M Kot

Dados Biográficos

ID5444
NOMEM Kot
PRENOMESM
SOBRENOMEKot
ASSINATURAKOT M
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Warsaw
ORCID0000-0001-5277-0283
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS36
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES76
TOTAL COMO AUTOR36
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2013
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H5

  • The carnivore great turnover during the Middle Pleistocene and the role of the MIS 12 glaciations in this process

    Open AccessAdrian Marciszak, Grzegorz Lipecki et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2026Referências: 78

  • Applying sterols and bile acids as biomarkers for identifying human versus wild animals' faecal traces in cave sediments at archaeological sites

    Open AccessNatalia Gryczewska, Marcin Sulwiński et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025Citada por: 2Referências: 49

    Faecal biomarkers are used to trace and identify the source of faecal matter at various types of archaeological sites. Until now, the focus has been centred on humans and domesticated animals. However, in caves, it's wild animals that play a role in the deposition of organic matter. To assess the participation of animals and humans at such sites through molecular markers it is crucial to recognize their biomolecular signature. We developed a data…

  • Reliability and validity in determining the relative chronology between neighbouring scars on flint artefacts

    Open AccessM Kot, Jerzy Tyszkiewicz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Citada por: 1Referências: 3

  • Faecal biomarkers as evidence of human presence in the caves of Kraków-Częstochowa Upland

    Open AccessNatalia Gryczewska, Marcin Sulwiński et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Referências: 2

    This study investigates past human presence at cave sites by analysing faecal biomarkers—specifically sterols, bile acids and phosphorus-and compares the results with available archaeological data. The research concentrates on seven sites in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (S Poland): Biśnik Cave, Bramka Rockshelter, Ciasna Cave, Łabajowa Cave, Łokietka Cave, Sąspowska Zachodnia Cave, and Shelter in Smoleń III. It involved analysing sediment sample…

  • New Data for Asymmetric Core Reduction in Western Tian Shan Piedmonts

    M Kot, A Kogai et al.ARTICLELithic Technology2024Citada por: 3Referências: 5

    This study describes a multi-proxy approach toward a newly discovered open-air loess site, Ertash Sai 2, located in the western piedmonts of the Tian Shan in Uzbekistan. Technological analyzes enabled the identification of an asymmetric core reduction scheme accompanied by a Levallois-like predetermined knapping scheme, along with the production of truncated-faceted pieces and burin-cores. Moreover, the results show a direct relationship between …

  • A closer look at clasts and groundmass

    Open AccessGreta Brancaleoni, M Kot et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Citada por: 1Referências: 11

  • Cave funeral practices during the Roman and Migration Periods in the Cracow Upland, southern Poland

    Open AccessM Wojenka, Bartosz Kontny et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Referências: 13

    Although caves have been used for funerary purposes almost since the dawn of time, there is very little evidence of such use in Central European Barbaricum. This paper presents newly obtained results from the Cracow Upland (southern Poland) concerning multiple skeletal remains that apparently share a similar third–fifth centuries AD chronology, corresponding to the Late Roman and Early Migration Periods. Multiple analyses have been performed to s…

  • Can we read stones? Quantifying the information loss in flintknapping

    Open AccessM Kot, Jerzy Tyszkiewicz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2023Referências: 68

    One of the methods of analysing the manufacturing process of lithic tools is by “reading” the scars of removals visible on the surface of cores or bifaces. The paper aims to review the limitations of this approach, by answering the question as to how much information from the original knapping process is still preserved in the cores and bifaces. To quantify the information loss we used experimentally knapped pieces, that we then refitted to check…

  • Tracing ephemeral human occupation through archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and molecular proxies at Łabajowa Cave

    Open AccessNatalia Gryczewska, M Kot et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2023Referências: 5

    Confirming ephemeral human occupation is a crucial issue in cave archaeology. The project 'Tracing human presence in caves of Polish Jura' focuses on the application of molecular methods to decode the history of past human activities in cave sediments in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The results will be compared with archaeological and palaeoecological proxies

  • Small vertebrate and mollusc community response to the latest Pleistocene-Holocene environment and climate changes in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Poland, Central Europe)

    Open AccessClaudio Berto, Marcin Szymanek et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2022

  • Potential impact of Holocene climate changes on camel breeding practices of Neolithic pastoralists in the Central Asian drylands

    Open AccessMałgorzata Suska-Malawska, M Kot et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2022Referências: 15

    Archaeological findings from the Neolithic open-air location Ayakagytma ‘The Site’, situated in the south-eastern part of the Kyzyl-kum Desert in Uzbekistan, can potentially shed new light on the camel domestication process in the Central Asian drylands and help to connect it to regional changes of paleoclimate. Detailed analyses of composition and 13 C isotopic ratios of fatty acids performed on potsherds from an archaeological horizon of a Kelt…

  • Mining field "Dąbrówka-I". Neolithic Jurassic flint mine with vestigially preserved mine relief

