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Item In the Valley of Anthemous … (Northern Greece)(Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021-12) Andreou, Stelios; Pappa, Maria; Czebreszuk, Janusz; Vouvalidis, Konstantinos; Syrides, George; Doani, Sofia; Hildebrandt-Radke, Iwona; Niebieszczański, JakubThe 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 Anthemous River to reconstruct the progradation processes and formation of the deltaic plain in relation to prehistoric human occupation of this area.Item Metallurgy in the Early Bronze defensive settlement in Bruszczewo, site 5, Śmigiel commune, Kościan district: One more step on the way to the synthesis(Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021-12) Czebreszuk, Janusz; Piątkowska, Grażyna; Martini, Sarah; Rand, AstaLong-term excavations carried out in the defensive settlement of the Únětice Culture in Bruszczewo (Śmigiel commune, Kościan district) have resulted in an abundant assemblage of artefacts related to metallurgy. These represent various ready-made products (i.e., ornaments, tools, and weapons), as well as some scrap prepared for smelting. Other finds included smelting by-products (metal prills/droplets) and unfinished and never used artefacts with preserved casting seams. Also, the artefact assemblage recorded at this site connected with metallurgy but made of other materials is unique in Europe. In this context, it is worth mentioning: tuyeres, melting pots, and clay footings, as well as a stone casting mould used for making open bracelets. This article presents an analysis and a description of these finds. The metal artefacts were analysed on the basis of the results of a metallurgical study, to which almost all metals recorded in Bruszczewo were subjected. Also, the applied chronological frame was based on the types of metal typical of the Únětice culture. The significant number of artefacts and their multi-aspect, archaeological and metallurgical analyses, place Bruszczewo among the key points on the map of knowledge of Early Bronze metallurgy on our continent. Moreover, this article indicates that the presented site offers great research potential that can be used in further studies into prehistoric metallurgical knowledge, including technological innovations.