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Investigation the Sources and Uses of Obsidian During the Neolithic in Poland

2018/29/B/HS3/01540

Keywords:

obsidian non-destructive geochemical analysis Neolithic Polish archaeology obsidian use and conveyance in prehistoric

Descriptors:

  • ST10_5: Mineralogy, petrology, volcanology, economic geology
  • ST10_4: Geochemistry, biogeochemistry
  • HS3_11: Ethnography and cultural anthropology (incl. descriptions of traditional cultures, anthropology of magic, worship and religion, cultural change and global processes, anthropology of socio-cultural, ethnic and identity phenomena)

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Dagmara Werra 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 12

Call: OPUS 15 - announced on 2018-03-15

Amount awarded: 588 442 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-01-31

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-07-30

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (11)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (4)
  1. Verifying the chronology of Ukrainian Neolithic
    Authors:
    Dmytro Kiosak, Nadezhda Kotova, Olha Demchenko, Andrii Bardeckyi, Dagmara H. Werra
    Academic press:
    Praehistorische Zeitschrift (rok: 2023, tom: 98/2, strony: 419-436), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/pz-2022-2058 - link to the publication
  2. An Early Neolithic House in the Foothills: A Case Study of Pottery and Lithic Artefacts from the Biskupice Site 18 (Wieliczka Foothills, Southern Poland)
    Authors:
    Magdalena Moskal-del Hoyo, Marta Korczyńska-Cappenberg, Robert Kenig, Anna Rauba-Bukowska, Mélanie Roffet-Salque, Charlie A. Maule, Dagmara H. Werra, Richard E. Hughes, Magda Kapcia, Jarosław Wilczyński, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, Anna Głód, Marek Nowak
    Academic press:
    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (rok: 2024, tom: 53, strony: 45309), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104346 - link to the publication
  3. Obsidian Source Use Within the Alföld Linear Pottery Culture in Slovakia
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Richard E. Hughes, Marek Nowak, Marian Vizdal, Lýdia Gačková
    Academic press:
    Sprawozdania Archeologiczne (rok: 2021, tom: 73/1, strony: 331-369), Wydawca: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.23858//SA/73.2021.1.2615 - link to the publication
  4. Value, significance and use of 'exotic' materials – in the light of the presence of obsidian at Neolithic sites in Poland
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marcin Szeliga, Katarzyna Pyżewicz, Pavel Burgert
    Academic press:
    Sprawozdania Archeologiczne (rok: 2024, tom: 76/1, strony: ), Wydawca: Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
    DOI:
    10.23858/SA/76.2024.1.3616 - link to the publication
  1. Geochemical and Technological Characterization of Obsidian Artefacts from the Neolithic Site of Opatów in Southeast Poland
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Richard E. Hughes, Marcin Szeliga
    Conference:
    International Obsidian Conference 2021 - A Virtual Event (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: IAOS International Association for Obsidian Studies
    Data:
    konferencja 30.04-02.05.2021
    Status:
    Published
  2. Neolityczny inwentarz obsydianowy z Opatowa w świetle wyników najnowszych analiz technologicznych, funkcjonalnych i geochemicznych
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marcin Szeliga, Katarzyna Pyżewicz, Richard Hughes
    Conference:
    XXXVIII LUBELSKA KONFERENCJA BADANIA ARCHEOLOGICZNE W POLSCE : ŚRODKOWOWSCHODNIEJ, ZACHODNIEJ BIAŁORUSI I UKRAINIE, Lublin-Zamek, 6-7 listopada 2023 roku (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: INSTYTUT ARCHEOLOGII UNIWERSYTETU MARII CURIE-SKŁODOWSKIEJ W LUBLINIE MUZEUM NARODOWE W LUBLINIE
    Data:
    konferencja 6-7 listopada 2023
    Status:
    Published
  3. Siliceous rocks mining, using and identification – short overview of a history of archaeological friendship between humanities and natural sciences
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marzena Woźny
    Conference:
    UISPP XIX World Congress - Meknes (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: https://uispp2020.sciencesconf.org/356237
    Data:
    konferencja 2-7.09.2021
    Status:
    Published
  4. Pochodzenie i wykorzystanie obsydianu w neolicie ziem polskich – na przykładzie materiałów z Opatowa, Polska południowo-wschodnia
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marcin Szeliga, Katarzyna Pyżewicz
    Conference:
    Przeszłość ma przyszłość! / The Past Has a Future! 4. Konferencja naukowa Wydziału Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (13-17.03.2023) (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: Wydziału Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
    Data:
    konferencja 13-17.03.2023
    Status:
    Published
