Urszula Wicenciak-Núñez

Research interests:

  • Archaeology of the Levant, from the Iron Age until the Byzantine period
  • Phoenicia – history, material culture with a focus on the pottery tradition since Antiquity
  • Pottery – production, function and distribution in the eastern Mediterranean, from the Iron Age until the Byzantine period
  • Pottery vessels in context of ancient economy in Phoenicia in the Roman period
  • Pottery vessels – analysis of organic residues
  • Sensory archaeology
Professional career

Education

2013 PhD thesis at the Department of History, University of Warsaw, Poland, under the supervision of Prof.  J. Młynarczyk: Jiyeh’s (Porphyreon) Hellenistic and Roman pottery from Phoenicia in relation to local production from Porphyreon/Jiyeh (Lebanon).

2009–2013 PhD studies at the Antiquity of Southeastern Europe Research Centre, University of Warsaw

2001 MA in archaeology at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw; thesis: Early Kushite Amon Sacred Centres between the 3rd and 4th Nile Cataracts (Sudan)

Positions and functions

Since 2021 Member of PCMA Council and Selection Board

2020 Member of the commission for setting the criteria for awarding the degrees of doktor (PhD) and doktor habilitowany (habilitated doctor) of the academic Scientific Council for Discipline of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw

2019–2020 Member of the academic Scientific Council for Discipline of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw

since 2014 at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw; since 2015 as adjunct

2018 Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow; scientific assistant (post-doc) in the MAESTRO/NSC project: “Paphos Agora and beyond: Material remains of economic infrastructure and activity of the Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus capital based on interdisciplinary research” NCN grant No. 2014/14/A/HS3/00283; project director Prof. E. Papuci-Władyka (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)

2001–2008 IMC Kariera; Publishing house „Wydawnictwo Wspierania Procesu Edukacji’’; Studio Reklamy i Wydawnictw

Research projects

2023–2024 Principal Investigator in the project “An interdisciplinary study of scent substances from Phoenicia during the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. Identification of the organic contents in unguentaria and amphoriskoi produced in Tyre

2022–2024 Investigator in the project “A holistic approach to ceramic production in Tyre from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. A diachronic and technological definition of a traditional economic activity” (project finansed with NCN, Opus 22 UMO-2021-/43B/HS3/00354) under the supervision of Dr. Francisco J. Núñez (CAŚ UW)

2019, 2021–2023 Lebanese-Spanish-Polish Archaeological Expedition in Tyre (Lebanon): archaeological excavations in the Acropolis and documentation and analysis of the pottery material from the Hellenistic till the Byzantine period; project co-directors: Prof. María Eugenia Aubet (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona), Dr. Ali Badawi (DGA, Tyre), Dr. Francisco J. Núñez (PCMA UW)

2020–2023 Investigator in the project “MA-P Maloutena and Agora in the Paphos Urban Plan: Modeling the Urban Landscape of the Hellenistic and Roman Capital of Cyprus” (NCN Opus 18 grant UMO-2019/35/B/HS3/02296; a consortium of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, PCMA UW and the Technical University of Warsaw, project director Prof. E. Papuci-Władyka

2019–2020 Ceramological and archaeometric analyses: “Pottery in the territory of Sidon in the Roman period. Identifying local pottery production in the context of oil production and distribution in the settlement of Chhim in central Lebanon” the PCMA UW granted the financing of archaeometric analyses of pottery samples from Chhim and their publication; archaeometric analyses have been made at the Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens in cooperation with the Demokritos Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Edyta Marzec, Noémi S. Müller and Evangelio Kiriatzi

2019–2020 Co-organizing the Ceramology Section of the Advanced Documentation Methods Lab at the PCMA UW; financing from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education under a grant to cover the costs related to the restructuring of scientific entities in 2018–2019; application ID: 416008; grant awarded in December 2018, implemented from 1 March 2019 to the end of 2020; the task of the Ceramic Section was to create tools for documentation and analysis of ceramic objects (vessels, terracottas, ceramic building materials, lamps) by collecting and developing, in the form of a database, reference collections of ancient and contemporary ceramics and samples of clay from the region of the broadly understood Middle East, the Arabian Gulf, Egypt and Sudan from research conducted by the PCMA UW; the study collection and reference database will be extended and updated with further materials from current archaeological research conducted by the PCMA UW and made available to ceramologists working under these projects

