Justyna Baron
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3584986 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Justyna Baron |
| PRENOMES | Justyna |
| SOBRENOME | Baron |
| ASSINATURA | BARON J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Wrocław |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6429-2872 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
New Early Bronze Age Metal Finds from Western Poland
In recent years, a significant number of hoards of metal objects and individual finds have been uncovered and dated to the early phases of the Bronze Age. According to Reinecke’s classification, these artifacts belong to phases A1–B1 (2300–1600 BCE). Although the discovery sites of some individual objects raise questions about their exact context, the available data regarding their locations clearly suggest that these sites were selected with spe…
Local and non-local metal supply strategies in the Early Iron Age. Case study
During the Early Iron Age (750–450 BC), settlement centres emerged in western Poland, playing a significant socio-economic role in local development. The fortified settlement of Wicina (Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship) in western Poland, is an exemplar of such a regional center, strategically positioned on a natural dune above a marshland. In this study, we use archaeometallurgical analyses to shed light on the role of this settlement in the supr…
For special purposes only
Ceramic moulds are regarded as highly specialised, refractory tools used in metallurgy, yet their production process still needs clarification. Our research aimed to characterise the stages of operational chains applied in mould manufacture. The evidence comes from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age lake settlement in Grzybiany in SW Poland, dated to 9/8th–5th century bce . The site provided rich data on tin‐bronze metallurgy, chiefly the lost‐wa…
Cross-crafting in standardized and customized metallurgy. Some examples from Bronze Age Poland
Halberds of power
Analysis of use-wear and chemical composition of five early Bronze Age halberds from Muszkowo reveals that they were crafted over several casting events and meticulously finished, then subjected to use before their final deposition
Impacts of working bone and antler on a bronze knife
Shifting techniques in perforating animal teeth and metal objects. Some examples from Early Bronze Age contexts
This paper addresses shifting techniques between manufacturing two types of raw materials. On the one hand, they are copper-based alloys that were processed in the Early Bronze Age (c. 2300-1600 BCE) only by a few craftspersons, and, on the other hand, well-known and commonly processed animal hard tissues. At least one technique we observed on the metal objects originates from those of working with animal hard tissues, while the other one can be …
The Life and Journey of Neolithic Copper Objects
The ritual context of pottery deposits from the Late Bronze Age settlement at Wrocław Widawa in southwestern Poland
In this paper, I survey archaeological evidence for deliberate deposits mostly containing ceramic vessels but also stones and animal bones. They were discovered at a Late Bronze Age settlement, dated to the 9th-8th centuries, situated in the northern part of the contemporary city of Wrocław in southwestern Poland. Their stratigraphical contexts indicate that their deposition took place at the very end of the use of the site, i.e. after the accumu…
Bone, antler, and tooth objects from the late bronze/early Iron Age urnfields in south-western Poland
Objects made of osseous materials are extremely rare in the urnfield burial contexts dated in SW Poland to the late Bronze and early Iron Age (ca. 1300–550 BCE). That may be the result of the cremation process which made the bone/antler artefacts fragmented and difficult to distinguish from human bones, usually densely packed in ceramic urns. We compare data about 95 specimens from four urnfields (Dunino [2], Jarząbkowice [1], Wicina [1], Sękowic…
Flint and bronze spear and arrowheads from the Bronze and Iron Age settlement at Ruszowice in SW Poland
We analysed a small collection of three arrowheads and one piece of spearhead. They were made of flint and metal andcome from the Bronze and Early Iron Age settlement at Ruszowice in today SW Poland. Although only one comesfrom a settlement pit, we argue they were used by the community occupying the site at the beginning of the Urnfieldperiod which starts around 1300 BC. All four objects bear clear traces of use including hafting and sharpening p…
A Neolithic ground stone tool as an Early Iron Age funerary gift
The authors describe a Neolithic ground stone adze, retrieved from an Early Iron Age burial (c. 700-550 BC) at the urnfield cemetery in Miłosławice, south-western Poland. This artefact yields an interesting example of an extended tool biography
