Marcin Szeliga
Biographic Data
| ID | 1211285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marcin Szeliga |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marcin |
| FAMILY NAME | Szeliga |
| SIGNATURE | SZELIGA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maria Curie-Skłodowska University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5185-073X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
First potential Neolithic bone idol north of the Carpathians: Taphonomic dilemmas and archaeological reflections
Bone figural representations are among the rarest categories of finds associated with the Linear Pottery culture (LBK), particularly in Central Europe. This paper presents the results of use-wear analysis and micro-computed tomography (μCT) scanning of an atypical item made from a red deer metatarsal, recovered from site 6 at Tominy. The site is situated in the upper Vistula River basin, within the sandy loam deposits of the northern foreland of …
Value, significance and use of 'exotic' materials – in the light of the presence of obsidian on Neolithic sites in Poland
At Neolithic archaeological sites in Poland, obsidian stands out as the most common ‘exotic’ raw material. Thereare over several hundred Neolithic sites where artefacts made from this raw material have been recovered. Given the absence of natural obsidian outcrops in Poland, it is evident that these artefacts were imported to the sites through various means, such as direct procurement or exchanges.One of the most extensive collections was found a…
On the issue of functional use of pics during the Early Neolithic: A case study from the LBK site in Wólka Wojnowska (S Poland)
Picks are extremely rare artefacts associated with flint inventories of the Linear Band Pottery culture (hereinafter: LBK). Previously, only three such artefacts attributed to this culture have been found in the drainage basins of the Vistula and Oder Rivers. The contexts of discovery of picks dated to slightly later times indicated that they should be linked with mining activities of early agricultural societies. The presented collection from Wó…
Early Neolithic settlers on the border of the loess of Eastern Poland: New data from the Nałęczów Plateau
This article is an interim presentation of the colonisation of the loess upland border of the western Lublin Regionby LBK societies. The main point of reference are materials discovered in Bogucin (Nałęczów Plateau) in 2011,which are currently the only homogenous Early Neolithic collection from this region. The results of the research indicate that the LBK settlement on the loess borderland started at least at the end of the 6th millennium BC, in…
Early farming settlement of the marginal zone of loess uplands and its palaeoenvironmental context – a case study of the Iłża Piedmont (S Poland)
The results of previous researches conducted across the upland territories of Central Europe reflect a considerably close correlation between the settlement by prehistoric agricultural societies and the ranges of the local loess covers. This correspondence – caused mainly by the high utility value of the territories in question, especially the presence of fertile soils and convenient geomorphological and hydrological conditions – is apparent even…
Flints of the Chełm Hills (Rejowiec flints) – origin, sedimentation environment and exploitation in prehistory – a case study from the Lechówka site
Rejowiec flint from the Chełm Hills occur among glacigenic sediments of the Odranian glaciation and is referred to as erratic flints. The authors, based on the analysis of the sedimentary succession of a kame in Lechówka – within the boundaries of the largest outcrop, in so-called ‘Region I’ (Rejowiec region) – indicate that: (1) the probable source of the flints were older series of glacigenic sediments – from before the Odranian glaciation, (2)…
Mining field "Dąbrówka-I". Neolithic Jurassic flint mine with vestigially preserved mine relief: Neolithic Jurassic flint mine with vestigially preserved mine relief
Neolithic flint mines are well-studied in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. However their spatial structure and diachronic history is still poorly understood especially due to the poor preservation of the mine relief on the surface. The paper presents results of ALS data analyses conducted on the Dąbrówka-I site which is the first Prehistoric flint mine in the region that has been studied recently on the basis of the surface relief. LiDAR analyses c…
Sepulchral use of caves in Lusatian culture: Evidence from the Sąspówka Valley in the Polish Jura
Funeral and ritual practices in cave sites during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age have been recognised in multiple sites south of the Carpathians. This paper presents the first evidence for the funeral and ritual use of cave sites with such chronology north of the Carpathians. Unburned human remains dated to Ha B and Ha C/D have been identified in two cave sites (Zbójecka Cave and Bramka Rockshelter) located 500 m apart, in the Polish Jura…
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A multiproxy approach to studying a large prehistoric enclosure in Ojców, Kraków Upland, Poland