2019 Ceramological analysis of utility vessels (plain ware) from the excavations in the so-called „Hellenistic House” in Maloutene, Paphos (Cyprus); project director: Dr. H. Meyza (IKŚiO PAN)

2018–2019 Kourion Amathous Gate Cemetery project (Cyprus), analysis of transport amphorae from the project directed by Danielle A. Parks (Brock University, Ontario) in 1995–2000; the study, analyses and publication are financed by the White Levy Foundation; project director: M. Given

2018 analysis of late Roman Amphorae (c. 4th–6th century) Paphos Agora and beyond: Material remains of economic infrastructure and activity of the Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus capital based on interdisciplinary research” NCN grant No. 2014/14/A/HS3/00283; project director Prof. E. Papuci-Władyka (Jagiellonian University in Krakow)

2004–2018 Polish-Lebanese Mission in Jiyeh (Lebanon): excavations and the documentation and analysis of pottery; project director Dr. T. Waliszewski (Institute of Archaeology UW)

2017 documentation and analysis of pottery from Akrai/Acrae, Sicily (Italy); project On the borders of Syracuse. Multidisciplinary studies of the ancient town Akrai/Acrae, south-eastern Sicily, Italy, Grant NCN OPUS UMO-2016/21/B/HS3/00026; project director Dr. R. Chowaniec (Institute of Archaeology UW)

2012–2014 documentation and analysis of pottery from Akrai/Acrae, Sicily (Italy); project Roman house in Greek town Akrai (Sicily) UMO-2011/03/B/HS3/00567; project director Dr. R. Chowaniec (Institute of Archaeology UW)

1999–2003, 2015–2018 Polish-Lebanese Mission in Chhim (Lebanon): excavations and the documentation and analysis of pottery; project director Dr. T. Waliszewski (Institute of Archaeology UW)

Other archaeological experience:

 2008–2013, 2015–2017 The Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission excavations in the Al-Subiyah/Mugheira region and at the site of Bahra 1 (Kuwait); excavations and archaeological documentation; project director Prof. P. Bieliński

2005, 2014 Polish-Sudanese Mission in El-Zuma (Sudan);  excavations and the documentation of pottery; project director Dr. M. El-Tayeb

2009, 2010 Polish-American Archaeological Mission in Berenike (Egypt); excavations and archaeological documentation,  documentation of pottery; project co-directors I. Zych and Prof. S. Sidebotham

2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 Polish-Egyptian Mission in Kom el-Dikka, Alexandria (Egypt) excavations and archaeological documentation, documentation of pottery; project director Dr. G. Majcherek

2006 Marina Archaeological Site Presentation Project, American Research Center in Egypt; supervision over fieldwork and field documentations and in charge of pottery material and publication; project directors A. Dobrowolska and I. Zych

2006 Survey in the Noba Mountains (Sudan); conducted by Pultusk Academy of Humanities; project director Dr. M. El-Tayeb

2005 The Polish-Egyptian Mission in Marina al-Alamain (Egypt); excavations and documentation of pottery; project director Prof. W.A. Daszewski

2005 The Polish-Egyptian Mission in Pelusium (Egypt); documentation of pottery; project directors Prof. M. Gawlikowski and Dr. Krzysztof Jakubiak

1999 The Polish Joint Expedition of Southern Dongola Reach Survey Project (Sudan); participation in the survey project and pottery documentation; project director Dr. B. Żurawski

1997, 1998 Member of Excavation in Stryczowice organized by Archaeological Museum in Warsaw (Poland); fieldwork and field documentations

1997 Excavation in Krzemionki Opatowskie organized by Archaeological Museum in Warsaw, Poland; participation in the excavation, student traineeship

