Papers by Iwona Hildebrandt-Radke
Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, Dec 11, 2023
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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
This multi-proxy approach combines results of sedimentological, pollen and diatom studies on sedi... more This multi-proxy approach combines results of sedimentological, pollen and diatom studies on sediments of Lake Wonieść, Greater Poland. This enables reconstruction of the natural and anthropogenic drivers of past environmental change. Several steps of lake development are recorded, from a eutrophic to an oligotrophic stage, and with increasing human influence back to a hypereutrophic one. Human influence in the form of eutrophication due to arable farming has been the main driver in the changing ecology of the lake in the second half of the Holocene. The record provides a diachronic perspective of regional “boom and bust” phases of greater or lesser human pressure on the landscape. Early evidence of cereal-type pollen indicates human occupation of areas of chernozem soil during the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) Neolithic period from 5250 cal bc onwards. A clear opening of the landscape occurred during the Trichterbecher (Funnel Beaker) period at ca. 3800 cal bc. From this time onwards, th...
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Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021
Settlement archaeology is often supported by geoarchaeology in which human habitation is drawn on... more Settlement archaeology is often supported by geoarchaeology in which human habitation is drawn on the timeframe of landscape changes derived through interdisciplinary research. An example of a geoarchaeological approach to settlement study is the Bruszczewo Lake project conducted in Central-Western Poland. The area of Bruszczewo and the Samica River Valley witnessed human occupation since the Neolithic period and is most widely known for the presence of an Early Bronze Age fortified settlement. Previous research provided initial information about the presence of a lake and marshland in prehistoric and early historical times. A new geoarchaeological project aims to create a detailed environmental and landscape transformation history combined with the extensive knowledge of the archaeology of the area. Using GIS techniques, conventional drilling, and vibra-coring, a new set of data is brought to light and analysed in palaeoenvironmental terms. Constructed geological profiles across th...
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Landform Analysis, 2011
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Archaeological Prospection, 2021
This article discusses two cases of so‐called double barrows from the Middle Bronze Age Komarów c... more This article discusses two cases of so‐called double barrows from the Middle Bronze Age Komarów culture cemetery in Bukivna, in the Upper Dniester Basin (Ukraine), in order to demonstrate the potential of incorporating geophysical image analysis, excavations and sedimentological studies towards identifying subterranean funerary architecture. The magnetometer prospection of the Bukivna necropolis revealed the presence of a specific dipolar anomaly within the extent of a double barrow. The excavations uncovered burnt wooden‐clay constructions related to mortuary houses. The sedimentological samples collected from the features below the mound provided data for the increased ferrous content. Another double barrow located in the Pidhoroddia cemetery was prospected by means of magnetometry, which did not reveal any similar anomaly within the magnetometry plan, thus providing evidence for a possible lack of discussed mortuary structure.
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Landform Analysis, 2011
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Landform Analysis, 2011
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Environmental Archaeology
The archaeological microregion in Bruszczewo located along the middle course of the Samica River,... more The archaeological microregion in Bruszczewo located along the middle course of the Samica River, was inhabited during the Bronze and Iron Ages by Únětice and Lusatian Urnfields culture people. Earlier literature emphasised that the valley floor was an extensive lake during the Bronze Age. Our research aimed to reconstruct the Bronze and Early Iron Age development of the lake and its transition into peatland. Using environmental archaeology methods, we marked the significant turning points in the lakes history. During the Early Bronze Age, a deep eutrophic lake was present on the valley floor, which supported the defensive nature of the nearby Únětice culture settlement. Around ca. 1880–1690 cal. BC, the lake underwent transgression, forcing people to create a fascine in the shoreline zone of the settlement. Terrestrialization of the lake began ca. 790–540 cal. BC with a gradual overgrowing that ended around the threshold of the eras. When compared to the results from other sites, it seems that these turning points were probably instigated by local triggers rather than global climatic events.
