18 August 2023

Dr Krzysztof Wertz

Main research interests

Taphonomy and zooarcheology (birds), paleoornithology.

 

Current research tasks

  • Exploitation of birds during the Gravettian.
  • Exploitation of birds in the Bronze Age and the Middle Ages.
  • Ornithofauna of the chosen cave sites.
  • Oligocene birds from the area of the present Poland.

 


Publication list

1.

Religa-Sobczyk J. , Kowalik N. , Pospuła S. , Lõugas L., Spötl C., Tomek T., Wertz K. , Wojtal P.

2026

Zooarchaeological and isotope study of animal remains from the Late Bronze Age site of Ridala, Saaremaa Island, Estonia.

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Volume, 71 (105710)

1.

Lowi-Merri T. M., Gjevori M., Bochenski Z. M., Wertz K. , Claramunt S.

2024

Total-evidence dating and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil passerines.

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 22(1): 2356086.

1.

Stefaniak K., Ratajczak U., Wertz K.

2023

Szczątki zwierzęce pochodzące z cmentarzyska z epoki brązu i wczesnego okresu żelaza na stanowisku 1 w Sierpowie, powiat Zgierz, woj. Łódzkie.

Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Łódź. Boat. pp. 479-483 (Anex 4)

[In:] Marchelak I., Zielińska A., Muzolf P., Forysiak J. - Sierpów position 1, above Zgierz, Łódź province : a cemetery from the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age.

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K.

2023

Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European accipitrid birds of prey.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33(6): 989-1005.

2.

Religa-Sobczyk J. , Wertz K. , Lõugas L., Wojenka M., Lemanik A. , Wojtal P.

2023

Zooarchaeological Evidence from Medieval Ojców Castle, Lesser Poland.

Heritage, 6(1): 258-283.

3.

Wertz K. , Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M.

2023

Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification ofungual phalanges of European birds of prey: Falcons and owls.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33:562-576.

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Wertz K. , Tornberg, R., Korpimäki, V. M.

2022

How to distinguish duck and wader restores Eaten by the peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus from these Eaten by other birds of prey and humans—a taphonomic analysis.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 32(2):317-326.

2.

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.

3.

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., Ciura-Pilcicka H.

2022

Bramka Rockshelter: An Early Mesolithic cave site in Polish Jura.

Quaternary International, 610: 44-64.

1.

Wojtal P. , Wojenka M., Wertz K. , Lõugas L., Odachowski W.

2021

Animal Remains from Ojców Medieval Castle (Southern Poland).

Monographien des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums 157. Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Mainz, pp: 681-705.

[In:] Gaudzinski-Windheuser S., Jöris O. [eds.]. The Beef behind all Possible Pasts – The Tandem Festschrift in Honour of Elaine Turner and Martin Street.

1.

Wertz K. , Tornberg R., Bocheński Z.M.

2021

The taphonomy of medium–sized group in food restores of the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis, combined with damage done by man and other predators.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 31(2): 188-195.

2.

Wertz K. , Tornberg R, Huhtala K., Diakowski M., Kotowski J., Kot M.

2021

Where the snags are: Looking into bird bones.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 31: 663–669.

3.

Wilczyński J. , Pospuła S. , Wertz K. , Lõugas L., Moskal-del Hoyo M., Korczyńska M., Nowak M .

2021

Animal husbandry of Funnel Beaker culture. Case study of Mozgawa site (Poland, Lesser Poland).

British Archaeological Reports 3028, pp. 47-59

4.

Wojenka M., Jaskulska E., Popović D., Baca M., Frog, Fetner M., Wertz K. , Rataj K., Gryczewska N., Kosiński T., Kot M.

2021

The girl with finches: a unique post-medieval burial in Tunel Wielki Cave, southern Poland.

Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 96 (1): 286-309.

5.

Wojtal P. , Wertz K. , Tomek T., Lõugas L., Czarnowicz M., Ochał-Czarnowicz A.

2021

Animal Remains from an Early Bronze Age Site – Tel Erani (Israel).

BAR International Series 3028: 31-46.

1.

Mayr G., Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Bienkowska-Wasiluk M., Manegold, A.

2020

Skeletons from the early Oligocene of Poland fill a significant temporal gap in the fossil record of upupiform birds (hoopoes and allies).

Historical Biology 32(9):1163-1175.

2.

Lemanik A. , Baca M., Wertz K. , Socha P., Popović D., Tomek T., Lipecki G. , Kraszewska A., Miękina B., Żeromska A., Pereswiet-Soltan A. , Szyndlar Z. , Cieśla M., Valde-Nowak P., Mackiewicz P., Nadachowski A.

2020

The impact of major warning at 14.7 ka on environmental changes and activity of Final Palaeolithic hunters at a local scale (Orawa-New Fair Basin, Western Carpathians, Poland).