Scholarships, grants, awards

2023 ‘Excellence Initiative – Research University’ funding for the project “An interdisciplinary study of scent substances from Phoenicia during the Hellenistic and early Roman periods. Identification of the organic contents in unguentaria and amphoriskoi produced in Tyre”

2020 ‘Excellence Initiative – Research University’ funding for the publication of the monograph “From sacred to everyday. Hellenistic, Roman and Late Antique common wares and amphorae from Chhim in the Sidon hinterland” in Peeters Publishers

2012 (Berlin) Scholarship of the Deutsche Archäologisches Institut (DAI) in Berlin; library research for the PhD thesis

2012 (Athens) A conference scholarship from Warsaw Scientific Society for the participation in the First Workshop on Levantine Ceramic Production and Distribution, Athens, 4–5 February 2012 (also participation in the creation of the on-line Ware Encyclopedia http://levantineceramics.org/)

2009–2010 (Warsaw) Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw scholarship for the study and preparation of publication of pottery from PCMA UW excavations in Jiyeh (Lebanon)

2007–2008 (Warsaw) Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw scholarship for the documentation of pottery from PCMA UW excavations in Chhim and Jiyeh (Lebanon) and Pelusium (Egypt)

2005 (Cairo) Scholarship of the Polish Ministry of National Education and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw for the participation in excavations in Egypt (Alexandria, Marina el-Alamein and Pelusium) and for library research related to the analysis of pottery from PCMA UW excavations in Chhim and Jiyeh (Lebanon)

Scientific bibliography

Books

2021 Wicenciak, U. with introduction by Waliszewski, T., From Sacred to Everyday. Common Wares and Amphorae from Chhim in the Sidon Hinterland (=Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology 4), Leuven–Paris–Bristol: Peeters Publishers

2021 Wicenciak, U. Porphyreon. Hellenistic and Roman Pottery Production in the Sidon Hinterland (=PAM Monograph Series 7), Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, PCMA, wydanie 2gie (EBOOK) doi.org/10.31338/uw.9788323547341

2016 Porphyreon. Hellenistic and Roman Pottery Production in the Sidon Hinterland (=PAM Monograph Series 7), Warsaw: PCMA

Chapters in edited volumes

In press Wicenciak U. Transport Amphorae, in: Michael Given, Chris Mavromatis, R. Smadar Gabrieli (ed.) City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion’s Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus: The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks, Volume 2: Ecofacts and Artifacts, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research,

In press Chris Mavromatis, with contributions from Matt Buell, Peter Cosyns, Anne Destrooper-Georgiades, R. Smadar Gabrieli, Małgorzata Kajzer, Xenia Paula Kyriakou, R. Scott Moore, Meredith P. Nelson, Giorgos Papantoniou, David S. Reese, Agnieszka Szymańska and Urszula Wicenciak, in: Michael Given, Chris Mavromatis, R. Smadar Gabrieli (ed.) Deposition and Dumping in Area A. City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion’s Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus: The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks, Volume 1: Context, Analysis, and Conclusions, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research,

In press Chris Mavromatis, with contributions from D. Matthew Buell, Peter Cosyns, Anne Destrooper-Georgiades, R. Smadar Gabrieli, Michael Given, Małgorzata Kajzer, Xenia Paula Kyriakou, R. Scott Moore, Meredith P. Nelson, Giorgos Papantoniou, David S. Reese, Agnieszka E. Szymańska, and Urszula Wicenciak, in: eds Michael Given, Chris Mavromatis, R. Smadar Gabrieli (ed.) The Cist Tombs. City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion’s Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus: The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks, Volume 1: Context, Analysis, and Conclusions, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research,

2020 Wicenciak, U., Hellenistic vessels from the Phoenician sanctuary in Chhim (Central Lebanon), in: K. Jakubiak, A. Łajtar (eds), Ex Oriente Lux. Studies in Honour of Jolanta Młynarczyk, Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 281–286