Due to the presence of multiple caves and rock shelters as well as flint outcrops, Ojców Upland is a region with an exceptionally high concentration of prehistoric human settlement traces. It has attracted archaeologists for over 150 years, leading to what was considered to have been a proper prospection of the area. Nonetheless, the analysis of airborne laser scanning has recently brought surprising results. In the very centre of the upland, on …
The Earliest phase of the LBK in the Lublin region: New evidence from the Hrubieszów Basin
This article is an attempt to initially characterize the oldest phase of the LBK in the Lublin region, or more precisely – within its eastern part, where all related discoveries are concentrated. The main point of reference is the inventory discovered in 2011-2012 in Świerszczów (Hrubieszów Basin), which is currently the largest homogenous collection originating from this region, related to the early phase of the LBK. The artefacts described here…
The Linear Pottery culture settlement in the upland zone between the Vistula and Bug rivers – current state and perspectives of research
There are 171 sites known from the interfluvial of the Vistula and Bug Rivers that attest to settling it between the Gniechowice and early Želiezovce phases of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK). The earliest finds concentrate only in the south-eastern part of this area, mainly in the Hrubieszów Basin. The intensification of settlement occurred in the music-note phase, along with the colonisation of the whole Lublin region and the emergence of the …
Obsidian in the Early Neolithic of the Upper Vistula basin: Origin, processing, distribution and use – a case study from Tominy (southern Poland)
The inflow of the Carpathian obsidian into the areas on the northern side of the Carpathians and the Sudetes is confirmed as early as in the Palaeolithic. However, its greatest intensity occurred in the Early Neolithic, i. e. in the late 6 th and in the first half of 5 th millennia BC. During that period, the phenomenon was closely related with the development of the Danubian cultural groups in the upper Vistula river basin, including especially …
Bramka Rockshelter: An Early Mesolithic cave site in Polish Jura
Early agricultural colonisation of peripheral areas of loess uplands: New data from Sandomierz Upland, Poland
Excavations in marginal areas of the loess uplands in southern Poland have revealed that the northern periphery of the Sandomierz Upland was intensely colonised in the sixth and fifth millennia BC by Linearbandkeramik and Malice Culture Danubian communities. This research suggests that analogous settlement clusters may exist in other marginal regions of the Central European loess belt, previously thought to be uninhabited
Environmental Conditions of Settlement of the Danubian Communities in the Northern Foreland of the Sandomierz Upland
The article raises the issue of the nature, intensity and environmental conditions of the settlement processes occurring on the borderline of the loessic Sandomierz Upland and the sandyclay areas of the Iłża Foothills, between the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 4th millennia BC. The results of previously conducted research confirm the high settlement activity in these areas, throughout the period of development of the Danubian cultural g…
Podlesie, Site 6 – the First Obsidian Inventory of the Linear Pottery Culture Communities from the Połaniec Basin
The article includes the presentation and preliminary characterisation of the obsidian inventory obtained during the five research seasons (2014–2018) at the site in Podlesie, Staszów district, Świętokrzyskie voievodship. Currently, it is one of the largest collections of artefacts of this raw material related to the Linear Pottery culture (104 examples), and at the same time the first obtained from the Połaniec Basin mesoregion. In the light of …
Transcarpathian intercultural relationships of the LBK communities from the Sandomierz settlement cluster in the light of new findings
The article is an attempt to characterize and assess the intensity of far-reaching, intercultural contacts of the LBK community from the Sandomierz Upland and its northern foreland with the Eastern Linear cultural groups from the northeastern part of the Carpathian Basin. The basis for these considerations was the discovery of diagnostic material (pottery, obsidian products) from the Sandomierz region – in particular, from one of the largest inve…
Thirteen cave sites: Settlement patterns in Sąspów Valley, Polish Jura
The First Chronometric Markings of the Late Stage of the LPC in the Northern Foreland of the Sandomierz Upland
The article presents results of first radiocarbon analyses carried out for samples obtained from the Linear Pottery Culture settlement on site 6 in Tominy, Opatow district. Presented radiocarbon dates highly enrich current database of chronometric markings relating to the early Neolithic in the Sandomierz Upland and its northern foreland. Together with data on stylistic and typological differentiation of the vascular pottery, seem to reveal a spe…
