Lech Czerniak
Biographic Data
| ID | 370103 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lech Czerniak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lech |
| FAMILY NAME | Czerniak |
| SIGNATURE | CZERNIAK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gdańsk |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0352-5385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The new settlement landscape of Kuyavia in the second half of the 5th millennium BCE
Around 4350 BCE, the region of Kuyavia witnessed profound social and cultural transformations that led to the emergence of the Brześć Kujawski culture (hereafter BKC). The principal marker of this new identity, as well as a fundamental component of a complex settlement system, was the characteristic trapezoidal longhouse, alongside central settlements that simultaneously fulfilled three functions: habitation sites, burial grounds, and ceremonial …
Ethnographic Landscape of the Last Danubian Neolithic Communities in the Polish Lowlands (4350–4000 bce )
This article aims to analyse the formation of the Brześć Kujawski culture (4350–4000 bce ) through the lens of ethnogenesis, which refers to the creation of a new ethnic identity. The authors employ the concept of the ethnographic landscape to describe the material and contextual environment in which this process occurred. By conducting a comparative analysis of two central settlements, Osłonki 1 and Brześć Kujawski 4, located 8 km apart, the aut…
The problem of dating the beginning of the central settlements of the Brześć Kujawski culture. The case of radiocarbon dating of site 3 at Żegotki, Strzelno commune
One of the most characteristic elements of the Brześć Kujawski culture (4350-4000 cal. BC) were central settlements distinguished by dense development in the form of longhouses and associated graves, a large area (on average 3-6 ha), and a long period of use. A controversial issue is the dating of the beginning of this type of settlement (4600/4500 cal. BC versus 4350 cal. BC) and, consequently, of a given culture.The article aims to analyse six …
Monumental and Long-Lasting or Temporary and Performative? How did Neolithic Rondels Function? Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modeling of the Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Pol…
Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian chronology modeling have provided precise dating for the rondel at Nowe Objezierze (northwestern Poland). This monument, located in the farthest reaches of the “Danubian World,” sheds new light on rondels and the way they functioned. A total of 44 radiocarbon dates are now available for the site, and modeling of these (taking into account depositional processes and the results of palynological analysis) has identif…
Construction, Maintenance and Ritual Practices on the Neolithic Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Poland)
In the history of the “Danubian Neolithic” society, monumental ceremonial centers appeared around 4800 BCE and lost their importance around 300 years later. Among them, one of the most distinctive forms are rondels. However, it is worth remembering the contemporary Rosheim-type circles and Passy-type tombs. The name “rondels” refers to the currently preserved architectural form, dominated by concentric ditches. The article presents an analysis of…
Palynological studies shed new light on the Neolithisation process in central Europe
The Neolithic ceremonial centre at Nowe Objezierze (NW Poland) and its biography from the perspective of the palynological record
The Neolithic roundel and its social context on the furthest reaches of the Danubian World
Great expectations
This paper examines the political, legal and organisational aspects of rescue excavations carried out in advance of motorway construction in Poland during the last 20 years. This analysis tries to determine why this comprehensive and ambitious programme was downgraded ten years after its launch and now bears little resemblance to the original concept. Why, despite the existence of an appropriate legal framework and the supervision, was it possibl…
At Home in the Neolithic
In the Editorial for the special edition on Neolithic Housesholds, we introduce the history of house and household studies in European Neolithic Archaeology and outline the papers in this collection
Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic. The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands
The Brześć Kujawski culture emerged in the Polish Lowlands in the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It shares many characteristic features with Chalcolithic cultures of the Carpathian Basin indicating that BKK communities belonged to the wider ‘late Lengyel interaction sphere’. However, there are very striking regional distinctions in the material culture of these communities, which appear to reflect a conscious attempt to emphasize local ide…
The beginnings of the Neolithic in Eastern Pomerania
The aim of this article is to report on the remains of the first permanent Linear Pottery culture (LBK) settlement to be recorded in Eastern Pomerania, at a site in Kościelna Jania. Exceptional aspects of this discovery include the presence of what had very probably been longhouses, the large number of artefacts, the site's far-northern location in relation to large LBK enclaves and the relatively early date to which it has been attributed – name…
House time