Manufacture and use
The microscopic analysis of tool marks on objects from the Late Bronze Age 'shaman's grave' at Przeczyce, Poland, has demonstrated that two wild boar tusk pendants, a bone disc and a set of bone tubes were manufactured exclusively using metal tools. We argue that the tubes were a musical instrument that originally consisted of several separate pieces, rather than a pan flute, as has previously been suggested
Morphology, function, petrography and provenance of ground stone tool assemblage from Niemczańska, Poland in the light of late Bronze Age lithic production in the Odra basin
This paper presents results of morphological and petrological analyses of ground stone tool assemblage acquired from late Bronze Age settlement site at Niemczańska, Wrocław, Poland. The collection of six tools is functionally and petrologically diverse but comparable in terms of physical and mechanical properties, i.e. hardness and wear resistance. Exclusively hard and quartz-rich rocks were selected for tools production (granites, gneisses and s…
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Same but different. Composition, production and use of bronze arrowheads from the Late Bronze Age deposit from Wrocław-Widawa in SW Poland
To smooth or not to smooth? A traceological and experimental approach to surface processing of Bronze and Iron Age ceramics
The biographic approach – that is, tracing artefacts’ ‘lives’ from production, through their use, and finally to their deposition – is commonly applied in the analysis of lithic, flint, and metal artefacts. Objects made of clay, although the most common artifacts at many prehistoric sites, are rarely subject to such studies. In this paper, we focused on the short span of time during the “life” of a ceramic object when its surfaces were smoothed o…
Functions of early Iron Age handstones. Experimental and traceological approach
The multi-faceted analyses proved that the community of early Iron Age settlement (7 th century BC) at Milejowice in SW Poland used easily accessible, erratic pebbles of similar shapes for various purposes. Referring to the results of our experimental work, we examined a collection of 46 stone objects found in various contexts. Using microscopic analysis of use-wear, we identified the handstones for grinding grain and plant stalks and also used f…
Influence of conservation of copper and bronze artefacts on traces of production and use-wear
More Bronze Age less bronze
A Late Bronze Age hoard from Karmin, Poland, contained 16 socketed axes, half of which were made of copper. The copper axes represent the same local type as the bronze objects and bear the same traces of manufacturing and use. The authors argue that the move to copper was a response to unexpected difficulties in the tin supply
Are metals necessary for the study of social stratification during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age? A proposal for a new methodological approach
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Differentiation of burial practices in the Corded Ware Culture. The example of the Magnice site in SW Poland
Der vorliegende Artikel befasst sich mit zwei gänzlich unterschiedlichen Bestattungsarten, die vom archäologischen Standpunkt der gleichen „Kultur“ angehören und höchstwahrscheinlich auch im Hinblick auf die Chronologie sehr vergleichbar sind. Die Unterschiede schließen sowohl Grabkonstruktionen als auch die Wahl der Grabbeigaben ein und sind ein Beweis für die Vielfalt der Ansätze im Bestattungsritual. Alle angesprochenen Gräber befinden sich au…
Tools make tools
Analyses of worked faunal remains from three Bronze to Iron Age (c. 900-400 BC) sites in Poland demonstrate changing trends in Central European prehistoric hard-tissue-processing tools and techniques
Recent Research on Bronze Age Metal Deposits in Poland
The review aims at presenting recent research directions in studies on Bronze Age metal deposits in the area of contemporary Poland. Starting from a brief presentation of mainopinions what the deposits are, I will bring some examples of recent studies involving interesting questions. In general, the research is focused on two main areas: one is a natural and cultural context of deposits while the other one, with the application of use-wear analys…
Influence of conservation of copper and bronze artefacts on traces of production and use-wear
Beeswax remnants, phase and major element chemical composition of the bronze age mould from Gaj Oławski (SW Poland)
The recently found metal casting mould from Gaj Oławski (SW Poland) was designed for the production of socketed axes typical for later stages of the Bronze Age in Poland (ca. 1100-900 bc). This unique artefact is a half of a durable, two-piece wedge-shaped mould and measures 17.5 × 7.2 × 4.0 cm. The surface of the mould is covered copper oxides and carbonates, and the remnant of beeswax was found on its inner surface. The metal forming mould cons…
