Kalina Skóra
Biographic Data
| ID | 6049995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kalina Skóra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kalina |
| FAMILY NAME | Skóra |
| SIGNATURE | SKORA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3197-6060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pillows, mattresses or log coffin linings
The preservation of organic remains is fickle, dependent on often highly localised conditions, but this incomplete record provides key insights into the lives, and deaths, of individuals in the past. Such is the case at the Wielbark culture cemetery in Czarnówko, northern Poland, where four graves were found to contain compacted layers of organic material. Identification of cattail ( Typha sp.) and woven fragments of high-quality wool within thes…
Once again about ‘missing’ cremated skeletal remains. An example of a cemetery in Raczkowice in the context of transformations of funerary rituals of the Przeworsk culture in the Younger and Late Roma…
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the contents of cremation pit graves, urns and pyre sites from the cemetery of the Przeworsk Culture in Raczkowice from an osteological perspective, which is related to the issue of the small number of burnt skeletal remains. The collection was analysed in terms of weight, state of preservation, anatomical differentiation and frequency of different skeletal parts, addressing the question of whether the skeleta…
Take a handful of nuts in a bowl! Turned wooden vessel with hazelnuts from Czarnówko against the background of other finds from cemeteries of the Wielbark culture
In 2009, during research of a cemetery of the Wielbark culture in Czarnówko (Lębork District, Pomerania), an inhumation grave was discovered, which contained the remains of a wooden bowl with copper alloy fittings. Inside it, several hazelnuts were preserved. This vessel, in the light of the analysis carried out, was made of alder wood using a turning technique. Discoveries of this type are not only rare in the area of the Wielbark culture, but a…
‘Houses of Graves’ of Central-East Europe
This article presents the state of archaeological research on Jewish cemeteries in Central-East Europe, mainly on the basis of excavations conducted in Poland, Czechia, and Lithuania). It presents the possibilities of reconstructing funerary rituals on the basis of archaeological findings: the organisation of the burial space, the dress and equipment of the deceased, the layout of the corpse and the arrangement of the interior of the burial pit. …
Opening graves and turtles . The pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis L.) from the cemetery of the Wielbark Culture in Czarnówko and the question of post-funeral interferences in the past
In 2010, the remains of a pond turtle were discovered at the bottom of a secondary pit (“robbery” trench) in one of the graves (feature 963) in the Wielbark Culture cemetery at Czarnówko (PL). This paper attempts to characterise the find from Czarnówko in the context of two important questions: the opening of graves and the presence of turtle remains in the grave against the background of similar finds from the Central and East European Barbaricu…
Bull of Antipope John XXIII found in Mierzyn, Central Poland
In 2021, during excavations of the knight’s manor house at Mierzyn, which belonged to the Nagodzice family, a lead bull of theantipope John XXIII (1410-1415) was found. The seal was discovered in the area of the economic hinterland, a few hundred metres south of the stronghold. This is the second archaeological find of a bull of this antipope from the territory of Poland. The article discusses the object in relation to other finds of this kind an…
A New Find of a Falchion from Central Poland
This paper discusses a find of a falchion from the neighbourhood of Gieczno in the Łódzkie Voivodeship. This artefact comes from a sequestration of the collection of an illegal treasure hunter. This 15th century falchion with a conventional blade form stands out with its hilt which is provided with a cap-like pommel, and first of all with a scales rivet which is shaped as an ornamental rosette
A Few Reflections on Suicide and Profane Death from not only an Archaeological Perspective on the Margins of Paweł Duma’s Book, ‘Profane Death in Burial Practices of a Pre-Industrial Society. A Study …
A book by Pawe Duma which discusses profane death in pre-industrial times was published in 2019. Duma is not only a consistent, but also a successful author who does research into legal archaeology. He can be considered as such due to the fact that he is personally involved in archaeological excavations on sites of a specific category, and specifically medieval and modern public execution sites in Silesia. The level of research into this field, n…
Weaponry of the Przeworsk Culture in the light of metallographic examinations. The case of the cemetery in Raczkowice
This paper discusses seven finds of weaponry (one sword and six spearheads) from the Roman Period Przeworsk Culture cremation cemetery in Raczkowice, Częstochowa Distr., PL. This assemblage can generally be dated to Phases B2–C1. All the discussed artefacts went through the funeral pyre and two underwent additional treatment as part of funeral rites: the sword and one of the spearheads were bent. Metallographic examinations demonstrated that all …
