Maciej Krajcarz

Maciej T. Krajcarz, PhD

Address:
Instytut Nauk Geologicznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Ośrodek Badawczy w Warszawie
Research Centre in Warsaw
Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland

Position: Associate professor (Pol. profesor Instytutu)

Phone (Office): (+48) 22 6978 989

E-mail: mkrajcarz@twarda.pan.pl

ORCID id: 0000-0002-1240-0664

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maciej_Krajcarz

Maciej T. Krajcarz (PhD University of Warsaw, Poland; habilitation Institute of Geological Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences) is a Quaternary geologist. His primary focus is clastic cave sediments: the deposition environment and post-depositional disturbances. He took part in excavations and studied cave sediments in Poland, Russia and Kyrgyzstan, and applied micromorphology and geochemistry, including stable isotopes. His current project is focused on important paleoanthropological caves in Alay Mts. of Kyrgyzstan (notably, Sel’ungur Cave) and Altai in southern Siberia (Chagyrskaya and Strashnaya Caves). His another research focus is Pleistocene and Holocene fauna found in caves and the use of this fossil record to reconstruct the deposition environment. In cooperation with colleagues from the Inst. of Archaeology (Toruń, Poland) and Biogeology (Tubingen, Germany) he applies stable isotope analysis to infer paleoclimatic and paleoecological information from bones and teeth.

Research interest

geology of cave sediments
geology and geochemistry of fossil bones, stable isotopes in fossil bones and teeth
taphonomy of Quaternary bone assemblages, especially geochemical homogeneity of assemblages
geoarchaeology

Eduction and professional career

Academic degrees

2003 – B.Sc. degree in Geology. University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology. Thesis „Rezerwat geologiczny Rancho La Brea w Kaliforni”, supervisor: Prof. D.Sc. Andrzej Radwański
2005 – M.Sc. degree in Geology, specialization Quaternary Geology. University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology. Thesis “Szczątki rosomaka (Gulo gulo) w wybranych stanowiskach osadów czwartorzędowych Wyżyny Krakowsko-Wielunskiej", supervisors: Prof. D.Sc. Leszek Lindner, Prof. D.Sc. Mieczysław Wolsan
2010 – Ph.D. degree in Earth Sciences. University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology. Thesis “Rekonstrukcja środowiska sedymentacji i diagenezy plejstoceńskich osadów i szczątków kostnych z jaskini Biśnik (Jura Polska) na podstawie badań geochemicznych”, supervisors: Prof. D.Sc. Leszek Lindner, D.Sc. Jan Parafiniuk
2018 – habilitation degree in Earth Sciences. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences. Thesis “Reconstruction of the environment and paleoecology of Late Quaternary mammals on the basis of isotope geochemistry (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) of fossil bones and teeth”

Education

bachelor studies in geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, 2000-2003
master studies in Quaternary geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, 2003-2005
Ph.D. studies in geology, Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, 2005-2009

Job positions

assistant (Pol. asystent) in the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 19.04.2010 – 31.12.2010.
assistant professor (Pol. adiunkt) in the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01.01.2011 – 31.05.2019.
associate professor (Pol. profesor Instytutu) in the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01.06.2019 – until now.

Additional administrative functions

manager of the Bioindicators Lab., Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01.04.2013 – 31.03.2016.
scientific coordinator of the Stable Isotopes Lab., Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01.06.2019 – 31.08.2022.
member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, since 26.01.2023.

Publications

(last actualization 07.03.2024)

Articles in scientific journals

2024

Kot M., Kogai S., Pavlenok G., Gryczewska N., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M.T., Moska P., Leloch M., Khudjanazarov M., Szymczak K., Muhtarov G., Pavlenok K. 2024. New data for asymmetric core reduction in Western Tian Shan Piedmonts: the Ertash Sai 2 open-air site. Lithic Technology (online 2024.03.07), doi: 10.1080/01977261.2024.2319429.
Mandera S., Sudoł-Procyk M., Malak M., Skrzatek M., Krajcarz M.T. 2024. New deposit of chocolate flint in Załęże gully (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Poland) – Raw material characterization and its availability for prehistoric communities. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 53: 104328, doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104328.

2023

Brancaleoni G., Kot M., Shnaider S., Mroczek P., Kurbanov R., Abdykanova A., Alisher kyzy S., Khudjanazarov M., Pavlenok K., Krajcarz M.T. 2023. A closer look at clasts and groundmass: Micromorphological features in sediments with archaeological significance in Obishir and Katta Sai complexes (Central Asia). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 51: 104118, doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104118.
Gryczewska N., Kot M., Berto C., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K., Sudoł-Procyk M., Wojenka M., Wilczyński J., Chmielewska M., Sulwiński M., Suska-Malawska M. (2023). Tracing ephemeral human occupation through archaeological, palaeoenvironmental and molecular proxies at Łabajowa Cave. Antiquity 97 (396): e31 (Project Gallery), doi: 10.15184/aqy.2023.147.
Jiménez-Hidalgo E., Estebaranz-Sánchez F., Krajcarz M.T., Meloro C., DeSantis L. 2023. Editorial: Reconstructing paleodiets: challenges and advances. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Sec. Paleoecology) 11: 1267012, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1267012 (EDITORIAL).
Krajcarz M.T. 2023. Pre-LGM loess deposits in caves of Polish Jura – occurrence and stratigraphic importance. Acta Geologica Polonica 73 (3): 433-452, doi: 10.24425/agp.2023.145624.
Krajcarz M.T., Baca M., Baumann C., Bocherens H., Goslar T., Popović D., Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M. 2023. New insights into Late Pleistocene cave hyena chronology and population history – the case of Perspektywiczna Cave, Poland. Radiocarbon 65 (5): 1038-1056, doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2023.89.
Stefaniak K., Kovalchuk O., Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kropczyk A., Mackiewicz P., Kłys G., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Nadachowski A., Lipecki G., Karbowski K., Ridush B., Sabol M., Płonka T. 2023. Chronology and distribution of Central and Eastern European Pleistocene rhinoceroses (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) – A review. Quaternary International 674-675: 87-108, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2023.02.004.

2022

Brancaleoni G., Kot M., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A., Alisher kyzy S., Khudjanazarov M., Pavlenok K., Krajcarz, M.T. (2022 - PREPRINT). Pebble in the Wind. Micromorphological Features at the Contact between Gravelly Clasts and Silty Groundmass in Loess-Debris Sediments, Central Asiatic Loess Zone. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4142341 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4142341.
Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Osipova E., Danukalova G., Kurbanov R., Deput E., Alisher kyzy S., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M.T. 2022. Depositional history of a talus cone in an arid intermontane basin in Central Asia: An interdisciplinary study at the Late Pleistocene–Late Holocene Obishir‐I site, Kyrgyzstan. Geoarchaeology - An International Journal 37 (2): 350-373, doi: 10.1002/gea.21892.
Kot M., Berto C., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal‑del Hoyo M., Gryczewska N., Szymanek M., Marciszak A., Stefaniak K., Zarzecka‑Szubińska K., Lipecki G., Wertz K., Madeyska T. 2022. Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland). Scientific Reports 12: 16355, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-20582-0.
Kot M., Gryczewska N., Szymanek M., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Szeliga M., Berto C., Wojenka M., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Wertz K., Fedorowicz S., Jaskulska E, Pilcicka-Ciura H. 2022. Bramka Rockshelter: An Early Mesolithic cave site in Polish Jura. Quaternary International 610: 44-64, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.08.015.
Kot M., Pavlenok G., Krajcarz M.T., Szymanek M., Fedorowicz S., Moska P., Khudjanazarov M., Szymczak K., Leloch M., Kogai S., Talamo S., Fewlass H., Pavlenok K. 2022. Is there Initial Upper Palaeolithic in Western Tian Shan? Example of an open-air site Katta Sai 2 (Uzbekistan). Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 65: 101391, doi: 10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101391.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Baca M., Golubiński M., Bielichová Z., Bulatović J., Csippán P., Dimitrijević V., Kyselý R., Makowiecki D., Marciszak A., Marković N., Mladenović M., Van Neer W., Obada T., Živaljević I., Bulatović A., Ivanišević V., Pop-Lazić S., Mihailović D., Ostasz A., Penezić K., Tasić N., Špehar P., Wilczyński J., Popović D. (2022). The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe. Antiquity 96 (390): 1628-1633 (Project Gallery article), doi: 10.15184/aqy.2022.128.
Krajcarz M., Van Neer W., Krajcarz M.T., Popović D., Baca M., De Cupere B., Goffette Q., Küchelmann H.C., Gręzak A., Iwaszczuk U., Ottoni C., Van de Vijver K., Wilczyński J., Mulczyk A., Wiejacki J., Makowiecki D., Bocherens H. 2022. Stable isotopes unveil one millennium of domestic cat paleoecology in Europe. Scientific Reports 12: 12775, doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-16969-8.
Skov L., Peyrégne S., Popli D., Iasi L.N.M., Devièse T., Slon V., Zavala E.I., Hajdinjak M., Sümer A.P. , Grote S., Mesa A.B., Herráez D.L., Nickel B., Nagel S., Richter J., Essel E., Gansauge M., Schmidt A., Korlević P., Comeskey D., Derevianko A.P., Kharevich A., Markin S.V., Talamo S., Douka K., Krajcarz M.T., Roberts R.G., Higham T., Viola B., Krivoshapkin A.I., Kolobova K.A., Kelso J., Meyer M., Pääbo S., Peter B.M. 2022. Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals. Nature 610: 519–525, doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05283-y.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Malak M., Binnebesel H., Krajcarz M.T. 2022. Striped Flint in Archaeological Materials Around the Outcrops of the Kraków-Częstochowa Striped Flint Variety. Archaeologia Polona 60: 163-185, doi: 10.23858/APa60.2022.3099.
Werra D.H., Woźny M., Krajcarz M.T., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2022. Editorial. Special Theme: The Lords of Flint– 100th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Prehistoric Striped Flint Mines in Krzemionki. Archaeologia Polona 60: 1-6, PDF.

2021

Berto C., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Komar M., Sinet-Mathiot V., Zarzecka-Szubińska K., Krajcarz M., Szymanek M., Wertz K., Marciszak A., Mętrak M., Suska-Malawska M., Wilcke A., Kot M. 2021. Environment changes during Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Poland (Central Europe). A multiproxy approach for the MIS 3 sequence of Koziarnia Cave (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 35: 102723, doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102723.
Kot M., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Gryczewska N., Wojenka M., Pyżewicz K., Sinet-Mathiot V., Diakowski M., Fedorowicz S., Gąsiorowski M., Marciszak A., Lipecki G., Mackiewicz P. 2021. Chronostratigraphy of Jerzmanowician. New data from Koziarnia Cave, Poland. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 38: 103014, doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103014.
Osipova E., Danukalova G., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M.T., Abdykanova A., Shnaider S. 2021. Palaeoenvironmental conditions of the Palaeolithic–Neolithic transition in the Fergana Valley (Central Asia) – new data inferred from fossil mollusсs in Obishir-V rockshelter (Kyrgyzstan). Quaternary International 605-606: 287-299, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.009.
Pavlenok K., Kot M., Pavlenok G., Krajcarz M.T., Khudjanazarov M., Leloch M., Szymczak K. 2021. Middle Paleolithic technological diversity during MIS 3 in the Western Tian Shan piedmonts: Example of the Katta Sai 1 open-air loess site. Archaeological Research in Asia 25: 100262, doi: 10.1016/j.ara.2021.100262 .
Stefaniak K., Lipecki G., Nadachowski A., Semba A., Ratajczak U., Kotowski A., Robličková M., Wojtal P., Shpansky A.V., Malikov D.G.; Krakhmalnaya T.V., Kovalchuk O.M., Boeskorov G.G., Nikolskiy P.A., Baryshnikov G.F., Ridush B., Jakubowski G., Pawłowska K., Cyrek K., Sudoł-Procyk M., Czyżewski Ł., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Żeromska A., Gagat P., Mackiewicz P. 2021. Diversity of muskox Ovibos moschatus (Zimmerman, 1780) (Bovidae, Mammalia) in time and space based on cranial morphometry. Historical Biology 33 (1): 62-77, doi: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1666374.
Stefaniak K., Stachowicz-Rybka R., Borówka R.K., Hrynowiecka A., Sobczyk A., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Kotowski A., Nowakowski D., Krajcarz M.T., Billia E.M.E., Persico D., Burkanova E.M., Leschinskiy S.V., van Asperen E., Ratajczak U., Shpansky A.V., Lempart M., Wach B., Niska M., van der Made J., Stachowicz K., Lenarczyk J., Piątek J., Kovalchuk O. 2021. Browsers, grazers or mix-feeders? Study of the diet of extinct Pleistocene Eurasian forest rhinoceros Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) and woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach, 1799). Quaternary International 605-606: 192-212, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.039.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Brandl M., Krajcarz M.T., Malak M., Skrzatek M., Stefański D., Trela-Kieferling E., Werra D.H. 2021. Chocolate flint: new perspectives on its deposits, mining, use and distribution by prehistoric communities in Central Europe. Antiquity 95 (383): e25 (Project Gallery article), doi: 10.15184/aqy.2021.48.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M.T., Malak M., Werra D.H. 2021. Preliminary characterization of the prehistoric mine of chocolate flint in Poręba Dzieżna, site 24 (Wolbrom commune, Lesser Poland Voivodeship). Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 73 (2): 109-135, doi: 10.23858/SA/73.2021.2.2546.
Taylor W.T.T., Pruvost M., Posth C., Rendu W., Krajcarz M.T., Abdykanova A., Brancaleoni G., Spengler R., Hermes T., Schiavinato S., Hodgins G., Stahl R., Min J., Alisher kyzy S., Fedorowicz S., Orlando L., Douka K., Krivoshapkin A., Jeong C., Warinner C., Shnaider S. 2021. Evidence for early dispersal of domestic sheep into Central Asia. Nature Human Behaviour 5: 1169-1179, doi: 10.1038/s41562-021-01083-y.
Vernot B., Zavala E.i., Gómez-Olivencia A., Jacobs Z., Slon V., Mafessoni F., Romagné F., Pearson A., Petr M., Sala N., Pablos A., Aranburu A., Bermúdez de Castro J.M., Carbonell E., Li B., Krajcarz M.T., Krivoshapkin A.I., Kolobova K.A., Kozlikin M.B., Shunkov M.V., Derevianko A.P., Viola B., Grote S., Essel E., López Herráez D., Nagel S., Nickel B., Richter J., Schmidt A., Peter B., Kelso J., Roberts R.G., Arsuaga J.-L., Meyer M. 2021. Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments. Science 372: 6542, doi: 10.1126/science.abf1667. This is the author’s version of the work: PDF. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in 'Science' on vol. 372, issue 6542, DOI: 10.1126/science.abf1667.

