Piotr Wojtal
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 75142 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Piotr Wojtal |
| PRENOMES | Piotr |
| SOBRENOME | Wojtal |
| ASSINATURA | WOJTAL P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0393-1105 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 49 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 629 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 49 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2001 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 14 |
Reindeer age structure and prey selection at Gravettian open-air sites in central Europe
Zooarchaeological and isotope study of animal remains from the Late Bronze Age site of Ridala, Saaremaa Island, Estonia
Multidirectional processing of mammalian remains by the Neanderthals from the Ciemna Cave, Main Chamber (southern Poland)
Taphonomy of the Kraków Spadzista (Late Gravettian) mammoth killing and butchering site
Guinea pig remains from the XVIth century Ojców castle (southern Poland)
Zooarchaeological Evidence from Medieval Ojców Castle, Lesser Poland
Archaeological research at Ojców castle has yielded important information about life in that medieval castle. The results of zooarchaeological analyses presented in this paper complement the archaeological research, adding to our knowledge of the diet of the castle inhabitants from the time of establishment of the castle until the final residents. Zooarchaeological research is also complemented by data from older settlement phases on the castle h…
Weathering Stages of Proboscidean Bones
Response to Germonpré et al. “Some comments on ‘Friend or Foe? Large canid remains from Pavlovian sites and their archaeozoological context’, a paper by Wilczyński et al. (2020)”
The 3rd Conference World of Gravettian Hunters
Mobility and season of death of the Arctic foxes killed by Gravettian hunters at Kraków Spadzista, Poland
Elephant bone breakage and surface marks made by trampling elephants
Study of human behaviors during the late pleniglacial in the East European Plain through their relation to the animal world
The late Pleniglacial was characterized by different palaeoenvironmental and geographical modifications, which affected the diverse living beings that had to adapt to those peculiar conditions. This paper intends to explore how this phenomenon may have impacted the practices of the nomadic human populations who occupied the East European Plain during the last part of the Pleistocene, through their relation to the environments, landscapes, overall…
A Study of Fractured Proboscidean Bones in Recent and Fossil Assemblages
New Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Gravettian in Eastern Central Europe
The Middle Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) in eastern Central Europe (ECE) comprises three variants of Gravettian culture: Early Gravettian, Pavlovian, and Late Gravettian. While Early Gravettian and Pavlovian are merely located in Lower Austria and Moravia, the Late Gravettian occupations occurred over the entire territory of ECE. Compared to the number of sites the radiocarbon dating and the absolute chronology of the Late Gravettian is rather poor. T…
Carnivores in the everyday life of Gravettian hunters-gatherers in Central Europe
Insights into human life in Central Europe at ~30–20,000 years ago have come from studies of archaeological and paleontological materials in Czechia, Poland, and Slovakia, including assemblages from sites such as Dolní Věstonice I and II, Pavlov I, Kraków Spadzista, Jaksice II, and Moravany–Lopata II. Pavlovian mammal bone assemblages from settlements in South Moravia are dominated by small (birds, hares, foxes) and medium sized animals (wolves, …
Friend or foe? Large canid remains from Pavlovian sites and their archaeozoological context
In this paper we discuss recent claims that dogs were first domesticated from wild wolves in the Middle Upper Paleolithic (MUP), about 27 ka BP. According to our data, we think the presence of large canids at the Pavlovian/MUP sites is a result of hunting specialization and not a sign of an early process of dog domestication. Our interpretation is supported by the following observations, whose implications we discuss: (1) Pavlovian faunal assembl…
Paleobiology and Taphonomy of a Middle Paleolithic Neandertal Tooth from Ciemna Cave, Southern Poland
Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits
The formation of extensive mammoth bone deposits is a characteristic feature of the large Upper Paleolithic settlements of the Moravian Gravettian (approximately 30 ky cal BP). Some of these were preferentially deposited in moist locations, possibly for reasons of hygiene and conservation. Here, we present a case of a mammoth bone deposit located in a side gully below the Dolní Věstonice II settlement, where an earlier a Pleistocene landslide tem…
A comparative study of woolly mammoths from the Gravettian site Kraków Spadzista (Poland), based on estimated shoulder heights, demography, and life conditions
This article interprets the life conditions of woolly mammoths ( Mammuthus primigenius ) from the Upper Paleolithic archaeological site Kraków Spadzista in Poland. We propose that the mammoths’ irregular mortality profile (also known as age profile) was shaped over several decades by major death events, which serially depleted the youngest cohorts. Taphonomic data and comparisons with other Eurasian archaeological and nonarchaeological sites prov…