Obsidian in the Early Neolithic of the Upper Vistula basin: Origin, processing, distribution and use – a case study from Tominy (southern Poland)
The inflow of the Carpathian obsidian into the areas on the northern side of the Carpathians and the Sudetes is confirmed as early as in the Palaeolithic. However, its greatest intensity occurred in the Early Neolithic, i. e. in the late 6 th and in the first half of 5 th millennia BC. During that period, the phenomenon was closely related with the development of the Danubian cultural groups in the upper Vistula river basin, including especially …
Transcarpathian intercultural relationships of the LBK communities from the Sandomierz settlement cluster in the light of new findings
The article is an attempt to characterize and assess the intensity of far-reaching, intercultural contacts of the LBK community from the Sandomierz Upland and its northern foreland with the Eastern Linear cultural groups from the northeastern part of the Carpathian Basin. The basis for these considerations was the discovery of diagnostic material (pottery, obsidian products) from the Sandomierz region – in particular, from one of the largest inve…
Value, significance and use of 'exotic' materials – in the light of the presence of obsidian on Neolithic sites in Poland
At Neolithic archaeological sites in Poland, obsidian stands out as the most common ‘exotic’ raw material. Thereare over several hundred Neolithic sites where artefacts made from this raw material have been recovered. Given the absence of natural obsidian outcrops in Poland, it is evident that these artefacts were imported to the sites through various means, such as direct procurement or exchanges.One of the most extensive collections was found a…
Early farming settlement of the marginal zone of loess uplands and its palaeoenvironmental context – a case study of the Iłża Piedmont (S Poland)
The results of previous researches conducted across the upland territories of Central Europe reflect a considerably close correlation between the settlement by prehistoric agricultural societies and the ranges of the local loess covers. This correspondence – caused mainly by the high utility value of the territories in question, especially the presence of fertile soils and convenient geomorphological and hydrological conditions – is apparent even…
Bramka Rockshelter: An Early Mesolithic cave site in Polish Jura
On the issue of functional use of pics during the Early Neolithic: A case study from the LBK site in Wólka Wojnowska (S Poland)
Picks are extremely rare artefacts associated with flint inventories of the Linear Band Pottery culture (hereinafter: LBK). Previously, only three such artefacts attributed to this culture have been found in the drainage basins of the Vistula and Oder Rivers. The contexts of discovery of picks dated to slightly later times indicated that they should be linked with mining activities of early agricultural societies. The presented collection from Wó…
A multiproxy approach to studying a large prehistoric enclosure in Ojców, Kraków Upland, Poland
Due to the presence of multiple caves and rock shelters as well as flint outcrops, Ojców Upland is a region with an exceptionally high concentration of prehistoric human settlement traces. It has attracted archaeologists for over 150 years, leading to what was considered to have been a proper prospection of the area. Nonetheless, the analysis of airborne laser scanning has recently brought surprising results. In the very centre of the upland, on …
The Earliest phase of the LBK in the Lublin region: New evidence from the Hrubieszów Basin
This article is an attempt to initially characterize the oldest phase of the LBK in the Lublin region, or more precisely – within its eastern part, where all related discoveries are concentrated. The main point of reference is the inventory discovered in 2011-2012 in Świerszczów (Hrubieszów Basin), which is currently the largest homogenous collection originating from this region, related to the early phase of the LBK. The artefacts described here…
The Linear Pottery culture settlement in the upland zone between the Vistula and Bug rivers – current state and perspectives of research
There are 171 sites known from the interfluvial of the Vistula and Bug Rivers that attest to settling it between the Gniechowice and early Želiezovce phases of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK). The earliest finds concentrate only in the south-eastern part of this area, mainly in the Hrubieszów Basin. The intensification of settlement occurred in the music-note phase, along with the colonisation of the whole Lublin region and the emergence of the …
Early agricultural colonisation of peripheral areas of loess uplands: New data from Sandomierz Upland, Poland
Excavations in marginal areas of the loess uplands in southern Poland have revealed that the northern periphery of the Sandomierz Upland was intensely colonised in the sixth and fifth millennia BC by Linearbandkeramik and Malice Culture Danubian communities. This research suggests that analogous settlement clusters may exist in other marginal regions of the Central European loess belt, previously thought to be uninhabited
