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Archaeological Sites

Air Photos of Strongholds
From Poznań Archaeological Museum, a database of aerial photographs of Medieval forts. English and Polish.

Biskupin
The Archaeological Museum of Biskupin has information about this Early Iron Age fortified settlement, in Polish and English.

Governor Carleton of Whitby
Underwater archaeology on this ship, sunk off the coast of Poland in 1785; synopsis from Nordic Underwater Archaeology.

Grzybowo
Large Medieval fortified settlement, excavated by a Polish/German team. Polish, German, and English versions available.

Oslonki
Report of excavations at this early farming site, dated approximately 4300-4000 B.C., an abstract from the Journal of Field Archaeology.
    
Archaeological Research at Oslonki a report on six seasons, from Peter Bogucki at Princeton.

Sobiejuchy
University of Durham, a short-lived fortified lakeside site occupied ca. 750-500 BC.

University Programs

The Centre for the Archaeology of Central and Eastern Europe
A joint project of the Universities of Durham and Newcastle; projects in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Croatia.

Institute for Prehistory, Adam Mickiewicz University
Poznan, Poland, 5-year MA program, current emphasis includes environmental conditions of the oldest settlement systems in Central Europe, early Bronze Age, Roman provinces, architectural studies of post-Cysters monuments, method and theory, cultural links between Mediterranean and Central Europe. Polish and English.

Current Researchers

Jerzy Fogel
Adam Mickiewicz University, military studies of the  Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Poland.

Ludomir Lozny
Hunter College, working on the history of archaeology in Poland.

Arkadiusz Marciniak
Adam Mickiewicz University, method and theory, Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages in Central Europe, social theory and its application in archaeology, and zooarchaeology, taphonomy, site formation processes.

Sarunas Milisauskas
University of Buffalo, Old World archaeology, European prehistory; neolithic, Bronze Age; work at Olszanica.

Cultural History

 

General Information

Portals to the World: Poland
Links and resources from the US Library of Congress


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