Towards a Chronology of the Jerzmanowician—a New Series of Radiocarbon Dates from Nietoperzowa Cave (Poland)
The period around 50 000–35 000 years ago constitutes one of the most debated research issues in European archaeology of the Palaeolithic. In this time period, the transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic took place. Locally, in different areas of Europe, this shift is recorded in so‐called transitional assemblages. The eastern fringe of these transitional assemblages is represented by the Jerzmanowician, the unit described on the bas…
The scene of a spectacular feast (part II)
Late Middle Palaeolithic occupations in Ciemna Cave, southern Poland
Recent excavations in Ciemna Cave in the Prądnik valley near Ojców, southern Poland have brought to light new stratigraphic and techno-typological evidence concerning Late Middle Palaeolithic groups and their cultural affinities. In 2007, excavations began in the hitherto-unexplored main chamber of Ciemna Cave, with the goal of clarifying the results of previous work in other parts of the cave. During excavation the rocky floor of the cave was re…
A Mid Upper Palaeolithic Child Burial from Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland)
During the excavation in the Borsuka Cave site (southern Poland), extraordinary materials were obtained for the study of the Mid Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) settlement in the region. In layer VI, six deciduous teeth of a modern Homo sapiens infant were discovered together with 112 pendants made from the teeth of European elk and steppe wisent or aurochs. The teeth appear to belong to a 12- to 18-month-old child. The sex of the child cannot be determ…
Pathological changes on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) bones
Mammoth hunting – Impact traces on backed implements from a mammoth bone accumulation at Kraków Spadzista (southern Poland)
The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece
Mammoth bone deposits and subsistence practices during Mid-Upper Palaeolithic in Central Europe
Man and woolly mammoth at the Kraków Spadzista Street (B) – taphonomy of the site
Spatial organization of the Gravettian mammoth hunters' site at Kraków Spadzista (southern Poland)
The scene of spectacular feasts
Fowling during the Gravettian
Paleolithic hunting in a southern Moravian landscape
The Dolní Věstonice–Pavlov–Milovice area (Czech Republic) on the slopes of the Pavlov Hills provides an opportunity for correlating the geomorphology of the Dyje River valley with Gravettian settlement patterns. Although the sites vary in size and complexity, they create a regular chain of strategic locations at elevations between 200 m and 240 m asl. In 2009, a road collapsed into deserted cellars inside the village of Milovice and revealed a co…
Loess, flints and bones
Gravettian hunting and exploitation of bears in Central Europe
Human remains from the Moravian Gravettian
Zooarchaeological analysis of the earlier Mid Upper Paleolithic (MUP) (Pavlovian) assemblages from Dolní Vĕstonice II and Pavlov I, southern Moravia, have yielded 11 additional remains from Dolní Vĕstonice II (five of which may be associated) and 20 remains from Pavlov I (16 of which come from a pair of hands, Pavlov 31). These remains are those of early modern humans, albeit with a few generally archaic features. At least two of them represent v…
New Radiocarbon Dates for the Late Gravettian in Eastern Central Europe
The Middle Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) in eastern Central Europe (ECE) comprises three variants of Gravettian culture: Early Gravettian, Pavlovian, and Late Gravettian. While Early Gravettian and Pavlovian are merely located in Lower Austria and Moravia, the Late Gravettian occupations occurred over the entire territory of ECE. Compared to the number of sites the radiocarbon dating and the absolute chronology of the Late Gravettian is rather poor. T…
Dolní Věstonice I (Pavlovian, the Czech Republic) – Results of zooarchaeological studies of the animal remains discovered on the campsite (excavation 1924–52)
Kraków Spadzista trench C2
Late Middle Palaeolithic occupations in Ciemna Cave, southern Poland
Recent excavations in Ciemna Cave in the Prądnik valley near Ojców, southern Poland have brought to light new stratigraphic and techno-typological evidence concerning Late Middle Palaeolithic groups and their cultural affinities. In 2007, excavations began in the hitherto-unexplored main chamber of Ciemna Cave, with the goal of clarifying the results of previous work in other parts of the cave. During excavation the rocky floor of the cave was re…
A Study of Fractured Proboscidean Bones in Recent and Fossil Assemblages
Towards a Chronology of the Jerzmanowician—a New Series of Radiocarbon Dates from Nietoperzowa Cave (Poland)
The period around 50 000–35 000 years ago constitutes one of the most debated research issues in European archaeology of the Palaeolithic. In this time period, the transition from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic took place. Locally, in different areas of Europe, this shift is recorded in so‐called transitional assemblages. The eastern fringe of these transitional assemblages is represented by the Jerzmanowician, the unit described on the bas…
The scene of a spectacular feast (part II)
Carnivores in the everyday life of Gravettian hunters-gatherers in Central Europe
