Eighty Years of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław

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The University of Wrocław has served as an important centre of learning, practicing, and teaching archaeology for more than two centuries. This volume offers a comprehensive insight into the last eighty years of its archaeological endeavors—from the turbulent early postwar period, when the faculty undertook the urgent task of recovering and reorganizing the dispersed museum collections, to the present day, marked by cutting-edge, often interdisciplinary research informed by the latest developments in natural sciences.

Renowned specialists in the field guide the reader through the key research and thematic areas explored by the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław: from the Stone Age, through the Metal Ages, including the Roman and migration periods, the Middle Ages, to the Early Modern era. Several chapters are devoted to the latest methodological and technological developments adopted by the Institute, as well as past and ongoing research projects. Others offer a glimpse into the inner workings of the Department of Archaeometry and Conservation of Archaeological Artefacts, the exhilarating discoveries of the Institute’s overseas team, and the intricate world of numismatics. The contributors—current or former staff of the Institute—share a common perspective: that, regardless of their particular research interests, the human being remains at the heart of archeological inquiry.

The archaeological community in Wrocław honours the legacy of their predecessors while actively engaging with the demands and oppurtunities of contemporary scholarship. The Institute continues to lead academic advancement, fostering international, interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations that not only strenghten the academic community as a whole, but also help chart inspiring directions for future research.

O redaktorze

Jerzy Piekalski

Professor of Medieval Archaeology. His research interests developed at the Institute of the History of Architecture, Art, and Technology at Wrocław University of Science and Technology between 1984 and 1991. Since 1991, as a faculty member at the University of Wrocław, he has focused on the archaeology of Wrocław, and cities located between the Rhine and the Vistula rivers. Thanks to a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, he conducted research at universities in Göttingen, Freiburg, Tübingen, and Prague. Director of the Institute of Archaeology of the University of Wroclaw from 2002 to 2012 and from 2016 to 2024.

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Mirosław Masojć

Professor of early Prehistory. His principal research interests focus on the study of Pleistocene and early Holocene hunter-gatherers in Europe, northeastern Africa, central Asia and flint knapping in the Late Bronze Age. Principal Investigator in several archaeological expeditions to Botswana, Sudan, Mongolia, and Vietnam. Council Chairman of the Scientific Discipline of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław from 2020 to 2024. Since 2024, Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Wrocław.

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