2020

Czernielewski M., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Intra-individual variability of dental enamel δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O values in Late Pleistocene cave hyena and cave bear from Perspektywiczna Cave (southern Poland). Studia Quaternaria 37 (2): 121-128, doi: 10.24425/sq.2020.133756.
Dąbrowski P., Kulus M., Grzelak J., Radzikowska M., Oziembłowski M., Domagała Z., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Assessing weaning stress – Relations between enamel hypoplasia, δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C values in human teeth obtained from early modern cemeteries in Wroclaw, Poland. Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger 232: 151546, doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151546.
Kolobova K.A., Roberts R.G., Chabai V.P., Jacobs Z., Krajcarz M.T., Shalagina A.V., Krivoshapkin A.I., Li B., Uthmeier T., Markin S.V., Morley M.W., O’Gorman K., Rudaya N.A., Talamo S., Viola B., Derevianko A.P. 2020. Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia. PNAS 117 (6): 2879-2885, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918047117.
Kot M., Pavlenok K., Krajcarz M.T., Pavlenok G., Shnaider S., Khudjanazarov M., Leloch M., Szymczak K. 2020. Raw material procurement as a crucial factor determining knapping technology in the Katta Sai complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites in the western Tian Shan piedmonts of Uzbekistan. Quaternary International 559: 97-109, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.052.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Baca M., Baumann C., Van Neer W., Popović D., Sudoł-Procyk M., Wach B., Wilczyński J., Wojenka M., Bocherens H. 2020. Ancestors of domestic cats in Neolithic Central Europe: Isotopic evidence of a synanthropic diet. PNAS 117 (30): 17710-17719 , doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918884117.
Krajcarz M.T., Szymanek M., Krajcarz M., Pereswiet-Soltan A., Alexandrowicz W.P., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2020. Shelter in Smoleń III – A unique example of stratified Holocene clastic cave sediments in Central Europe, a lithostratigraphic stratotype and a record of regional paleoecology. PLoS ONE 15 (2): e0228546, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228546.
Krivoshapkin A., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Fedorowicz S., Shnaider S., Kolobova K. 2020. Middle Paleolithic variability in Central Asia: Lithic assemblage of Sel’Ungur cave. Quaternary International 535: 88-103, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.051.
Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska B., Nitychoruk J., Wiśniewski T., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Czy Piekiełko koło Tomaszowa Lubelskiego jest stanowiskiem archeologicznym? Wyniki badań geologicznych, archiwalnych i archeologicznych / Is Piekiełko near Tomaszów Lubelski an archaeological site? The results of geological, archival, and archaeological research. Przegląd Archeologiczny 68: 277-313, doi: 10.23858/pa68.2020.011.
Szymczak K., Leloch M., Kot M., Pavlenok K., Shneider S., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Khudjanazarov M. 2020. Zoomorphic stone pestle from Katta Sai valley, in western Tian Shan piedmonts, Uzbekistan. История и археология Турана 5: 112-118, PDF.
Wilczyński J., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Alexandrowicz W.P., Miękina B., Pereswiet-Soltan A., Wertz K., Lipecki G., Marciszak A., Lõugas L., Gradziński M., Szczepanek A., Zastawny A., Wojenka M. 2020. Late Glacial and Holocene paleoecology and paleoenvironmental changes in the northern Carpathians foreland: the Żarska Cave (southern Poland) case study. The Holocene 30 (6): 905-922, doi: 10.1177/0959683620902220.
Wiśniewski T., Krajcarz M.T., Standzikowski K. 2020. Turonian flint economy in the easternmost Magdalenian: new data from Stare Baraki, site 1 (eastern Poland). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 12: 281, doi: 10.1007/s12520-020-01230-y.

2019

Gretzinger J., Molak M., Reiter E., Pfrengle S., Urban C., Neukamm J., Blant M., Conard N., Cupillard C., Dimitrijević V., Drucker D., Hofman-Kamińska E., Kowalczyk R., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Münzel S.C., Peresani M., Romandini M., Rufí I., Soler J., Terlato G., Krause J., Bocherens H. 2019. Large-scale mitogenomic analysis of the phylogeography of the Late Pleistocene cave bear. Scientific Reports 9: 10700, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47073-z.
Kolobova K.A., Chabai V.P., Shalagina A.V., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Rendu W., Vasiliev S.V., Markin S.V., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2019. Exploitation of the natural environment by Neanderthals from Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai). Quartär 66: 7-31, doi: 10.7485/QU66_1, PDF.
Kolobova K.A., Krajcarz M.Т., Krajcarz M., Shalagina A.V., Chabai V.P., Berezina N.Ya., Rybalko A.G., Chistyakov P.V., Kolyasnikova A.S., Gashenko A.V., Seletskiy M.V. 2019. Investigation of the Middle Paleolithic Complexes in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Field Season of 2019. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 25: 135-142, doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2019.25.135-142.
Kot M., Gryczewska N., Berto C., Wojenka M., Szeliga M., Jaskulska E., Fetner R., Krajcarz M., Wertz K., Zarzecka-Szubińska K., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Leloch M., Jakubczak M. 2019. Thirteen cave sites: settlement patterns in Sąspów Valley, Polish Jura. Antiquity 93 (371): e30, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.155.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2019. Post-depositional bone destruction in cave sediments: a micromorphological study of the MIS 5a-d cave bear strata of Biśnik Cave, Poland. Journal of Quaternary Science 34 (2): 138-152, doi: 10.1002/jqs.3087.
Krajcarz M.T. 2019. Alteration of the metal content in bones after 2.5-year experimental exposure to sediments. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11 (1): 361–372, doi: 10.1007/s12520-017-0533-2.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Drucker D.G., Bocherens H. 2019. Prey-to-fox isotopic enrichment of ³⁴S in bone collagen: Implications for palaeoecological studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 33: 1311-1317, doi: 10.1002/rcm.8471.
Krajcarz M.T., Wilczyński J. 2019. Intrastrata geochemical variability of a Paleolithic bone assemblage: The case of single‐phase Gravettian site Jaksice II, southern Poland. Geoarchaeology 34: 581-591, doi: 10.1002/gea.21734.
Krivoshapkin A.I., Krajcarz M.Т., Shalagina A.V., Krajcarz M., Kharevich V.M., Chistyakov P.V. 2019. Field Research in Strashnaya Cave (Northwestern Altai) in 2019: New Data on the Stratigraphy. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 25: 143-149, doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2019.25.143-149.
Shnaider S.V., Alisher-kyzy S., Selin D.V., Rendu W., Abdykanova A., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2019. Results of Field Studies at the Obishir-5 Site in 2018-2019. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 25: 286-292 , doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2019.25.286-292.

2018

Baca M., Popović D., Panagiotopoulou H., Marciszak A., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Makowiecki D., Węgleński P., Nadachowski A. 2018. Human-mediated dispersal of cats in the Neolithic Central Europe. Heredity 121 (6): 557-563, doi: 10.1038/s41437-018-0071-4.
Fedorchenko A.Y., Schneider S.V., Krajcarz М.T., Romanenko M.E., Abdykanova А.K., Kolobova K.А., Alisher-kyzy S., Taylor W., Krivoshapkin А.I. 2018. Технология изготовления каменных украшений в западной части Центральной Азии (по материалам стоянки Обишир-5) [Production technology of personal ornaments in western Central Asian Mesolithic: the case of Obishir-5]. Археология, этнография и антропология Евразии [Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia] 46 (1): 3-15. doi: 10.17746/1563-0110.2018.46.1.003-015.
Kolobova K.A., Krajcarz M.Т., Baumann M., Shalagina A.V., Shnaider S.V., Krajcarz M., Berezina N.Ya., Alisher-kyzy S., Kolyasnikova A.S., Seletskiy M.V., Markin S.V. 2018. The Middle Paleolithic complexes of the Chagyrskaya Cave: 2018 field results. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 24: 110-114, doi: 10.17746/2658-6193.2018.24.110-114.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Bocherens H. 2018. Collagen-to-collagen prey-predator isotopic enrichment (Δ¹³C, Δ¹⁵N) in terrestrial mammals – a case study of a subfossil red fox den. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 490: 563-570, doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.11.044.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Ginter B., Goslar T., Wojtal P. 2018. Toward the chronology of Jerzmanowician – the new series of radiocarbon dates from Nietoperzowa Cave (Poland). Archaeometry 60 (2): 383-401, doi: 10.1111/arcm.12311.
Shnayder S.V., Chargynov T.T., Alisher kyzy S., Kurbanov R.N., Krajcarz M., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2018. Результаты исследований стоянки Ходжа-Гор в полевом сезоне 2018 г. [Results of the research of the Hodja-Gor site in the field season of 2018]. Теория и практика археологических исследований [Theory and practice of archaeological research] 24 (4): 128-138, doi: 10.14258/tpai(2018)4(24).-11.

2017

Kolobova K.A., Slusarenko I.Yu., Krajcarz M.Т., Egorov D., Markin S.V., Shnaider S.V., Seletskiy M.V. 2017. Discovery of the first Neanderthals' fireplace in Chagyrskaya Cave in the Altai Mountains. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 132-135. link to PDF
Kolobova K.A., Shnaider S.V., Krajcarz M.Т., Baumann M., Markin S.V., Alisher-kyzy S., Seletskiy M.V., Zavgorodnyaya D.A., Aladjem E., Fedorchenko A.Yu. 2017. Research of the Middle Paleolithic complexes from Chagyrskaya Cave in 2017. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 136-140. link to PDF
Krivoshapkin A.I., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M., Kolobova K.A., Shnaider S.V. 2017. Research of Paleolithic Complexes in Sel-Ungur Cave in 2017. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 141-145. link to PDF
Pavlenok K.K., Kot M., Pavlenok G.D., Shnaider S.V., Szymczak K., Krajcarz M., Lazarev S.Yu., Kogai S.A., Khuzhinazarov M., Smirnov B.M. 2017. First research results at the Paleolithic site of Kattasay-2 in the Western Tian Shan. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 186-189. link to PDF
Shnaider S.V., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M., Alisher-kyzy S., Nikulina E.D., Taylor W., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2017. Results of Archaeological Excavation at Obishir-1 in 2017. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 23: 240-244. link to PDF
Shnaider S.V., Krajcarz M.T., Viola T.B., Abdykanova A., Kolobova K.A., Fedorchenko A.Yu., Alisher-kyzy S., Krivoshapkin A.I. 2017. New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5. Antiquity 91 (360), Project gallery article e3: 1–7, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2017.213.
Wojenka M., Krajcarz M.T., Szczepanek A., Wilczyński J. 2017. Sprawozdanie z badań wykopaliskowych przeprowadzonych w Jaskini Tunel Wielki w Wąwozie Koziarnia w 2016 roku. Prądnik. Prace i Materiały Muzeum im. Prof. Władysława Szafera 27: 147-168.

2016

Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K., Krajcarz M., Mroczek P., Sudoł M., Szymanek M., Tomek T., Madeyska T. 2016. Loess in a cave – Lithostratigraphic and correlative value of loess and loess-like layers in caves from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Poland). Quaternary International 399: 13-30, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.08.069.
Krajcarz M.T., Kot M., Pavlenok K., Fedorowicz S., Krajcarz M., Lazarev S.Yu., Mroczek P., Radzhabov A., Shnaider S., Szymanek M., Szymczak K. 2016. Middle Paleolithic sites of Katta Sai in western Tian Shan piedmont, Central Asiatic loess zone: Geoarchaeological investigation of the site formation and the integrity of the lithic assemblages. Quaternary International 399: 136-150, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.051.
Krajcarz M., Makowiecki D., Krajcarz M.T., Masłowska A., Baca M., Panagiotopoulou H., Romańska A., Bednarczyk J., Gręzak A. Sudoł M. 2016. On the trail of the oldest domestic cat in Poland. An Insight from morphometry, ancient DNA and radiocarbon dating. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26 (5): 912-919, doi: 10.1002/oa.2471.
Krajcarz M., Pacher M., Krajcarz M.T., Laughlan L., Rabeder G., Sabol M., Wojtal P., Bocherens H. 2016. Isotopic variability of cave bears (δ15N, δ13C) across Europe during MIS 3. Quaternary Science Reviews 131: 51-72, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.028.
Krivoshapkin A.I., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M., Kolobova K.A., Shnaider S.V., Romanenko M.E. 2016. The Middle Paleolithic Complexes of the Selungur Cave: 2016 Field Results. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологииСибириисопредельныхтерриторий) 22: 94-99.
Shnayder S.V., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M.T., Krivoshapkin А.I., Kolobova K.A., Romanenko M.E., Alisher-kyzy S. 2016. The Results of Archaeological Excavations at the Obishir-5 Site in 2016. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемыархеологии, этнографии, антропологииСибириисопредельныхтерриторий) 22: 194-198.
Sudoł M., Cyrek K., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2016. Around the Biśnik Cave – the area of human penetration during Palaeolithic. Anthropologie (Brno) 54 (1): 49-68.
Szymanek M., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Alexandrowicz W.P. 2016. Holocene palaeoecological changes recorded in mollusc-bearing cave sediments, Cave above the Słupska Gate (southern Poland). Geologica Acta 14 (3): 283-298, doi: 10.1344/GeologicaActa2016.14.3.4.
Valde-Nowak P., Alex B., Ginter B., Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T., Miękina B., Sobczyk K., Stefański D., Wojtal P., Zając M., Zarzecka-Szubińska K. 2016. Late Middle Paleolithic occupations in Ciemna Cave, South Poland. Journal of Field Archaeology 41 (2): 193-210, doi: 10.1080/00934690.2015.1101942.