  5. Relationship between the settlements and the outcrops in the light of the extraction, exchange, and use of obsidian
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra
    Conference:
    20th UISPP World Congress, September 5-9, 2023 West University of Timișoara, Romania (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: West University of Timișoara, Romania
    Data:
    konferencja September 5-9, 2023
    Status:
    Published
  6. ALFÖLD LINEAR POTTERY CULTURE COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN SLOVAKIA (THE NORTH-EASTERN CARPATHIAN BASIN) IN THE LIGHT OF OBSIDIAN SOURCE USE
    Authors:
    Werra, Dagmara H., Hughes, Richard E., Nowak, Marek, Vizdal, Marián, Gačková, Lýdia
    Conference:
    27th EAA Annual Meeting (Kiel Virtual, 2021) (rok: 2021, ), Wydawca: European Association of Archaeologists Prague, August 2021
    Data:
    konferencja 6-11.09.2021
    Status:
    Published
  7. Technological analysis and geochemical characterization of obsidian artefacts from the Neolithic sites from Poland: An overview
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marcin Szeliga, Richard E. Hughes, and Rafał Siuda
    Conference:
    International Obsidian Conference, 2-6 July 2023, Metroplaza (Engaru Town), Japonia (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: Published by Shirataki Geopark Promotion Council 1st July 2023 138-1, Shirataki, Engaru-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido, 099-0111, Japan
    Data:
    konferencja 2-6 July 2023
    Status:
    Published
  8. The use of obsidian by Neolithic communities in the light of the use-wear analysis: A few observations from Poland
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Katarzyna Pyżewicz, and Jolanta Małecka-Kukawka
    Conference:
    International Obsidian Conference, 2-6 July 2023, Metroplaza (Engaru Town), Japonia (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: Published by Shirataki Geopark Promotion Council 1st July 2023 138-1, Shirataki, Engaru-cho, Monbetsu-gun, Hokkaido, 099-0111, Japan
    Data:
    konferencja 2-6 July 2023
    Status:
    Published
  9. A study of pottery and obsidians from an Early Neolithic house in the foothills: A case study of the Biskupice Site 18 (Wieliczka Foothills, Southern Poland)
    Authors:
    M. Moskal-Del Hoyo, A. Rauba-Bukowska, R. Kenig, M. Roffet-Salque, C. Maule, D. Werra, M. Nowak, A. Czekaj-Zastawny and M. Korczyńska
    Conference:
    7th Symposium Archaeological Research & New Technologies (ARCH_RNT) (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: The Laboratory of Archaeometry, University of the Peloponnese
    Data:
    konferencja 6-8 pażdziernika
    Status:
    Published
  10. Differentiation of siliceous rocks used by Final Paleolithic communities in the Vistula River basin
    Authors:
    Dagmar H. Werra, Anna Sokólska-Majchrzak
    Conference:
    20th UISPP World Congress, September 5-9, 2023 West University of Timișoara, Romania (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: West University of Timișoara, Romania
    Data:
    konferencja September 5-9, 2023
    Status:
    Published
  11. VALUE, SIGNIFICANCE AND USE OF 'EXOTIC' MATERIALS – IN VIEW OF THE PRESENCE OF OBSIDIAN ON NEOLITHIC SITES IN POLAND
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marcin Szeliga, Katarzyna Pyżewicz
    Conference:
    28th EAA Annual Meeting Budapest, Hungary 31 August - 3 September 2022 Abstract bookting Budapest, Hungary (rok: 2022, ), Wydawca: European Association of Archaeologists
    Data:
    konferencja 31 August - 3 September 2022
    Status:
    Published
  1. IMPORT – GIFT – EQUIVALENT? INVESTIGATING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OBSIDIAN DURING THE NEOLITHIC IN POLAND
    Authors:
    DagmaraH. Werra, Richard E. Hughes
    Book:
    26th EAA Virtual Annual Meeting Abstract Book (rok: 2020, tom: brak, strony: 518), Wydawca: European Association of Archaeologists Prague, August 2020
    Status:
    Published
  2. Investigation the sources and uses of obsidian during the Neolithic in Poland – preliminary review
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra
    Book:
    International Obsidian Conference Program Abstracts Field Guide (rok: 2019, tom: -, strony: 71), Wydawca: Hungarian National Museum
    Status:
    Published
  3. The investigation of obsidian in Poland – the beginning
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Elżbieta Trela-Kieferling, Marzena Woźny
    Book:
    Festschrift prepared on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the scientific cooperation of Ryszard Grygiel and Peter Bogucki (rok: 2022, tom: brak, strony: 521-532), Wydawca: brak
    Status:
    Published
  4. Technological Analysis and Geochemical Characterization of Obsidian Artefacts from the Middle Neolithic Site of Opatów, Southeast Poland
    Authors:
    Dagmara H. Werra, Marcin Szeliga and Richard E. Hughes
    Book:
    IOC 2021 Proceedings (rok: 2023, ), Wydawca: UC Berkeley Contributions of the Archaeological Research Facility publication series
    Status:
    Submitted