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Item Analiza odcisków tkanin na IX-XI-wiecznej ceramice naczyniowej z Góry, gm. Pobiedziska, woj. wielkopolskie, stan. 1(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2003) Sikorski, AndrzejResults of the analysis of fabrics impressions on pottery brings about a valuable information about materials used in potter’s workshops. It seems that old rags were most commonly used there. Craftsmen employed them for the following purposes: (a) to get a molded vessel unstuck from pad and/or wheel (the rag was put under the bottom - possibly instead of filling); (b) to smooth vessel’s surface (after it has been formed); (c) to carry finished, albeit still soft pot; (d) to put a drying vessel on the fabric. A study of “pottery” fabrics, often completely ignored by scholars, is not of trivial importance for the reconstruction of textile products, not only in the Middle Ages.Item CERAMIKA GRAFITOWA Z OSTROWA TUMSKIEGO W POZNANIU(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2004) Ruminiecka, Julia; Sikorski, Andrzej; Wenzel, JuliaThe article’s objective is to present the first graphite goods found at the princely part o f the Poznań stronghold. Pottery fragments, a disc with a hole made o f graphite sherd, and spindle whorl have been discovered at the foundations o f the Mieszko I palatium, next to the remains o f a goldsmith’s workshop. Relatively straightforward stratigraphy, despite later destruction caused by numerous construction phases o f the Sacred Mary Church, along with accompanied artifacts from the layers, make possible to date these finds to the period stretching from the 10 -1 1th to the 12th 13th centuries and regard them as ‘imports’ from the south. Besides the 12th century settlement at Szeląg, this is the second site in Poznań where this characteristic type o f pottery has been found.Item ‘CORDED’ AND ‘CORD-LIKE’ ORNAMENTATION IN THE VISTULA AND DNIEPER INTERFLUVIAL REGION IN THE 5TH – 4TH MILL. BC. INTRODUCTION TO INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH(Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza (Poznań). Instytut Prahistorii, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza (Poznań). Instytut Wschodni, 2010) Kośko, Aleksander; Sikorski, Andrzej; Reisner, Ryszard J.The issues outlined in the above volume of Baltic-Pontic Studies (BPS) presented here, can be said to generate several important and complex questions among which, one relating to the topogenesis of ’corded’ ornamentation on the bio-cultural borderlands of east and west Europe, gave birth to an innovative research project. In this respect, specialist researchers of the Pontic-Baltic Eneolithic (from Middle and Late Neolithic contexts) chose 45 vessels (mostly fragments) originating from the Dnieper-Southern Bug drainage area and Vistula, dated to the 5th - 4th/3rd mill. BC for the purposes of microscopic analyses conducted with the aim of identifying ’corded’ patterns of ornamentation. These laboratory tests were led by an archaeologist specialising in microscopic analysis to identify interdisciplinary, pre-historic and archaic techniques in the textile crafts. The implications of the above tests would seem to warrant a manifold approach to possible conclusions on the basis of specialist (microscopic) criteria of differentiated - previously identified as macroscopic - in general terms as ’corded’ motifs of ceramic ware ornamentation (part 1). This also concerns an outline of investigation drawn from hermeneutics, prompted by various contexts such as historical and cultural assessment of bio-cultural communities and related findings as well as attempts to generate a coherent framework of linguistic and cultural research for ’corded ornamentation on ceramic ware’ (part 2). In discussing further the ’main issues’ presented in this publication of BPS 15 in respect to the hand manufacture of ceramic ware of the Vistula and Dnieper interfluvial region and its peoples, a modus operandi of investigation in the context of region has been proposed whereby researchers of this particular project have been given a free hand, as it were, in respect to the degree and forms of application in microscopic analyses and their findings. A series of commentaries has therefore arisen, from various points of view in so far as reflections on research conducted - possible future strategies for vital questions in this matter that are yet to be answered (part 3). It is assumed therefore that this volume has in some measure initiated a process of the highest consequence, one introducing a new level