2015

Derevianko A.P., Pavlenok K.K., Shnaider S.V., Kot M., Szymczak K., Krajcarz M.T., Lazarev S.Yu., Radzhabov A., Khudzanazarov M. 2015. Новый индустриальный вариант среднего палеолита в западном Тянь-Шане [A new variant of Middle Paleolithic industry in the western Tian Shan]. Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories (Проблемы археологии, этнографии, антропологии Сибири и сопредельных территорий) 21: 53-57.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Goslar T., Nadachowski A. 2015. The first radiocarbon dated steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii) from the Pleistocene of Poland. Quaternary International 357: 237-244, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.001.
Krajcarz M.T., Manasterski D. 2015. Ceramika Pucharów Dzwonowatych z północno-wschodniej Polski w świetle analiz petrograficznych (Bell Beaker pottery from north-eastern Poland in the light of petrographic analyses). Studia i materiały do badań nad neolitem i wczesną epoką brązu na Mazowszu i Podlasiu 5: 49-85.
Piskorska T., Stefaniak K., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2015. Reindeer during the Upper Palaeolithic in Poland: Aspects of variability and paleoecology. Quaternary International 359–360: 157-177, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.08.027.
Sudoł M., Bokiniec E., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Trojan A., Grafka O. 2015. Human activity traces from Shelter in Smoleń III (central part of Kraków-Częstochowa Upland) from the last centuries of Antiquity. Przegląd Archeologiczny 63: 177-193. PDF

2014

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2014. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) as an accumulator of bones in cave-like environments. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 24: 459-475, doi: 10.1002/oa.2233.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2014. The 200,000 year long record of stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C) of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) teeth from one site – Biśnik Cave, Poland. Quaternary International 339-340: 119-130, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.022.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Marciszak A. 2014. Paleoecology of bears from MIS 8 – MIS 3 deposits of Biśnik Cave based on stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁸O) and dental cementum analyses. Quaternary International 326-327: 114-124, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.067.
Krajcarz M.T., Bosák P., Šlechta S., Pruner P., Komar M., Dresler J., Madeyska T. 2014. Sediments of the Biśnik Cave (Poland): lithology and stratigraphy of the Middle Palaeolithic site. Quaternary International 326-327: 6-19, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.017.
Łanczont M., Sytnyk O., Bogucki A., Madeyska T., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Koropeckyj R., Żogała B., Tomek T., Kusiak J. 2014. Character and chronology of natural events modifying the Palaeolithic settlement records in the Ihrovytsia site (Podolia, the Ukraine). Quaternary International 326-327: 213-234, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.027.
Sudoł M., Adamczak K., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2014. Ślad osadnictwa z wczesnej epoki brązu w Schronisku w Udorzu II (Udórz, gm. Żarnowiec, woj. Śląskie) [in Polish with English summary: Early Bronze Age settlement evidence at the Rockshelter In Udórz II (Udórz, Żarnowiec commune, śląskie voivodeship). Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici,Archeologia 23: 53-68, doi: 10.12775/AUNC_ARCH.2013.003.
Valde-Nowak P., Alex B., Ginter B., Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T., Miękina B., Sobczyk K., Stefański D., Wojtal P., Zając M., Zarzecka-Szubińska K. 2014. Middle Paleolithic sequences of the Ciemna Cave (Prądnik valley, Poland): the problem of synchronization. Quaternary International 326-327: 125-145, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.01.002.

2013

Krajcarz M.T. 2013. Geochemical evidence for postsedimentary re-deposition of animal bones at multilayered sites. The case of Biśnik Cave, southern Poland. Archaeologia Polona 49 (2011): 153-161.
Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K., Gola M. 2013. Osadnictwo paleolityczne w jaskini Biśnik w zapisie antropogenicznych biomarkerów [in Polish with English summary: Palaeolithic settlement in Biśnik Cave as derived from anthropogenic biomarkers]. Prace i Studia Geograficzne 51: 57-68.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2013. Middle Palaeolithic mammoth site at Molodova I (layer IV) - zooarchaeological studies of collection stored in Ivan Krypiakevich institute of Ukrainian studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in L'viv. Матеріали і дослідження з археології Прикарпаття і Волині(Materials and studies on archaeology of Subcarpathian and Volhynian area) 16: 65-75.
Sytnyk O., Koropec'kyi R., Bogucki A., Tomeniuk O., Łanczont M., Madeyska T., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2013. Багатошарова палеолітична стоянка Ігровиця І [in Ukrainian with English abstract: Multilayered Paleolithic site Ihrovytsia I]. Матеріали і дослідження з археології Прикарпаття і Волині (Materials and studies on archaeology of Subcarpathian and Volhynian area) 17: 22-72.

2012

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Nadachowski A., Sytnyk O. 2012. Remains of small mammals from fossil burrows in archaeological Pleistocene site Ihrovytsya (western Ukraine). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 55 (1): 89-96, doi: 10.3409/azc.55_1.89.
Krajcarz M.T. 2012. Chronostratygrafia późnoczwartorzędowych klastycznych osadów jaskiniowych w Polsce w XIX i w XXI wieku – ile się zmieniło? [in Polish with English summary: Chronostratigraphy of Late Quaternary clastic cave sediments in Poland in 19th and 21st centuries – what has changed?]. Przegląd Geologiczny 60 (2): 85-88. https://www.pgi.gov.pl/docman-tree.html?task=doc_download&gid=712
Krajcarz M.T. 2012. Small fossil wolverine Gulo from Middle Pleistocene of Poland. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 55 (1): 79-87, doi: 10.3409/azc.55_1.79.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M., Cyrek K. 2012. From far or from near? Sources of Kraków-Częstochowa banded and chocolate silicite raw material used during the Stone Age in Biśnik Cave (southern Poland). Anthropologie (Brno) 50 (4): 411-425.
Krajcarz M.T., Sudoł M., Krajcarz M., Cyrek K. 2012. Stanowisko późnoczwartorzędowych osadów jaskiniowych – Schronisko nad Jaskinią Zegar w Skałach Zegarowych (Wyżyna Częstochowska) [in Polish with English abstract: The site of Late Quaternary cave sediments – the Shelter above the Zegar Cave in Zegarowe Rocks (Częstochowa Upland)]. Przegląd Geologiczny 60 (10): 546-553. https://www.pgi.gov.pl/docman-tree.html?task=doc_download&gid=1143
Przeździecki M., Migal W., Krajcarz M.T., Pyżewicz K. 2012. Obozowisko kultury magdaleńskiej na stanowisku 95 "Mały Gawroniec" w Ćmielowie. pow. ostrowiecki. woj. świętokrzyskie [English summary: Magdalenian campsite Ćmielów 95 "Mały Gawroniec", Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship]. Światowit. Rocznik Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 7 (48) (2006-2008), fascykuł B: 225-234 + plansze 104-115.

2011

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2011. Paleolityczni łowcy czy XX-wieczni archeolodzy? Tafonomia śladów na kościach ze stanowiska Molodova I, warstwa IV [in Polish]. Матеріали і дослідження з археології Прикарпаття і Волині(Materials and studies on archaeology of Subcarpathian and Volhynian area) 15: 19-27.
Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K. 2011. The age of the oldest Paleolithic assemblages from Biśnik Cave (southern Poland) in the light of geological data. Przegląd Archeologiczny 59: 55-74.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Nadachowski A., Sytnyk O., Bogucki A. 2011. Nory ssaków drapieżnych ze stanowiska Ihrowica I jako przykład plejstoceńskich bioturbacji na archeologicznych stanowiskach paleolitycznych [in Polish]. Матеріали і дослідження з археології Прикарпаття і Волині(Materials and studies on archaeology of Subcarpathian and Volhynian area) 15: 28-34.
Marciszak A., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Stefaniak K. 2011. The first record of leopard Panthera pardus Linnaeus, 1758 from the Pleistocene of Poland. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 54A (1-2): 39-46, doi: 10.3409/azc.54a_1-2.39-46.
Przeździecki M., Migal W., Krajcarz M.T., Pyżewicz K. 2011. Ćmielów, st. 95 ("Mały Gawroniec"), woj. świętokrzyskie. Badania w roku 2009 [in Polish with English summary: Ćmielów, site 95 ("Mały Gawroniec"), the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Excavations in 2009]. Światowit. Rocznik Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego Fascykuł B, 8 (49) (2009-2010): 191-192 + plansza.
Szymczak K., Segit T., Krajcarz M.T., Jagodziński M.F. 2011. "Wenus" z Elbląga? "Figurka" kamienna z wielokulturowej osady w Elblągu-Modrzewinie (dawniej Lärchwalde Kreis Elbing). Elbląskie Studia Muzealne 2: 201-206.

2010

Krajcarz M. 2010. Geochemiczny zapis diagenezy szczątków kostnych z Jaskini Deszczowej (Wyżyna Częstochowska). Przegląd Geologiczny 58 (2): 163-172. https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/stories/przeglad/2010rok/pg_2010_02_23.pdf
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. 2010. Linearne ułożenie kości w suchym środowisku lądowym na podstawie aktualistycznych badań legowisk lisa pospolitego (Vulpes vulpes L.) w sztolniach w Potoku Senderkach, Roztocze Środkowe. Przegląd Geologiczny 58(9/2): 858-861. https://www.pgi.gov.pl/images/stories/przeglad/2010rok/pg_2010_09_02_11.pdf
Krajcarz M.T., Gola M.R., Cyrek K.J. 2010. Preliminary suggestions on the Pleistocene palaeovegetation around the Biśnik Cave (Częstochowa Upland, Poland) based on studies of molecular fossils from cave sediments. Studia Quaternaria 27: 55-61. http://www.studia.quaternaria.pan.pl/pdfs/sq27/55_61new_opt.pdf
Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T. 2010. Application of the weathering parameters of bones to stratigraphical interpretation of the sediments from two caves (Deszczowa Cave and Nietoperzowa Cave, Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, Poland). Studia Quaternaria 27: 43-54. http://www.studia.quaternaria.pan.pl/pdfs/sq27/43_54new_opt.pdf

2009

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. 2009. The outcrops of Jurassic flint raw materials from south-western margin of the Holy Cross Mountains. Acta Archaeologica Carpathica 44: 183-195.

2005

Krajcarz M. 2005. Metoda archeologiczna w datowaniu holoceńskich osadów i form rzeźby na przykładzie tarasów rzecznych w dolinie Auali (południowy Liban). Biuletyn Klubu Aktywnego Czwartorzędowca Wydziału Geologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego 1: 107-115.

Popular science publications

2021

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2020.How did wild cats turn into our beloved domestic animals? The Science Breaker (published online 2021-07-19), https://thesciencebreaker.org/breaks/evolution-behaviour/how-did-wild-cats-turn-into-our-beloved-domestic-animals, doi: 10.25250/thescbr.brk568.

2020

Kolobova K., Krajcarz M.T., Roberts R. 2020. Neanderthals Traversed Vast Distances. Stone tools reveal the expansive regions connecting Europe to Asia covered by our explorer cousins. SAPIENS (published online 2020-03-04), https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/neanderthal-dispersal/
Kolobova K., Krajcarz M.T., Roberts R. 2020. Stone tools reveal epic trek of nomadic Neanderthals. The Conversation (published online 2020-01-27), https://theconversation.com/stone-tools-reveal-epic-trek-of-nomadic-neanderthals-129886#comment_2131189

2018

Krajcarz M.T. 2018. Wiedza z kości. Academia - Magazyn Polskiej Akademii Nauk 3 (55): 36-39. http://www.naukaonline.pl/nasze-teksty/nauki-o-ziemi/item/5038-wiedza-z-kosci

Chapters in monographs

2023

Krajcarz M. T. 2023. Kartowanie pradziejowych złóż krzemienia na Wyżynie Krakowsko-Częstochowskiej. In: Borkowski W., Kraszewska A., Sałaciński S., Stefański D., Trela-Kieferling E., Valde-Nowak P. (Eds.), Krzemień jurajski w pradziejach. Materiały z konferencji w Krakowie, 28–30 września 2017. Series: Studia nad Gospodarką Surowcami Krzemiennymi w Pradziejach, vol. 10. Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie, Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie, Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Warszawa – Kraków, pp. 45-74.

2022

Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T. 2022. Stratigraphy of sediments and reconstruction of sedimentary processes at Krucza Skała Rockshelter. In: Cyrek K., Sudoł-Procyk M., Czyżewski Ł. (Eds.), Late Magdalenian Campsite in a Rockshelter at the Krucza Skała. Wydawnictwo UMK, Toruń, pp. 17-32.

2021

Krajcarz M.T. 2021. Namuliska jaskiniowe we współczesnym krajoznawstwie polskim – społeczna znajomość zagadnienia (Cave deposits in contemporary Polish sightseeing: social awareness of this issue). In: Makowska-Iskierka M., Wojciechowska J. (Eds.), Warsztaty z Geografii Turyzmu, vol. 11 - Turystyka i krajoznawstwo. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Łódź, pp. 163-174, doi: 10.18778/8220-576-3.09.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M.T. 2021. The use of landscape and geo-resources at microregional scale during the later part of the Late Glacial in the south-eastern part of the Ryczów Upland (Polish Jura). In: Bostyn F., Giligny F. , Topping P. (Eds.), From mine to user: Production and procurement systems of siliceous rocks in the European Neolithic and Bronze Age. Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (4-9 June 2018, Paris, France), Volume 10, Session XXXIII-1&2. Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 16-30, link to Open Access.

2020

Krajcarz M.T. 2020. II.1. Budowa geologiczna, stratygrafia i geomorfologia pradziejowych kopalni krzemienia. In: Brzeziński W. (Ed.), Kopalnie krzemienia na stanowisku „Za garncarzami” w Ożarowie. Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie – Wydawnictwo UKSW, Warszawa, pp. 27-42. PDF
Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Identyfikacja petrograficzna zabytków kamiennych ze stanowiska Małe Czyste 20 (pow. chełmiński, gm. Stolno). In: Bokiniec E. (Ed.), Małe Czyste, gm. Stolno, stanowisko 20. Wielokulturowe stanowisko sepulkralne na ziemi chełmińskiej. Wydawnictwo UMK, Toruń.
Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T., Szubski M. 2020. Budowa geologiczna, chronologia oraz tło przyrodnicze stanowiska. In: Przeździecki M., Migal W. (Eds.), NA GRANICY ŚWIATÓW. Obozowisko kultury magdaleńskiej w Ćmielowie, woj. Świętokrzyskie. Uniwersytet Warszawski – Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie, Warszawa, pp. 32-54. PDF
Przeździecki M., Szubski M. Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Pozostałości konstrukcji paleolitycznych. In: Przeździecki M., Migal W. (Eds.), NA GRANICY ŚWIATÓW. Obozowisko kultury magdaleńskiej w Ćmielowie, woj. Świętokrzyskie. Uniwersytet Warszawski – Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie, Warszawa, pp. 66-79. PDF

2018

Sudoł-Procyk M., Budziszewski J., Krajcarz M.T., Jakubczak M., Szubski M. 2018. The chocolate flint mines in the Udorka Valley (Częstochowa Upland) - a preliminary report on the field and lidar surveys. In: Werra D.H., Woźny M. (eds.), Between History and Archaeology Papers in honour of Jacek Lech. Archaeopress Archaeology, Oxford, pp.: 89-102.