Liegt da der Hund begraben? An aspect of post-funerary intrusions from the Wielbark culture cemetery in Czarnówko in Pomerania
In comparison with other Wielbark culture necropoles, the cemetery in Czarnówko is remarkable not only due to its size, but also because of a very high percentage of disturbed graves. It is estimated that nearly 90% of inhumation grave pits were disturbed in antiquity. This paper deals with the practice of deposition of a dog’s body into a grave in the course of post-funerary intrusion. This habit is unknown in other cemeteries of the Wielbark cu…
A grain against a vampire? Some remarks on so-called anti-vampire practices in the light of archaeological and folkloristic-ethnographic data
This paper focuses on a ritual of covering the dead with seeds of plants: poppy and field mustard. This habit is recorded in Slavic folkloristic-ethnographic sources and is considered as a so-called anti-demonic practice. In archaeological literature, this habit is not usually mentioned among the criteria of “atypical” burials, perhaps because physical means of restraining the “dangerous” dead are more straightforward to demonstrate than psychic …
Opening of Graves in the Cemetery of the Wielbark Culture in Kowalewko. A Preliminary Analysis
The paper was prepared as part of completion of a research project of the national Science Centre (nCn, 2017/01/X/ HS3/00193) -Robbery or ritual? A phenomenon of opening of graves in the Wielbark Culture. An example of the cemetery in Czarnwko in Pomerania
Muskets and handgonnes inlaid with bone” – ornaments of hand-held firearms in the 16th–17th centuries
Rozwój ręcznej broni palnej w XVI w. przebiegał w dwóch odrębnych kierunkach. Pierwszy to produkcja na potrzeby armii, drugi to broń wykonywana na potrzeby odbiorcy indywidualnego – szlachcica czy bogatego mieszczanina. Tutaj egzemplarze nie tylko powinny być niezawodne, ale przede wszystkim wyróżniać właściciela z tłumu jemu podobnych. W tym przypadku nie było więc miejsca na standaryzację, a raczej na kunszt i przepych zdobnictwa. Ich produkcją…
Liegt da der Hund begraben? An aspect of post-funerary intrusions from the Wielbark culture cemetery in Czarnówko in Pomerania
In comparison with other Wielbark culture necropoles, the cemetery in Czarnówko is remarkable not only due to its size, but also because of a very high percentage of disturbed graves. It is estimated that nearly 90% of inhumation grave pits were disturbed in antiquity. This paper deals with the practice of deposition of a dog’s body into a grave in the course of post-funerary intrusion. This habit is unknown in other cemeteries of the Wielbark cu…
A grain against a vampire? Some remarks on so-called anti-vampire practices in the light of archaeological and folkloristic-ethnographic data
This paper focuses on a ritual of covering the dead with seeds of plants: poppy and field mustard. This habit is recorded in Slavic folkloristic-ethnographic sources and is considered as a so-called anti-demonic practice. In archaeological literature, this habit is not usually mentioned among the criteria of “atypical” burials, perhaps because physical means of restraining the “dangerous” dead are more straightforward to demonstrate than psychic …
Muskets and handgonnes inlaid with bone” – ornaments of hand-held firearms in the 16th–17th centuries
Rozwój ręcznej broni palnej w XVI w. przebiegał w dwóch odrębnych kierunkach. Pierwszy to produkcja na potrzeby armii, drugi to broń wykonywana na potrzeby odbiorcy indywidualnego – szlachcica czy bogatego mieszczanina. Tutaj egzemplarze nie tylko powinny być niezawodne, ale przede wszystkim wyróżniać właściciela z tłumu jemu podobnych. W tym przypadku nie było więc miejsca na standaryzację, a raczej na kunszt i przepych zdobnictwa. Ich produkcją…
Muskets and handgonnes inlaid with bone” – ornaments of hand-held firearms in the 16th–17th centuries
Rozwój ręcznej broni palnej w XVI w. przebiegał w dwóch odrębnych kierunkach. Pierwszy to produkcja na potrzeby armii, drugi to broń wykonywana na potrzeby odbiorcy indywidualnego – szlachcica czy bogatego mieszczanina. Tutaj egzemplarze nie tylko powinny być niezawodne, ale przede wszystkim wyróżniać właściciela z tłumu jemu podobnych. W tym przypadku nie było więc miejsca na standaryzację, a raczej na kunszt i przepych zdobnictwa. Ich produkcją…
Opening of Graves in the Cemetery of the Wielbark Culture in Kowalewko. A Preliminary Analysis
The paper was prepared as part of completion of a research project of the national Science Centre (nCn, 2017/01/X/ HS3/00193) -Robbery or ritual? A phenomenon of opening of graves in the Wielbark Culture. An example of the cemetery in Czarnwko in Pomerania
A grain against a vampire? Some remarks on so-called anti-vampire practices in the light of archaeological and folkloristic-ethnographic data
This paper focuses on a ritual of covering the dead with seeds of plants: poppy and field mustard. This habit is recorded in Slavic folkloristic-ethnographic sources and is considered as a so-called anti-demonic practice. In archaeological literature, this habit is not usually mentioned among the criteria of “atypical” burials, perhaps because physical means of restraining the “dangerous” dead are more straightforward to demonstrate than psychic …
Liegt da der Hund begraben? An aspect of post-funerary intrusions from the Wielbark culture cemetery in Czarnówko in Pomerania
