Krzysztof Edward Rak

• Jagiellonian University

First Polish archaeological research in Tusian country was conducted in autumn of 2017 in Southern Burkina Faso in Toussiana Department at Houet Province. This department is mostly occupied by Tusian people however the origin of this ethnic group is not clear.There are no archaeological traces that could accurately determine the foundation time of...

Organizowane od ponad 70-ciu lat kongresy PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies (PanAf) stały się jednym z najważ-niejszych wydarzeń, umożliwiających spotkanie oraz wymianę myśli między ba-daczami zajmującymi się szeroko pojętą przeszłością kontynentu afrykańskiego. Pierwszy kongres odbył się w 1947 roku w Nairobi...

In 2012, radical Islamic factions established a quasi-state in northern Mali. Using the experience of similar groups from previous years, they engaged in planned, regular and organised destruction of UNESCO World Heritage sites. In Timbuktu, more than ten mausoleums of Suf saints were destroyed, while the Sidi Yahya mosque was seriously damaged. Th...

Up until recently, Czeladź (Silesia, Poland) was generally believed to have been an “open” city, with no stone or brick fortifications. This belief persisted due to lack of historical sources from the period and insufficient archaeological research. In 2016, the authors of this article carried out archaeological investigations 70 m east of the Mark...

The Bandiagara Escarpment has been providing, for over two thousand years, a huge potential for cultural expression to the human societies inhabiting it. The uniqueness of human settlement in the Dogon Country stems from adapting local urban structures to the unusual environment, that is very steep rock cliffs stretching for tens of kilometres. Due...

Recently, the region of Podhale has yielded several new archaeological finds, gathered during the surface survey (difficult to carry on in that region due to the decreasing number of cultivated fields) in the area of Biały Dunajec and Czarny Dunajec rivers catchment basins. Artifacts can be linked with the period of Stone Age and Early Bronze Age....

Archaeology is a science strictly connected with excavations. We must remember that invasive research is not the point, but it is only a method which should bring us the answers. Currently, the research methods are evolving. Technological progress allows archaeologists to have access to ever-growing amount of those methods. Today, archaeologists ha...

Region of the Bandiagara escarpment is the one of the most studiem zone in West Africa. Both ethnographers and archaeologists can find there abundant knowledge from numerous cliff-sites, but also from single persons. Data collected from both branch of science could be useful for reconstruction the history of settlement pattern. Despite those numero...