of off-site investigation into the genesis of corded ornamentation development, which deserves to be supported in addition through a personal engagement in this research field.Item MORE THAN JUST ‘CORDS’ ON NEOLITHIC CERAMIC WARE: AN OUTLINE OF MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION FOR ‘CORDED ORNAMENTATION’. SOME THOUGHTS ON RESEARCH METHODS(Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza (Poznań). Instytut Prahistorii, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza (Poznań). Instytut Wschodni, 2010) Sikorski, Andrzej; Reisner, Ryszard J.The issues outlined in the above volume of Baltic-Pontic Studies (BPS) presented here, can be said to generate several important and complex questions among which, one relating to the topogenesis of ’corded’ ornamentation on the bio-cultural borderlands of east and west Europe, gave birth to an innovative research project. In this respect, specialist researchers of the Pontic-Baltic Eneolithic (from Middle and Late Neolithic contexts) chose 45 vessels (mostly fragments) originating from the Dnieper-Southern Bug drainage area and Vistula, dated to the 5th - 4th/3rd mill. BC for the purposes of microscopic analyses conducted with the aim of identifying ’corded’ patterns of ornamentation. These laboratory tests were led by an archaeologist specialising in microscopic analysis to identify interdisciplinary, pre-historic and archaic techniques in the textile crafts. The implications of the above tests would seem to warrant a manifold approach to possible conclusions on the basis of specialist (microscopic) criteria of differentiated - previously identified as macroscopic - in general terms as ’corded’ motifs of ceramic ware ornamentation (part 1). This also concerns an outline of investigation drawn from hermeneutics, prompted by various contexts such as historical and cultural assessment of bio-cultural communities and related findings as well as attempts to generate a coherent framework of linguistic and cultural research for ’corded ornamentation on ceramic ware’ (part 2). In discussing further the ’main issues’ presented in this publication of BPS 15 in respect to the hand manufacture of ceramic ware of the Vistula and Dnieper interfluvial region and its peoples, a modus operandi of investigation in the context of region has been proposed whereby researchers of this particular project have been given a free hand, as it were, in respect to the degree and forms of application in microscopic analyses and their findings. A series of commentaries has therefore arisen, from various points of view in so far as reflections on research conducted - possible future strategies for vital questions in this matter that are yet to be answered (part 3). It is assumed therefore that this volume has in some measure initiated a process of the highest consequence, one introducing a new level of off-site investigation into the genesis of corded ornamentation development, which deserves to be supported in addition through a personal engagement in this research field.Item Nowe kostki mozaikowe z Ostrowa Tumskiego w Poznaniu, stan. 13(Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, 2012) Jankowiak, Dominika; Lech, Paweł; Sikorski, AndrzejBetween 1950 and 2010, the central and southern parts of the fortified settlement in Poznań yielded over 280 glass mosaic cubes – tesserae, dated to the 11th till 13th century (the largest collection of such decorative elements in Poland). The western part of the site Ostrów Tumski 13 (OT 13), produced two more cubes. The cubes (one translucent and gilded, the other one red) probably come from the destroyed palatial-sacral complex, or from the cathedral, or any other building in the area.Item „Nowy” gródek późnośredniowieczny w rejonie jezior bnińskich (Błażejewo, gm. Kórnik, woj. wielkopolskie)(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2003) Fogel, Jerzy; Jasiewicz, Jarosław; Łosińska, Alina; Sikorski, AndrzejThe document from 1422, published in Codex Diplomatics Maioris Poloniae (volume VIII, 1989, No. 935), refers to a fortified mansion from Błażejewo at the Bnin Lake, located about 25 km SE from Poznań. The article presents results of archaeological and geological search of this construction that was undertaken in the year 2000. It was further confronted with other written sources referring to medieval history of two Wielkopolska magnate’s houses: Grzymała and Łodzia-Bniński. The article is an important contribution to the recognition of the late medieval fortified architecture in the Wielkopolska region.Item Ornament sznurowy na