5 results on '"Stanisław Kukawka"'
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2. Organic residue analysis shows sub-regional patterns in the use of pottery by Northern European hunter–gatherers
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Blandine Courel, Harry K. Robson, Alexandre Lucquin, Ekaterina Dolbunova, Ester Oras, Kamil Adamczak, Søren H. Andersen, Peter Moe Astrup, Maxim Charniauski, Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, Igor Ezepenko, Sönke Hartz, Jacek Kabaciński, Andreas Kotula, Stanisław Kukawka, Ilze Loze, Andrey Mazurkevich, Henny Piezonka, Gytis Piličiauskas, Søren A. Sørensen, Helen M. Talbot, Aleh Tkachou, Maryia Tkachova, Adam Wawrusiewicz, John Meadows, Carl P. Heron, and Oliver E. Craig
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cooking pottery ,hunter–gatherers ,organic residue analysis ,circum-baltic area ,late mesolithic ,early neolithic ,Science - Abstract
The introduction of pottery vessels to Europe has long been seen as closely linked with the spread of agriculture and pastoralism from the Near East. The adoption of pottery technology by hunter–gatherers in Northern and Eastern Europe does not fit this paradigm, and its role within these communities is so far unresolved. To investigate the motivations for hunter–gatherer pottery use, here, we present the systematic analysis of the contents of 528 early vessels from the Baltic Sea region, mostly dating to the late 6th–5th millennium cal BC, using molecular and isotopic characterization techniques. The results demonstrate clear sub-regional trends in the use of ceramics by hunter–gatherers; aquatic resources in the Eastern Baltic, non-ruminant animal fats in the Southeastern Baltic, and a more variable use, including ruminant animal products, in the Western Baltic, potentially including dairy. We found surprisingly little evidence for the use of ceramics for non-culinary activities, such as the production of resins. We attribute the emergence of these sub-regional cuisines to the diffusion of new culinary ideas afforded by the adoption of pottery, e.g. cooking and combining foods, but culturally contextualized and influenced by traditional practices.
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- 2020
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3. The State of Current Knowledge of the Eastern European Sub-Neolithic in Poland
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Stanisław Kukawka
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sub-Neolithic ,para-Neolithic ,Pottery Mesolithic ,Neolithic ,Poland ,Physical anthropology. Somatology ,GN49-298 ,Prehistoric archaeology ,GN700-890 - Abstract
The article contains an assessment of the current state of recognition of the phenomenon present in the Neolithic of Polish lands, and referred to as the Eastern European sub-Neolithic. The picture it represents is does not provide grounds for optimism. The causes of the bad situation are outlined. The paper presents recent achievements and basic gaps in the evidence, among which the most important is the lack of research at potentially homogeneous sites. This make impossible to undertake the discussion of the problem of the local genesis of the phenomenon, the chronology and dynamics of its transformations or broader considerations on the character and the scope of interactions between pottery-producing hunter-gatherers and early agricultural communities. Interwoven into the narratives have become the views of Jan Kowalczyk (1969), in which the sub-Neolithic had an important role in the processes ongoing in the Neolithic period. The purpose of references to texts from half a century ago is not the desire to return to the general concepts of this researcher, but rather to consider the accurate and still valid specific observations of J. Kowalczyk and about the conviction expressed by him that a better understanding of the sub-Neolithic is important for discovering and comprehension of the processes occurring in the Neolithic of Polish territories (understood as a period).
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- 2019
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4. O genezie kultury pucharów lejkowatych i badaniach stanowiska w Dąbkach na Pomorzu Środkowym
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Stanisław Kukawka and Jolanta Małecka-Kukawka
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pucharów lejkowatych kultura ,pucharów lejkowatych kultura -- geneza ,Dąbki, gm. Darłowo (Polska) ,Pomorze Środkowe ,Archaeology ,CC1-960 - Abstract
The paper contains critical comments on the article by Agnieszka Czekaj-Zastawny, Jacek Kabaciński and Thomas Terberger entitled “The origins of the Funnel Beaker culture in the context of cultural changes in Northern Europe in the fifth millennium BC ”, which appeared in Przegląd Archeologiczny (Archaeological Review), volume 61. The paper stresses the incompatibility between the content and the declaration in the title, as well as ignoring the current archaeologicalknowledge. At the level of source studies and interpretation, the work contains errors and inaccuracies of theses as regards the results of research conducted at the site in Dąbki in Middle Pomerania. Hypotheses about the continuity of the settlement at this site, the evolution of Mesolithic pottery towards funnel beakers and the postulated chronology of events were brought up for special discussion. With reference to that, logical incorrectness of the assumed processes of the origins and spread of the Funnel Beaker culture has been suggested
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- 2017
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5. Light Production by Ceramic Using Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers of the Circum-Baltic
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HARRY K. ROBSON, ALEXANDRE LUCQUIN, MARJOLEIN ADMIRAAL, EKATERINA DOLBUNOVA, KAMIL ADAMCZAK, AGNIESZKA CZEKAJ-ZASTAWNY, WILLIAM W. FITZHUGH, WITOLD GUMIŃSKI, JACEK KABACIŃSKI, ANDREAS KOTULA, STANISŁAW KUKAWKA, ESTER ORAS, HENNY PIEZONKA, GYTIS PILIČIAUSKAS, SØREN A. SØRENSEN, LAURA THIELEN, GÜNTER WETZEL, JOHN MEADOWS, SÖNKE HARTZ, OLIVER E. CRAIG, and CARL P. HERON
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General Medicine - Abstract
Artificial illumination is a fundamental human need. Burning wood and other materials usually in hearths and fireplaces extended daylight hours, whilst the use of flammable substances in torches offered light on the move. It is increasingly understood that pottery played a role in light production. In this study, we focus on ceramic oval bowls, made and used primarily by hunter-gatherer-fishers of the circum-Baltic over a c. 2000 year period beginning in the mid-6th millennium cal bc. Oval bowls commonly occur alongside larger (cooking) vessels. Their function as ‘oil lamps’ for illumination has been proposed on many occasions but only limited direct evidence has been secured to test this functional association. This study presents the results of molecular and isotopic analysis of preserved organic residues obtained from 115 oval bowls from 25 archaeological sites representing a wide range of environmental settings. Our findings confirm that the oval bowls of the circum-Baltic were used primarily for burning fats and oils, predominantly for the purposes of illumination. The fats derive from the tissues of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial organisms. Bulk isotope data of charred surface deposits show a consistently different pattern of use when oval bowls are compared to other pottery vessels within the same assemblage. It is suggested that hunter-gatherer-fishers around the 55th parallel commonly deployed material culture for artificial light production but the evidence is restricted to times and places where more durable technologies were employed, including the circum-Baltic.
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