2017

Krajcarz M.T. 2017. Ekspertyza petrograficzna zabytków ceramicznych ze stanowiska 1 w Grądach-Woniecko, gm. Rutki, woj. podlaskie. Annex in: Wawrusiewicz A., Kalicki T., Przeździecki M., Frączek M., Manasterski D. 2017. Grądy-Woniecko. Ostatni łowcy-zbieracze znad środkowej Narwi. Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku, Białystok, pp. 290-297.

2015

Krajcarz M.T. 2015. 6 - Ekspertyza petrograficzna zabytków kamiennych ze stanowisk nr 3 i 6 w Supraślu [6. Petrographic expertise of lithic artefacts from sites No. 3 and 6 in Supraśl]. In: Wawrusiewicz A., Januszek K., Manasterski D. (eds.), Obiekty obrzędowe Pucharów Dzwonowatych z Supraśla. Złożenie darów - przejęcie terenu czy integracja kulturowa? [Ritual features of Bell Beakers in Supraśl. The offering - taking possession of the land or cultural integration?]. Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku, Białystok, pp.: 253-262.
Krajcarz M.T. 2015. 7 - Ekspertyza petrograficzna szlifów ceramiki odkrytej na stanowiskach 3 i 6 w Supraślu, woj. podlaskie [7. Petrographic expertise of pottery artifacts from Supraśl sites 3 and 6, podlaskie voiv.]. In: Wawrusiewicz A., Januszek K., Manasterski D. (eds.), Obiekty obrzędowe Pucharów Dzwonowatych z Supraśla. Złożenie darów - przejęcie terenu czy integracja kulturowa? [Ritual features of Bell Beakers in Supraśl. The offering - taking possession of the land or cultural integration?]. Muzeum Podlaskie w Białymstoku, Białystok, pp.: 263-272.
Krajcarz M.T., Majewska A., Grafka O., Gola M. 2015. 6 - Fitogeniczne biomarkery molekularne w wybranych sekwencjach lessowo-glebowych ukraińskiej części strefy pery- i metakarpackiej [6 - Молекулярні біомаркери рослинного походження у лесово-ґрунтових серіях української частини пери- і метакарпатської зони]. In: Łanczont M., Madeyska T. (eds.), Paleolityczna ekumena strefy pery- i metakarpackiej (Палеолітичнa екуменa пери- і метакарпатської зони). Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin, pp.: 559-576.
Nadachowski A., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T., Ridush B., Valde-Nowak P., Wojtal P., Zarzecka-Szubińska K. 2015. 8 - Fauna kręgowców z wybranych stanowisk strefy pery- i metakarpackiej w młodszym plejstocenie [8 - Фауна хребетних із деяких стоянок пери- та метакарпатської зони у пізньому плейстоцені. In: Łanczont M., Madeyska T. (eds.), Paleolityczna ekumena strefy pery- i metakarpackiej (Палеолітичнa екуменa пери- і метакарпатської зони). Wydawnictwo UMCS, Lublin, pp.: 597-642.

2014

Dzierżek J., Krajcarz M.T. 2014. Geologiczne i geomorfologiczne uwarunkowania fortyfikacji Warszawy z okresu Powstania Listopadowego / Геологическая и геоморфологическая обусловленность укрепления Варшавы в период Польского восстания [in Polish and Russian]. In: Borkowski W., Kasparek N. (eds.), Badania archeologiczne na Reducie Ordona, tom I (series: Warszawskie Materiały Archeologiczne, vol. 11). Państwowe Muzeum Archeologiczne w Warszawie, Warszawa, pp.: 31-54.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2014. Summers and winters at Wilczyce. Seasonal changes of Paleolithic settlement and environment on the basis of seasonality and isotope analyses of animal teeth. In: Schild R. (Ed.), Wilczyce. A late Magdalenian winter hunting camp in southern Poland. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography PAS, Warszawa, pp.: 137-148.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2014. Palaeoclimatic information from archaeological record. In: Porowski A., Penkala M. (eds.), Guidebook on research possibilities, equipment availability and analytical offer to provide modern solutions in geosystem exploration, II edition. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (ING PAN), Warszawa, pp.: 30-31.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M., Cyrek K. 2014. Wychodnie krzemienia pasiastego na Wyżynie Ryczowskiej (Wyżyna Krakowsko–Częstochowska) [in Polish with English summary: Outcrops of striped flint on the Ryczów Upland (Kraków–Częstochowa Upland)]. In: Piotrowska D., Piotrowski W., Kaptur K., Jedynak A. (Eds.), Górnictwo z epoki kamienia: Krzemionki – Polska – Europa. W 90. rocznicę odkrycia kopalni w Krzemionkach / Stone Age mining: Krzemionki – Poland – Europe. On the ninetieth anniversary of the discovery of the Krzemionki mine (series: Silex et Ferrum,vol. 1). Historical and Archaeological Museum in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, pp.: 319-338.
Krajcarz M., Wojenka M., Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K. 2014. Wyniki badań wykopaliskowych w Schronisku nad Bramą Słupską w Kostkowicach oraz Jaskini Deszczowej w Kroczycach, województwo śląskie [in Polish with Czech and German summaries]. In: Glanc-Zagaja G. (Ed.), Badania archeologiczne na Górnym Śląsku i ziemiach pogranicznych w latach 2011-2012. Śląskie Centrum Dziedzictwa Kulturowego w Katowicach, Katowice, pp.: 22-29.
Sudoł M., Krajcarz M.T. 2014. Wyniki badań sondażowych w schroniskach w Górze Smoleń II oraz w Smoleniu III, województwo śląskie [in Polish with Czech and German summaries]. In: Glanc-Zagaja G. (Ed.), Badania archeologiczne na Górnym Śląsku i ziemiach pogranicznych w latach 2011-2012. Śląskie Centrum Dziedzictwa Kulturowego w Katowicach, Katowice, pp.: 13-21.

Conference abstracts

2023

Krajcarz M. T., Krajcarz M., Baumann C., Wilczyński J., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2023. Isotopic paleoecology of mesocarnivorans in Polish Jura during the Holocene – the history of adaptation caused by anthropopressure. In: Kleinová K. (ed.), 29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023) - Programme Book, Online version. European Association of Archaeologists, Belfast: Abstract #: 2029.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Bocherens H. 2023. How much carnivorous are you? Advances in single compound nitrogen isotopic analysis of carnivore trophic position. In: Kleinová K. (ed.), 29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023) - Programme Book, Online version. European Association of Archaeologists, Belfast: Abstract #: 2036.
Popović D., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Golubiński M., Makowiecki D., Marciszak A., Wilczyński J., Baca M. 2023. Domestic cat in central Europe: human-mediated dispersal or natural introgression? In: Kleinová K. (ed.), 29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023) - Programme Book, Online version. European Association of Archaeologists, Belfast: Abstract #: 3157.
Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A., Krajcarz M. T. 2023. Site formation processes at two rock-shelter sites of the Obishirian culture in an arid intermontane basin (Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia). In: Kleinová K. (ed.), 29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023) - Programme Book, Online version. European Association of Archaeologists, Belfast: Abstract #: 1780.
Popović D., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Bielichová Z., Bulatović J., Csippán C., Dimitrijević V., Golubiński M., Makowiecki D., Marciszak A., Marković N., Živaljević I., Wilczyński J., Baca M. 2023. The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe: Human-mediated dispersal or natural introgression? In: 14th International Council for Archaeozoology Conference, Abstracts, 8-12 August 2023 // Cairns, Australia. ICAZ, Cairns: p. 7.
Krajcarz M. T., Krajcarz M., Makowiecki D., Van Neer W., Dietary strategies in medieval urban cat populations through bone collagen C, N, S stable isotopes. In: ICAZ Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology Working Group. Beyond the baseline: Broadening stable isotopic horizons in zooarchaeology. ICAZ SIZWG, Berlin: p. 19.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Bocherens H., The IsoTroph project – Advanced techniques in isotopic biogeochemistry for the estimation of fossil mammal trophic position. In; ICAZ Stable Isotopes in Zooarchaeology Working Group. Beyond the baseline: Broadening stable isotopic horizons in zooarchaeology. ICAZ SIZWG, Berlin: p. 25.
Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M. T., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A. 2023. Site formation processes at two rock-shelter sites of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Kyrgyzstan (Central Asia). In: INQUARoma2023 Online abstract book (https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentations).
Krajcarz M. T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł-Procyk M., Szymanek M., Wilczyński J., Wojenka M. 2023. Sedimentary record of Holocene cave clastics as a model of an interglacial sequence? Insight from caves of Polish Jura (Poland). In: INQUARoma2023 Online abstract book (https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentations).
Krajcarz M., Baca M., Popović D., Bauman C., Bocherens H., Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M. T. 2023. New insights into Late Pleistocene cave hyena paleoecology and population history – biomolecular study of bone accumulation from Perspektywiczna Cave, Poland. In: INQUARoma2023 Online abstract book (https://inquaroma2023.exordo.com/programme/presentations).
Drucker D., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Hofman-Kamińska E., Kowalczyk R., Baumann C., Bocherens H. 2023. New determination of C, N, O and S stable isotopes Trophic Enrichment Factors in bone collagen and apatite of carnivorous mammals from Białowieża Forest (Poland). In: Abstract Book 10th Meeting of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA), New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology. Estonian National Museum, Tartu: p. 58.
Krajcarz M. T., Baumann C., Sudoł-Procyk M., Wilczyński J., Krajcarz M. 2023. Millennia-long human-wildlife coexistence recorded in mesocarnivoran isotopic signal. In: Abstract Book 10th Meeting of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA), New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology. Estonian National Museum, Tartu: p. 131.
Popović D., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Bielichová Z., Bulatović J., Csippán P., Dimitrijević V., Golubiński M., Makowiecki D., Marciszak A., Marković N., Živaljević I., Wilczyński J., Mateusz Baca M. 2023. Tracing the early spread of domestic cat in Central Europe: Human-mediated dispersal or natural introgression? In: Abstract Book 10th Meeting of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA), New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology. Estonian National Museum, Tartu: p. 164,
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. T., Bocherens H. 2023. Advances in single amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis of carnivore trophic position. In: Abstract Book 10th Meeting of the International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA), New Horizons in Biomolecular Archaeology. Estonian National Museum, Tartu: p. 180.

2022

Lengyel G., Dobos E., Krajcarz M., Magyari E., Major I., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Palcsu L., Szegedi K.,Wilczyński J. 2022. The ecology of Aurignacian hunter-gatherers in the western Carpathians, Eastern Central Europe. In: 28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022) – Abstract Book. European Association of Archaeologists, Prague, p. 293.
Sudol-Procyk M., Werra D., Malak M., Trela-Kieferling E., Krajcarz M., Mandera S., Binnebesel H. 2022. Presence of chocolate flint at the Neolithic archaeological sites south of the Carpathian Mountains. In: 28th EAA Annual Meeting (Budapest, Hungary, 2022) – Abstract Book. European Association of Archaeologists, Prague, p. 786.

2021

Makowiecki D., Chudziak W., Krajcarz M., Janeczek M., Wiejacka M., Popovic D. 2021. Horse-man couple in West Slavic tribes of the Early Medieval (Poland). In: 27th EAA Annual Meeting (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book. European Association of Archaeologists, Prague, pp.: 821-822.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Werra D., Brandl M., Krajcarz M., Siuda R., Malak M. 2021. Chocolate flint. What do we know and what do we want to know? History of research. In: 27th EAA Annual Meeting (Kiel Virtual, 2021) – Abstract Book. European Association of Archaeologists, Prague, p.: 212.

2020

Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A., Alisher kyzy S., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Paleolithic sites on slopes – an impact of topography and geological processes on the structure of Obishirian sites. In: Vasilev S.A., Panin A.V., Kuzmin Y.V., Kurenkova E.I., Mescherin M.N., Reis Y.S., Bogomazova A.A. (eds.), Geology of the Paleolithic of Northern Asia: To the Centenary of the Birth of S.M. Tseitlin. Reports of the International Geological–Archaeological Conference (Symposium). Archaeological Research of Siberia, Krasnoyarsk Geoarchaeology, Krasnoyarsk: pp. 77-80.
Brancaleoni G., Shnaider S., Abdykanova A., Alisher-kyzy S., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. On the characterization of Quaternary scree deposits in the Fergana Valley – Obishir-I case study (Kyrgyzstan). In: Sobczyk A., Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kasprzak M., Kotowski A., Marciszak A., Stefaniak K. (eds.), Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2020 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society: p. 40.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Baca M., Popović D., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2020. The latest cave hyena survivors north to Carpathians In: Sobczyk A., Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kasprzak M., Kotowski A., Marciszak A., Stefaniak K. (eds.), Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2020 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society: p. 65.
Serdyuk N.V., Shnaider S., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M.T. 2020. Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene fauna of mammals in Fergana Valley (based on study Obishir-5 collection). In: Sobczyk A., Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kasprzak M., Kotowski A., Marciszak A., Stefaniak K. (eds.), Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2020 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society: p. 114.