2015 Wicenciak, U., Kitchen and Cooking wares in Akrai. First remarks, in: R. Chowaniec (ed.), Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, Warsaw, 249–276

2014 Wicenciak, U., Pottery production in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman Periods at Jiyeh – ancient Porphyreon (Lebanon), in: B. Fischer-Genz, Y. Gerber, H. Hamel (ed.), Roman and Late Antique Mediterranean Pottery 3. Roman Pottery in the Near East. Local Production and Regional Trade. Proceedings of the round table held in Berlin, 19–20 February 2010 (=BAR 88 2014), 103–124

2010 Wicenciak, U., Local Roman Coarse Wares from Chhim (Southern Lebanon) in: S. Menchelli, S. Santoro, M. Pasquinucci, G. Guiducci (ed.), Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean. Archaeology and Archaeometry. Comparison Between Western and Eastern Mediterranean (LRCW3), (=BAR International Series 2185 II), 885–890

2005 Wicenciak, U., El-Tayeb, M., Region dongolanski – kolebka cywilizacji nubijskiej in: M. Ząbek (ed.), Wokół IV katarakty, społeczność wiejska nad środkowym Nilem przed wielką zmianą, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Akademickie „Dialog“, 77–94

Articles

In press Gwiazda, M., Wicenciak, U., Rzeźnik, S., Waliszewski, T., Archaeological works in Khalde (Qobbet Ech Choueifat) during 2017, Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture Libanaises

2021 Marzec, E., Wicenciak, U., Müller, N.S., Kiriatzi, E., Waliszewski, T., Pottery production in Chhim (Sidon hinterland) in the Roman and early Byzantine periods: Petrographic and elemental analyses, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 38, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103004

2021 Gwiazda, M., Piątkowska-Małecka, J., Barański, T., Makowski, P., Wicenciak, U. Sidon’s/Ṣaydā northern hinterland during the Early Byzantine–Early Islamic transition, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/712931

2020 Chowaniec, R., Chrzanovski, L., Domżalski, K., Gręzak, A., Matera, M., Młynarczyk, J., Wagner, M., Wicenciak, U., Więcek, T., Unwrapping the micro-history of one house’ cistern from ancient Akrai/Acrae, south-eastern Sicily, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 29/2, 603–651 DOI: 10.31338/uw.2083-537X.pam29.2.26

2019 Wicenciak, U., Aspects of economic activity in Phoenicia during Roman and Byzantine times. The case of olive oil and amphora production in Chhim, in the chora of Sidon. Levant 51, 314–336 DOI: 10.1080/00758914.2020.1854973

2018 Krueger, M., Wicenciak, U., Kowarska, Z., Niedzielski, P., Kozak, L., Krueger, M., Jakubowski, K., Proch, J., Mleczek, M., Waśkiewicz, A., First results of organic residue analysis on ceramic vessels (Jiyeh and Chhîm, Lebanon) by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry, 18(1), 2097–220

2016 Wicenciak, U., Ceramic patchwork in Hellenistic to Byzantine Phoenicia: regionalisation and specialisation of vessel production, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 25, 617–690 DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.2364

2016 Badura, M., Rzeźnicka, E., Wicenciak, U., Waliszewski, T., Plant remains from Jiyeh/Porphyreon, Lebanon (seasons 2009–2014): Preliminary results of archaeobotanical analysis and implications for future research, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 25, 487–510 DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0010.1872

2015 Waliszewski, T., Wicenciak, U., Jiyeh (Porphyreon) Nouvelles découvertes sur le territoire de Sidon à l’époque hellénistique, TOPOI Suppl. 13

2015 Waliszewski, T., Wicenciak, U., Chhim. A Roman and Late Antique Village in the Sidon Hinterland, Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS)

2012 Wicenciak, U., Local Hellenistic ‘Phoenician’-type amphora and other pottery vessels from the excavations in Jiyeh (Porphyreon) (seasons 2008–2009), Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 21, 446–453

