Research themes

We try to interpret the wear traces on stone tools by trasological analysis and residue analysis. We focus primarily on the study of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic knapped tools. Our approach...

Roman and post-Roman catacombs are a very characteristic element of cultural landscapes in the Mediterranean, and valuable heritage sites. In the province of Ragusa, in south-eastern Sicily, are known hundreds...

Imola (Forum Cornelii) is a city located in the south-east of the Po valley in Italy, founded in the 2nd century BC. The exceptional features recorded at the numerous and...

The project intends to produce new knowledge on the hoarding and depositing patterns of gold items in a wide geographical area (Mediterranean Europe and southern Central Europe) and a long-term...

The Department of Archaeology at the FF UHK systematically pursues the study of pottery making technology on the basis of archaeological sources. Our attitude integrates macroscopic observations, microscopic analyses (optical...

From 2017, the experimental production (drilling, grinding, cutting, hammering and chipping) of stone axes and adzes from cut stone followed on from our earlier experiments and grew not only into...

There have already been four expeditions named Monoxylon (1995, 1998, 2019, 2023) and followed the experiments on inland waters (1989, 1990). Three boats have already been tested at sea. Their...

Within the Department, we also pursue activities associated with the study of settlement structures of the La Tène period. We focus both on common open-field settlements and specific settlement forms,...

One of the research topics dealt with at the Department of Archaeology is the study of pottery firing structures, especially of vertical two-chamber kilns of the La Tène period. We...

Our research is focused on early to late medieval central sites (hillforts, manors, castles, fortified manor houses). The research topics include the issues of their dating and the causes for...