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Call for participation :)
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We`re Hiring !!!
We invite researchers to collaborate with us on our project as a Postdoctoral Researcher (Post-Doc) The proposed scope of responsibilities: 1. Conducting methodological studies (based on experimental archaeology and microscopic analysis) aimed at: a) creating a classification of use-wear and technological traces typical for the processing/using wood/wooden objects, b) formulating a methodological protocol for conducting traceological studies of artefacts made of this raw material. 2. Conducting experimental and use-wear studies related to the issue of production and use of wooden products and macrolithic stone tools at sites in Sventoji. 3. Participating in the field studies (experimental archaeology research), laboratory analysis and interpretation of the collected data. 4. Publishing the results in internationally…
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New publication
We invite all interested to read our new article, which was published in Sprawozdania Archeologiczne
The article presents the first results of the traceological analysis of the collection of wooden pestles obtained during excavations of the complex of subneolithic sites in Šventoji in Lithuania. During the studies, an attempt was made to assess the possibility of interpreting the functions of the analyzed tools based on the (probably) usage damage visible on them and to verify the hypotheses about the way they were used put forward by the authors of the excavations. The primary goal of the reported research was an attempt to first (preliminary) assess the nature of damage occurring…