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Nowa Igołomia? II Seminarium Młodych Badaczy Pradziejów w Biskupinie

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Płaza D., Szubski M.

Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia

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2017

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vol. 63

133-135

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W dniach od 6 do 8 Kwietnia 2018 roku odbyło się drugie spotkanie młodych archeologów. Spotkanie organizowane było przez Koło Naukowe Doktorantów Archeologii UKSW, Koło Naukowe Studentów Archeologii UAM oraz Muzeum Archeologiczne w Biskupinie. Patronat nad wydarzeniem objęła Fundacja Archeologiczna imienia Profesora Konrada Jażdżewskiego. Seminarium biskupińskie jest wyjątkowym spotkaniem, na którym po każdym referacie odbywała się dyskusja z uwagami oraz dodatkowymi pytaniami. Idea spotkań biskupińskich to integracja kolejnego pokolenia archeologów zajmujących się epoką kamienia oraz danie możliwości studentom i doktorantom na nieskrępowane przedstawienie swoich prac i pomysłów, które będzie ciepło przyjęte przez słuchaczy. Zapraszamy na kolejne spotkanie w 2019 roku.

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The Second Young Prehistoric Researchers Seminar in Biskupin took place from 6 till 8th of April 2018. The meeting was organized by The Doctoral Students Research Group from Cardinal Wyszyński University, The Students Research Group from Adam Mickiewicz University and The Archaeological Museum in Biskupin. The Konrad Jażdżewski Foundation for Archaeological Research were the patrons of the Seminar. The Biskupin Seminar is exceptional because each presentation was followed by long discussions with many questions and suggestions. The main idea of that meeting is integration of another generation of archaeologists who are interested in stone age research and giving them a chance for comfortable for a presentation of their doctoral, MA or BA thesis and their research vision in a comfortable atmosphere which guarantees a warm and positive reception. We would like to invite you all to the next seminar in 2019.

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Jan Żurek – człowiek, archeolog, nauczyciel. W 65-lecie wydania pracy Jana Żurka „Osada z młodszej epoki kamiennej w Rzucewie, pow. wejherowski i kultura rzucewska”

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Król D., Auriga-Seyda D., Seyda M.

Pomorania Antiqua

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2020

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vol. Tom XXIX

s. 381-410

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Many authors of publications about the Stone Age in Pomerania quote Jan Zurek’s article about prof. J. Kostrzewski’s archaeological excavations in Rzucewo in the late twenties of the 20th century. J. Zurek’ s article was published by the Archaeological Museum in Poznan in the 4th Volume of the Fontes Archaeologici Posnaniensis in 1954. It was an abridged version of his master’s thesis written at University in Poznan in 1938. The typescript was found in the ruins of the author's former Warsaw apartment. That publication included, among others, the typology of prehistoric vessels. During the inter-war period Jan Zurek undertook various jobs. He participated in the Excavation Expedition in Biskupin. He was a co-organizer of the Regional Museum in Wielun, a secretary of the Conservator of Prehistoric Monuments, as well as an assistant at the Paleolithic Faculty of the University of Warsaw. After the Second World War he participated in excavations in Biskupin, worked as a teacher, and cultural officer. He was also the head of the archive and even a manual worker. He was also the president of the Polish Sightseeing Society in Swiecie on the Vistula river. He worked there, among others, on conservation of one of the churches in the city. His archaeological publications concerned both prehistory, e.g. stone tools from the Stone Age, ceramics of the Lusatian culture, and early Middle Ages, e.g. a measurement system. We can learn the fate of life and the life choices of Jan Żurek thanks to the documents and records that after his death in 1992 went to the private archives of Marek Seyda the co-author of this article.

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Technika produkcji młotków rogowych z osiedla obronnego kultury łużyckiej w Biskupinie

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Drzewicz A.