Functions and contexts of Bronze Age metal casting moulds from Poland
Les moules en métal, élaborés essentiellement en vue de produire un seul type d’artefact, constituent un groupe d’objets fascinant qui a été documenté dans beaucoup de régions de l’Europe à l’âge du Bronze. Bien qu’il existe des exemples de moules ayant été destinés à la fabrication de parures, l’usage de moules métalliques est très fortement lié à la production de haches. De plus, la plupart des moules ont été déposés intentionnellement dans des…
A Neolithic ground stone tool as an Early Iron Age funerary gift
The authors describe a Neolithic ground stone adze, retrieved from an Early Iron Age burial (c. 700-550 BC) at the urnfield cemetery in Miłosławice, south-western Poland. This artefact yields an interesting example of an extended tool biography
Same but different. Composition, production and use of bronze arrowheads from the Late Bronze Age deposit from Wrocław-Widawa in SW Poland
Tools make tools
Analyses of worked faunal remains from three Bronze to Iron Age (c. 900-400 BC) sites in Poland demonstrate changing trends in Central European prehistoric hard-tissue-processing tools and techniques
For special purposes only
Ceramic moulds are regarded as highly specialised, refractory tools used in metallurgy, yet their production process still needs clarification. Our research aimed to characterise the stages of operational chains applied in mould manufacture. The evidence comes from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age lake settlement in Grzybiany in SW Poland, dated to 9/8th–5th century bce . The site provided rich data on tin‐bronze metallurgy, chiefly the lost‐wa…
Manufacture and use
The microscopic analysis of tool marks on objects from the Late Bronze Age 'shaman's grave' at Przeczyce, Poland, has demonstrated that two wild boar tusk pendants, a bone disc and a set of bone tubes were manufactured exclusively using metal tools. We argue that the tubes were a musical instrument that originally consisted of several separate pieces, rather than a pan flute, as has previously been suggested
To smooth or not to smooth? A traceological and experimental approach to surface processing of Bronze and Iron Age ceramics
The biographic approach – that is, tracing artefacts’ ‘lives’ from production, through their use, and finally to their deposition – is commonly applied in the analysis of lithic, flint, and metal artefacts. Objects made of clay, although the most common artifacts at many prehistoric sites, are rarely subject to such studies. In this paper, we focused on the short span of time during the “life” of a ceramic object when its surfaces were smoothed o…
Functions of early Iron Age handstones. Experimental and traceological approach
The multi-faceted analyses proved that the community of early Iron Age settlement (7 th century BC) at Milejowice in SW Poland used easily accessible, erratic pebbles of similar shapes for various purposes. Referring to the results of our experimental work, we examined a collection of 46 stone objects found in various contexts. Using microscopic analysis of use-wear, we identified the handstones for grinding grain and plant stalks and also used f…
More Bronze Age less bronze
A Late Bronze Age hoard from Karmin, Poland, contained 16 socketed axes, half of which were made of copper. The copper axes represent the same local type as the bronze objects and bear the same traces of manufacturing and use. The authors argue that the move to copper was a response to unexpected difficulties in the tin supply
Differentiation of burial practices in the Corded Ware Culture. The example of the Magnice site in SW Poland
Der vorliegende Artikel befasst sich mit zwei gänzlich unterschiedlichen Bestattungsarten, die vom archäologischen Standpunkt der gleichen „Kultur“ angehören und höchstwahrscheinlich auch im Hinblick auf die Chronologie sehr vergleichbar sind. Die Unterschiede schließen sowohl Grabkonstruktionen als auch die Wahl der Grabbeigaben ein und sind ein Beweis für die Vielfalt der Ansätze im Bestattungsritual. Alle angesprochenen Gräber befinden sich au…
The Composition and Microstructural Variation of the Bronze Age Metal Ornaments from Lower Silesia (South-West Poland)
Metal ornaments from Únětice (Mierczyce, Tomice, Jordanów and Opatowice) and Urnfield culture (Szprotawa, Żarek and Wrocław Żerniki) sites in south-west Poland are made of bronze of varying composition, with the exception of the early Bronze Age Przecławice site, where the copper items are found in graves from stages III/IV. The combined XRF and electron microprobe study of 37 ornaments (mostly pins) shows that those excavated from Únětice cultur…
Medicine in an Age of Commerce and Empire
