Aleksander Kośko
Biographic Data
| ID | 4972356 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aleksander Kośko |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aleksander |
| FAMILY NAME | Kośko |
| SIGNATURE | KOŚKO A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0529-3004 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Searching for the ideal red
Yampil barrows from the fourth and IIIrd millenium BC in the light of Polish-Ukrainian investigations 2010-2014
In the vicinity of Yampil (Vinnytsia oblast, Ukraine), there exists a cluster of barrows dating back to the Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age. Nestled upon the Podillia Upland, this concentration lies at the crossroads of two cultural spheres: the Eastern European steppe and Central European. The exploration of the Yampil barrows began during the 1980s by archaeologists from Vinnytsia. This endeavor was enriched by a Polish-Ukrainian expedition tha…
Intermarine Area Archaeology and its Contribution to Studies of Prehistoric Europe
Intermarine Area Archaeology refers to research programmes focusing on the prehistory of the Baltic-Pontic Intermarine Area, i.e. lands extending between the Baltic and Black seas. This article outlines the development stages and current state of Intermarine Area Archaeology in Poland, being one of the several important research studies into the prehistory of the continent in the Eneolithic, Bronze, and Early Iron Ages. The authors concentrate on…
Pottery of Pikutkowo Type in the Funnel Beaker Culture
The article discusses the current state of knowledge concerning the set of specific pottery characteristics of the Funnel Beaker culture that constitutes the so-called Pikutkowo stylistics. It is especially strongly represented in Kujawy, where the changes in the Pikutkowo set of characteristics define Phases IIIB and IIIB-C dated to 3700-3200 BC. Already in 3700/3650-3500 BC, Pikutkowo pottery appears not only on the Polish Lowland (including Wi…
Pottery of Pikutkowo Style and Processes of Eneolithisation of “Megalithic Cultures” in the 4th Millennium BC
The authors discuss the current state of knowledge concerning the specific pottery features of the Funnel Beaker culture (FBC) that constitute the "cycle of Pikutkowo stylistics". These characteristics are especially strongly represented in the Kuyavia region where the changes in the "Pikutkowo" set of characteristics define phases III B and III B-C of the FBC, dated to 3700-3200 BC. Relatively quickly, because already in the period 3700-3600 BC,…
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…
Ritual position and “tattooing ” techniques in the funeral practices of the “barrow cultures” of the Pontic-Caspian steppe / forest steppe area. Porohy 3A, Yampil Region, Vinnytsia Oblast
The present paper discusses the results of an interdisciplinary study of human remains in the form of two ulnae from a female skeleton found in grave 10, Porohy 3A site (Middle Dniester Area), dated to Early Bronze Age: 2650-2500 BC. The paper describes the technical aspects of applying the decorations revealed in the examination of the aforementioned bones
Święte 11, Feature 1149
A set of sources embodied by features 1149A and 1149B at Święte 11, Jarosław District, Podkarpackie Province, is one of a kind in Lesser Poland as it includes a vessel associated with steppe cultures of the Northwest Black Sea Coast. The vessel has been discovered in a stratigraphic context that is not fully clear. It probably constituted an offering ( trizna ) connected with the male burial identified in the niche grave underneath. The vessel ap…
A Final Eneolithic Research Inspirations
This study explores a Subcarpathian assemblage of Corded Ware funeral materials as evidence obtained over the last decade, with a focus on their research value for studies of the transmission of civilization models embraced by Final Eneolithic/Early Bronze communities settling the border zone between eastern and western Europe. Results of studies on the correspondence among ceremonial traditions that existed in the area between the Dnieper and th…
‘Yampil Inspirations’
The article presents the present state of research on the general issue of the Dniester Region of cultural contacts between communities settling the Baltic and Pontic drainage basins. Some five domains of research shall be brought to discussion in which it is possible to see fresh opportunities for archaeological study, on the basis of ‘Yampil studies’ on Dniester-Podolia (forest-steppe) barrow-culture ceremonial centres from the latter half of t…
Eneolithic, Yamnaya and Noua Culture Cemeteries from the First Half of the 3Rd and the Middle of the 2Nd Millennium Bc, Porohy, Site 3A, Yampil Region, Vinnitsa Oblast
The paper presents the results of excavations and analytical studies regarding the taxonomic classification of a funeral site associated with the societies of ‘barrow cultures’ of the north-western Black Sea Coast in the first half of the 3rd and the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. The study discusses the ceremonial centres of the Eneolithic, Yamnaya and Noua cultures