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2005

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vol. LVII

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issue 57

33-39

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The antler inventory recovered at the fortified settlement of Lusatian culture people at Biskupin, distr. Żnin, woj. kujawsko-pomorskie, dated to Hallstatt C, is one of the richest assemblages of worked antler recorded in Poland. The entire set consist of 416 finished pieces and some 220 fragments of raw antler. This impressive group includes no less than 22 antler hammers type I (Fig. 1), their fragments and roughouts, all fashioned from the lower section of red deer antler beam (Fig. 2), found directly next to the bony core. The form of the butt suggests that only shed antler was used. From the surviving finished specimens, cast-offs, and roughouts it has been possible to reconstruct the sequence of production of antler hammers: 1) Softening the antler by treating with organic acids to facilitate its splitting up and subsequent working. 2) Severing an antler fragment of required size from the main beam. 3) Cutting off the brow tine and shaving away the knot left after this removal. The fragment of antler obtained in the described way had roughly the shape of the future hammer (Fig. 3). The above sequence applies only to situations where antler was being worked with a knife. If a saw was used antler was softened only after cutting off the fragment of the beam and removing the brow tine. 4) Working the hammer face, fashioned from the base of the antler beam, built of a layer of tough substantia compacta. The rounded form of the hammer face (Fig. 4c) was obtained by removing the burr (Fig. 4a) and carefully whittling away all the irregularities (Fig. 4b). 5) Working the hammer peen, fashioned from the surface obtained by cutting across the stem of the main beam. Work started by levelling the slightly protruding surface left by the truncation (Fig. 5a). The substantia spongiosa, relatively friable and soft, fashioned the main part of the peen’s surface, would have detracted from the efficient performance of the peen. Because of this, the spongy substance was removed and the additional reinforcement was provided by driving an antler tenon into a mortise formed by removing the spongy substance (Fig. 5b). The tenon was fashioned from the cut off end of an antler tine, built of tough substantia compacta (Fig. 5c). 6) Chiselling the rectangular shaft-hole, usually at mid-length of the tool, at the point originally occupied by the brow tine. The hole, given the substantial thickness of the hammers, was produced by drilling from opposite sides (Fig. 6). 7) Smoothing the hammer surface by whittling away the remaining pearls (Fig. 7a.b). Some of the specimens were subsequently also ground and polished (Fig. 7c). The dimensions of hammers from Biskupin are the following: L. 11,0–19,0 cm, butt D. 4.0–6.5 cm, peen D. – 3.0–5.5 cm, rectangular shaft-hole 3.0–5.0 to 4.0–6.5 cm. As has been noted the process of production involved using several different techniques of antler working: sawing, transverse cutting, breaking, chopping, shaving, chiselling, grinding and polishing. Macroscopic analysis of production traces which survive on the surface of roughout and finished hammers indicates that the Biskupin antlerworkers used knives (flint and metal), axes, adzes, serrated flint tools (saws), chisels as well as grindstones and stone polishers. Similar antler hammers were recovered at other Lusatian culture sites (eg Izdebno and Sobiejuchy, distr. Żnin), dated to the close of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. As yet, the function of these tools is not entirely clear. On the basis of traces of use-wear seen on the hammer butts (minute and shallow dents surrounded by a web of similarly shallow cracks) it has been suggested that they may have been used as mallets, eg for hammering wooden wedges, propelling chisels, etc.

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Pamiętać, upamiętniać, wspominać - nasz obowiązek wobec pokoleń minionych i przyszłych

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Leśniak L.

Folia Praehistorica Posnaniensia

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2023

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vol. 28

153-180

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Jubilees and anniversaries usually are the reason to look back, at times and events, but also at people, predecessors of what we are now a part of. It should not surprise then that while in 2019 the Adam Mickiewicz University celebrated its centenary, several new ideas emerged to commemorate previous generations of University people. The Archaeology Faculty of AMU, being of the same age, also incorporated a few ones, including jubilee editions, conferences, and displays. One of the ideas that appeared at that time was to commemorate, in form of exhibitions, some particular alumni, who devoted their lives to archaeology and the University. There have been five such displays presented since then, the first, dedicated to Professor Wojciech Kóčka (1911–1965), opened on November 13th 2021. The article, referring to the display, presents Kóčka’s life and career, illustrating how interesting figure he was. The subjects discussed herein include Sorbian issues, second world war conspiracy, history of archaeology and anthropology, experiencing of air photography in archaeology in pre-war Poland, and the beginning of excavations at Biskupin, to mention the most important. The article, however, is meant to be just the beginning of a discussion, and the hope is expressed at its end that the future brings a monograph devoted to Kóčka.

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PROJEKTOWANY BISKUPIŃSKI PARK KULTUROWY JAKO FORMA OCHRONY DZIEDZICTWA ARCHEOLOGICZNEGO

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Nowaczyk S.

Ochrona Zabytków

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2007

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issue 3

109-115

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The sensational discovery in 1933 of the perfectly preserved relics of a stronghold from the Hallstatt era (about 2 700 years old), located on a peninsula of Lake Biskupinskie, ensured the international renown of the small village of Biskupin. The excavation site and soon afterwards the first reconstructions attracted numerous tourists already in the interwar period. The number of visitors grew systematically also during the post-war period, and in 2007 reached a total of 300 000, becoming indubitably the reason for the interest in terrains adjoining the Biskupin reservation shown by assorted investors representing the gastronomic and tourist branches. The lack of current spatial development plans means that many of the foreseen investments (especially after 2004) now pose a threat to the maintenance of the historical identity of the reservation (which has been granted the status of a historical monument) and contribute to the devastation of the culturalnatural landscape of Biskupin and its environs. In response to the afore-mentioned threats the Voivodeship Conservator of Historical Monuments for the region of Kujawy and Pomerania and the Archaeological Museum in Biskupin have decided to extend protection to several score hectares of land in direct proximity of the archaeological reservation. Work is also being conducted on the establishment of the Biskupin Cultural Park, which would encompass terrains between the communes of Gasawa and Znin as well as other tourist attractions, such as the castle ruins in Wenecja and the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum.

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PROFESOR BOGDAN BALCER (1936–2018)

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Grygiel R.

Archeologia Polski

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2019

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vol. 64

9-27

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Archaeologist and expert of Neolithic flintknapping, Professor Bogdan Balcer, passed away on 30 December 2018. He was professionally linked to two Warsaw institutions: the State Archaeological Museum (1957–1972) and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1972–2006). He was the author of more than a hundred papers, devoted mainly to issues of exploitation, processing and distribution of flint raw material, espe¬cially Świeciechów and striped flint, in the basins of the Oder and Vistula rivers.

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