Historians of the British Empire have already problematized the definitions of “center” and “periphery,” showing them to be complex and permeable and the transmission or translation of ideas to be nonlinear. In Medicine in an Age of Commerce and Empire: Britain and Its Tropical Colonies 1660–1830, Mark Harrison offers an exhaustively researched set of examples from the history of medicine illustrating the ways in which the colonies acted as a loc…
Functions and contexts of Bronze Age metal casting moulds from Poland
Les moules en métal, élaborés essentiellement en vue de produire un seul type d’artefact, constituent un groupe d’objets fascinant qui a été documenté dans beaucoup de régions de l’Europe à l’âge du Bronze. Bien qu’il existe des exemples de moules ayant été destinés à la fabrication de parures, l’usage de moules métalliques est très fortement lié à la production de haches. De plus, la plupart des moules ont été déposés intentionnellement dans des…
Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia
The Bronze Age of Eurasia (around 3000–1000 BC) was a period of major cultural changes. However, there is debate about whether these changes resulted from the circulation of ideas or from human migrations, potentially also facilitating the spread of languages and certain phenotypic traits. We investigated this by using new, improved methods to sequence low-coverage genomes from 101 ancient humans from across Eurasia. We show that the Bronze Age w…
The Composition and Microstructural Variation of the Bronze Age Metal Ornaments from Lower Silesia (South-West Poland)
Metal ornaments from Únětice (Mierczyce, Tomice, Jordanów and Opatowice) and Urnfield culture (Szprotawa, Żarek and Wrocław Żerniki) sites in south-west Poland are made of bronze of varying composition, with the exception of the early Bronze Age Przecławice site, where the copper items are found in graves from stages III/IV. The combined XRF and electron microprobe study of 37 ornaments (mostly pins) shows that those excavated from Únětice cultur…
Beeswax remnants, phase and major element chemical composition of the bronze age mould from Gaj Oławski (SW Poland)
The recently found metal casting mould from Gaj Oławski (SW Poland) was designed for the production of socketed axes typical for later stages of the Bronze Age in Poland (ca. 1100-900 bc). This unique artefact is a half of a durable, two-piece wedge-shaped mould and measures 17.5 × 7.2 × 4.0 cm. The surface of the mould is covered copper oxides and carbonates, and the remnant of beeswax was found on its inner surface. The metal forming mould cons…
Recent Research on Bronze Age Metal Deposits in Poland
The review aims at presenting recent research directions in studies on Bronze Age metal deposits in the area of contemporary Poland. Starting from a brief presentation of mainopinions what the deposits are, I will bring some examples of recent studies involving interesting questions. In general, the research is focused on two main areas: one is a natural and cultural context of deposits while the other one, with the application of use-wear analys…
Tools make tools
Analyses of worked faunal remains from three Bronze to Iron Age (c. 900-400 BC) sites in Poland demonstrate changing trends in Central European prehistoric hard-tissue-processing tools and techniques
Titelseiten
Differentiation of burial practices in the Corded Ware Culture. The example of the Magnice site in SW Poland
Der vorliegende Artikel befasst sich mit zwei gänzlich unterschiedlichen Bestattungsarten, die vom archäologischen Standpunkt der gleichen „Kultur“ angehören und höchstwahrscheinlich auch im Hinblick auf die Chronologie sehr vergleichbar sind. Die Unterschiede schließen sowohl Grabkonstruktionen als auch die Wahl der Grabbeigaben ein und sind ein Beweis für die Vielfalt der Ansätze im Bestattungsritual. Alle angesprochenen Gräber befinden sich au…
Titelseiten
Same but different. Composition, production and use of bronze arrowheads from the Late Bronze Age deposit from Wrocław-Widawa in SW Poland
To smooth or not to smooth? A traceological and experimental approach to surface processing of Bronze and Iron Age ceramics
The biographic approach – that is, tracing artefacts’ ‘lives’ from production, through their use, and finally to their deposition – is commonly applied in the analysis of lithic, flint, and metal artefacts. Objects made of clay, although the most common artifacts at many prehistoric sites, are rarely subject to such studies. In this paper, we focused on the short span of time during the “life” of a ceramic object when its surfaces were smoothed o…
Functions of early Iron Age handstones. Experimental and traceological approach