2019

Gretzinger J., Molak M., Reiter E., Pfrengle S., Urban C., Neukamm J., Blant M., Conard N.J., Cupillard C., Dimitrijević V., Drucker D.G., Hofman-Kamińska E., Kowalczyk R., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Münzel S.C., Peresani M., Romandini M., Rufí I., Soler J., Terlato G., Krause J., Bocherens H., Schuenemann V.J. 2019. Niedźwiedź jaskiniowy w Eurazji późnego plejstocenu - analizy filogeograficzne na podstawie genomów mitochondrialnych. In: Program 4. warsztatów "Zróżnicowanie gatunkowe i genetyczne fauny plejstocenu i holocenu w Eurazji" w ramach corocznych spotkań Konsorcjum "Centrum Badań nad Fauną Plejstocenu Europy (CBFPE)", Kletno, 14-15.05.2019, p. 11.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Popović D., Baca M., Makowiecki D., Wiejacki J., Bocherens H. 2019. The Nubian cat (Felis silvestris lybica) in Neolithic Poland - identication, chronology and synanthropic behavior. In: 8th ICAZ AGPM, Archaeozoology, Genetics, Proteomics & Morphometrics. Muséum national dʼHistoire naturelle Paris, France, October 17th-18th 2019, p. 13.
Krajcarz M.T., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M. 2019. Projekt badawczy „Stratygrafia, procesy depozycyjne i post-depozycyjne na paleolitycznych stanowiskach jaskiniowych Azji Środkowej“. In: Materiały 53. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, Szczawnica 10-13.10.2019, pp. 54-55.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Popović D., Baca M., Makowiecki D., Wiejacki J., Bocherens H. 2019. Ekologia najwcześniejszych kotów domowych w Polsce w świetle danych izotopowych. Program 4. warsztatów "Zróżnicowanie gatunkowe i genetyczne fauny plejstocenu i holocenu w Eurazji" w ramach corocznych spotkań Konsorcjum "Centrum Badań nad Fauną Plejstocenu Europy (CBFPE)", Kletno, 14-15.05.2019, p. 10.
Krajcarz M.T., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2019. The deposits of chocolate flint in Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. In: UISPP Commission on Flint Mining in Pre- and Protohistoric Times, 19-21 September 2019. Program - Abstracts - Field Guide. pp. 13-15.
Krajcarz M.T., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2019. The mine of chocolate flint in the Udorka Valley (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland). In: UISPP Commission on Flint Mining in Pre- and Protohistoric Times, 19-21 September 2019. Program - Abstracts - Field Guide. pp. 32-36.
Popović D., Baca M., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Wiejacka M., Chudziak W., Makowiecki D. 2019. Analiza genetyczna średniowiecznych koni z Polski w celu określenia ich fenotypu. Program 4. warsztatów "Zróżnicowanie gatunkowe i genetyczne fauny plejstocenu i holocenu w Eurazji" w ramach corocznych spotkań Konsorcjum "Centrum Badań nad Fauną Plejstocenu Europy (CBFPE)", Kletno, 14-15.05.2019, p. 13.

2018

Cyrek K., Sudoł M., Czyżewski Ł., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Stefaniak K., Tyc A. 2018. Biśnik Cave. Middle Paleolithic settlement sequence in the light of interdisciplinary research. In: Book of abstracts. 18th UISPP World Congress, Paris, June 2018, p. 160.
Kolobova K., Krivoshapkin A., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Shnaider S., Shalagina A., Viola B., Markin S., Markovsky G. 2018. Neanderthal occupation of Altai Mountains in the Late Middle Paleolithic. In: Book of abstracts. 18th UISPP World Congress, Paris, June 2018, pp. 2659-2660.
Kot M., Gryczewska N., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Wojenka M. 2018. Koziarnia Cave. Jerzmanowician site revisited. In: 60th Annual Meeting of the Hugo Obermaier Society “Neanderthal behaviour and ecology in the Mediterranean area“. April 3 – April 7, 2018 in Tarragona, pp. 26-27.
Kot M., Pavlenok K., Khudzanazarov M., Pavlenok G., Shnaider S., Szymczak K., Fedorowicz S., Krajcarz M.T. 2018. Raw material procurement as a crucial factor determining knapping technology in Katta Sai- Middle Palaeolithic sites complex in western Tian Shan piedmonts (Uzbekistan). In: Book of abstracts. 18th UISPP World Congress, Paris, June 2018, pp. 2671-2672.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Kolobova K., Vasilyev S., Markin S., Shnayder S. 2018. Seasonal changes of environment around Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai) during Neanderthal occupation – insight from carbon and oxygen isotopic signal recorded in animal teeth. In: Book of abstracts. 18th UISPP World Congress, Paris, June 2018, pp. 2675-2676.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Kolobova K.A., Vasilyev S.K., Markin S.V., Shnayder S.V. 2018. Isotopic reconstruction of seasonal changes of environment around Chagyrskaya Cave (Altai) during Neanderthal occupation. In: Proceeding of the Asian Paleolithic Association: 9th Annual Meeting (Denisova Cave, Altai, Russia), July 30 - August 6, 2018, p. 30.
Krajcarz M.T., Kolobova K.A. 2018. Sediments of Chagyrskaya Cave – new excavations and new interpretations. In: Proceeding of the Asian Paleolithic Association: 9th Annual Meeting (Denisova Cave, Altai, Russia), July 30 – August 6, 2018, p.31.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł-Procyk M. 2018. Chronostratygrafia osadów Jaskini Perspektywicznej. In: Materiały 52. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, pp. 57-58.
Krivoshapkin A., Viola B., Chargynov T., Kolobova K., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Shnaider S. 2018. The new data on variability of Middle Paleolithic in Central Asia: the Sel'Ungurian industry. In: Book of abstracts. 18th UISPP World Congress, Paris, June 2018, pp. 2684-2685.
Makowiecki D., Chudziak W., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Wiejacka M., Wiejacki J., Janeczek M., Skrzatek M. 2018. Horse-human relationship among Slavs of the Early Medieval Poland read from zooarchaeology. In: 24th EAA annual meeting, Barcelona, 5-8 September 2018, Reflecting Futures. Abstract book, volume I, p. 52.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2018. The use of landscape and georesources at microregional scale during Late Glacial and Early Holocene – the case study of Udorka Valley (Polish Jura). In: Book of abstracts. 18th UISPP World Congress, Paris, June 2018, pp. 2376-2377.
Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Wojenka M., Tyc A., Mendecki M. 2018. Schronisko w Dolinie Udorki I (gm. Wolbrom, woj. małopolskie). Wstępne wyniki badań oraz perspektywy na przyszłość. In: Materiały 52. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, pp. 78-80.

2017

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2017. Post-depositional bone destruction in cave sediment – a case of Lower Weichselian cave bear strata in Biśnik Cave, Poland. In: Aragonit 22(1) (section: “Abstracts 23^rd International Cave Bear Symposium (ICBS 2017), Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, October 4-7, 2017”), pp.: 19-20.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Wojtal P., Bocherens H. 2017. Intra-individual and inter-sex isotopic signature (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) of cave bear dentine collagen. In: Aragonit 22(1) (section: “Abstracts 23^rd International Cave Bear Symposium (ICBS 2017), Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, October 4-7, 2017”), pp.: 15-16.
Krajcarz M.T. 2017. Mapping the chert deposits on the Polish Jura. In: Krzemień jurajski w pradziejach, 28-30 września 2017 r., Kraków – Jurassic flint in Prehistory, 28-30 September 2017, Kraków, pp.: 7.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Bocherens H. 2017. Collagen-collagen prey-predator isotopic enrichment – a study of a subfossil red fox den. In: Aragonit 22(1) (section: “Abstracts 23^rd International Cave Bear Symposium (ICBS 2017), Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia, October 4-7, 2017”), pp.: 14-15.
Krajcarz M.T., Sudoł-Procyk M., Krajcarz M. 2017. Jurassic chert from Ryczów Upland – variability, occurrence, methods of recognition, use in Prehistory. In: Krzemień jurajski w pradziejach, 28-30 września 2017 r., Kraków – Jurassic flint in Prehistory, 28-30 September 2017, Kraków, pp.: 8.

2016

Cyrek K., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M. 2016. Gravettian layer of Jasna Strzegowska Cave. In: 2nd Conference World of Gravettian Hunters - Abstracts, pp.: 20-21.
Krajcarz M.T. 2016. „Around the Perspektywiczna Cave Newsletter” – informacja o biuletynie [“Around the Perspektywiczna Cave Newsletter” – information on the bulletin]. In: Materiały 50. Sympozjum speleologicznego. Kielce – Chęciny, 20-23.10.2016 r., pp.: 125.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2016. Toward the understanding of geochemical homogeneity of Palaeolithic bone assemblages – the case of single-phase Gravettian site Jaksice II, southern Poland. In: 2nd Conference World of Gravettian Hunters - Abstracts, pp.: 45-46.
Sudoł M., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2016. Wyniki interdyscyplinarnych badań Jaskini Perspektywicznej (Wyżyna Częstochowska) w latach 2014-2016 [The results of 2014-2016 interdisciplinary research of the Jaskinia Perspektywiczna Cave (Częstochowa Upland)]. In: Materiały 50. Sympozjum speleologicznego. Kielce – Chęciny, 20-23.10.2016 r., pp.: 145-146.
Szymanek M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M. 2016. Malalacofauna in cave deposits of the Udorka Valley (Kraków-Częstochowa Upland). In: Folia Malacologica 24(1)(section: “The 31st Polish Malacological Seminar”), pp.: 48.

2015

Kot M., Krajcarz M.T., Pavlenok K., Krajcarz M. , Lazarev S.Yu., Radzhabov A., Sneider S., Szymczak K. 2015. Raw material procurement and its consequences for knapping technology in the Middle Palaeolithic site of Katta Sai, western Tian Shan piedmonts (Uzbekistan). In: International Symposium on Knappable Materials, Barcelona, 7-12 september 2015, Abstracts volume, pp.: 79.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T., Wojtal P., Ginter B., Valde-Nowak P., Sobczyk K., Stefański D., Zając M., Zarzecka-Szubińska K., Alex B. 2015. New radiocarbon dating of animal bones from Ciemna Cave - a Micoquian site in Poland. In: Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft, 57th Annual Meeting in Heidenheim, 7th-11th of April, 2015. Hugo Obermaier-Gesellschaft, Erlangen, pp.: 43-44.
Krajcarz M., Pacher M., Krajcarz M.T., Laughlan L., Rabeder G., Sabol M., Wojtal P., Bocherens H. 2015. Geographical variation of stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) of cave bear collagen during MIS 3 from Western to Eastern Europe. In: 21^st International Cave Bear Symposium 2015, Programme & abstracts, pp.: 13.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2015. Is there a chemical method to estimate the homogeneity of bone assemblages from cave sediments? Preliminary results of geochemical investigation of fossils and experimentally weathered bones. In: 21^st International Cave Bear Symposium 2015, Programme & abstracts, pp.: 25.
Sudoł M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Szymanek M. 2015. Schronisko w Smoleniu III (gm. Pilica, woj. śląskie) – nowe wielokulturowe stanowisko archeologiczne w Dolinie Wodącej. In: 49. Sympozjum Speleologiczne, Załęcze Wielkie 22-25.10.2015, pp.: 114-115.
Szymanek M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M. 2015. Malakofauna w osadach jaskiniowych Doliny Udorki (Wyżyna Krakowsko-Częstochowska). In: Problemy współczesnej malakologii. XXXI Krajowe Seminarium Malakologiczne, pp.: 48.

2014

Kot M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Lazarev S., Pavlenok K., Radzhabov A., Sneider S., Szymczak K. 2014. Preferential technology in Middle Palaeolithic of Central Asia. Tribute from Katta Sai site in Western Tian Shan Piedmont. In: 11^th SKAM Lithic Workshop. The multifaceted biface Bifacial technology in Prehistory, 20^th-22^nd of October, 2014, Miskolc, Hungary, pp.: 28-29.
Kot M., Krajcarz M.T., Mroczek P., Pavlenok K., Radzhabov A., Sneider S., Szymanek M., Szymczak K. 2014. Middle Palaeolithic loess site Katta Sai (Uzbekistan). In: Jary Z., Mroczek P. (Eds.), Kukla LOESSFEST'14 - 7th Loess Seminar. International Conference On Loess Research In memoriam George Kukla. Wrocław, Poland, pp.: 34-35.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2014. Geochemical method for testing homogeneity of bone assemblages at multi-layered sites: insight from bone-bearing caves in Poland. In: 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. 10-14 September 2014 Istanbul - Turkey. Abstracts of the Oral and Poster Presentations, pp.: 477-478.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M., Wojtal P., Bocherens H. 2014.Paleoekologia kopalnej fauny z jaskiń Jury Polskiej (Jaskinia Perspektywiczna i Jaskinia Nietoperzowa) na podstawie badań izotopowych. In: Materiały 48. Sympozjum speleologicznego. Kletno, 16-19.10.2014 r., pp.: 85-86.
Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T., Mroczek P., Sudoł M., Cyrek K., Szymanek M., Krajcarz M. 2014. Loess and loess-like sediments in caves of Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Poland). In: Jary Z., Mroczek P. (Eds.), Kukla LOESSFEST'14 - 7th Loess Seminar. International Conference On Loess Research In memoriam George Kukla. Wrocław, Poland, pp.: 13-14.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T., Ginter B., Madeyska T., Wojtal P. 2014. Age of Jerzmanowician cultural layers from Nietoperzowa Cave in Jerzmanowice (Poland) on the basis of radiocarbon dating of animal bones. In: 11^th SKAM Lithic Workshop. The multifaceted biface Bifacial technology in Prehistory, 20^th-22^nd of October, 2014, Miskolc, Hungary, pp.: 25-27.

2013

Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T. 2013. New profile of Ciemna Cave sediments (Polish Jura) - problem of correlation with former investigations. In : Filippi M., Bosák P. (Eds), Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Speleology, July 21-28, Brno. Volume 1. Czech Speleological Society, Praha, pp.: 146-149
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Stefaniak K., Piskorska T. 2013. Reindeer from Biśnik Cave during MIS 3 - MIS 2: analyses of stable isotopes and seasonality. In: International Conference World of Gravettian Hunters, Kraków, Poland, 25th-28th June 2013, pp.: 105-106.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Szymanek M., Sudoł M. 2013. Holocene cave sediments of Częstochowa Upland - record of paleoclimate, paleoecology and human settlement. In: Paleoecological reconstructions - lacustrine, peat and cave sediments. 22-24.05.2013, Białka Tatrzańska, Poland. Abstract Book. Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, pp.: 70-71.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Szymanek M., Sudoł M. 2013. New data on palaeoenvironment of MIS 3-2 recorded in cave sediments of Częstochowa Upland. In: International Conference World of Gravettian Hunters, Kraków, Poland, 25th-28th June 2013, pp.: 103-104.
Sudoł M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2013. Jaskinia Perspektywiczna – nowe stanowisko paleolityczne w Dolinie Udorki (Wyżyna Częstochowska). In: Materiały 47. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, Olsztyn, 17-20.10.2013 r., pp.: 75-76.
Sudoł M., Cyrek K., Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M.T. 2013. Wokół Jaskini Biśnik – potencjalna przestrzeń penetrowana przez człowieka w paleolicie. In: 10. Warsztaty krzemieniarskie SKAM, 23-25 października 2013, Toruń, Polska. Książka streszczeń, pp.: 46-48.
Szymanek M., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M. 2013. Malakofauna osadów jaskiniowych schroniska w Smoleniu w Dolinie Wodącej (Wyżyna Częstochowska). In: Problemy współczesnej malakologii 2013: XXIX krajowe seminarium malakologiczne, Świnoujście, 16–19.04.2013. Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Stowarzyszenie Malakologów Polskich. Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Poznań, pp.: 56.