Chronometry of Late Eneolithic and ‘Early Bronze’ Cultures in the Middle Dniester Area
The paper discusses the 2010-2015 studies of the radiocarbon chronology of Podolia ‘barrow cultures’ on the left bank of the middle Dniester. The studies have relied on series of 14C dates for the Klembivka 1, Pidlisivka 1, Porohy 3A and Prydnistryanske 1 sites determined in Kyiv and Poznań laboratories. They are the first attempt to construct a regional (‘Yampil’) radiocarbon scale for ‘Early Bronze’ funerary rites (4th/3rd-2nd millennium BC) as…
Paleopedological studies of the age and properties of illuvial bands at an archaeological site
Z badań nad tzw. horyzontem starosznurowym w rozwoju późnoneolitycznej kultury społeczeństw Kujaw
The problem of the so-called pan-European horizon of the Corded Ware culture in Kuyavia, discussed here, is occasioned by the publication of an Early Corded Ware grave from Krusza Zamkowa. Bydgoszcz province, site 3 (Figs. I -3). The analysis of available sources associated with that horizon indicates that the set of attributes regarded as distinctive was in Kuyavia a constant component of the Funnel Beaker groups such as Eastern, Mątwy. Radziejó…
"Łącko, woj. Bydgoszcz, stanowisko 6 — obozowisko z fazy I („AB") kultury pucharów lejkowatych. Z badań nad genezą rozwoju i systematyką chronologiczną kultury pucharów lejkowatych na Kujawach
This article, apart from presentation of information (in Chapter 1) obtained in the course of studies in 1973 (conducted by the Kujawy Expedition of the Archeology Department of Poznań University) at the camp from istage AB Funnel Beaker Culture, represents an attempt at assessment of the chronological position (Chapter 2) and the genetic position (Chapter 3) of the Kujawy materials from his time fragment. Analys is of features distinguishing the…
Chronometry of Late Eneolithic and ‘Early Bronze’ Cultures in the Middle Dniester Area
The paper discusses the 2010-2015 studies of the radiocarbon chronology of Podolia ‘barrow cultures’ on the left bank of the middle Dniester. The studies have relied on series of 14C dates for the Klembivka 1, Pidlisivka 1, Porohy 3A and Prydnistryanske 1 sites determined in Kyiv and Poznań laboratories. They are the first attempt to construct a regional (‘Yampil’) radiocarbon scale for ‘Early Bronze’ funerary rites (4th/3rd-2nd millennium BC) as…
Z badań nad tzw. horyzontem starosznurowym w rozwoju późnoneolitycznej kultury społeczeństw Kujaw
The problem of the so-called pan-European horizon of the Corded Ware culture in Kuyavia, discussed here, is occasioned by the publication of an Early Corded Ware grave from Krusza Zamkowa. Bydgoszcz province, site 3 (Figs. I -3). The analysis of available sources associated with that horizon indicates that the set of attributes regarded as distinctive was in Kuyavia a constant component of the Funnel Beaker groups such as Eastern, Mątwy. Radziejó…
"Łącko, woj. Bydgoszcz, stanowisko 6 — obozowisko z fazy I („AB") kultury pucharów lejkowatych. Z badań nad genezą rozwoju i systematyką chronologiczną kultury pucharów lejkowatych na Kujawach
This article, apart from presentation of information (in Chapter 1) obtained in the course of studies in 1973 (conducted by the Kujawy Expedition of the Archeology Department of Poznań University) at the camp from istage AB Funnel Beaker Culture, represents an attempt at assessment of the chronological position (Chapter 2) and the genetic position (Chapter 3) of the Kujawy materials from his time fragment. Analys is of features distinguishing the…
Z badań nad tzw. horyzontem starosznurowym w rozwoju późnoneolitycznej kultury społeczeństw Kujaw
The problem of the so-called pan-European horizon of the Corded Ware culture in Kuyavia, discussed here, is occasioned by the publication of an Early Corded Ware grave from Krusza Zamkowa. Bydgoszcz province, site 3 (Figs. I -3). The analysis of available sources associated with that horizon indicates that the set of attributes regarded as distinctive was in Kuyavia a constant component of the Funnel Beaker groups such as Eastern, Mątwy. Radziejó…
Paleopedological studies of the age and properties of illuvial bands at an archaeological site
‘Yampil Inspirations’
The article presents the present state of research on the general issue of the Dniester Region of cultural contacts between communities settling the Baltic and Pontic drainage basins. Some five domains of research shall be brought to discussion in which it is possible to see fresh opportunities for archaeological study, on the basis of ‘Yampil studies’ on Dniester-Podolia (forest-steppe) barrow-culture ceremonial centres from the latter half of t…
Eneolithic, Yamnaya and Noua Culture Cemeteries from the First Half of the 3Rd and the Middle of the 2Nd Millennium Bc, Porohy, Site 3A, Yampil Region, Vinnitsa Oblast