2012 Wicenciak, U., Frangié, D., Beyrouth et Jiyeh au sein des productions céramiques, in: Les Dossiers d’Archéologie 350, 38–43

2009 Wicenciak, U., Zych, I. A. Obłuski, A., Marina El-Alamein. Site Presentation Project (ARCE/EAC). Preliminary archaeological report, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 18, 83–100

2009 Wicenciak, U., Roumié, M., Bakraj, E., Nsouli, B., PIXE characterization of Lebanese excavated amphorae from Jiyeh archeological site, in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 268.1, 87–91

2008 Wicenciak, U., Coarse pottery production at Jiyeh in Sector B1-B3, in: Waliszewski, T., Wicenciak, U., El Tayeb, M., Domżalski, K., Witecka, A., Wagner, M., Herbich, T., Noureddine, I., Woźniak, M., Kotlewski, K., Żuchowski, R., Jiyeh (Porphyreon). Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine settlement on the south coast of Lebanon. Preliminary Report on 1997 and 2003–2005 seasons, Bulletin d’Archeologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 10 (2006), (5–85), 51–56

2008 Wicenciak, U., Local Coarse pottery material from well B4 at Jiyeh, in: Waliszewski, T., Wicenciak, U., El Tayeb, M., Domżalski, K., Witecka, A., Wagner, M., Herbich, T., Noureddine, I., Woźniak, M., Kotlewski, K., Żuchowski, R., Jiyeh (Porphyreon). Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine settlement on the south coast of Lebanon. Preliminary Report on 1997 and 2003–2005 seasons, Bulletin d’Archeologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 10 (2006), (5–85), 57–66

2008 Wicenciak, U., El-Tayeb, M., Section C – Jiyeh, 2005 season, in: Waliszewski, T., Wicenciak, U., El Tayeb, M., Domżalski, K., Witecka, A., Wagner, M., Herbich, T., Noureddine, I., Woźniak, M., Kotlewski, K., Żuchowski, R., Jiyeh (Porphyreon). Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine settlement on the south coast of Lebanon. Preliminary Report on 1997 and 2003–2005 seasons, Bulletin d’Archeologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 10 (2006), (5–85), 67–79

2007 Wicenciak, U., El-Tayeb, M., Waliszewski, T., Juchniewicz, K., Jiyeh (Porphyreon) explorations 2005, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 17, 421–430

2006 Wicenciak, U., El-Tayeb, M., Waliszewski, T., Domżalski, K., Late Hellenistic and early Roman pottery production center at Jiyeh. Rescue excavations 2004, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 16, 429–439

2006 Wicenciak, U., Centres of the Amun Cult between the Third and Fourth Cataracts and the Coronation Journey of the Kushite Rulers, Gdansk Archaeological African Reports 3, 251–263

2004 Wicenciak, U., El-Tayeb, M., Waliszewski, T., Domżalski, K., Preliminary report on a salvage campaign at Jiyeh, 2004: The pottery production area, Światowit 5, fasc. A, 129–113, pls 71–84

2004 Wicenciak, U., Preliminary information on the local pottery from Chhim in: Waliszewski, T., Ortali-Tarazi, R., Alpi, F., Chmielewski, K., Dalix, A-S., Domżalski, Kisielewicz, M., Łuszczewska, M., Nordiguian, L., Périssé, I., el Tayeb, M., Tchorek, P., Wagner, M., Wicenciak, U., Village romain et byzantine à Chhîm-Marjiyat. Rapport préliminaire (1996–2002). Bulletin d’Archéologie et d’Architecture Libanaises 6 (2002), (5–105), 62–76

Editorial work

2021 Editor for the section „Roman pottery in the Near East”, in: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 30/2

2019 Scientific edition of the publication of pottery from the site of El-Zuma (Sudan): E. Czyżewska-Zalewska with contribution by A. Cedro, (2020). Early Makuria Research Project. El-Zuma Cemetery, vol. II. The Pottery, Brill (In press)

