Karol Dzięgielewski
Biographic Data
| ID | 4436122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karol Dzięgielewski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karol |
| FAMILY NAME | Dzięgielewski |
| SIGNATURE | DZIĘGIELEWSKI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jagiellonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8734-2235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Burying iron at Tyniec, Maszkowice, and elsewhere
Recent discoveries of hoards composed of iron objects in Lesser Poland suggest the existence of a specific cultural norm of deposition and a high valorisation of this metal at the onset of the Early Iron Age (750-550 BC). By broadening the scope of analysis to include single finds of ‘large irons’ and comparing them with burial assemblages, a contrasting picture of regional dichotomy emerges. It is manifested in differing practices of iron deposi…
Salt, clay, and society
The progress of field research and studies of archaeological sites from southern Poland (Małopolska) and experimental activities related to salt-making in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the last two decades have created conditions for attempting to recreate the chaîne opératoire of this branch of prehistoric production. The use of ceramic containers for evaporating brine and drying and portioning salt means that we are dealing with two oper…
The first isotopic evidence of Early Iron Age lead ore exploitation in the Silesian‐Krakow upland, Poland
The Bronze and Early Iron Ages witnessed a significant increase in trade relations driven by the search for valuable metals. This paper presents new insights into the use of galena from the Silesia and Krakow Upland region in southern Poland, known as the ‘Olkusz ore deposits’, within the context of metal ores in prehistoric Europe. Eleven lead‐based ornaments from Lusatian Urnfield Culture cemeteries were examined using lead isotope analysis. Th…
Heavenly metal for the commoners
The Department of Bronze Age Archaeology at the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University
Established in 1985, the Department of Bronze Age Archaeology was initially headed by Professor Marek Gedl (1934–2014), who led long-term excavation projects at Lusatian culture cemeteries and other sites. In 2004, he was succeeded as the head of the department by Professor Jan Chochorowski, who continued in this role until 2017. Chochorowski was particularly interested in the prehistory and protohistory of the Eurasian steppes; he carried out ex…
Analizy metaloznawcze wybranych przedmiotów brązowych i ołowianych z cmentarzyska w Świbiu / Metallographic analyses of selected bronze and lead artefacts from the cemetery at Świbie
A comprehensive programme of archaeometric research into the chemical composition and manufacturing technology of Early Iron Age artefacts discovered in Świbie, Upper Silesia, has yielded a number of detailed observations and findings. Sixty-six artefacts from a collection of several hundred large bronzes were targeted for study. Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy with micro-area composition analysi…
Cmentarzysko w wczesnej epoki żelaza w Świbiu na Górnym Śląsku. Tom 2
The cemetery discovered in the village of Świbie, commune of Wielowieś (site 16), District Gliwice, was one of the few large biritual cemeteries with a predominance of inhumation graves belonging to the so-called Gliwice-Częstochowa subgroup of the Lusatian culture. It was only thanks to a grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2021-2022 that a monographic study and publication of the historic materials collected at the Gliwi…
Too young for tinder? The palaeoecological context and possible function of subfossil fungi (basidiomes) found in the settlement from the Early Iron Age in Podłęże, S Poland
Two well-preserved fungal remains (basidiomes of polypores Fomes fomentarius and Fomitopsis pinicola) were found in a fossil peatbog in Podłęże, near Kraków (S Poland), in the context of culture layers dated to the Early Iron Age (mid-1st millennium BCE). Their context, age, and the cause of their occurrence in peat, which is exceptional, are discussed. Due to the location on the outskirts of an inhabited prehistoric settlement and because of the…
When iron was the new bronze. Three hoards from the early Hallstatt period from around Kraków, and the phenomenon of ‘pure’ deposits of iron objects
From among a dozen or so hoards from the Hallstatt C period from the lands of today’s Poland consisting solely of iron objects, three found in western Lesser Poland near Krakow have not yet been exhaustively discussed (one is a new find). This article is intended to fill this gap by presenting deposits from Kokotów-Strumiany (Wieliczka distr.), Maszków, and Młodziejowice (Kraków distr.) against the background of similar finds that at the beginnin…