The multi-faceted analyses proved that the community of early Iron Age settlement (7 th century BC) at Milejowice in SW Poland used easily accessible, erratic pebbles of similar shapes for various purposes. Referring to the results of our experimental work, we examined a collection of 46 stone objects found in various contexts. Using microscopic analysis of use-wear, we identified the handstones for grinding grain and plant stalks and also used f…
Influence of conservation of copper and bronze artefacts on traces of production and use-wear
More Bronze Age less bronze
A Late Bronze Age hoard from Karmin, Poland, contained 16 socketed axes, half of which were made of copper. The copper axes represent the same local type as the bronze objects and bear the same traces of manufacturing and use. The authors argue that the move to copper was a response to unexpected difficulties in the tin supply
Are metals necessary for the study of social stratification during the Bronze Age and the Iron Age? A proposal for a new methodological approach
Morphology, function, petrography and provenance of ground stone tool assemblage from Niemczańska, Poland in the light of late Bronze Age lithic production in the Odra basin
This paper presents results of morphological and petrological analyses of ground stone tool assemblage acquired from late Bronze Age settlement site at Niemczańska, Wrocław, Poland. The collection of six tools is functionally and petrologically diverse but comparable in terms of physical and mechanical properties, i.e. hardness and wear resistance. Exclusively hard and quartz-rich rocks were selected for tools production (granites, gneisses and s…
Flint and bronze spear and arrowheads from the Bronze and Iron Age settlement at Ruszowice in SW Poland
We analysed a small collection of three arrowheads and one piece of spearhead. They were made of flint and metal andcome from the Bronze and Early Iron Age settlement at Ruszowice in today SW Poland. Although only one comesfrom a settlement pit, we argue they were used by the community occupying the site at the beginning of the Urnfieldperiod which starts around 1300 BC. All four objects bear clear traces of use including hafting and sharpening p…
A Neolithic ground stone tool as an Early Iron Age funerary gift
The authors describe a Neolithic ground stone adze, retrieved from an Early Iron Age burial (c. 700-550 BC) at the urnfield cemetery in Miłosławice, south-western Poland. This artefact yields an interesting example of an extended tool biography
Manufacture and use
The microscopic analysis of tool marks on objects from the Late Bronze Age 'shaman's grave' at Przeczyce, Poland, has demonstrated that two wild boar tusk pendants, a bone disc and a set of bone tubes were manufactured exclusively using metal tools. We argue that the tubes were a musical instrument that originally consisted of several separate pieces, rather than a pan flute, as has previously been suggested
The ritual context of pottery deposits from the Late Bronze Age settlement at Wrocław Widawa in southwestern Poland
In this paper, I survey archaeological evidence for deliberate deposits mostly containing ceramic vessels but also stones and animal bones. They were discovered at a Late Bronze Age settlement, dated to the 9th-8th centuries, situated in the northern part of the contemporary city of Wrocław in southwestern Poland. Their stratigraphical contexts indicate that their deposition took place at the very end of the use of the site, i.e. after the accumu…
Bone, antler, and tooth objects from the late bronze/early Iron Age urnfields in south-western Poland
Objects made of osseous materials are extremely rare in the urnfield burial contexts dated in SW Poland to the late Bronze and early Iron Age (ca. 1300–550 BCE). That may be the result of the cremation process which made the bone/antler artefacts fragmented and difficult to distinguish from human bones, usually densely packed in ceramic urns. We compare data about 95 specimens from four urnfields (Dunino [2], Jarząbkowice [1], Wicina [1], Sękowic…
Impacts of working bone and antler on a bronze knife
Shifting techniques in perforating animal teeth and metal objects. Some examples from Early Bronze Age contexts
This paper addresses shifting techniques between manufacturing two types of raw materials. On the one hand, they are copper-based alloys that were processed in the Early Bronze Age (c. 2300-1600 BCE) only by a few craftspersons, and, on the other hand, well-known and commonly processed animal hard tissues. At least one technique we observed on the metal objects originates from those of working with animal hard tissues, while the other one can be …
The Life and Journey of Neolithic Copper Objects
Archaeology (24 obras) · Bronze (17 obras) · Bronze Age (17 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 obras) · Geography (16 obras) · History (16 obras) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (15 obras) · Ancient history (10 obras) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (10 obras) · Materials Science (9 obras)