The settlement of Racot 18 in the western Polish lowlands is used as a case study in the investigation of continued development and expansion following initial Neolithic beginnings, and in the formal chronological modeling, in a Bayesian framework, of settlement development. The site belongs to the Late Lengyel Culture of the later 5th millennium cal b.c., and represents the intake of new land following earlier initial colonization. The formally …
Fragmenting times
Social transformations in the Late Neolithic and the Early Chalcolithic periods in central Anatolia
This article explores the character of social transformations within Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic communities of central Anatolia. This comprises the demise of neighbourhood communities that formed the social basis of the Early Neolithic period and the emergence of the household as a well-defined and autonomous entity. These changes are examined by focusing mainly on settlement patterns, the organisation of space and changes in architect…
More on Neolithic Socioeconomic Systems
The Socioeconomic System of European Neolithic Populations
Uwagi o rekonstrukcji rozwoju biologiczno-kulturowego populacji pradziejowych
In culturological studies a return of evolutionary idea may be observed. New concepts of cultural ecology conceive the process of cultural transformations as a sequence of changes displaying adaptive character, This approach assumes that factors of biological and of cultural development operate in mutual interrelation forming general pattern of biocultural evolution. Precise ascertainment of respective influence of biological and of cultural fact…
Fragmenting times
House time
The settlement of Racot 18 in the western Polish lowlands is used as a case study in the investigation of continued development and expansion following initial Neolithic beginnings, and in the formal chronological modeling, in a Bayesian framework, of settlement development. The site belongs to the Late Lengyel Culture of the later 5th millennium cal b.c., and represents the intake of new land following earlier initial colonization. The formally …
Social transformations in the Late Neolithic and the Early Chalcolithic periods in central Anatolia
This article explores the character of social transformations within Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic communities of central Anatolia. This comprises the demise of neighbourhood communities that formed the social basis of the Early Neolithic period and the emergence of the household as a well-defined and autonomous entity. These changes are examined by focusing mainly on settlement patterns, the organisation of space and changes in architect…
The Socioeconomic System of European Neolithic Populations
Palynological studies shed new light on the Neolithisation process in central Europe
At Home in the Neolithic
In the Editorial for the special edition on Neolithic Housesholds, we introduce the history of house and household studies in European Neolithic Archaeology and outline the papers in this collection
Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic. The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands
The Brześć Kujawski culture emerged in the Polish Lowlands in the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It shares many characteristic features with Chalcolithic cultures of the Carpathian Basin indicating that BKK communities belonged to the wider ‘late Lengyel interaction sphere’. However, there are very striking regional distinctions in the material culture of these communities, which appear to reflect a conscious attempt to emphasize local ide…
Uwagi o rekonstrukcji rozwoju biologiczno-kulturowego populacji pradziejowych
In culturological studies a return of evolutionary idea may be observed. New concepts of cultural ecology conceive the process of cultural transformations as a sequence of changes displaying adaptive character, This approach assumes that factors of biological and of cultural development operate in mutual interrelation forming general pattern of biocultural evolution. Precise ascertainment of respective influence of biological and of cultural fact…
The Neolithic ceremonial centre at Nowe Objezierze (NW Poland) and its biography from the perspective of the palynological record
More on Neolithic Socioeconomic Systems
The Socioeconomic System of European Neolithic Populations
Uwagi o rekonstrukcji rozwoju biologiczno-kulturowego populacji pradziejowych
In culturological studies a return of evolutionary idea may be observed. New concepts of cultural ecology conceive the process of cultural transformations as a sequence of changes displaying adaptive character, This approach assumes that factors of biological and of cultural development operate in mutual interrelation forming general pattern of biocultural evolution. Precise ascertainment of respective influence of biological and of cultural fact…
More on Neolithic Socioeconomic Systems
Social transformations in the Late Neolithic and the Early Chalcolithic periods in central Anatolia
This article explores the character of social transformations within Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic communities of central Anatolia. This comprises the demise of neighbourhood communities that formed the social basis of the Early Neolithic period and the emergence of the household as a well-defined and autonomous entity. These changes are examined by focusing mainly on settlement patterns, the organisation of space and changes in architect…
Fragmenting times
At Home in the Neolithic
In the Editorial for the special edition on Neolithic Housesholds, we introduce the history of house and household studies in European Neolithic Archaeology and outline the papers in this collection