In comparison with other Wielbark culture necropoles, the cemetery in Czarnówko is remarkable not only due to its size, but also because of a very high percentage of disturbed graves. It is estimated that nearly 90% of inhumation grave pits were disturbed in antiquity. This paper deals with the practice of deposition of a dog’s body into a grave in the course of post-funerary intrusion. This habit is unknown in other cemeteries of the Wielbark cu…
A New Find of a Falchion from Central Poland
This paper discusses a find of a falchion from the neighbourhood of Gieczno in the Łódzkie Voivodeship. This artefact comes from a sequestration of the collection of an illegal treasure hunter. This 15th century falchion with a conventional blade form stands out with its hilt which is provided with a cap-like pommel, and first of all with a scales rivet which is shaped as an ornamental rosette
A Few Reflections on Suicide and Profane Death from not only an Archaeological Perspective on the Margins of Paweł Duma’s Book, ‘Profane Death in Burial Practices of a Pre-Industrial Society. A Study …
A book by Pawe Duma which discusses profane death in pre-industrial times was published in 2019. Duma is not only a consistent, but also a successful author who does research into legal archaeology. He can be considered as such due to the fact that he is personally involved in archaeological excavations on sites of a specific category, and specifically medieval and modern public execution sites in Silesia. The level of research into this field, n…
Weaponry of the Przeworsk Culture in the light of metallographic examinations. The case of the cemetery in Raczkowice
This paper discusses seven finds of weaponry (one sword and six spearheads) from the Roman Period Przeworsk Culture cremation cemetery in Raczkowice, Częstochowa Distr., PL. This assemblage can generally be dated to Phases B2–C1. All the discussed artefacts went through the funeral pyre and two underwent additional treatment as part of funeral rites: the sword and one of the spearheads were bent. Metallographic examinations demonstrated that all …
Bull of Antipope John XXIII found in Mierzyn, Central Poland
In 2021, during excavations of the knight’s manor house at Mierzyn, which belonged to the Nagodzice family, a lead bull of theantipope John XXIII (1410-1415) was found. The seal was discovered in the area of the economic hinterland, a few hundred metres south of the stronghold. This is the second archaeological find of a bull of this antipope from the territory of Poland. The article discusses the object in relation to other finds of this kind an…
‘Houses of Graves’ of Central-East Europe
This article presents the state of archaeological research on Jewish cemeteries in Central-East Europe, mainly on the basis of excavations conducted in Poland, Czechia, and Lithuania). It presents the possibilities of reconstructing funerary rituals on the basis of archaeological findings: the organisation of the burial space, the dress and equipment of the deceased, the layout of the corpse and the arrangement of the interior of the burial pit. …
Opening graves and turtles . The pond turtle ( Emys orbicularis L.) from the cemetery of the Wielbark Culture in Czarnówko and the question of post-funeral interferences in the past
In 2010, the remains of a pond turtle were discovered at the bottom of a secondary pit (“robbery” trench) in one of the graves (feature 963) in the Wielbark Culture cemetery at Czarnówko (PL). This paper attempts to characterise the find from Czarnówko in the context of two important questions: the opening of graves and the presence of turtle remains in the grave against the background of similar finds from the Central and East European Barbaricu…
Once again about ‘missing’ cremated skeletal remains. An example of a cemetery in Raczkowice in the context of transformations of funerary rituals of the Przeworsk culture in the Younger and Late Roma…
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the contents of cremation pit graves, urns and pyre sites from the cemetery of the Przeworsk Culture in Raczkowice from an osteological perspective, which is related to the issue of the small number of burnt skeletal remains. The collection was analysed in terms of weight, state of preservation, anatomical differentiation and frequency of different skeletal parts, addressing the question of whether the skeleta…
Take a handful of nuts in a bowl! Turned wooden vessel with hazelnuts from Czarnówko against the background of other finds from cemeteries of the Wielbark culture
In 2009, during research of a cemetery of the Wielbark culture in Czarnówko (Lębork District, Pomerania), an inhumation grave was discovered, which contained the remains of a wooden bowl with copper alloy fittings. Inside it, several hazelnuts were preserved. This vessel, in the light of the analysis carried out, was made of alder wood using a turning technique. Discoveries of this type are not only rare in the area of the Wielbark culture, but a…
Pillows, mattresses or log coffin linings
The preservation of organic remains is fickle, dependent on often highly localised conditions, but this incomplete record provides key insights into the lives, and deaths, of individuals in the past. Such is the case at the Wielbark culture cemetery in Czarnówko, northern Poland, where four graves were found to contain compacted layers of organic material. Identification of cattail ( Typha sp.) and woven fragments of high-quality wool within thes…
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