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Treasures of Time: Research of the Faculty of Archaeology of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021
The Anthemous Valley Archaeological Project is a cooperation between Greek and Polish scientists ... more The Anthemous Valley Archaeological Project is a cooperation between Greek and Polish scientists aiming towards archaeological recognition of the northern Aegean within the alluvial Anthemous Valley. The methodology of the project consists of the multidisciplinary tools of settlement archaeology and geoarchaeology. The timeframe spans the prehistoric periods from the Neolithic to the Early Iron Age. One of the main research tasks is to reconstruct the evolution of the landscape in close reference to the cultural changes in the region. To date, all sites within the valley have been catalogued and identified through archaeological prospection and some with the use of geophysical survey. The results point to an intensive occupation in the past, especially during the Bronze Age. Geoarchaeological research was conducted in the tell of Nea Raedestos, which has shown major landscape transformations in the Holocene due to river activity. The current work focuses on the mouth of the Anthemou...
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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2019
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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2019
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Geoarchaeology
The Holocene marine transgression in the Aegean Sea area has significantly impacted prehistoric s... more The Holocene marine transgression in the Aegean Sea area has significantly impacted prehistoric societies. Toumba Gona is a tell site located at the mouth of the Anthemous River, east of Thessaloniki Bay. According to earlier research, the site should be dated at most to the late stage of the Early Bronze Age. Geoarchaeological research by means of electrical resistivity tomography, vibra‐coring, sedimentological analysis, and radiocarbon dating shows, however, that the direct proximity of the site witnessed the maximum marine transgression around 3000–2500 BC and the human habitation phase before the 3rd millennium BC, before the transgression. The coastline began to recede due to the delta progradation, which resulted in the formation of extensive marshes to the south of the Toumba. The increased fluvial activity since the end of the 4th millennium BC is relatable with the progradation of the Anthemous River's bay head delta. Human occupation was recorded before and after the marine transgression thus suggesting human persistence in the coastline environment.
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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2019
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Landform Analysis, 2011
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Quaternary International, 2021
Research has shown that fluvial systems exhibit a rapid response to extreme events, such as flood... more Research has shown that fluvial systems exhibit a rapid response to extreme events, such as floods or climate-tectonic interplay, the evidence of which is recorded in fluvial sediments. This article provides new data and insights into the reconstruction of the Anthemountas River depositional environment. The study was conducted with granulometric analysis and with the lithostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic description of approximately 20000 yr B.P., the area's most extended sedimentary sequence to date. The evolution of the Anthemountas River Valley during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene is closely linked to tectonic activity and changes in the sea-level and climate. The interpretation of grain size cumulative curves, frequency curves, and the Passega C-M diagram is used in conjunction with the textural parameters of the sediments to obtain information about the means of transport and the intensity of environmental conditions. In addition, the loss on ignition method was u...
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Question concerning the archaeological sites arrangement in the prehistoric landscape, is not a n... more Question concerning the archaeological sites arrangement in the prehistoric landscape, is not a new one in the archaeological research (WILLEY/GORDON 1953; WILLIAMS 1956; WARREN 1990; KITTEL 2005). Factors that decide on the settlement preferences regarding the individual landscape elements have been pondered over. The dominant view in the literature states that the archaeological sites pattern in natural space is not random (BAUER et al. 2004). Both settlement studies and the geomorphologic ones show that the archaeological sites location depends on many natural determinants such as: elevation, slopes gradient or distance from water bodies. Before the introduction of GIS techniques (cf. HUNT 1992; VANACKER et al. 2001; KVAMME 2005) into the archaeological studies, conclusions about the influence of environmental preferences were intuitive and usually generalized. That problem was particularly noticeable on the areas of the European Plain, where the archaeological sites are common a...
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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
This paper summarises the results of multidisciplinary research, including pollen, plant macrorem... more This paper summarises the results of multidisciplinary research, including pollen, plant macroremains, diatoms, Cladocera, molluscs and geochemistry from a 14C dated core and geomorphological records, which reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental conditions faced by Late Palaeolithic hunter-gathers in western Poland. Particular attention was paid to evidence for both human activity and the degree to which Late Palaeolithic groups may have affected the local environment, as recorded by the biogenic sediments in lakes located close to their campsites. Vegetation first appears locally in the Oldest Dryas, and consisted of subarctic tundra vegetation. During the Bølling period the landscape was generally open, with dwarf shrubs and scattered patches of Juniperus and Hippophaë shrubs. Betula (tree birch) expanded locally in the area only in the later Allerød; during the second part of the Allerød period, Pinus and Populus joined birch as a sparse woodland developed. During the Younger Dryas,...
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