Thirteen cave sites: Settlement patterns in Sąspów Valley, Polish Jura
The First Chronometric Markings of the Late Stage of the LPC in the Northern Foreland of the Sandomierz Upland
The article presents results of first radiocarbon analyses carried out for samples obtained from the Linear Pottery Culture settlement on site 6 in Tominy, Opatow district. Presented radiocarbon dates highly enrich current database of chronometric markings relating to the early Neolithic in the Sandomierz Upland and its northern foreland. Together with data on stylistic and typological differentiation of the vascular pottery, seem to reveal a spe…
Environmental Conditions of Settlement of the Danubian Communities in the Northern Foreland of the Sandomierz Upland
The article raises the issue of the nature, intensity and environmental conditions of the settlement processes occurring on the borderline of the loessic Sandomierz Upland and the sandyclay areas of the Iłża Foothills, between the end of the 6th and the beginning of the 4th millennia BC. The results of previously conducted research confirm the high settlement activity in these areas, throughout the period of development of the Danubian cultural g…
Podlesie, Site 6 – the First Obsidian Inventory of the Linear Pottery Culture Communities from the Połaniec Basin
The article includes the presentation and preliminary characterisation of the obsidian inventory obtained during the five research seasons (2014–2018) at the site in Podlesie, Staszów district, Świętokrzyskie voievodship. Currently, it is one of the largest collections of artefacts of this raw material related to the Linear Pottery culture (104 examples), and at the same time the first obtained from the Połaniec Basin mesoregion. In the light of …
Transcarpathian intercultural relationships of the LBK communities from the Sandomierz settlement cluster in the light of new findings
The article is an attempt to characterize and assess the intensity of far-reaching, intercultural contacts of the LBK community from the Sandomierz Upland and its northern foreland with the Eastern Linear cultural groups from the northeastern part of the Carpathian Basin. The basis for these considerations was the discovery of diagnostic material (pottery, obsidian products) from the Sandomierz region – in particular, from one of the largest inve…
Thirteen cave sites: Settlement patterns in Sąspów Valley, Polish Jura
Early agricultural colonisation of peripheral areas of loess uplands: New data from Sandomierz Upland, Poland
Excavations in marginal areas of the loess uplands in southern Poland have revealed that the northern periphery of the Sandomierz Upland was intensely colonised in the sixth and fifth millennia BC by Linearbandkeramik and Malice Culture Danubian communities. This research suggests that analogous settlement clusters may exist in other marginal regions of the Central European loess belt, previously thought to be uninhabited
Sepulchral use of caves in Lusatian culture: Evidence from the Sąspówka Valley in the Polish Jura
Funeral and ritual practices in cave sites during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age have been recognised in multiple sites south of the Carpathians. This paper presents the first evidence for the funeral and ritual use of cave sites with such chronology north of the Carpathians. Unburned human remains dated to Ha B and Ha C/D have been identified in two cave sites (Zbójecka Cave and Bramka Rockshelter) located 500 m apart, in the Polish Jura…
Titelseiten
A multiproxy approach to studying a large prehistoric enclosure in Ojców, Kraków Upland, Poland
Due to the presence of multiple caves and rock shelters as well as flint outcrops, Ojców Upland is a region with an exceptionally high concentration of prehistoric human settlement traces. It has attracted archaeologists for over 150 years, leading to what was considered to have been a proper prospection of the area. Nonetheless, the analysis of airborne laser scanning has recently brought surprising results. In the very centre of the upland, on …
The Earliest phase of the LBK in the Lublin region: New evidence from the Hrubieszów Basin
This article is an attempt to initially characterize the oldest phase of the LBK in the Lublin region, or more precisely – within its eastern part, where all related discoveries are concentrated. The main point of reference is the inventory discovered in 2011-2012 in Świerszczów (Hrubieszów Basin), which is currently the largest homogenous collection originating from this region, related to the early phase of the LBK. The artefacts described here…
The Linear Pottery culture settlement in the upland zone between the Vistula and Bug rivers – current state and perspectives of research
There are 171 sites known from the interfluvial of the Vistula and Bug Rivers that attest to settling it between the Gniechowice and early Želiezovce phases of the Linear Pottery culture (LBK). The earliest finds concentrate only in the south-eastern part of this area, mainly in the Hrubieszów Basin. The intensification of settlement occurred in the music-note phase, along with the colonisation of the whole Lublin region and the emergence of the …
