about the Department: The Department conducts research and organizes teaching activities in the field of the archeology of the Americas, in particular of the Andean area, Central America, iconography of pre-Columbian cultures, rock art, as well as funeral and anthropological archeology.
The Department organizes the scientific life related to the archaeology of the Americas at the Faculty of Archeology by conducting archaeological field research, publishing research results, and by organizing and participating in international and national scientific conferences. The Departament collaborates with archaeologists and representatives of other disciplines, especially with the scientific centers from Poland and abroad.
Employees also popularize knowledge about the archeology of the Americas.
about the Department:
The research of the Department involves the archaeology of Bronze Age Greece, in its broadest sense, and textile archaeology, specifically textile production in Greece, the Eastern Mediterranean and Sicily, as well as cognitive and experimental archaeology.
The Department’s programme of studies reflect the research interests of its staff and doctoral students. We offer courses, seminars and specialised lecture series on Greek, textile and cognitive archaeology in Polish and English. One of our most innovative contributions to the teaching of the WA UW is a course in textile archaeology with elements of hands-on teaching. The Department occasionally organises student trips to Crete and the Mainland that offer participants an introduction to the archaeology of Greece via direct contact with archaeological sites and landscapes, as well as with Greek modern history, traditions and customs.
Fieldwork:
Ancient Skopelos Survey (ASkoS), 2024-2028, AskoS aims to fill a gap in knowledge and improve our understanding of the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE Northern Sporades by focusing on one of the largest but insufficiently explored islands – Skopelos. The ASkoS project is a collaborative effort (synergasia) with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Magnesia of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and, under the auspices and research permit of the Polish Archaeological Institute at Athens (PAIA), the Universities of Warsaw, the Charles University in Prague, and Heidelberg.
Conferences and Publications: The Department organises a series of international Aegean conferences titled ‘Sympozjum Egejskie’, targeted at early career researchers. Since 2017, it has been publishing the peer-reviewed series ‘Sympozjum Egejskie. Papers in Aegean Archaeology‘ (please contact us for copies of the previous volumes).
We are pleased to announce the latest iteration in this conference series: Sympozjum Egejskie: 10th Conference in Aegean Archaeology – more information, including the programme, is available here.
Ancient Skopelos Survey (ASkoS), 2024-2028, AskoS aims to fill a gap in knowledge and improve our understanding of the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE Northern Sporades by focusing on one of the largest but insufficiently explored islands – Skopelos. The ASkoS project is a collaborative effort (synergasia) with the Ephorate of Antiquities of Magnesia of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and, under the auspices and research permit of the Polish Archaeological Institute at Athens (PAIA), the Universities of Warsaw, the Charles University in Prague, and Heidelberg.
Exploring Textile Imprints on Clay from the 3rd and the 2nd Millennia BCE: Advancing Cutting-Edge Research and Documentation Protocols with Case Studies of Diverse Tex-tile Consumption Contexts (ExplorTIC), 2024-2027, SONATA BIS 13 of the National Science Centre in Poland (UMO-2023/50/E/HS3/00094, awarded funding: 1 935 400 PLN)
TEXTile digitisAtIon tooLs and mEthodS for cultural heritage (TEXTaiLES), 2024-2027, HORIZON REA, HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-ECCCH-01 (ID 01101158328, awarded funding [total]: 3 626 617 EUR).
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