Jerzy Sikora

Dostałem kilka zdjęć ze spotkania w #Spycimierz.
Jak widać, ludzie byli.

Gratuluję koledze. Przepaliła się?

English version

Żałujcie że Was nie było

YouTube video by QGIS Polska Integracja i analiza danych z badań archeologicznych grodziska w Spycimierzu w QGIS

Znalazłem swój wykład z konferencji użytkowników #Qgis sprzed kilku miesięcy, dotyczący wykorzystania programu w dokumentacji archeologicznej. Takie podstawowe rzeczy.
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A w najbliższy czwartek, w Spycimierzu będę mówił o badaniach grodu. Miejscowe Centrum Spycimierskie Boże Ciało przygotowało stosowny plakat.

Dzisiaj nagrywaliśmy krótkie filmiki związane z naszym projektem dotyczącym grodziska w #Spycimierz, finansowanym z środków @kultura-gov-pl.bsky.social. Mam nadzieję, że wkrótce będę mógł Wam je pokazać.

Zostawi człowiek te internety na chwilę i już awantury. Przegłosowali tego Czarzastego?

All Saints' Day in my city, Łódź, Poland.

We found 11th-century rampart relics below the later #medieval motte castle mound.
And we have to wait for the analyses, especially the radiocarbon dating, to draw more conclusions. This will take until the beginning of next year.

After a supplementary survey based on sampling with a motor auger, we can conclude that the ring-fort in #Spycimierz was not built on elevated terrain, which was common for most early medieval strongholds in lowland Poland. It was built on the plain bottom of the river valley.

Sampling in #Spycimierz, Central Poland.
Spycimierz is an 11th–13th-century timber ring-fort that was converted into a motte-and-bailey castle in the 14th century.
#archaeology
#medievalsky

Kociarnia

There are still eight pages to be drawn, as well as the cover picture. 54 finished.

I'm still working on my comic book about Bolesław Krzywousty and the conquest of Pomerania. This time it's a scene from his palace with mural paintings depicting scenes from the Piast dynastic legend. It is slightly based on the Premyslid legend depicted in the round church in Znojmo.

Some scenes:
The investiture of St Adalbert as bishop of Prague.
The prayer of St Adalbert near a Romanesque round church.
The martyrdom of St. Adalbert.

The cathedral's most important medieval monument is the 12th-century Romanesque bronze doors. They are decorated with scenes from the life of St Adalbert.

Late Gothic portals were also made from artificial stone.

The cathedral was restored and regothicised after the Second World War.
The rich late Gothic sculpture decoration of the pillars' capitals and the vaults' ribs was made of artificial stone - was cast in a special mortar. This was a cheap and efficient solution in areas lacking proper stone.

Gniezno Cathedral: Built in the 14th century on the site of a much smaller, older #Romanesque church. It was the seat of the #medieval Archdiocese of #Poland and the country's principal church.
It was reconstructed in the Baroque style in the 17th century after being destroyed by fire in 1760.

Although the excavations in Ostrowite are officially finished for this year, that doesn't mean that our research is over. We still plan to drill a little more. Stay in touch!
#Ostrowite25

Today, our excavation team found itself at the heart of events connected with the Russian drone attack on Poland. Fortunately, we didn't encounter any drones, but we could observe NATO air force activity over our trench.
#Ostrowite25

We're still excavating! Just look at this remarkably well-preserved Roman-period brooch!
#Ostrowite2025

This particular burial is quite typical of the period. It's a nice find, but probably not groundbreaking.

A few pictures from our research in #Ostrowite25.
#archaeology

It must change! Statistically, younger generations are taller.

She was buried in a way that shows Christian customs had been adopted in the funeral rites, albeit with local modifications. While the cause of her death at a young age is unknown, we do know that her relatives prepared a dignified burial for her.
Research have only begun to shed light on this.

In addition, two S-shaped temple rings, typical head ornaments worn by Western Slavic women, were found close to the heavily damaged skull.
So, this was the burial of a young woman. She was buried shallowly, which is typical of this cemetery.

This is a fragment of an iron knife in a leather sheath that was reinforced and decorated with bronze fittings. Such sheaths were particularly popular among the Western Slavs in the 11th–12th centuries. This one is in extremely poor condition. Conservators will have their work cut out for them.

This was an exception to the medieval pan-European custom of burying the dead west oriented, so that they could see Christ returning to the Earth from the east on the Day of Resurrection.
The grave contained ornaments and personal items.
Here is a ring: