Our team is currently in Athens, taking part in the 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA). This year’s meeting is held on 26–29 August 2026 and hosted by the Department of History and Archaeology at the School of Philosophy of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The Athenian sun is […]

The 14th excavation season at the La Tène settlement in Samborowice, Racibórz district, is officially underway. Conducted wth our research partners from the University of Wrocław and the Silesian Museum in Katowice, this year’s fieldwork combines systematic archaeological excavation with extensive sampling for specialist scientific analyses. Samborowice remains one of the most significant sites for […]

In November, the project will be represented at an international symposium in France organised in connection with the recipient of the 2024 Joseph Déchelette Prize. The fourth Déchelette Prize Colloquium, entitled “Tipping Point? Changement et adaptation des sociétés du 1er millénaire BCE”, will take place on 12–13 November 2026 at the Musée d’Archéologie nationale in […]

In August, fieldwork will resume at the La Tène settlement in Samborowice, Racibórz district. The new season will include both archaeological excavations and the collection of samples for specialist analyses. Samborowice is one of the key sites for studying Iron Age settlement in Upper Silesia. Previous excavations have revealed the remains of settlement features, including […]

At the end of August, the results of research on the archaeological site at Brodno in Lower Silesia will be presented during the 32nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Athens—one of the most important international gatherings for archaeologists working across Europe. The European Association of Archaeologists brings together professionals, researchers, students, […]

The coming months will bring a combination of fieldwork, laboratory research, work on previously excavated materials, and presentations at international conferences. In August, we will return to Samborowice for another excavation season and to collect samples for specialist analyses. The site is an important source of information about La Tène-period settlement in Upper Silesia and […]

Nowa Cerekwia is often described as one of the most important La Tène sites north of the Carpathians. But this raises a simple question: why here? The answer was probably not only fertile land, although that certainly mattered. The settlement lay in a region attractive for agriculture, on the northern foreland of the Moravian Gate […]

The La Tène settlement at Nowa Cerekwia is usually discussed as one of the most important Celtic sites north of the Carpathians. Its pottery, metal finds, coins and evidence of craft production clearly place it within the La Tène cultural world. Yet the settlement also produced material that does not fit this tradition so easily. […]

The Iron Age was not only the age of iron. Although iron dominated the production of tools and weapons, objects made of copper alloys remained an important part of material culture, especially in the case of ornaments, dress accessories and small decorative items. A recent study by Joanna Ewa Markiewicz, Dawid Sych and Beata Miazga […]

Nowa Cerekwia is one of the most important La Tène period sites in southern Poland. Its significance does not come from a single spectacular discovery, but from the exceptional diversity of finds recorded there over more than a century of research. The site has yielded settlement features, pottery, metal objects, coins, glass ornaments, stone tools, […]