Obsidian in the Early Neolithic of the Upper Vistula basin: Origin, processing, distribution and use – a case study from Tominy (southern Poland)
The inflow of the Carpathian obsidian into the areas on the northern side of the Carpathians and the Sudetes is confirmed as early as in the Palaeolithic. However, its greatest intensity occurred in the Early Neolithic, i. e. in the late 6 th and in the first half of 5 th millennia BC. During that period, the phenomenon was closely related with the development of the Danubian cultural groups in the upper Vistula river basin, including especially …
Bramka Rockshelter: An Early Mesolithic cave site in Polish Jura
Flints of the Chełm Hills (Rejowiec flints) – origin, sedimentation environment and exploitation in prehistory – a case study from the Lechówka site
Rejowiec flint from the Chełm Hills occur among glacigenic sediments of the Odranian glaciation and is referred to as erratic flints. The authors, based on the analysis of the sedimentary succession of a kame in Lechówka – within the boundaries of the largest outcrop, in so-called ‘Region I’ (Rejowiec region) – indicate that: (1) the probable source of the flints were older series of glacigenic sediments – from before the Odranian glaciation, (2)…
Mining field "Dąbrówka-I". Neolithic Jurassic flint mine with vestigially preserved mine relief: Neolithic Jurassic flint mine with vestigially preserved mine relief
Neolithic flint mines are well-studied in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. However their spatial structure and diachronic history is still poorly understood especially due to the poor preservation of the mine relief on the surface. The paper presents results of ALS data analyses conducted on the Dąbrówka-I site which is the first Prehistoric flint mine in the region that has been studied recently on the basis of the surface relief. LiDAR analyses c…
Early Neolithic settlers on the border of the loess of Eastern Poland: New data from the Nałęczów Plateau
This article is an interim presentation of the colonisation of the loess upland border of the western Lublin Regionby LBK societies. The main point of reference are materials discovered in Bogucin (Nałęczów Plateau) in 2011,which are currently the only homogenous Early Neolithic collection from this region. The results of the research indicate that the LBK settlement on the loess borderland started at least at the end of the 6th millennium BC, in…
Early farming settlement of the marginal zone of loess uplands and its palaeoenvironmental context – a case study of the Iłża Piedmont (S Poland)
The results of previous researches conducted across the upland territories of Central Europe reflect a considerably close correlation between the settlement by prehistoric agricultural societies and the ranges of the local loess covers. This correspondence – caused mainly by the high utility value of the territories in question, especially the presence of fertile soils and convenient geomorphological and hydrological conditions – is apparent even…
Value, significance and use of 'exotic' materials – in the light of the presence of obsidian on Neolithic sites in Poland
At Neolithic archaeological sites in Poland, obsidian stands out as the most common ‘exotic’ raw material. Thereare over several hundred Neolithic sites where artefacts made from this raw material have been recovered. Given the absence of natural obsidian outcrops in Poland, it is evident that these artefacts were imported to the sites through various means, such as direct procurement or exchanges.One of the most extensive collections was found a…
On the issue of functional use of pics during the Early Neolithic: A case study from the LBK site in Wólka Wojnowska (S Poland)
Picks are extremely rare artefacts associated with flint inventories of the Linear Band Pottery culture (hereinafter: LBK). Previously, only three such artefacts attributed to this culture have been found in the drainage basins of the Vistula and Oder Rivers. The contexts of discovery of picks dated to slightly later times indicated that they should be linked with mining activities of early agricultural societies. The presented collection from Wó…
First potential Neolithic bone idol north of the Carpathians: Taphonomic dilemmas and archaeological reflections
Bone figural representations are among the rarest categories of finds associated with the Linear Pottery culture (LBK), particularly in Central Europe. This paper presents the results of use-wear analysis and micro-computed tomography (μCT) scanning of an atypical item made from a red deer metatarsal, recovered from site 6 at Tominy. The site is situated in the upper Vistula River basin, within the sandy loam deposits of the northern foreland of …
Geography (19 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (18 works) · Archaeology (16 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (15 works) · Geology (12 works) · Geology (11 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Paleontology (6 works) · Pottery (6 works)