Andra Simniškytė
Biographic Data
| ID | 6042175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andra Simniškytė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andra |
| FAMILY NAME | Simniškytė |
| SIGNATURE | SIMNIŠKYTĖ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lithuanian Institute of History |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5559-979X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Signs of a Ferruginous Environment in Ceramics
Limonite deposit at the Mikniškiai settlement site (South Lithuania)
A cemented limonite deposit and sunken features recorded at the Mikniškiai settlement site (mid-1st century BC – early 3rd century AD) have been interpreted as potential signs of shallow opencast ore mining. Inhabitants of this area of Lithuania maintained close relations with the Bogaczewo culture, through which knowledge of iron metallurgy spread. However, the archaeometallurgical investigation revealed that the tested samples represent natural…
Prehistoric Iron Bloomery Debris on a Small Island in Lake Aisetas (Eastern Lithuania)
The archaeological discoveries of metallurgical waste in Lithuania have established that metallurgical activities were commonly connected to settlements. However, recent investigations suggest that even in the case of small-scale production on a homestead industry level, small isolated smelting bloomeries could have existed outside settlements. The work presented in this article introduces the material acquired from the newly discovered prehistor…
An assemblage of the 17th to 18th century coins found during archaeological investigation of the Kupiškis central square
In 2018, during reconstruction works at the central square of the town of Kupiškis and the subsequent archaeological investigation, 153 coins dating to the 17th to 20th centuries were found. Usually only coins of the lowest denomination and value are found during such investigations, but most of the coins found at the central square in Kupiškis were attributable to the medium denomination coin type. It has been established that the majority of th…
Shallow and ploughed settlement sites in forested environment
This article presents the results of geochemical survey performed at one of the shallow and ploughed prehistoric settlement sites in eastern Lithuania. The goal of the survey was to delineate the territory of the prehistoric settlement based on a multilevel survey, and geochemical patterns were analysed relative to the stratigraphy of the site. This research explores how particular aspects of the built environment might be visible in layer‐specif…
Tracing Archaeology through Geochemistry
The aim of the research summarized in this paper was to describe soil properties from different contexts at an excavated hilltop settlement (subsurface features with artefacts, subsurface features holding no artefacts, and several sets of samples from substratum), to determine possible anthropogenic indicators at this locality, and to assess what, if any, are the differences of soil properties taken from the features with artefacts and those hold…
Discoveries and Inspiration from Michał Brensztejn’s ‘Archaeological Inventory of the Kovno Gubernia’
Michał Eustachy Brensztejn compiled the ‘Archaeological Inventory of the Kovno Gubernia’ in 1907. The manuscript was not published, and only in 2010 was it discovered in the archives of the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw. The Lithuanian Institute of History and the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw initiated a project to publish the ‘Inventory’ as the third part of the Ostbalticum project. This paper gives some preliminary insights and…
Lyties identifikavimas romėniškojo laikotarpio pilkapių su akmenų vainikais kultūros medžiagoje
Visuomenės susiskirstymas į du – vyrišką ir moterišką – polius yra nulemtas žmogaus biologijos, o jų paieška yra neatsiejama tyrimų dalis analizuojant laidojimo paminklų medžiagą. Šalia biologinės lyties, kaip pastovios kategorijos, individų amžius, bendruomenės elgsenos modeliai, tradicijos formavo socialinę lytį, kuri galėjo sutapti, tačiau galėjo ir nesutapti su biologine, ir turėjo savybę kisti. Siekiant patikrinti laidosenos ryšius su biolo…
Tracing Archaeology through Geochemistry
The aim of the research summarized in this paper was to describe soil properties from different contexts at an excavated hilltop settlement (subsurface features with artefacts, subsurface features holding no artefacts, and several sets of samples from substratum), to determine possible anthropogenic indicators at this locality, and to assess what, if any, are the differences of soil properties taken from the features with artefacts and those hold…
Lyties identifikavimas romėniškojo laikotarpio pilkapių su akmenų vainikais kultūros medžiagoje
Visuomenės susiskirstymas į du – vyrišką ir moterišką – polius yra nulemtas žmogaus biologijos, o jų paieška yra neatsiejama tyrimų dalis analizuojant laidojimo paminklų medžiagą. Šalia biologinės lyties, kaip pastovios kategorijos, individų amžius, bendruomenės elgsenos modeliai, tradicijos formavo socialinę lytį, kuri galėjo sutapti, tačiau galėjo ir nesutapti su biologine, ir turėjo savybę kisti. Siekiant patikrinti laidosenos ryšius su biolo…
Discoveries and Inspiration from Michał Brensztejn’s ‘Archaeological Inventory of the Kovno Gubernia’
Michał Eustachy Brensztejn compiled the ‘Archaeological Inventory of the Kovno Gubernia’ in 1907. The manuscript was not published, and only in 2010 was it discovered in the archives of the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw. The Lithuanian Institute of History and the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw initiated a project to publish the ‘Inventory’ as the third part of the Ostbalticum project. This paper gives some preliminary insights and…
Tracing Archaeology through Geochemistry
The aim of the research summarized in this paper was to describe soil properties from different contexts at an excavated hilltop settlement (subsurface features with artefacts, subsurface features holding no artefacts, and several sets of samples from substratum), to determine possible anthropogenic indicators at this locality, and to assess what, if any, are the differences of soil properties taken from the features with artefacts and those hold…
Shallow and ploughed settlement sites in forested environment
This article presents the results of geochemical survey performed at one of the shallow and ploughed prehistoric settlement sites in eastern Lithuania. The goal of the survey was to delineate the territory of the prehistoric settlement based on a multilevel survey, and geochemical patterns were analysed relative to the stratigraphy of the site. This research explores how particular aspects of the built environment might be visible in layer‐specif…
An assemblage of the 17th to 18th century coins found during archaeological investigation of the Kupiškis central square
In 2018, during reconstruction works at the central square of the town of Kupiškis and the subsequent archaeological investigation, 153 coins dating to the 17th to 20th centuries were found. Usually only coins of the lowest denomination and value are found during such investigations, but most of the coins found at the central square in Kupiškis were attributable to the medium denomination coin type. It has been established that the majority of th…
Limonite deposit at the Mikniškiai settlement site (South Lithuania)
A cemented limonite deposit and sunken features recorded at the Mikniškiai settlement site (mid-1st century BC – early 3rd century AD) have been interpreted as potential signs of shallow opencast ore mining. Inhabitants of this area of Lithuania maintained close relations with the Bogaczewo culture, through which knowledge of iron metallurgy spread. However, the archaeometallurgical investigation revealed that the tested samples represent natural…
Prehistoric Iron Bloomery Debris on a Small Island in Lake Aisetas (Eastern Lithuania)
The archaeological discoveries of metallurgical waste in Lithuania have established that metallurgical activities were commonly connected to settlements. However, recent investigations suggest that even in the case of small-scale production on a homestead industry level, small isolated smelting bloomeries could have existed outside settlements. The work presented in this article introduces the material acquired from the newly discovered prehistor…
Signs of a Ferruginous Environment in Ceramics
Archaeology (6 works) · Geography (4 works) · Geology (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (3 works) · Prehistory (3 works) · Excavation (2 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 works) · History (2 works) · Human settlement (2 works)