Being at Home in the Early Chalcolithic. The Longhouse Phenomenon in the Brześć Kujawski Culture in the Polish Lowlands
The Brześć Kujawski culture emerged in the Polish Lowlands in the second half of the 5th millennium BC. It shares many characteristic features with Chalcolithic cultures of the Carpathian Basin indicating that BKK communities belonged to the wider ‘late Lengyel interaction sphere’. However, there are very striking regional distinctions in the material culture of these communities, which appear to reflect a conscious attempt to emphasize local ide…
The beginnings of the Neolithic in Eastern Pomerania
The aim of this article is to report on the remains of the first permanent Linear Pottery culture (LBK) settlement to be recorded in Eastern Pomerania, at a site in Kościelna Jania. Exceptional aspects of this discovery include the presence of what had very probably been longhouses, the large number of artefacts, the site's far-northern location in relation to large LBK enclaves and the relatively early date to which it has been attributed – name…
House time
The settlement of Racot 18 in the western Polish lowlands is used as a case study in the investigation of continued development and expansion following initial Neolithic beginnings, and in the formal chronological modeling, in a Bayesian framework, of settlement development. The site belongs to the Late Lengyel Culture of the later 5th millennium cal b.c., and represents the intake of new land following earlier initial colonization. The formally …
Great expectations
This paper examines the political, legal and organisational aspects of rescue excavations carried out in advance of motorway construction in Poland during the last 20 years. This analysis tries to determine why this comprehensive and ambitious programme was downgraded ten years after its launch and now bears little resemblance to the original concept. Why, despite the existence of an appropriate legal framework and the supervision, was it possibl…
The Neolithic roundel and its social context on the furthest reaches of the Danubian World
Palynological studies shed new light on the Neolithisation process in central Europe
The Neolithic ceremonial centre at Nowe Objezierze (NW Poland) and its biography from the perspective of the palynological record
Monumental and Long-Lasting or Temporary and Performative? How did Neolithic Rondels Function? Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Modeling of the Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Pol…
Radiocarbon dating and Bayesian chronology modeling have provided precise dating for the rondel at Nowe Objezierze (northwestern Poland). This monument, located in the farthest reaches of the “Danubian World,” sheds new light on rondels and the way they functioned. A total of 44 radiocarbon dates are now available for the site, and modeling of these (taking into account depositional processes and the results of palynological analysis) has identif…
Construction, Maintenance and Ritual Practices on the Neolithic Rondel at Nowe Objezierze (Northwestern Poland)
In the history of the “Danubian Neolithic” society, monumental ceremonial centers appeared around 4800 BCE and lost their importance around 300 years later. Among them, one of the most distinctive forms are rondels. However, it is worth remembering the contemporary Rosheim-type circles and Passy-type tombs. The name “rondels” refers to the currently preserved architectural form, dominated by concentric ditches. The article presents an analysis of…
The problem of dating the beginning of the central settlements of the Brześć Kujawski culture. The case of radiocarbon dating of site 3 at Żegotki, Strzelno commune
One of the most characteristic elements of the Brześć Kujawski culture (4350-4000 cal. BC) were central settlements distinguished by dense development in the form of longhouses and associated graves, a large area (on average 3-6 ha), and a long period of use. A controversial issue is the dating of the beginning of this type of settlement (4600/4500 cal. BC versus 4350 cal. BC) and, consequently, of a given culture.The article aims to analyse six …
The new settlement landscape of Kuyavia in the second half of the 5th millennium BCE
Around 4350 BCE, the region of Kuyavia witnessed profound social and cultural transformations that led to the emergence of the Brześć Kujawski culture (hereafter BKC). The principal marker of this new identity, as well as a fundamental component of a complex settlement system, was the characteristic trapezoidal longhouse, alongside central settlements that simultaneously fulfilled three functions: habitation sites, burial grounds, and ceremonial …
Ethnographic Landscape of the Last Danubian Neolithic Communities in the Polish Lowlands (4350–4000 bce )
This article aims to analyse the formation of the Brześć Kujawski culture (4350–4000 bce ) through the lens of ethnogenesis, which refers to the creation of a new ethnic identity. The authors employ the concept of the ethnographic landscape to describe the material and contextual environment in which this process occurred. By conducting a comparative analysis of two central settlements, Osłonki 1 and Brześć Kujawski 4, located 8 km apart, the aut…
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · History (13 works) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (12 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (12 works) · History (10 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (7 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (5 works) · Anthropology (5 works)