
http://staranieszawa.pl/
(English menu at the bottom)
Research Interests:
Research Interests: Geodesy, Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry, Aerial Archaeology, Archaeological GIS, and 18 more3D Laser scanning (Architecture), 3D Reconstruction, Remote sensing and GIS applications in Landscape Research, 3D Modelling (Architecture), Digital Photogrammetry applied to Archaeology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, GIS and Landscape Archaeology, Aerial Photographic Interpretation, Aerial Photogrammetry, Aerial Photography, Kite Aerial Photography, Magnetometry, 3D Laser scanning, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Geoelectrics, Magnetic Prospection, Orthophotography, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
A non-invasive archaeological study of six early medieval strongholds has yielded new and surprising results. These sites had previously been excavated but further work revealed added information, according to Jerzy Sikora from the... more
A non-invasive archaeological study of six early medieval strongholds has yielded new and surprising results. These sites had previously been excavated but further work revealed added information, according to Jerzy Sikora from the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Łódź in Poland.
http://snap.uni.lodz.pl/grody/
http://snap.uni.lodz.pl/grody/
Research Interests:
In autumn 2011 we made first attempts to start non-destructive surveys in the extramural area of Novae (Roman province Lower Moesia, now Bulgaria). The task was not easy: the site is situated in the neighbourhood of the modern town of... more
In autumn 2011 we made first attempts to start non-destructive surveys in the extramural area of Novae (Roman province Lower Moesia, now Bulgaria). The task was not easy: the site is situated in the neighbourhood of the modern town of Svishtov, but it is covered with summer houses. The landscape is also complex – the fortress is situated on a wide plateau, but hills surround it from the south and east. The Dermen river valley is deep and steep, as well as the Danubian scarp heading from the north. The canabae is situated west from the camp, where summer houses are very dense. Only some areas like the eastern and south-eastern side of the fortress, remained available for archaeologists. Some places, such as a large villa, a temple for eastern divinities or a vicus placed ca. 2.5 km east from the fortress have been surveyed or even excavated. But still, our knowledge about the civil settlement accompanying the camp was poor. Within the last 15 years the site has changed dramatically with multiplying summer houses, agricultural activities and treasure hunting, the canabae started to disappear. We have decided to save as much as possible, though the aim seemed to be a heroic job.
http://canabaenovae.wordpress.com/
http://canabaenovae.wordpress.com/
Research Interests:
Workshop’s aim is to create a platform for an international think-tank exchanging experience and methods of reading historical landscapes. The project involves public institutions, private companies and scientists from Hungary, Czech... more
Workshop’s aim is to create a platform for an international think-tank exchanging experience and methods of reading historical landscapes. The project involves public institutions, private companies and scientists from Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The Workshop is being financed partially by the International Visegrad Fund.
http://readinglandscapesv4.wordpress.com/
http://readinglandscapesv4.wordpress.com/
Research Interests:
A mummy within a coffin and cartonnage case was brought to Warsaw in 1826 by Jan Wężyk-Rudzki, an architect and enthusiast of antiquities. The mummy, among other artefacts, was donated to the University of Warsaw, which in turn loaned it... more
A mummy within a coffin and cartonnage case was brought to Warsaw in 1826 by Jan Wężyk-Rudzki, an architect and enthusiast of antiquities. The mummy, among other artefacts, was donated to the University of Warsaw, which in turn loaned it to the National Museum in Warsaw in 1917 or 1918. Initially, because of the jewellery and wig depicted on the cartonnage, it was believed that the mummy inside must be a female, but after deciphering the hieroglyphic inscription on the coffin in the 1920s, it was revealed that the containers were meant for Hor-Djehuti, a male priest of the deity Horus-Thoth, from the area of Medinet Habu in West Thebes. In 2015 a team of scientists from the newly formed Warsaw Mummy Project conducted computerised tomography (CT) scanning and X-raying of the mummy, revealing that under the bandages was the body of a woman-so clearly the person for whom the coffin was made, and the mummy which arrived in it from Egypt in ABOVE: Coffin, cartonnage, and CTs of the 'Mysterious Lady'.
Research Interests:
Radiological examination of an ancient mummy said to have been found in royal tombs in Thebes, Upper Egypt, has proved it is the body of a pregnant woman. She came from the elite of Theban community and was carefully mummified, wrapped in... more
Radiological examination of an ancient mummy said to have been found in royal tombs in Thebes, Upper Egypt, has proved it is the body of a pregnant woman. She came from the elite of Theban community and was carefully mummified, wrapped in fabrics, and equipped with a rich set of amulets. Closer examination has revealed that the woman died between 20 and 30 years of age together with the fetus in age between the 26th and 30th week of the pregnancy. This find is the only known case of an embalmed pregnant individual. This mummy provides new possibilities for pregnancy studies in ancient times, which can be compared with and related to current cases. Furthermore, this specimen sheds a light on an unresearched aspect of ancient Egyptian burial customs and interpretations of pregnancy in the context of ancient Egyptian religion.