Chasing Bronze Age rainbows
Nietypowy okaz w nietypowym miejscu
Contextualisation of the Early Iron Age hoard of bronze objects discovered in Gdynia-Karwiny, site 1
After the amateur discovery of a hoard of bronze ornaments (a kidney bracelet and two hollow ankle rings) in 2014 in a forest near Gdynia (Pomerania, northern Poland), the place was subjected to excavation. It turned out that in the nearest context of the bronzes (which had been found arranged one on top of the other in a narrow pit reaching 60 cm in depth) there was a cluster of stones, some of which could have been arranged intentionally in ord…
Chasing Bronze Age rainbows. Studies on hoards and related phenomena in prehistoric Europe in honour of Wojciech Blajer
Vessels containing deposits of metal items only exceptionally are subject to detailed studies. Only laconic remarks on the presence of pottery sherds or information that metal items were stored in a vessel or vessels are most often published. It seems that metal artefacts are perceived more valuable and thus deserving more attention, while pottery – most often the aesthetically unappealing kitchenware – is considered too plain to be interesting. …
Years of the Jagiellonian University Archaeological Cabinet. Past and present
The collection of the former Jagiellonian University Archaeological Cabinet (Gabinet Archeologiczny Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego) in Kraków is unique in Poland. This is the oldest archaeological academic collection in Poland and the only one to survive to the present day in a nearly unchanged form. The collection’s history goes back to 1867, when it was established by Józef Łepkowski, the creator of the first Chair of Archaeology in the Jagiellon…
When iron was the new bronze. Three hoards from the early Hallstatt period from around Kraków, and the phenomenon of ‘pure’ deposits of iron objects
From among a dozen or so hoards from the Hallstatt C period from the lands of today’s Poland consisting solely of iron objects, three found in western Lesser Poland near Krakow have not yet been exhaustively discussed (one is a new find). This article is intended to fill this gap by presenting deposits from Kokotów-Strumiany (Wieliczka distr.), Maszków, and Młodziejowice (Kraków distr.) against the background of similar finds that at the beginnin…
The first isotopic evidence of Early Iron Age lead ore exploitation in the Silesian‐Krakow upland, Poland
The Bronze and Early Iron Ages witnessed a significant increase in trade relations driven by the search for valuable metals. This paper presents new insights into the use of galena from the Silesia and Krakow Upland region in southern Poland, known as the ‘Olkusz ore deposits’, within the context of metal ores in prehistoric Europe. Eleven lead‐based ornaments from Lusatian Urnfield Culture cemeteries were examined using lead isotope analysis. Th…
Heavenly metal for the commoners
Years of the Jagiellonian University Archaeological Cabinet. Past and present
The collection of the former Jagiellonian University Archaeological Cabinet (Gabinet Archeologiczny Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego) in Kraków is unique in Poland. This is the oldest archaeological academic collection in Poland and the only one to survive to the present day in a nearly unchanged form. The collection’s history goes back to 1867, when it was established by Józef Łepkowski, the creator of the first Chair of Archaeology in the Jagiellon…
Chasing Bronze Age rainbows
Nietypowy okaz w nietypowym miejscu
Contextualisation of the Early Iron Age hoard of bronze objects discovered in Gdynia-Karwiny, site 1
After the amateur discovery of a hoard of bronze ornaments (a kidney bracelet and two hollow ankle rings) in 2014 in a forest near Gdynia (Pomerania, northern Poland), the place was subjected to excavation. It turned out that in the nearest context of the bronzes (which had been found arranged one on top of the other in a narrow pit reaching 60 cm in depth) there was a cluster of stones, some of which could have been arranged intentionally in ord…
Chasing Bronze Age rainbows. Studies on hoards and related phenomena in prehistoric Europe in honour of Wojciech Blajer
Vessels containing deposits of metal items only exceptionally are subject to detailed studies. Only laconic remarks on the presence of pottery sherds or information that metal items were stored in a vessel or vessels are most often published. It seems that metal artefacts are perceived more valuable and thus deserving more attention, while pottery – most often the aesthetically unappealing kitchenware – is considered too plain to be interesting. …