2012

Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Sudoł M, Cyrek K. 2012. From far or from near? Map of silicate raw material outcrops around the Biśnik Cave. In: 9th SKAM Workshop, Brno, Czech Republic, 8-11.10.2012, pp.: 15-16.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2012. The 200 000 year long record of stable isotopes (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C) from cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) teeth, Biśnik Cave, Poland. In: The 18th International Cave Bear Symposium, Baile herculane, Romania, 20-22 September 2012. Program - Abstracts - Field trip, pp.: 54-55.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2012. Palaeoenvironmental analyses of multi-layered cave site based on the isotopic data (δ¹⁸O, δ¹³C) - the case of Biśnik Cave, Poland. In: 18th annual meeting of European Association of Archaeologists, 29 August - 1 September 2012, Helsinki. Abstracts, pp.: 115.
Krajcarz M.T., Madeyska T. 2012. Geology and chronostratigraphy of sediments from Biśnik Cave. In: International Conference European Middle Palaeolithic during MIS 8 - MIS 3. Cultures - environment - chronology. Wolbrom, Poland, September 25th-28th, 2012. Guidebook & Book of Abstracts. Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, Toruń, pp.: 56-58.
Krajcarz M.T. 2012. Geology of the Ciemna Cave. In: International Conference European Middle Palaeolithic during MIS 8 - MIS 3. Cultures - environment - chronology. Wolbrom, Poland, September 25th-28th, 2012. Guidebook & Book of Abstracts. Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, Toruń, pp.: 29-32.
Krajcarz M.T. 2012. Geology of the Biśnik Cave. In: International Conference European Middle Palaeolithic during MIS 8 - MIS 3. Cultures - environment - chronology. Wolbrom, Poland, September 25th-28th, 2012. Guidebook & Book of Abstracts. Nicolaus Copernicus University Press, Toruń, pp.: 14, 23.

2011

Krajcarz M.T., Przeździecki M. 2011. Wiek wymoków (lejów sufozyjnych) Wyżyny Sandomierskiej. IX Zjazd Geomorfologów Polskich "Georóżnorodność rzeźby Polski", Poznań, 20-22 września 2011,pp.: 87-88.
Krajcarz M.T. 2011. Geochemiczne dowody na postsedymentacyjną redepozycję kości zwierzęcych na stanowiskach wielowarstwowych. I Konferencja Geoarcheologiczna "Zmiany klimatu w świetle badań archeologicznych i geoarcheologicznych", IA UKSW, Warszawa, 25 listopada 2011 r.,pp.: 14-15.
Krajcarz M.T. 2011. Różnice pomiędzy czasem sedymentacji osadów jaskiniowych a czasem zapisu warunków klimatycznych przez wskaźniki wietrzeniowe. Materiały 45. Sympozjum Speleologicznego. Ojców, 20-23.10.2011 r.,pp.: 83-84.
Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K., Krajcarz M. 2011. Zęby ssaków z osadów jaskini Biśnik jako wskaźnik warunków klimatycznych. Wstępne wyniki badań badań składu izotopów trwałych węgla i tlenu z warstwy holoceńskiej. Materiały 45. Sympozjum Speleologicznego. Ojców, 20-23.10.2011 r. ,pp.: 85-86.
Cyrek K., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M. 2011. Nowe dane na temat holoceńskich osadów jaskiniowych w Skałach Kroczyckich. Materiały 45. Sympozjum Speleologicznego. Ojców, 20-23.10.2011 r.,pp.: 49-50.
Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Lisicki S., Petrykowski S. 2011. Zasięg osadnictwa paleolitu górnego i schyłkowego w świetle najnowszych znalezisk z Gruduska, stan. 1, pow. ciechanowski. VIII Warsztaty Krzemieniarskie SKAM/The 8^th SKAM Workshop „Retusz – jak i dlaczego? Wieloperspektywiczność elementu twardzowego” „Retouch – how and what for? Multi-perspectiveness of stone tools”, Kraków, 17-19 października 2011 r.
Krajcarz M.T., Cyrek K., Gola M. 2011. Osadnictwo paleolityczne w jaskini Biśnik w zapisie antropogenicznych biomarkerów. Warsztaty Antropogeniczne markery w badaniach przemian środowiska przyrodniczego. Warszawa, 9-10 czerwca 2011 r,pp.: 15.

2010

Krajcarz M., Madeyska T. 2010. Dwie niezależne metody rekonstruowania paleoklimatu dla plejstoceńskich osadów jaskiniowych – wzajemna weryfikacja wyników. Materiały44. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, Wisła, 8-10.10.2010 r.,pp.: 54-55.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. 2010. Tafonomia współczesnych legowisk lisa pospolitego (Vulpesvulpes L.) w sztolniach w Potoku Senderkach, Roztocze Środkowe. Rezultaty badań kości zebranych podczas sesji terenowej 43. Sympozjum Speleologicznego. Materiały44. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, Wisła, 8-10.10.2010 r.,pp.: 52-53.
Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. 2010. Współczesne procesy biosedymentacyjne formowania się nagromadzeń kości w podziemnym legowisku lisa pospolitego (Vulpes vulpes, L.) Materiały konferencyjne IV Polskiej Konferencji Sedymentologicznej POKOS’4, Smołdzino, 21-26 czerwiec 2010 r., pp.: 83-84.

2009

Krajcarz M. 2009. Redepozycja szczątków kostnych na stanowiskach jaskiniowych. Znaczenie dla badań biostratygraficznych. XVI Konferencja Stratygrafia plejstocenu Polski, Zimna Woda k. Łukowa, 31.08-4.09.2009.,pp.: 114-116.
Krajcarz M. 2009. Rekonstrukcja późnoczwartorzędowego środowiska w rejonie stanowiska archeologicznego Mały Gawroniec w Ćmielowie. Materiały V Świętokrzyskich Spotkań Geologiczno-Geomorfologicznych, Mąchocice Kapitulne, 20-22 maja 2009 r., pp.: 32-34.
Krajcarz M., Gola M. 2009. Pochodzenie odzwierzęcej materii organicznej ze środkowoplejstoceńskich warstw namuliska jaskini Biśnik. Materiały 43. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, Zamość, 16-18.10.2009 r.,pp.: 68-69.

2008

Krajcarz M., Krajcarz M. 2008. The use of geochemical methods in identifying the ways of bone working by softening. Środowisko i kultura 5,pp.: 52-56.
Krajcarz M. 2008. Determining of stratigraphical position of bone remains from Nietoperzowa Cave based on apatite crystallinity index. Środowisko i kultura 5,pp.: 136-138.

2006

Krajcarz M. 2006. Zapis zniszczenia osady rzymskiej w aluwiach rzeki Auali (południowy Liban). V Warsztaty Terenowe „Zapis działalności człowieka w środowisku przyrodniczym”, Lądek Zdrój, 5-7 maja 2006, HIMME. Wrocław,pp.: 27-28.

2005

Krajcarz M., Segit T. 2005. Typy morfologiczne form wietrzenia granitoidów w masywie Tafraoute. II Kongres Kół Naukowych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Radzików, 2-4 grudnia 2005,pp.: 26-27.
Krajcarz M. 2005. Występowanie rosomaka w osadach plejstocenu Polski. In: Glacjał i peryglacjał Polesia Wołyńskiego. Materiały XIII ukraińsko-polskiego seminarium (Szack, 11-15 września 2005 r.). Wyd. Uniw. I.Franko, Lwów, pp.: 168-171.

Unpublished geological expertises of archaeological sites

Krajcarz M.T. 2015. Ekspertyza petrograficzna zabytków kamiennych ze stanowiska nr 3 i 6 w Supraślu / Petrographic expertise of lithic artefacts from site No. 3 and 6 in Supraśl (chapter 6). In: Wawrusiewicz A. (ed.), Obiekty obrzędowe Pucharów Dzwonowatych z Supraśla / Ritual features of Bell Beakers in Supraśl. Pp.: 241-250.
Krajcarz M.T. 2015. Ekspertyza petrograficzna szlifów ceramiki odkrytych na stanowiskach 3 i 6 w Supraślu, woj. podlaskie / Petrographic expertise of pottery artifacts from Supraśl sites 3 and 6, podlaskie voiv. (chapter 7). In: Wawrusiewicz A. (ed.), Obiekty obrzędowe Pucharów Dzwonowatych z Supraśla / Ritual features of Bell Beakers in Supraśl. Pp.: 251-260.
Krajcarz M.T. 2014. Ekspertyza petrograficzna zabytku kamiennego ze stanowiska Grądy, gm. Leszno, woj. mazowieckie (appendix to paper by D. Manasterski & K. Januszek). Studia i Materiały do Badań nad Neolitem i Wczesną Epoką Brązu na Mazowszu i Podlasiu III: 49-50.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowisko archeologiczne Starowiskitki 16 – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i paleopedologiczna z zarysem paleogeografii. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-13.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowisko archeologiczne w Rotowie – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i glebowa. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-9.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowisko archeologiczne Nowa Wieś 66 – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i glebowa. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-10.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowisko archeologiczne Nowa Wieś 67 – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i glebowa. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-11.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowisko archeologiczne Kopiska – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i glebowa. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-10.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowiska archeologiczne Konotopa 109 i Konotopa 110 – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i glebowa. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-12.
Krajcarz M. 2010. Stanowisko archeologiczne Konotopa 111 – sytuacja geomorfologiczna, geologiczna i glebowa. Ekspertyza geologiczna do archeologicznych badań ratunkowych na trasie budowy autostrady A2. Archiwum Państwowego Muzeum Archeologicznego, Warszawa: 1-12.
Krajcarz M. 2007. Stanowisko archeologiczne „Mały Gawroniec” w Ćmielowie – sprawozdanie z geologicznych prac terenowych. In: Przeździecki M., Pyżewicz K., Migal W., Krajcarz M. Sprawozdanie z ratowniczych badań wykopaliskowych na stanowisku 95 „Mały Gawroniec” w Ćmielowie, pow. Ostrowiecki, woj. Świętokrzyskie, w sezonie 2007 r. Archiwum Woj. Urzędu Ochrony Zabytków w Kielcach, Delegatura w Sandomierzu: 11-13.
Krajcarz M. 2007. Ekspertyza geologiczna osadu w profilach wykopów archeologicznych w Parku Natolińskim. In: Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski R. (red.), W poszukiwaniu Grobowca Nerona – Badania na terenie Górnego Parku w Natolinie. Archiwum Fundacji „Centrum Europejskie Natolin”, Warszawa: 1-4.
Krajcarz M. 2007. Ekspertyza geologiczna osadu w profilach wykopów archeologicznych w Parku Natolińskim. In: Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski R. (red.), Opracowanie wyników badań archeologicznych. Stanowisko: Zespół Pałacowo-Parkowy Natolin: Park Górny. Archiwum Woj. Urzędu Ochrony Zabytków w Warszawie, Warszawa: załącznik.
Krajcarz M. 2007. Raport z badań geologicznych na Krymie dla Ekspedycji Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego i Fundacji Przyjaciół Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego – część II: wyniki badań laboratoryjnych. Archiwum Instytutu Archeologii UW, Warszawa: 1-27.
Krajcarz M. 2006. Raport z badań geologicznych na Krymie dla Ekspedycji Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego i Fundacji Przyjaciół Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego – część I: wyniki badań terenowych. Archiwum Instytutu Archeologii UW, Warszawa: 1-14.
Krajcarz M. 2005. Preliminary Geological Report after the Second Season activity of the Polish-Lebanese Expedition to The Eshmoun Valley (Wadi Bisri). Survey 2005. Raport wewnętrzny dla Direction Générale des Antiquités du Liban, Beirut.
Krajcarz M. 2004. Preliminary Geological Report after First Season activity of the Polish-Lebanese Expedition to The Eshmoun Valley (Wadi Bisri). Survey 2004. Raport wewnętrzny dla Direction Générale des Antiquités du Liban, Beirut.

Research projects

Principal Investigator in projects:

Research project number N307 007 31/0766 entitled “Alterations of chemical and mineral composition of bone remains from Deszczowa and Nietoperzowa Caves (Polish Jura) due to fossilization processes”; Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, Warszawa (Poland); financed by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education; 2006-2008.

Research project number N N307 061540 entitled “Climatic-ecological changes in profile of Biśnik Cave sediments on the basis of carbon and oxygen stable isotopes analysis in fossil mammalian teeth”; Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Warszawa (Poland); financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2011-2013.

Research project entitled “Preservation state of animal bones after one year weathering in conditions of different altitudinal zones in Tatra Mts.”; Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Warszawa (Poland); inner project financed by Institute of Geological Sciences PAS (fund for young scientists); 2011-2012.

Research project entitled “Predator-prey relation expressed in isotopic composition of bone collagen – case study of subfossil assemblage of bones accumulated by red fox in underground den (Potok-Senderki , Poland)"; Universitat Tubingen (Germany); financed by DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst), Programme 50015559, project ID 91574062; 2015.

Research project number 2014/13/D/HS3/03842 entitled "The use of diagenetic alterations to determine homogeneity of fossil bone assemblages from archaeological sites"; Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland); financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2015-2018.

Research project number 2018/29/B/ST10/00906 entitled "Stratigraphy, depositional and post-depositional processes at the Paleolithic cave sites in Central Asia"; Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland); financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2019-currently.

Research project number 3134021601 entitled "Around the Neanderthals, Denisovans and Early Modern Humans – isotopic tracking of trophic relationships within the Late Pleistocene Altai ecosystem"; the University of Tübingen fellowship programme "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools – Tracking Linguistic, Cultural and Biological Trajectories of the Human Past” (Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe 2237 – The DFG Center for Advanced Studies in Tübingen, Germany); 2022-2023.

Research project number NAWA BPN/BEK/2023/1/00084/U/00001 entitled "Zmienność izotopowa egzogennych aminokwasów kolagenu kostnego ssaków w obrębie ekosystemu – podejście aktualistyczne z implikacjami dla rekonstrukcji paleoekologicznych"; University of Tübingen (Germany); financed by NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange); 03-09.2024.

Co-investigator in projects:

Research project number N N109318237 entitled “Natural and cultural aspects of the Middle Palaeolithic settlement in Biśnik Cave”; Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland), coordinator Prof. D.Sc. Krzysztof Cyrek; financed by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education; 2009-2012.