The paper presents the results of excavations and analytical studies regarding the taxonomic classification of a funeral site associated with the societies of ‘barrow cultures’ of the north-western Black Sea Coast in the first half of the 3rd and the middle of the 2nd millennium BC. The study discusses the ceremonial centres of the Eneolithic, Yamnaya and Noua cultures
Chronometry of Late Eneolithic and ‘Early Bronze’ Cultures in the Middle Dniester Area
The paper discusses the 2010-2015 studies of the radiocarbon chronology of Podolia ‘barrow cultures’ on the left bank of the middle Dniester. The studies have relied on series of 14C dates for the Klembivka 1, Pidlisivka 1, Porohy 3A and Prydnistryanske 1 sites determined in Kyiv and Poznań laboratories. They are the first attempt to construct a regional (‘Yampil’) radiocarbon scale for ‘Early Bronze’ funerary rites (4th/3rd-2nd millennium BC) as…
Ritual position and “tattooing ” techniques in the funeral practices of the “barrow cultures” of the Pontic-Caspian steppe / forest steppe area. Porohy 3A, Yampil Region, Vinnytsia Oblast
The present paper discusses the results of an interdisciplinary study of human remains in the form of two ulnae from a female skeleton found in grave 10, Porohy 3A site (Middle Dniester Area), dated to Early Bronze Age: 2650-2500 BC. The paper describes the technical aspects of applying the decorations revealed in the examination of the aforementioned bones
Święte 11, Feature 1149
A set of sources embodied by features 1149A and 1149B at Święte 11, Jarosław District, Podkarpackie Province, is one of a kind in Lesser Poland as it includes a vessel associated with steppe cultures of the Northwest Black Sea Coast. The vessel has been discovered in a stratigraphic context that is not fully clear. It probably constituted an offering ( trizna ) connected with the male burial identified in the niche grave underneath. The vessel ap…
A Final Eneolithic Research Inspirations
This study explores a Subcarpathian assemblage of Corded Ware funeral materials as evidence obtained over the last decade, with a focus on their research value for studies of the transmission of civilization models embraced by Final Eneolithic/Early Bronze communities settling the border zone between eastern and western Europe. Results of studies on the correspondence among ceremonial traditions that existed in the area between the Dnieper and th…
Pottery of Pikutkowo Style and Processes of Eneolithisation of “Megalithic Cultures” in the 4th Millennium BC
The authors discuss the current state of knowledge concerning the specific pottery features of the Funnel Beaker culture (FBC) that constitute the "cycle of Pikutkowo stylistics". These characteristics are especially strongly represented in the Kuyavia region where the changes in the "Pikutkowo" set of characteristics define phases III B and III B-C of the FBC, dated to 3700-3200 BC. Relatively quickly, because already in the period 3700-3600 BC,…
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…
Pottery of Pikutkowo Type in the Funnel Beaker Culture
The article discusses the current state of knowledge concerning the set of specific pottery characteristics of the Funnel Beaker culture that constitutes the so-called Pikutkowo stylistics. It is especially strongly represented in Kujawy, where the changes in the Pikutkowo set of characteristics define Phases IIIB and IIIB-C dated to 3700-3200 BC. Already in 3700/3650-3500 BC, Pikutkowo pottery appears not only on the Polish Lowland (including Wi…
Intermarine Area Archaeology and its Contribution to Studies of Prehistoric Europe
Intermarine Area Archaeology refers to research programmes focusing on the prehistory of the Baltic-Pontic Intermarine Area, i.e. lands extending between the Baltic and Black seas. This article outlines the development stages and current state of Intermarine Area Archaeology in Poland, being one of the several important research studies into the prehistory of the continent in the Eneolithic, Bronze, and Early Iron Ages. The authors concentrate on…
Yampil barrows from the fourth and IIIrd millenium BC in the light of Polish-Ukrainian investigations 2010-2014
In the vicinity of Yampil (Vinnytsia oblast, Ukraine), there exists a cluster of barrows dating back to the Eneolithic and Early Bronze Age. Nestled upon the Podillia Upland, this concentration lies at the crossroads of two cultural spheres: the Eastern European steppe and Central European. The exploration of the Yampil barrows began during the 1980s by archaeologists from Vinnytsia. This endeavor was enriched by a Polish-Ukrainian expedition tha…
Searching for the ideal red
Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (13 works) · Archaeology (13 works) · Geography (12 works) · History (11 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (10 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · Bronze Age (7 works) · Chalcolithic (7 works) · Beaker (6 works)