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Editor of the book series Works of the Committee for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences  - prof. dr hab. Danuta Minta-Tworzowska. 

 

Commissions and Teams

in the 9th term of the Committtee

 

 

Commission for Anthropology of Prehistory and the Middle Ages  Head of the Commission: Prof. Arkadiusz Marciniak; members: prof. Andrzej Buko, Prof. Przemysław Urbańczyk, Prof. Jarosław Wilczyński, PhD Paul Barford, Mgr Dorota Cyngot, Prof. Władysław Duczko, Prof. Stanisław Iwaniszewski, Prof. Bożena Józefów-Czerwińska, Prof. Jolanta Małecka-Kukawka, PhD Hanna Kowalewska-Marszałek, Prof. Henryk Mamzer, PhD Franciszek Marek Stępniowski, Prof. Anna Zalewska.
    "The process of constituting the Commission was extended over time in the current term of the Committee. As a result, its formal activity began only in June 2021. The desire to continue the existence of the Commission was announced in mid-2020 by its then chairman, Prof. Stanisław Tabaczyński. He was not able to achieve this goal, because he died at the end of November 2020. At the meeting of the Committee at the beginning of December 2020, a resolution establishing the Commission for Anthropology of Prehistory and the Middle Ages was adopted. Its chairman was not appointed at that time. The next step was to designate members of the Commission, which took place at the beginning of 2021. According to the December resolution of the Committee stating that teams and commissions should have no more than 15 members, including at least three members of the Committee, in February this year the Commission meeting these criteria was constituted. At the next meeting of the Committee, which took place on June 2, 2021, the head of the Commssion has been elected. In this way, the process of formal constitution of the Commission was completed and thus the formal conditions for the commencement of its work were created".
    The first task of the Commission in the current term of office will be to prepare the Archaeological Lexicon. The Lexicon is intended to be a compendium of the most important terms referring to the archaeological process in the perspective of the Polish research tradition of the early twenty-first century. It will refer to the method of conceptualization of archaeological research and will take the form of a presentation of key terms, concepts and research categories that make up the conceptual grid defining archaeology in Poland. [...] The lexicon is aimed at a wide audience, which are archaeologists, students, representatives of the humanities, social and natural sciences and a wide audience interested in the past.  
    The second intention of the Commission in the current term of office is the project: E-repository of knowledge: Professor Stanisław Tabaczyński (1930-2020). Its main goal will be to create the most complete and comprehensive systematization of Prof. Tabaczyński's scientific achievements.The repository will allow for the dissemination of knowledge about his scientific achievements and their reception by enabling access to articles and books of his authorship on the Internet and by showing his achievements from various points of view" (from the report of Prof. A. Marciniak).

 

Commisssion on Archaeology of the New World Head of the Commisssion: Prof. Mariusz Ziółkowski; members: Prof.Jan Burdukiewicz, Prof. Michał Kobusiewicz, Prof. Stanisław Iwaniszewski, Prof. Jacek Kościuk, Prof. Radosław Palonka, Prof. Józef Szykulski, PhD Krzysztof Tunia. Information about the Commission can be found in the New World Archaeology Commission tab on the Committee's main website.

 

Commission on Archaeology of Neolithic and Bronze Age in Tri-Seas Region Head of the Commisssion: Prof. Przemysław Makarowicz; members: Prof. Marzena Szmyt, Prof. Janusz Czebreszuk, Prof. Andrzej Pelisiak, Prof. Piotr Włodarczak, Prof. Małgorzata Rybicka, Prof. Katarzyna Trybała-Zawiślak, PhD Joanna Adamik-Proksa, Prof.  Aleksander Kośko, Prof. Halina Taras, Prof. Jacek Górski, Prof. Marcin Ignaczak, PhD Jan Romaniszyn, Mgr Adam Wawrusiewicz.

    The Commission deals with scientific activities in the field of archaeology and the disciplines cooperating with it in the region between the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas. Its activity consists in organizing source workshops as well as conferences and thematic seminars, in which members of the Commission and invited researchers-specialists from specific fields, representing the scientific community from various parts of the Polish and from abroad, participate. The planned formula is conducive to the integration of research teams from various scientific institutions. In 2021 The Commission held two plenary sessions, both in the form of remote international scientific conferences, attended by researchers from Polish, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria. The first meeting, on 25.02.2021, is an international workshop conference on the topic: Research of communities from the Eneolithic and Bronze Age in the forest-steppe zone of Central and Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Moldova). Three teams of researchers presented papers on conducting by them non-invasive and excavation research in Central and Eastern Europe. During the second meeting of the Commission, on 05.11.2021, an international conference was held: Archaeological research in the space of the Three Seas Region. 

