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PROJECT MANAGER PhD Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk Institute of Archaeology Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń e-mail: sudol@umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0003-4099-5893 Researcher specialized in archaeology of Paleolithic and Mesolithic of Poland, with experience in the field works in Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. Leader of the multi-disciplinary research in Udorka Valley (chocolate flint mine, Perspektywiczna Cave, flint workshops in Góry Barańskie). The main research areas are centered around: 1) Paleolithic and Mesolithic settlement on the Polish Jura, 2) Paleolithic assemblages of flint products based on modern research methods, 3) archeology of caves in a broad, interdisciplinary approach, 4) research on the use and distribution of siliceous raw materials. The most important scientific achievement is the discovery of a unique complex of Late Palaeolithic sites in the microregion of the Udorka Valley, related to the extraction and processing of so called chocolate flint. The research significantly expanded the bounds of knowledge about human settlement and the use of palaeoenvironmental resources at the end of the Pleistocene in the central part of the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland. The discovery of the chocolate flints mines in this part of Poland, set a new directions for further research, in the field of raw material distribution during Stone Age in Central Europe.
PROJECT CONTRACTORS PhD Dagmara H. Werra Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw e-mail: werra@iaepan.edu.pl ORCID: 0000-0003-2233-1663 Archaeologist. Ethnologist. Employee of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences as an adjunct at the Autonomous Research Laboratory for Prehistoric Flint Mining. In her professional career she deals with prehistoric flint mining, the use of flint in Metal Ages and in modern times (gunflints) and the identification and use of siliceous rocks by prehistoric communities. She graduated in archeology and ethnology (BA) at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun. In 2013, she obtained a PhD in archeology. Project manager on the characteristics of 'chocolate' flint and leader of project concerning sources and uses of obsidian artifacts. From 2017, Editor-In-Chief of the Archaeologia Polona journal. From 2018 Vice-President of the UISPP Commission on Flint Mining in Pre- and Protohistoric Times. She participated and conducted archaeological research at numerous archaeological sites, including those associated with flint mining.
MA Magdalena Malak Institute of Archaeology Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń e-mail: malak@umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0002-9210-8179 Archaeologist. In the project responsible for field documentation and its post-excavation study. Her interests are focused on Upper and Late Paleolithic, flint-making technologies and on transitional phases between particular periods of the Stone Age.
MA Elżbieta Trela-Kieferling Archaeological Musem in Krakow e-mail: elzbieta.trelakieferling@ma.krakow.pl ORCID: 0000-0002-4231-3748 Archaeologist. Currently, a PhD student at the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow – a research project aims to identify and describe the method of extraction, the technology of production and the principles of distribution of flint artefacts in the Jurassic flint-bearing area in the middle Neolithic.
Phd Damian Stefański Archaeological Museum in Krakow e-mail: damian.stefanski@ma.krakow.pl ORCID: 0000-0002-7203-6796
MA Martyna Wiejacka Institute of Archaeology Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń **e-mail: wiejacka@umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0002-1646-3961** She graduated from archaeological studies. Currently, he is working on a doctoral dissertation in the field of archaeozoology, in which he raises issues related to the breeding and hunting of birds in the Middle Ages. For several years, together with her dog Bukiet, they took part in field work carried out in the Udorka Valley. The project focuses primarily on the documentation and identification of faunal materials.
MA Mateusz Skrzatek *e-mail:* mateusz.skrzatek@abs.umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0001-9272-3852 Geographer and Archaeologist. Geoinformation specialist. Currently a PhD student at the Institute of Archaeology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. He is interested in the perception of man and the environment. presenting it through spatial analyzes.
PHD STUDENTS – PROJECT BENEFICIARIES MA Hubert Binnebesel Doctoral School of Humanities, Theology and Arts Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń e-mail: hbinnebesel@doktorant.umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0003-3467-687X Archaeologist. In the project, he is responsible for the spatial analysis of flint products and their typological studies. Interests focus on mining in the Stone Age. He devoted his bachelor's and master's theses to these topics. The parallel doctoral project will concern the mining field in the Udorka Valley from the perspective of spatial analysis.
MA Eng. Sara Mandera Institufe of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Doctoral School of Humanities, Theology and Arts Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń e-mail: sarmander@doktorant.umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0002-2580-0616 Graduate in geology and mining from the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków (MEng, 2016) and geology from the Faculty of Geology at the University of Warsaw (MSc, 2018). MA thesis Petrographic characteristics of white and grey marbles from the Marmara Island, Turkey prepared within the frame of the Marmora Asiatica Project. PhD student at the Institute of Palaeobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and at the Institute of Archaeology of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Her research in the frame of the chocolate flint project focuses on the recognition of the spread of chocolate flint deposits throughout the Krakowsko-Częstochowska Upland and the identification of features and methods that allow distinguishing the Krakow variety from the Holy Cross Mountains variety.
CONSULTANS Dr hab. Maciej T. Krajcarz, Associate Professor Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw e-mail: mkrajcarz@twarda.pan.pl ORCID: 0000-0002-1240-0664 Maciej Krajcarz is a professor at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. His research field is Quaternary geology, especially geoarchaeology and biogeology. He was a Principle Investigator of five research projects (granted by NCN, MNiI, and DAAD) and numerous internal projects of the institute. He was honored by stipends from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, DAAD (Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst; Germany), DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Germany) and the University of Tübingen. He authored or co-authored 95 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including “Nature”, “Science”, “PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.)” and “Scientific Reports”, as well as 19 chapters in monographs, numerous conference presentations and popular science papers. He conducts research in Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Since 2008, he has been involved in mapping outcrops and deposits of flint raw materials of the southern part of Częstochowa Upland. He has co-authored five publications on this subject. In the project, he acts as a consultant, overseeing the mapping of chocolate flint outcrops, and participates in the study of the stratigraphy of excavated sites. In addition, together with Dr M Sudoł-Procyk , he supervises a doctoral student, S. Mandera, M.Sc. Eng., who is working on the identification of chocolate flint varieties.
Dr Magdalena Krajcarz Institute of Archaeology Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń e-mail: magkrajcarz@umk.pl ORCID: 0000-0003-3720-5926 Dr Magdalena Krajcarz is an assistant professor at the Institute of Archaeology (Department of Environmental Archeology & Human Paleoecology), the Faculty of History NCU. She is a zooarchaeologist, specialized in paleoecology and taphonomy of the Late Pleistocene and Holocene faunal assemblages. The main focus of her research is within classical zooarchaeological methods and biomolecular approaches, especially stable isotopes analysis. She is a member of archaeological expeditions conducting research at Paleolithic cave sites in Poland, Russia and Kyrgyzstan. Currently, she is leading the research project supported by the Polish National Science Centre, focused on human impact on changes in the ecology of small carnivorous mammals over the last 10,000 years.

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