When iron was the new bronze. Three hoards from the early Hallstatt period from around Kraków, and the phenomenon of ‘pure’ deposits of iron objects
From among a dozen or so hoards from the Hallstatt C period from the lands of today’s Poland consisting solely of iron objects, three found in western Lesser Poland near Krakow have not yet been exhaustively discussed (one is a new find). This article is intended to fill this gap by presenting deposits from Kokotów-Strumiany (Wieliczka distr.), Maszków, and Młodziejowice (Kraków distr.) against the background of similar finds that at the beginnin…
Too young for tinder? The palaeoecological context and possible function of subfossil fungi (basidiomes) found in the settlement from the Early Iron Age in Podłęże, S Poland
Two well-preserved fungal remains (basidiomes of polypores Fomes fomentarius and Fomitopsis pinicola) were found in a fossil peatbog in Podłęże, near Kraków (S Poland), in the context of culture layers dated to the Early Iron Age (mid-1st millennium BCE). Their context, age, and the cause of their occurrence in peat, which is exceptional, are discussed. Due to the location on the outskirts of an inhabited prehistoric settlement and because of the…
Analizy metaloznawcze wybranych przedmiotów brązowych i ołowianych z cmentarzyska w Świbiu / Metallographic analyses of selected bronze and lead artefacts from the cemetery at Świbie
A comprehensive programme of archaeometric research into the chemical composition and manufacturing technology of Early Iron Age artefacts discovered in Świbie, Upper Silesia, has yielded a number of detailed observations and findings. Sixty-six artefacts from a collection of several hundred large bronzes were targeted for study. Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy with micro-area composition analysi…
Cmentarzysko w wczesnej epoki żelaza w Świbiu na Górnym Śląsku. Tom 2
The cemetery discovered in the village of Świbie, commune of Wielowieś (site 16), District Gliwice, was one of the few large biritual cemeteries with a predominance of inhumation graves belonging to the so-called Gliwice-Częstochowa subgroup of the Lusatian culture. It was only thanks to a grant from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2021-2022 that a monographic study and publication of the historic materials collected at the Gliwi…
The Department of Bronze Age Archaeology at the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University
Established in 1985, the Department of Bronze Age Archaeology was initially headed by Professor Marek Gedl (1934–2014), who led long-term excavation projects at Lusatian culture cemeteries and other sites. In 2004, he was succeeded as the head of the department by Professor Jan Chochorowski, who continued in this role until 2017. Chochorowski was particularly interested in the prehistory and protohistory of the Eurasian steppes; he carried out ex…
Burying iron at Tyniec, Maszkowice, and elsewhere
Recent discoveries of hoards composed of iron objects in Lesser Poland suggest the existence of a specific cultural norm of deposition and a high valorisation of this metal at the onset of the Early Iron Age (750-550 BC). By broadening the scope of analysis to include single finds of ‘large irons’ and comparing them with burial assemblages, a contrasting picture of regional dichotomy emerges. It is manifested in differing practices of iron deposi…
Salt, clay, and society
The progress of field research and studies of archaeological sites from southern Poland (Małopolska) and experimental activities related to salt-making in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the last two decades have created conditions for attempting to recreate the chaîne opératoire of this branch of prehistoric production. The use of ceramic containers for evaporating brine and drying and portioning salt means that we are dealing with two oper…
The first isotopic evidence of Early Iron Age lead ore exploitation in the Silesian‐Krakow upland, Poland
The Bronze and Early Iron Ages witnessed a significant increase in trade relations driven by the search for valuable metals. This paper presents new insights into the use of galena from the Silesia and Krakow Upland region in southern Poland, known as the ‘Olkusz ore deposits’, within the context of metal ores in prehistoric Europe. Eleven lead‐based ornaments from Lusatian Urnfield Culture cemeteries were examined using lead isotope analysis. Th…
Heavenly metal for the commoners
Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (12 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (10 works) · Geography (8 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Bronze Age (6 works) · History (6 works) · Prehistory (6 works) · Bronze (5 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works)