 

Commission of Methods and Theory of Archaeological Research Head of the Commisssion: Prof. Danuta Minta-Tworzowska; members: Prof. Bogusław Gediga, Prof. Przemysław Urbańczyk, Prof. Ewa Bugaj, Prof. Tomasz Gralak, Prof. Andrzej P. Kowalski, PhD Marian Kwapiński, Prof. Henryk Mamzer, PhD Małgorzata Markiewicz, Prof. Anna Pałubicka, Prof. Michał Pawleta, Prof. Rafał Zapłata.  

 

Research Team for Development of Discipline Archaeology Head of the Team: Prof. Paweł Valde-Nowak. The Team plans, together with the Teams for International Cooperation and for the Education of Scientific Staff, to organize open seminars - a discussion forum under the aegis of the KNPiP on topics discussed in the international environment, and which are not yet fully reflected in Polish archaeology, such as urbanization, landscape archaeology, household archaeology. 

 

Research Team for Heritage Protection and Popularisation Head of the Team: Prof. Marzena Szmyt; number of members of the Team from the Committee (without the Head of the Team) – 5 (Prof. Sylwester Czopek, Prof. Przemysław Makarowicz, Prof. Andrzej Michałowski, Prof. Marian Rębkowski, Prof. Janusz Czebreszuk), number of members of the Team outside the Committee – 8 (PhD Wojciech Brzeziński, Dr hab. Roksana Chowaniec, Dr hab. Jacek Górski, Prof. Marcin Ignaczak, Prof.  Marcin Majewski, Phd Dominik Płaza, Bartosz Skaldawski, Prof. Maciej Trzciński).

The members of the Team established a preliminary plan of meetings in the years 2021-2023 and discussed issues that may be the topics of subsequent meetings. A total of 6 proposals were submitted. In 2021, the Team dealt with the issues of protection of the Krzemionkowski Region of Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining and discussion on the assumptions for the creation of a cultural park. The team members got acquainted with the materials sent to them earlier by the Historical and Archaeological Museum in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, including primarily elaboration on: Assumptions for the creation of the Cultural Park of Prehistoric Mining Flint on the Kamienna river, which has been commissioned by the Institute for the National Heritage. In the discussion, the members of the Team decided that it was a well-prepared document, containing all the necessary elements to protect in the best possible way the unique complex of prehistoric flint mining on the Kamienna river - the only Polish archaeological monument inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. They drew attention to two issues that may hinder the adoption of the "Assumptions" by local governments and the need for close cooperation with local local governments to clarify the advantages of the proposed solution promoting integrated protection of cultural and natural heritage. They recommended to the Committee for Pre- and Protohistorical Sciences to adopt a resolution supporting the creation of the Cultural Park of Prehistoric Flint Mining on the Kamienna river as soon as possible.

On behalf of the Team, Prof. M. Szmyt prepared and presented at the plenary meeting of the KNPiP on June 2, 2021: Information on the current state of protection of the flint mine in Krzemionki and a proposal to adopt a resolution on the creation of a cultural park in the Krzemionki region. Members of the Team also monitored the draft of the new law on heritage protection.

 

Research Team for Education of Scientfic Staff Head of the Team: Prof. Piotr Bieliński.  

As part of the activities of the Team, Prof. P. Bieliński together with Prof. K. Jakubczak collected data and prepared on their basis and presented at the plenary meeting on June 2, 2021, the following study: Foreign research of Polish archaeologists in the twenty-first century, main directions and research issues. It concerned the involvement of Polish archaeological institutions in foreign research. It discusses: 1/ directions of research, 2/ epochs, 3/ research centers. Mainly projects financed from the state budget or from the university's funds were taken into account. In addition to recalling the beginnings of Polish research abroad, the study discusses currently ongoing projects divided into continents, and within them into countries. Attention was paid to the new countries in which Polish archaeologists appeared, to the regions in which Polish research is focused and to those that are bypassed by Polish researchers. After completion, the study will be made available on the Internet, and it is also planned to publish it in the form of a brochure. Together with the Team for International Cooperation and the Team for the Development of the Discipline of Archaeology, the Team plans to organize open seminars under the aegis of the Committee.

 

Research Team for International Cooperation Head of the Team: Prof. Krzysztof Ciałowicz. Together with the Team for Education of Scientific Staff and the Team for the Development of the Discipline of Archaeology, the Team plans to organize open seminars under the aegis of the Committee.