Research project number N N109 185240 entitled “Ciemna Cave in Ojców. Cultural assemblages and chronostratigraphy”; Faculty of History, Jagiellonian University, Kraków (Poland), coordinator Prof. D.Sc. Paweł Valde-Nowak; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2011-2014.

Research project number 2011/01/N/HS3/01299 entitled “Palaeolithic settlement in the Wodąca and Udorka Valleys (Częstochowa Upland) on the background of palaeoenvironmental context”; Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland), coordinator dr. Magdalena Sudoł; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2011-2014.

Research project number 2012/05/B/HS3/03751 entitled “Isotope stratigraphy of the Palaeolithic cultural layers in Ciemna and Nietoperzowa Caves”; Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Warszawa (Poland), coordinator: dr. Magdalena Krajcarz; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2012-2015.

Research project entitled “Outcrops of lithic raw materials in Ryczów Upland”; Institute of Archaeology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń (Poland), coordinator dr. Magdalena Sudoł; inner project financed by Institute of Archaeology NCU (fund for young scientists), 2013.

Research project entitled “Isotope stratigraphy of the Holocene cave sediments of Shelter in Smoleń III based on the research of terrestrial mollusk shells”; Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, Warszawa (Poland), coordinator dr. Magdalena Krajcarz; inner project financed by Institute of Geological Sciences PAS (fund for young scientists), 2013-2014.

Research project number 2014/15/D/HS3/01302 entitled “Hunter-gatherer communities of the younger part of the Last Glaciation and Early Holocene in the middle part of Polish Jura - chronology, cultures and significance of the southern part of Ryczów Upland"; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń (Poland), coordinator dr. Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2015-2019.

Research project number 2014/15/B/HS3/02472 entitled “Site formation processes at Palaeolithic cave sites - a multifaceted analysis of cultural levels in Pleistocene cave sediments (on the basis of the middle part of the Polish Jura)"; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń (Poland), coordinator Prof. D.Sc. Krzysztof Cyrek; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2015-2019.

Research project number 2017/27/B/NZ8/00728 entitled “Isotopic paleoecology of mid-sized carnivorans (Vulpes, Martes, Meles, Felis) during Postglacial within the Polish territory - the history of adaptation to environmental changes caused by anthropopressure"; Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń (Poland), coordinator: dr. Magdalena Krajcarz; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2018-currently.

Research project number 2020/39/B/HS3/02277 entitled “Transition between Lower and Middle Paleolithic in Central Europe behind the Movius line"; University of Wrocław, Wrocław (Poland), coordinator: dr hab. Andrzej Wiśniewski; financed by Polish National Science Centre; 2021-currently.

Membership in Scientific Associations

Polish Society of Naturalists, Speleological Section - membership since 2009
European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) - membership since 2012
Consortium of Polish institutes "Research Center for the Pleistocene Fauna of Europe" (CBFPE) - membership since 2017
Baltic BioArchaeology Group (BBAG) - membership since 2023

Research stays

Poland (selected)

Biśnik Cave (Strzegowa), Nicolaus Copernicus University, research trips (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 2006–2012 (about 1 month each year) and 2013-2017 (about 1 week each).
Shelter above the Słupska Gate (Kostkowice), Institute of Geological Sciences PAS, research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 2011–2012 (about 1 month each year).
Perspektywiczna Cave (Udórz), Nicolaus Copernicus University, research trips (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 2013-2017 (about 1 month each).
Kraków, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS, training stay, 06–10.02.2012.
Rybno, National Archaeological Museum's storing facility, research trip (survey on paleontological collection from Nietoperzowa Cave and sampling), 01–04.03.2016

Ukraine

Lviv, Ivan Krypyakevich Institute of Ukrainian Studies, National Ukrainian Acad. of Sciences (NUAS), research trip (study of fossil material from Molodova I and V sites), 06–11.12.2010.
Lviv, Ivan Krypyakevich Institute of Ukrainian Studies NUAS, research trip (study of fossil material from Molodova I site), 28.03–09.04.2011.
Lviv, Ivan Krypyakevich Institute of Ukrainian Studies NUAS, research trip (study of fossil material from Halych site), 02–08.10.2011.
Lviv, Ivan Krypyakevich Institute of Ukrainian Studies NUAS, research trip (study of fossil material from Ihrovytsya site), 04–07.12.2011.

Germany

Tübingen, University of Tübingen, IGS PAS "ATLAB" Project outgoing research and training visit (training in stable isotopes analysis), 01.12.–14.12.2013.
Tübingen, University of Tübingen, research and training stay, 28.04.–09.05.2014.
Tübingen, University of Tübingen, DAAD stipendium-fellowship research stay, 01.10–31.12.2015.
Tübingen, University of Tübingen, research stay (University of Tübingen fellowship programme "Alumni Exchange") 01.10–31.12.2015.
Tübingen, University of Tübingen, research stay (University of Tübingen fellowship programme "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools – Tracking Linguistic, Cultural and Biological Trajectories of the Human Past”, Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe 2237 – The DFG Center for Advanced Studies in Tübingen) 01.11.2022–30.04.2023.

Uzbekistan

Ertash Sai 1-5, Institute of Archaeology, Uzbek Academy of Sciences in cooporation with Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 22–29.07.2019.
Katta Sai 1 and 2 sites (Yangiabad), Institute of Archaeology, Uzbek Academy of Sciences (in cooporation with Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 30.06–03.08.2014.
Katta Sai 1 and 2 sites (Yangiabad), Institute of Archaeology, Uzbek Academy of Sciences (in cooporation with Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 28.06–23.07.2015

Kyrgyzstan

Sel'Ungur Cave and Obishir-1 and -5 sites (Aidarken), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in cooporation with National Bishkek University), research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 05–20.09.2016
Sel'Ungur Cave and Obishir-1 and -5 sites (Aidarken), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in cooporation with National Bishkek University), research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 21.08–04.09.2017
Sel'Ungur Cave, Obishir-1 and -5 sites (Aidarken), Khodja-Gor site (Batken), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in cooporation with National Bishkek University), research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 12–28.08.2018
Aigyrzhal-2 site (Naryn), American University of Central Asia, research trip (geological investigation of the archaeological site), 20–23.08.2019
Sel'Ungur Cave and Obishir 1 and 5 sites (Aidarken), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in cooporation with National Bishkek University), research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 24.08–06.09.2019

Russia

Chagyrskaya Cave (Ust'-Chagyrka) and Strashnaya Cave (Tigerek Nature Sanctuary), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 30.07–19.08.2019
Chagyrskaya Cave (Ust'-Chagyrka), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 25.07–04.08.2018
Novosibirsk, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, research stay (collection survey and sampling), 27.03–13.04.2017
Chagyrskaya Cave (Ust'-Chagyrka), Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, research trip (geological investigation during archaeological excavation), 06–13.08.2017

Prizes, awards, invited lectures

Awards

annual awards of Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
order of M. Markowicz-Łohinowicz, Polish Society of Naturalists - Speleological Section (2017)
award of the Polish Academy of Sciences for authors of the outstanding book "Wilczyce. A late Magdalenian winter hunting camp in southern Poland" (2019)

Stipends

DAAD stipendium (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany) „Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists, 2015” (program 50015559, project ID 91574062), for 3-month-long research stay at University Tuebingen during 01.10.-31.12.2015 (2015)
stipendium „Research Alumni Exchange Program 2016” of the University Tuebingen (Germany), for 2-weeks-long reaserch stay at the Faculty of Natural Sciences during 01-13.11.2016 (2016)
stipendium of Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education for the outstanding young scientist, number140/STYP/11/2016 (2016)
stipendium of the University of Tübingen fellowship programme "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools – Tracking Linguistic, Cultural and Biological Trajectories of the Human Past” (Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe 2237 – The DFG Center for Advanced Studies in Tübingen, Germany) for 6-months research stay at the University of Tübingen during 01.11.2022–30.04.2023 (2022)
NAWA stipendium (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange) for a 6-month stay at the University Tuebingen (Germany) during 01.03-01.09.2024 for realization of the project "Isotopic variability of bone collagen essential amino acids in mammals within an ecosystem – actualistic approach with implications for paleoecological reconstructions" (project ID BPN/BEK/2023/1/00084/U/00001) (2024)

Invited lectures

"Geochemical evidence for postsedimentary re-deposition of Quaternary bones: Insight from bone-bearing caves in Poland". Tübingen Palaeobiological Seminar, Universität Tübingen (Germany), 12.12.2013
"Windy caves – lithostratigraphy of loess and loess-like sediments from caves of Poland". INA colloqium, Universität Tübingen (Germany), 20.11.2015
"Geographical variation of stable isotopes (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N) of cave bear collagen during MIS 3 from Western to Eastern Europe" (with Magdalena Krajcarz). Tübingen Palaeobiological Seminar, Universität Tübingen (Germany), 30.11.2015
"Palaeoenvironmental studies of cave sediments: The methods used in current research in archaeological cave sites of Polish Jura", Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), 31.03.2017
"A cave as sedimentary environment". Terra Prehistorica webinar programme, Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), 22-27.02.2018
"Isotopic comparison of two Pleistocene rhino species from Poland". Universität Tübingen (Germany), 15.10.2020
"Hello Kitty! Stable isotope paleoecology of domestic cat in Poland", Tübingen Palaeobiological Seminar, Universität Tübingen (Germany), 10.11.2022
"Geoarchaeology of Chagyrskaya Cave – the easternmost Neanderthal site", ESHE Colloquium, Universität Tübingen (Germany), 15.10.2023,
"Toward the isotopic ecology of the Altai Neanderthals", The DFG Center for Advanced Studies 'Words, Bones, Genes, Tools’, Universität Tübingen (Germany), 20.04.2023
"Stable isotope ecology of medieval and post-medieval cats in N Poland" (with Magdalena Krajcarz). Baltic BioArchaeology Group, Tartu University (Estonia, online), 10.04.2024.

Research project CAVES OF CENTRAL ASIA

General information

Project title: "Stratigraphy, depositional and post-depositional processes at the Paleolithic cave sites in Central Asia"

Principal Investigator: Dr hab. Maciej T. Krajcarz, Ph.D.
Other engaged investigators: Dr hab. Michał Gąsiorowski (IGS PAS), MSc Greta Brancaleoni (IGS PAS), MSc Małgorzata Lempart (IGS PAS), Ewa Deput (IGS PAS). Project consultants and external cooperation: Prof. Dr. Kseniya A. Kolobova (Inst. of Archaeology and Ethnography, Siberian Branch of RAS, Russia), Prof. Dr. Andrey I. Krivoshapkin (IAaE SB RAS, Novosibirsk State Univ., Russia), Dr. Svetlana V. Shnayder (IAaE SB RAS, Novosibirsk State Univ., Russia), Dr. Temerlan Chargynov (Kyrgyz Nat. Univ., Kyrgyzstan), Dr. Wojciech Wróblewski (Jagiellonian Univ., Poland).
Project realized in: Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences.
Source of funding: Polish National Science Centre, grant number 2018/29/B/ST10/00906 in discipline ST10 - Earth Sciences, program OPUS 15, budget 954 640.00 PLN.
Period of realization: from 26.04.2019 to 25.04.2022.

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Project objectives and research hypothesis

Caves serve as a research field for different disciplines of science. Clastic sediments which fill the caves and rockshelters are in the focus of interest of geology, paleogeography, paleobiology, archaeology and anthropology. This is because caves are sediment traps – the depressed landforms which collect sediments continuously for millennia. Significance of caves becomes even greater if we concluded that the types of terrestrial sediment traps are highly limited. The second reason for the scientific value of the caves is that karst cavities were often inhabited by animals and humans. Therefore cave sediments may record the history of past ecosystems and ancient humans, but also the history of terrestrial environmental changes.
The main objective of this project is to establish the stratigraphy of Quaternary clastic sediments of the selected caves in Central Asia, and to recognize the site formation processes that formed and/or disturbed the sedimentary fills of these caves. A complex geological approach proposed here allows to recognize sedimentological, geochemical and chronological aspects of the depositional and diagenetic processes. The special attention is given in the project to the colluvial facies – their position in sequences, lateral spread and impact on the integrity of strata (and further, the integrity of archaeological, anthropological and paleontological assemblages). The important task is to formulate the lithostratigraphic schemes for studied caves, which can be used for future correlations and may serve as a reference during further excavations. The selected caves are important archaeological and palaeoanthropological sites, what makes the project results useful for a wide range of disciplines.
Project postulates the following research questions to be explained:

What was the main depositional agent in each stratum? In particular, how did the participation of the main depositional agents (aeolian, fluvial, colluvial, rockfall) changed during Pleistocene and Holocene?
How abundant were colluvial events and/or other re-depositional processes, and how homogenous are particular strata, including their archaeological/paleontological assemblages?
What is the correlative value of some characteristic facies of cave sediments known from Central Asian caves? In particular:
- are the colluvial series in different caves connected to the same series of paleoclimatic events?
- are massive rockfall horizons in different caves connected to the same seismic event?
Where inside the sequences are cold and warm climatic episodes recorded? In particular, what is the distribution of the indices of chemical (warm) and physical (cold) weathering along the sedimentary profiles?
What is the geological age of sedimentary fills of the studied caves? Where in the sedimentary sequences are the boundaries between stratigraphic units (such as Middle Pleistocene, Upper Pleistocene, Holocene and units of lower rank) recorded?

Work plan

Project is based on the sedimentological analyses of cave sediments from selected caves in Central Asia (karst regions of Altai, Tian Shan and Pamiro-Alai piedmonts). The selected caves are important archaeological sites of Paleolithic and also paleoanthropological sites, were human remains are preserved. Five sites are currently under excavation and the P.I. has been granted access to the material: Chagyrskaya, Strashnaya (both in Russian Altai), Sel’Ungur, Obishir-1 and Obishir-5 (all in Ferghana Valley, Kyrgyzstan). Two more additional sites are planned to be included (Obi-Rakhmat in Uzbekistan and Okladnikova in Altai) – these sites have been excavated decades ago and there is no access to sediments, but the fossil bones are still available in collections.
Chagyrskaya, Sel’Ungur and Obishir have already been visited by P.I. of this project in 2016-2017, and initial studies were started. At all these sites the thick sequences of stratified Quaternary sediments are preserved, including Upper Pleistocene and Holocene. Most probably Middle Pleistocene series is also preserved in Sel’Ungur.