ceramice ludności Kultury Amfor Kulistych z Poznania-Nowego Miasta (stan. 314)(Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 2005) Michałowski, Andrzej; Sikorski, AndrzejThe article discusses a corded decoration on pottery from the Amphorae Globular Culture seasonal camp. Analysis of impressions on the pot outer surfaces revealed that this characteristic motif was produced by a simple textile template. Fragments of a five-stranded cord (S/3S/2Z) - certainly not a two-stranded one - were sewn on a net 'band' (item of a sprang type). This technique guaranteed a precise layout and space between particular impressions (ca. 2 mm each) on a soft amphorae (?) surface irrespective of an angle of ornament placements and decorative element joints.Item Polemiki i recenzje - Polemiques et critiques(Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk i Instytut Prahistorii Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza, 1991) Chudziak, Wojciech; Polek, Krzysztof; Myśliński, Kazimierz; Kurnatowska, Zofia; Szafrański, Włodzimierz; Sikorski, AndrzejItem Poznań in the early Middle Ages(Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021-12) Kóčka-Krenz, Hanna; Antowska-Gorączniak, Olga; Sikorski, Andrzej; Piątkowska, Grażyna; Martini, Sarah; Rand, AstaThe information contained in the oldest written sources reveals that Poznań was the seat of the Bishop of St. Peter’s Church and emphasises the military strength of the stronghold during the reign of Bolesław the Brave (Chrobry). They do not, however, provide any data about the size, fortifications, or development of the area covered by the stronghold or about the processes that transformed its buildings. As the written sources seem laconic, archaeologists must rely on the results of their research to reconstruct a picture of how the stronghold functioned. They reveal that in the second half of the 10 th century, the prince/duke possessed a stone palas in the stronghold of Poznań with a separate reception hall, chancellery office, and treasury, as well as a stone palace chapel used for private devotion. Adjacent to the palas was a wooden building that was a goldsmith’s workshop – one of the specialized work- shops that fulfilled the needs of the court. The nearby paved square was probably surrounded by other buildings serving as courtly workshops. The second section of the stronghold, adjacent to the east, contained in its centre the cathedral church and the buildings that be- longed to wealthy people associated with the ruler who performed military and administrative functions on his behalf. The third (northern) segment of the complex was probably intended for economic purposes. On the other hand, the fortified site of Zagórze was inhabited by a group of people who performed service functions for the rest of the stronghold’s inhabitants. There is no question, therefore, that Poznań was a mighty fortalice that guarded approaches to the interior of the state, a stronghold which had administrative, economic, and sacral functions that was the residence of the first Piasts and constituted the main point of support in the management of their domain.Item Research on Kolegiacki Square in Poznań (St. Mary Magdalene Parish Collegiate Church)(Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, 2021-12) Ignaczak, Marcin; Sikorski, Andrzej; Dębski, Artur; Sikora, Mateusz; Piątkowska, Grażyna; Martini, Sarah; Rand, AstaAn interdisciplinary archaeological study of St. Mary Magdalene parish collegiate church, the largest in the city of Poznań, the adjacent cemetery, and the building development after these were decommissioned (the New Market, the municipal bathhouse, the fire basin from World War II, the lawn (with flower beds), and the car park) was carried out between 2016 and 2021 in Kolegiacki Square. This was the largest archaeological project carried out to date in the Old Town. In addition to architectural foundations, the result of this project is thousands of graves with enormous significance for not only the history of the former church, but also for Poznań and Poland. To some extent, this is confirmed by the European character of some funerary findings, including the so-called pearl mob cap and devotional items in graves, crypts, and ossuaries. In the temple walls and chapels, representatives of distinguished families and members of guilds found their resting place; epitaph stones and ceremonial tombstones were placed here.Item Seal container (?) from Poznań-Ostrów Tumski(Warszawa: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wydaw.PAN, 2007) Kóčka-Krenz, Hanna; Sikorski, Andrzej