Month: April 2021

At the beginning of 2021 our new text on the post-neolithic occupation at the Tunel Wielki site has been published. During this period the cave was visited at least several times, as seen from the archaeological material. How has the human activity in Tunel Wielki changed throughout the ages? This and more in our new…

In February 2021 a new publication dealing with paleoenviromental reconstruction  has been publilished. A multi-proxy approach allowed us to take a look at conditions in which humans lived in Koziarnia thousands of years ago. More in: Berto, C., Krajcarz, M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Komar M., Sinet-Mathiot V., Zarzecka-Szubińska K., Krajcarz M., Szymanek M., Wertz K.,…

Technological and morphometrical analysis of Koziarnia assemblage inspired us to look into the production of Jerzmanowician points. In our newest text we consider, whether it is possible to identify traces of Jerzmanowician settlement when the most characteristic feature of this culture is missing. More in: Kot M., Gryczewska N., Biard M. 2021 When the Leafpoints…

In 1919 Stefan Krukowski discovered in Koziarnia Cave a clay rattle. After more than 100 years it is time to look into this unique object. More information in our new text: Kontny B., Szeliga M., Kosiński T., Mueller-Bieniek A., Kot M. 2021 A unique clay rattle from Koziarnia Cave in southern Poland, Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt 51:91-110.

In March 2021 a new article within our project was published. This time a group of scientist looked into bird remains found in Koziarnia Cave during our 2017 excavations, more specifically they examined tiny bony shreds (snags) projecting from the natural canals in bones of birds. More information in the text: Wertz, K, Tornberg, R, Huhtala, K, Diakowski,…

After many years a site called Dziurawiec Malesowy has been finally published. This Rockshelter, located in Jamki Gorge, has been discovered decades ago by prof. Waldemar Chmielewski, and consequently surveyed by him and his students. Scarce artefacts found at the site were never published and are now lost. Thanks to the documentation that was preserved,…