Insights into human life in Central Europe at ~30–20,000 years ago have come from studies of archaeological and paleontological materials in Czechia, Poland, and Slovakia, including assemblages from sites such as Dolní Věstonice I and II, Pavlov I, Kraków Spadzista, Jaksice II, and Moravany–Lopata II. Pavlovian mammal bone assemblages from settlements in South Moravia are dominated by small (birds, hares, foxes) and medium sized animals (wolves, …
A Mid Upper Palaeolithic Child Burial from Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland)
During the excavation in the Borsuka Cave site (southern Poland), extraordinary materials were obtained for the study of the Mid Upper Palaeolithic (MUP) settlement in the region. In layer VI, six deciduous teeth of a modern Homo sapiens infant were discovered together with 112 pendants made from the teeth of European elk and steppe wisent or aurochs. The teeth appear to belong to a 12- to 18-month-old child. The sex of the child cannot be determ…
Elephant bone breakage and surface marks made by trampling elephants
Paleobiology and Taphonomy of a Middle Paleolithic Neandertal Tooth from Ciemna Cave, Southern Poland
Middle Paleolithic sequences of the Ciemna Cave (Prądnik valley, Poland)
Pleistocene landslides and mammoth bone deposits
The formation of extensive mammoth bone deposits is a characteristic feature of the large Upper Paleolithic settlements of the Moravian Gravettian (approximately 30 ky cal BP). Some of these were preferentially deposited in moist locations, possibly for reasons of hygiene and conservation. Here, we present a case of a mammoth bone deposit located in a side gully below the Dolní Věstonice II settlement, where an earlier a Pleistocene landslide tem…
Weathering Stages of Proboscidean Bones
Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes
La fin du Paléolithique moyen et le début du Paléolithique supérieur en Grèce
The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece
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Man and woolly mammoth at the Kraków Spadzista Street (B) – taphonomy of the site
Mammoth bone deposits and subsistence practices during Mid-Upper Palaeolithic in Central Europe
Fowling during the Gravettian
Human remains from the Moravian Gravettian
Zooarchaeological analysis of the earlier Mid Upper Paleolithic (MUP) (Pavlovian) assemblages from Dolní Vĕstonice II and Pavlov I, southern Moravia, have yielded 11 additional remains from Dolní Vĕstonice II (five of which may be associated) and 20 remains from Pavlov I (16 of which come from a pair of hands, Pavlov 31). These remains are those of early modern humans, albeit with a few generally archaic features. At least two of them represent v…
Radiocarbon chronology of woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from Poland
Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes
The scene of spectacular feasts
Paleolithic hunting in a southern Moravian landscape
The Dolní Věstonice–Pavlov–Milovice area (Czech Republic) on the slopes of the Pavlov Hills provides an opportunity for correlating the geomorphology of the Dyje River valley with Gravettian settlement patterns. Although the sites vary in size and complexity, they create a regular chain of strategic locations at elevations between 200 m and 240 m asl. In 2009, a road collapsed into deserted cellars inside the village of Milovice and revealed a co…
Spatial organization of the Gravettian mammoth hunters' site at Kraków Spadzista (southern Poland)
Paleolithic Fish from Southern Poland
The area covered by glaciers during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) includes a large territory in northern Europe. In this region, Paleolithic finds are rare and fish bones fairly unique. Analysis of Paleolithic fish bones outside of the LGM range was carried out with the intention of reconstructing the paleozoogeographical distribution of this animal group before the retreat of the ice cap from the Baltic Basin. This research focuses on an archae…
The Obłazowa 1 early modern human pollical phalanx and Late Pleistocene distal thumb proportions
Giant deer Megaloceros giganteus Blumenbach, 1799 (Cervidae, Mammalia) from Palaeolithic of Eastern Europe
The article describes morphology and chronological distribution of late Middle – Late Pleistocene fossil remains of giant deer Megaloceros giganteus from the area adjoining the northern and eastern foothills of the Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains and some other regions of Eastern Europe. At list two forms of giant deer are reported from the Late Pleistocene of Eastern Europe. The morphological study of the comparatively small sized M. giganteus …
Middle Paleolithic sequences of the Ciemna Cave (Prądnik valley, Poland)
Loess, flints and bones
Gravettian hunting and exploitation of bears in Central Europe
Kraków Spadzista trench C2
Pathological changes on woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) bones
Mammoth hunting – Impact traces on backed implements from a mammoth bone accumulation at Kraków Spadzista (southern Poland)
Quaternary skulls of the saiga antelope from Eastern Europe and Siberia
Hunters of the giants
Dispersal events of the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) in Central Europe in response to the climatic fluctuations in MIS 2 and the early part of MIS 1
World of Gravettian Hunters
Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (44 obras) · Geography (42 obras) · Archaeology (41 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (32 obras) · Geology (23 obras) · Paleontology (20 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (19 obras) · Biology (18 obras) · Mammoth (18 obras) · Pleistocene (15 obras)