2019 Assistant editor: (2020). Paphos Agora Project (PAP). Interdisciplinary Research of the Jagiellonian University in New Paphos UNESCO World Heritage Site (2011–2015) – First Results, E. Papuci-Władyka (ed.), 1. Krakow: Historia lagiellonica

Others

2014 R. Chowaniec, with T. Więcek, U. Wicenciak, K. Domżalski, A. Gręzak, M. Wagner, M. Fitula, M. Rekowska, Rapporto preliminare della campagna di scavi a Palazzolo Acreide (2013), Varsovia (report for the Italian antiquities authorities)

2012 Chowaniec R., with T. Więcek, M. Rekowska, R. Kucharczyk, M. Matera, U. Wicenciak, Rapporto preliminare della campagna di scavi a Palazzolo Acreide (2012), Varsovia (report for the Italian antiquities authorities)

2005 Wicenciak, U., Jiyeh – ceramic industry centre in Hellenistic and Roman times in Lebanon. Paper presented during the First Lebanese Pottery Workshop, Beirut (online publication: URL: http://www.ifporient.org/spip.php?article1349)

Conferences

Presentations

2023 The 4th Scientific Conference of the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw ‘Przeszłość ma przyszłość!/ The Past Has a Future!’
Paper (with T. Waliszewski, U. Wicenciak, M. Gwiazda, M. Badura): Towards an atlas of Phoenician wines – merging data from multiple sources

2022 X Congress Internationa of Phoenician and Punic Studies, Eivissa/Ibiza
Paper (with F. J. Núñez, A. Badawi, M. E. Aubet, A. M. Arruda, A. Mederos, U. Wicenciak, D. Montanero, L. de Lellis, E. de Sousa, S. Popłaski, M. Mackiewicz, J. Świda, J. M. López Garí): The sacral compound of Roman times of the Acropolis of Tyre and the traditional Levantine temple
Poster: A holistic approach to ceramic production in Tyre from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. A diachronic and technological definition of a traditional economic activity (project finansed with NCN, Opus 22 UMO-2021-/43B/HS3/00354)

2022 Conference „Poles in the Near East”, Warsaw
Paper (with F.J. Núñez):”The sacral quarter of Tyre”
Paper (with M.Michalik, M.Kajzer, K. Niziołek, J. Oleksiak, A. Kubicka-Sowińska, Ł. Miszk, W. Ostrowski, E. Papuci-Władyka): „Nea Paphos season 2021. Preliminary remarks on the stratigraphy and pottery of the Trial Trench III located in the Maloutena district” (project finansed with NCN, Opus 18 UMO-2019/35/B/HS3/02296)

2021 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Bologna
Paper (with T. Waliszewski, K. Domżalski, I. Périssé-Valéro, M. Wagner, A. Szulc-Kajak): “Late Roman–Byzantine pottery dumped into large water cistern in Chhim, Lebanon”

2021 Vine-Growing & Winemaking in the Roman World. An international conference in honor of Jean-Pierre Brun, Rome
Paper (with T. Waliszewski and M. Gwiazda): “Wine production and packaging in Roman and late antique Phoenicia”

2019 Conference „Poles in the Near East”, Warsaw
Paper (with M. Gwiazda, S. Rzeźnik and K. Wójcik): „Badania w Khalde (Liban) – sezon 2017″

2017 Conference “Tyre, Sidon, Byblos. Three global harbours of the Ancient World”, Bejrut
Paper (with F.J. Núñez): “Diachronic continuity of ceramic types in Central Levant: A case Study from Tyre and Sidon Territories”

2017 “6th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Ware, Cooking Ware and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archeometry”, Agrigento (Sicily)
Poster: “Cooking Ware from Akrai. The South-Eastern Sicily Pottery Production”

2016 PCMA UW reporting conference, Warsaw
Paper: „Pottery of Hellenic-Roman-Byzantine Phoenicia – Updating the state of research 2015”