Location of cave sites included in the project

Project assumes the recognition of the following detail objectives:

Site formation processes at the studied cave sites – recognition of the sedimentary and post-sedimentary processes for particular strata (time scale), parts of the caves (spatial geomorphic aspect) and different caves (regional aspect), with special attention to the role of anthropo-, bio- and geogenic factors.
Stratigraphy of the studied cave sites – preparation of climato-, litho- and chronostratigraphic schemes for cave sediment profiles, where possible supported by chronometric dating and literature data on biostratrigraphy or paleoecology.
Local/regional scale geological events – searching for sedimentary phenomena of large spatial distribution, that may record the events of regional range.
Usefulness of cave sediments for direct dating – recognizing the main process of quartz or feldspar grains accumulation, providing the reliability of OSL dating of sediment, as well as measurement of the uranium concentration in sediments for evaluation of the reliability of U-series (U/Th) dating.
Assemblage integrity – evaluation of the preservation state of the primary architecture of strata, with important attribution of sedimentological conclusions on secondary disturbances of the sediments.

State of preliminary research
The stratigraphic model for Chagyrskaya was proposed by Derevianko et al. (2013). However, geoarchaeological analyses performed during re-excavation in 2017 with participation of P.I. revealed that the scheme needs reformulating. Especially the part of the sequence described previously as layers 6a-6b is much more complex and include colluvial strata, what has importance for archaeological and anthropological research.
The preliminary geological investigation of Sel’Ungur sediments were conducted by the P.I. in 2016 (Krivoshapkin et al. 2016). The analysis of chemical similarity of fossil bones, performed preliminary for several animal bone samples, revealed high content of trace elements, what offers the perspectives for geochemical fossil provenance analysis (Trueman et al. 2006). Enormously high concentration of As and Se indicate intensive permineralization. Increased content of these elements was also detected in some recent bones collected outside the cave. This suggests that the increase in As/Se could be life-related, not an effect of fossilization. This needs further study, as the hypothesis of in vivo enrichment may be of high importance for the reconstruction of the living space of past animals around Sel’Ungur cave.
In case of Obishir-5, the initial model of stratigraphy and site formation processes was proposed by the P.I. (details in Shnaider et al. 2017). These preliminary investigations revealed the colluvial origin of the most of sediments, what makes further detail sedimentological studies necessary to understand the deposition and homogeneity of the entire series.
Some geographical aspects of sedimentary sequences of the selected cave sites were already studied, especially the paleoenvironment (Derevianko et al. 2003). This creates the basic data source on the sites and sets a starting point for directions of further investigations. The well-recognized aspects include the classical paleontology of vertebrates, performed for Chagyrskaya, Strashnaya and Okladnikova (e.g., Markova 1992, Vasiliev 2013, Serdyuk & Zenin 2016). Bone materials from other sites are currently investigated. Due to those studies, the bone material available for this project contains already the taxonomically identified bones. Another well-recognized aspect is palynology, studied for Chagyrskaya and Strashnaya caves (Rudaya et al. 2017). These studies provide the solid base of paleoenvironmental data, however without sedimentological context.
Risks analysis
The main difficulties are related to the research area and include organization of field works in foreign countries and unstable geopolitical situation. The undertaken counteractions are strict co-operation with Russian, Kyrgyz and Uzbek archaeologists (IGS PAS has a signed agreement with Russian Academy of Sciences on the geoarchaeological cooperation in caves of Central Asia), and selection of sites in different countries and regions – Russian Altai, Kyrgyz Pamiro-Alai, Uzbek Tian Shan.
Project’s deliverables:
- the project results will be published in high ranked scientific journals, including Open Access publications;
- the most important or interesting results will be presented on international conferences and symposiums;
- project website and regular seminars on geoarchaeology of Central Asian caves will be organized – to present the current achievements of the project.

Scientific methodology

The main methods in the project are sedimentological analyses, supported by further geological methods (geochemistry, chronometric dating):

sedimentological analyses. These will consist a set of analyses focused on the reconstruction of sedimentary and post-sedimentary processes (type of deposition factors, direction of geological transport, provenance of material). These analyses will also be used in evaluation of the usefulness of clastic material for OSL dating, (i.e., checking if the material was re-deposited and mixed). The analytical methods include:
- micromorphological analysis of the thin section of undisturbed monoliths. This microscopic method allows to recognize the deposition factors and microscale sedimentary features (Stoops et al. 2003). The use of polarized light enable to detect differences in fine matrix, and recognize the admixtures of other sediment. Extensive analysis covering the whole sedimentary profile enable to indicate the strata being the sources of re-deposited material. This method has been developed in last years for cave sediments and offers wide research perspectives (e.g., Goldberg et al. 2007, Miller 2015).
- grain size distribution. These includes granulometry of both coarse fractions (>2 mm, mostly limestone debris, analyzed in field by sieving), and fines (analyzed by laser diffraction on samples, outsourced to external laboratory, results interpreted by investigators). This method allows to connect the layers with periods of intensive frost weathering (Madeyska 1981) and to link the strata with sedimentary processes (Mycielska-Dowgiałło & Ludwikowska-Kędzia 2011).
- quartz grains morphology. Analysis of coarse fractions (methodology adopted from Krajcarz & Madeyska 2010, Turk & Turk 2010) allows to reconstruct main types and intensity of weathering conditions. Analysis of sand-sized quartz grains enable the reconstructions of sedimentary process, but also impact of periglacial conditions (Woronko & Pisarska-Jamroży 2016).
chronometric dating of sediments. So called ‘absolute’ dating is necessary to anchor the stratigraphic scheme in the timescale, but also for reliable inter-site correlation. The widely used radiocarbon method has limited importance here due to weak preservation state of organic remains (confirmed low content of collagen in fossil bones), but also because the expected chronology stays out of radiocarbon scale. It may be used for Holocene sediments and Strashnaya (relatively cold climate). However, the most important dating method will be:
- U-series (U/Th) dating of tooth enamel (abundant material at all sites) and speleothems (occurring in Sel’Ungur). The applicant unit, IGS PAS, has an experienced staff and laboratory facility for U/Th dating;
- OSL dating of aeolian sediments (loess is the most common sediment at all studied sites). The OSL dating will be subcontracted to external laboratory, and results interpreted by project’s investigators.
geochemical analyses of sediments will allow to recognize horizons of depletion and enrichment in particular compounds, related to climate-controlled weathering and pedogenic processes (Madeyska 1981, Krajcarz et al. 2015b):
- content of trace elements (ICP-MS analysis, outsourced to external laboratory, results interpreted by investigators), e.g., to calculate weathering indexes such as based on Al/Ti, K/Na, Sr/Ba ratios and others;
- content of carbonates and organic matter in sediments (CHNS elemental analysis with HCl-decalcification).
geochemical analyses of fossil bones – this method allows to determine the homogeneity of bone assemblages in particular layers, based on assumption that trace element composition is related to lithology of sediment (Krajcarz 2017):
- content of trace elements (ICP-MS – as in case of sediments) – for geochemical provenance analysis;
- FTIR spectroscopy – to determine structural position of the ions of external origin, such as arsenate, what will allow to conclude on pre- or post-mortem enrichment, and to evaluate the linkage between fossil bones geochemistry and fossilization processes.

Field works, including sampling at the sites and some preliminary analyses, will be conducted during trips to Russian Altai, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Additional analyses in the project is archive query. This includes sedimentological analysis of archaeological documentation for studied sites, library survey and works in institutions storing the collections (Novosibirsk, Tashkent, Bishkek – material selection, sampling). This stage needs close cooperation between geologists (P.I. and PhD student) and archaeologists experienced in excavation work in Central Asian sites (Co-investigator Archaeo-Altai, Co-investigator Archaeo-Ferghana). When possible, the trips will be jointed with field trips to reduce the travel costs.
Data processing – statistical analysis will be applied to numerical data, such as results of grain size or chemical analysis. Multi-variate analysis (PCA and cluster analysis) will be the most important methods to evaluate the variability and to detect trends. The centered log-ratio transformation (CLR) or similar ones (e.g., IRL) will be used to de-constrain the large datasets. Final stage will be integration of the results of different methods into lithostratigraphical schemes and building the deposition models for each site. An attempt of stratigraphic correlation between sites, but also correlation with other regional scales (e.g., loess-paleosol sequences), will be undertaken.

References and further literature

Derevianko AP, Shunkov MV, Agadjanian AK, Baryshnikov GF, Malaeva EM, Ulianov VA, Kulik NA, Postnov AV, Anoikin AA. 2003. Paleoenvironment and Paleolithic human occupation of Gorny Altai. IAE SB RAS, Novosibirsk.
Derevianko AP, Markin SV, Zykin VS, Zykina VS, Zazhigin VS, Sizikova AO, Solotchina EP, Smolyaninova LG, Antipov AS. 2013b. Chagyrskaya Cave: a Middle Paleolithic site in the Altai. Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 41 (1): 2–27.
Goldberg P, Laville H, Meignen L. 2007. Stratigraphy and geoarchaeological history of Kebara Cave, Mount Carmel. In: Bar-Yosef O, Meignen L (eds), Kebara Cave, Part 1. Peabody Museum, Cambridge, pp 49–89.
Islamov UI. 1980. Obishir culture. Phan, Tashkent.
Islamov UI, Zubov AA, Kharitonov VM. 1988. Paleoliticheskaya stoyanka Selungur v Ferganskoy doline. Voprosy antropologii 80: 38–49 (in Russian).
Krajcarz MT. 2017. Alteration of the metal content in bones after 2.5-year experimental exposure to sediments. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (in press).
Krajcarz MT, Madeyska T. 2010. Application of the weathering parameters of bones to stratigraphical interpretation of the sediments from two caves (Deszczowa Cave and Nietoperzowa Cave, Kraków–Częstochowa Upland, Poland). Studia Quaternaria 27: 43–54.
Krajcarz MT, Cyrek K, Krajcarz M, Mroczek P, Sudoł M, Szymanek M, Tomek T, Madeyska T. 2015a. Loess in a cave – Lithostratigraphic and correlative value of loess and loess-like layers in caves from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland (Poland). Quaternary International 399: 13–30.
Krajcarz MT, Kot M, Pavlenok K, Fedorowicz S, Krajcarz M, Lazarev SYu, Mroczek P, Radzhabov A, Shnaider S, Szymanek M, Szymczak K. 2015b. Middle Paleolithic sites of Katta Sai in western Tian Shan piedmont, Central Asiatic loess zone: Geoarchaeological investigation of the site formation and the integrity of the lithic assemblages. Quternary International 399: 136–150.
Krivoshapkin AI, Viola B, Chargynov T, Krajcarz M, Kolobova KA, Shnaider SV, Romanenko ME. 2016. The Middle Paleolithic complexes of the Selungur Cave: 2016 field results. The Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Cross-Border Regions 22: 94–99 (in Russian).
Madeyska T. 1981. Środowisko człowieka w środkowym i górnym paleolicie na ziemiach polskich w świetle badań geologicznych. Studia Geologica Polonica 69: 1–125.
Markova A. 1992. Fossil rodents (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Se-Ungur Acheulian cave site (Kirghizstan). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 35 (2): 217–239.
Miller CE. 2015. A Tale of Two Swabian Caves. Geoarchaeological Investigations at Hohle Fels and Geißenklösterle. Kerns Verlag, Tübingen.
Mycielska-Dowgiałło E, Ludwikowska-Kędzia M. 2011. Alternative interpretations of grain-size data from Quaternary deposits. Geologos 17 (4): 189–203.
Rudaya N, Vasiliev S, Viola B, Talamo S, Markin S. 2017. Palaeoenvironments during the period of the Neanderthals settlement in Chagyrskaya cave (Altai Mountains, Russia). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 467: 265–276.
Serdyuk N, Zenin A. 2016. Small mammals from the Strashnaya cave (Northwest Altai, West Siberia, Russia). Quaternary International 406: 162–168.
Shnaider SV, Krajcarz MT, Viola TB, Abdykanova A, Kolobova KA, Fedorchenko AYu, Alisher-kyzy S, Krivoshapkin AI. 2017. New investigations of the Epipalaeolithic in western Central Asia: Obishir-5. Antiquity 91 (360), Project gallery article e3: 1–7.
Stoops G, Marcelino V, Mees F (eds). 2010. Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Trueman CN, Behrensmeyer AK, Potts R, Tuross N. 2006. High-resolution records of location and stratigraphic provenance from the rare earth element composition of fossil bones. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 4343–4355.
Turk J, Turk M. 2010. Paleotemperature record in Late Pleistocene clastic sediments at Divje Babe 1 cave (Slovenia). Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 3269–3280.
Vasiliev SK. 2013. Large mammal fauna from the Pleistocene deposits of Chagyrskaya Cave, northwestern Altai (based on 2007–2011 excavations). Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia 41: 28-44.
Woronko B, Pisarska-Jamroży M. 2016. Micro-scale frost weathering of sand-sized quartz grains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 27 (1): 109–122.

Publications and deliverables:

Kolobova K.A., Roberts R.G., Chabai V.P., Jacobs Z., Krajcarz M.T., Shalagina A.V., Krivoshapkin A.I., Li B., Uthmeier T., Markin S.V., Morley M.W., O’Gorman K., Rudaya N.A., Talamo S., Viola B., Derevianko A.P. 2020. Archaeological evidence for two separate dispersals of Neanderthals into southern Siberia. PNAS 117 (6): 2879-2885, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1918047117.
Krajcarz M.T., Brancaleoni G., Krajcarz M. 2019. Projekt badawczy „Stratygrafia, procesy depozycyjne i post-depozycyjne na paleolitycznych stanowiskach jaskiniowych Azji Środkowej“. In: Materiały 53. Sympozjum Speleologicznego, Szczawnica 10-13.10.2019, pp. 54-55.

Maciej T. Krajcarz, PhD

Krajcarz M.T. 2023. Pre-LGM loess deposits in caves of Polish Jura – occurrence and stratigraphic importance. Acta Geologica Polonica 73 (3): 433-452, doi: 10.24425/agp.2023.145624.

Krivoshapkin A., Viola B., Chargynov T., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Fedorowicz S., Shnaider S., Kolobova K. 2020. Middle Paleolithic variability in Central Asia: Lithic assemblage of Sel’Ungur cave. Quaternary International 535: 88-103, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.09.051.

Szymczak K., Leloch M., Kot M., Pavlenok K., Shneider S., Krajcarz M.T., Krajcarz M., Khudjanazarov M. 2020. Zoomorphic stone pestle from Katta Sai valley, in western Tian Shan piedmonts, Uzbekistan. История и археология Турана 5: 112-118, PDF.

Membership in Scientific Associations

Research project CAVES OF CENTRAL ASIA