    Open AccessMichał Jakubczak, Janusz Budziszewski et al.ARTICLESprawozdania Archeologiczne2022

    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…

  • Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician points were used primarily as hunting weapons

    Open AccessAndrzej Wiśniewski, Katarzyna Pyżewicz et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2022Citada por: 3Referências: 71

  • New evidence for mountain Palaeolithic human occupation in the western Tian Shan piedmonts, eastern Uzbekistan

    Open AccessK K Pavlenok, M Kot et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2022Citada por: 5Referências: 16

    This article presents preliminary results from mountain survey in the Chatkal Range in the western Tian Shan piedmonts, eastern Uzbekistan. In 2021, several new Palaeolithic sites were discovered, including a single, multi-layered, open-air site-Kuksaray 2-located near a flint outcrop. The authors' initial investigations have recovered a stone tool assemblage containing tools displaying both Middle Palaeolithic and Initial Upper Palaeolithic char…

  • Is there Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Western Tian Shan? Example of an open-air site Katta Sai 2 (Uzbekistan)

    Open AccessM Kot, G Pavlenok et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2022Citada por: 12Referências: 58

    The paper presents the results of multidisciplinary studies on the open-air loess site Katta Sai 2 located in the western piedmonts of Tian Shan in Uzbekistan. Two archaeological horizons contain features associated with the Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) - both Levallois and blade/bladelet volumetric technology, together with an Upper Palaeolithic toolkit. The cultural traits observed in Katta Sai 2 might have local roots dating back to MIS 5a…

  • New Stratifi ed Paleolithic Sites in Akhangaran Valley (Uzbekistan)

    Open AccessK K Pavlenok, G Pavlenok et al.ARTICLEProblems of Archaeology…2021

    The paper deals with survey data recorded in 2021 in Uzbekistan by joint team of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography SB RAS, Warsaw University, and National Center of Archaeology Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Based on 2018-2019 data, we carried out local excavations, and the Paleolithic artifacts were recorded in the cross-sections of two sites—Ertashsai-12 and Kuksarai-2 located on the right side of the Akhangaran va…

  • Sepulchral use of caves in Lusatian culture

    Open AccessM Kot, Grzegorz Czajka et al.ARTICLEArcheologické rozhledy2021

    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…

  • Found in a box. Unknown bifacial leaf point from the Koziarnia Cave

    Open AccessM Kot, Natalia GryczewskaARTICLEŠtudijné zvesti Archeologického…2021

    Throughout the 19 th century, caves of the Polish Jura have become of interest to both businessmen and amateur archaeologist. The landlord of Ojcw, Jan Zawisza, explored the caves in search of traces of ancient man and conducted his excavations which were subsequently published. At the same time, neighbouring landowners started cooperation with the Prussian Mining Office and exploited caves for their soils, rich in organic matter, including phosp…

  • Filling the gaps

    Open AccessM Kot, Michał Przeździecki et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2021

  • The Middle Pleistocene small mammals from the lower layers of Tunel Wielki Cave (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland)

    Open AccessClaudio Berto, Adam Nadachowski et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2021

  • A multiproxy approach to studying a large prehistoric enclosure in Ojców, Kraków Upland, Poland

    Open AccessMichał Leloch, Michał Jakubczak et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Prospection2021Citada por: 1Referências: 9

    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 …

  • Where the snags are

    Open AccessKrzysztof Wertz, Risto Tornberg et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021Referências: 10

    A study of bird remains from the Koziarnia Cave (Poland) revealed the presence of nearly a dozen bony shreds ( snags ) projecting from the natural canals in bones; the snags were made of a material that accumulated during the Late Pleistocene. This paper describes this phenomenon and determines the most probable agent responsible for its occurrence by utilizing observations of snag microstructure, taphonomic analysis of bird assemblages from Kozi…

  • When the Leafpoints are Missing

    M Kot, Natalia Gryczewska et al.ARTICLELithic Technology2021Referências: 28

    The paper examines the possibility of recognising leafpoint industry in the case that its most characteristic feature is missing. The conducted research aimed at identifying whether it is possible to determine Jerzmanowician assemblage based on the small debitage solely. To answer this question, leafpoints were experimentally knapped and all the produced debris carefully collected. The obtained debitage was subsequently analysed in respect to its…

  • The girl with finches

    M Wojenka, Elżbieta Jaskulska et al.ARTICLEPraehistorische Zeitschrift2021

    Cave burials are generally absent from historical periods in Europe. Consequently, the discovery of a post-medieval inhumation of a child buried with at least one bird head placed in the mouth in Tunel Wielki Cave (southern Poland) is an exceptional find. The aim of this paper is to discuss this unique burial based on multiproxy analyses conducted on the human and avian remains, including genetic and isotopic analyses as well as CT scans, radioca…

  • The Earliest Middle Palaeolithic Bifacial Leafpoints in Central and Southern Europe. Technological Approach

    M Kot

    Dissertation created within the framework of the Inter-University Programme of Interdisciplinary PhD Studies at the »Artes Liberales« Academy