2015 „Poles in Lebanon”, Conference on the Polish archaeological and conservation work in Lebanon, Warsaw
Paper (with Prof. P. Niedzielski UAM Poznan, Dr. M. Krueger IP UAM, M. Bartkowiak IP UAM, Z. Kowarska OBA UW): “Results of preliminary analyses of organic residues of ceramic vessels from Jiyeh and Chhim (Lebanon) and prospects for further physico-chemical research”

2012 “European Conference on X-Ray Spectrometry”, Vienna
Paper (with M. Roumié, C. Atallah, B. Nsouli): “PIXE characterization of pottery production from the necropolis of Jiyeh archaeological site”

2012 “First Workshop on Levantine Ceramic Production and Distribution”, Danish Institute of Archaeology, Athens
Paper: “Jiyeh and Chhim – Hellenistic and Roman Wares”

2010 “Roman Pottery in the Levant: Local Production and Regional Trade. Round Table”, Berlin
Paper: “Pottery production in the Late Hellenistic and Early Roman periods at Jiyeh – ancient Porphyreon (Lebanon)”

2008 Conference: „The heritage of Christian architecture and art in Medieval Lebanon”, Warsaw
Paper: „Pottery from Late Antique in Chhim (Lebanon)”

2008 “3rd International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry, Comparison between Western and Eastern Mediterranean”, Parma / Piza
Poster: “Roman Coarse Ware from Chhim (Southern Lebanon)”

2005 Conference: “Premier atelier sur la céramique antique du Liban”, Beirut
Paper: „El-Jiyha, Ceramic industry center in Hellenistic and Roman times“

20Symposium: „Chhim – summary of seven seasons of excavation work in Lebanon“, Warsaw
Paper: „ Preliminary report on ceramic material from archaeological research in Chhim“

2002 Polish Nubiological Conference, Gdansk/Gniew
Paper: „Coronation Journey of the Kushite Rulers of 25th Dynasty“

Organization

2019, 2021, 2022 „Poles in the Near East”, Warsaw

2016 Reporting conference PCMA UW, Warsaw

2015 „Poles in Lebanon”, Conference on the Polish archaeological and conservation work in Lebanon, Warsaw

2012 The 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Warsaw

2003 Chhim – summary of seven seasons of excavation work in Lebanon“, National Museum, Warsaw

Membership in scientific organizations

since 2020  consultant editor in Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (Pottery studies)

since 2020 Member of the Committee on Archaeology of the Mediterranean Countries, The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning

Popularization
  • 2021 Interview for Polish Radio: Polscy archeolodzy w Tyrze odkopali świątynię
  • Managing the profile of the journal “Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean” on Academia.edu
  • 2016 Family Picnic ODKRYJ UW – presentation “a ceramologist’s workshop” as part of the PCMA UW stand
  • 2000, 2001, 2009, 2016 participation in the Scientific Picnic „Piknik Naukowy Centrum Nauki Kopernik i Polskiego Radia” on behalf of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw
  • 2002 participation in the organization of the exhibition „Banganarti”, National Museum in Warsaw
  • 2002 participation in the organization of the exhibition „Chhim – 2000 ans d’histoire au coeur dun village antique du Liban”, Beit ed-Dine, Lebanon
  • 2001 participation in the organization of the exhibition „40 years of Polish archaeological research in Sudan”, University of Warsaw, Warsaw
  • 2000 participation in the organization of the show Gniezno 2000 prepared by the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw
  • 1997–1999 participation in the organization of archaeological events in Krzemionki Opatowskie, Biskupin and Warsaw prepared by the State Archaeological Museum in Warsaw
Other

Publication of drawings:

2014 in: Waliszewski, T., Elaion. Olive Oil Production in Roman and Byzantine Syria-Palestine, (=Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Monograph Series 6), Warsaw: PCMA, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, figs 2.5a-d, 2.6, 4.4, 4.5

2013 in: Rądkowska, J.K., Zych, I., Sidebotham, S.E., The Late Roman harbor temple of Berenike. Results of the 2010 season of excavations, Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 22, 209–228; figs 2A, 8A

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