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 12(3): 66.

3.

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.

4.

Wilczyński J. , Krajcarz M., 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

A unique record of Late Glacial and Holocene paleoecology and paleoenvironmental changes in the northern Carpathians: New data from multiple proxy records in Żarska Cave (southern Poland).

The Holocene, 30(6): 905 - 922.

1.

Wilczyński J. , Pospuła S. , Wertz K. , Lõugas L.

2019

Szarbia, stan. 7, gm. Koniusza. Wyniki analizy archeozoologicznej zwierzęcych szczątków kostnych.

[In:] R. Naglik (ed.), Sharbia, position 7, gm. Konyusz. Settlements and cemeteries from the Neolithic period to the Roman period of influence.

1.

Willman J.C., Ginter B., Hernando R., Lozano M., Sobczyk K., Stefański D., Szczepanek A., Wertz K. , Wojtal P. , Zając M., Zarzecka-Szubińska K., Valde-Nowak P.

2019

Paleobiology and Taphonomy of a Middle Paleolithic Neandertal Tooth from Ciemna Cave, Southern Poland.

Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 2: 359–377.

1.

Bochenski Z.M., Tomek T., Wertz K. , Wojenka M.

2018

Falconry in Poland from a zooarcheological perspective.

Wachholtz, pp. 1399-1410.

[In:] Gersmann K-H., Grimm O. [eds.]. Raptor and human – falconry and bird symbolism through the millennium on a global scale.

2.

Wilczyński J. , Wertz K.

2018

Results of archaeozoological analysis of remains of vertebrates discovered at Site 3 in Puławy-Włostowice.

Institute of Archaeology UMCS, Lublin, pp. 720-733.

[In:] Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska, B. [et al.] Puławy-Włostowice [.] Multicultural position from western Lublin.

3.

Wilczyński J. , Wertz K.

2018

Wyniki badań archeozoologicznych szczątków zwierząt kręgowych odkrytych na stanowisku 3 w Puławach-Włostowicach.

Lublin, pp. 721-733.

[In:] B. Niezabitowska-Wiśniewska (ed.), Puławy-Włostowice. Multicultural position from Western Lublin.

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Wertz K. , Tomek T.

2018

What happens to dead birds left in a cave and its vicinity for a quarter of a city? A taphonomic experiment.

Historical Biology 30(6): 855-867

2.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Happ J., Bujoczek M., Swidnicka E.

2018

Articulated avian remains from the early Oligocene of Poland adds to our understanding of Passerine evolution.

Palaeontologia Electronica, 21.2.32A: 1-12.

3.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Kaczanowska M., Kozłowski J.K., Sampson A.

2018

Who ate the birds: the taphonomy of Sarakenos Cave, Greece.

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10(7), 1603-1615.

4.

Wojenka M., Wertz K.

2018

A few words about the peafowl of the Ojców Castle.

Prądnik. Prace i Materiały Muzeum im. Prof. Władysława Szafera, 28: 157-168.

5.

Wojtal P. , Wilczyński J. , Wertz K. , Svoboda J.A.

2018

The scene of a spectacular feast (part II): Animal remains from Dolní Věstonice II, the Czech Republic.

Quaternary International, 466 (B): 194-211.

1.

Gręzak A., Wertz K.

2017

Szczątki zwierzęce z cmentarzyska ludności kultury przeworskiej w Siemiechowie, na stanowisku 2.

Publishing of the Archaeological Research Foundation of Professor Konrad Jażdżewski. Boat, pp. 149-164.

[In:] Jażdżewska M., Siciński W. – Siemiechów position 2, Łódź Voivodeship: Cemetery and settlement of conductive culture.

1.

Wojenka M., Miękina B., Nowak J., Wertz K. , Wilczyński J.

2017

Materiały archeologiczne i szczątki fauny z Jaskini na Wrzosach Południowej.

The generator. Works and Materials of the Prof. Władysław Szafer Museum, 27: 169-180.

1.

Wertz K. , Tomek T., Grabowska D.

2016

Bird remains from Tel Erani.

Jagiellonian University. Kraków, pp. 127-130.

[In:] K., Yekutieli Y., Czarnowicz M. [eds] Tel Erani I. Preliminary report of the 2013-2015 extensions.

2.

Wojtal P. , Wilczyński J. , Wertz K.

2016

Pavlovian hunters among bones. The animal remains.

The Dolní Věstonice Studies 21: 105-128.

[In:] Svoboda, J. [ed.] – Dolní Věstonice II: Chronostratigraphy, Paleoethnology, Paleoanthropology.

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Wojenka M.

2016

Indirect evidence of falconry in medieval Poland as inferred from published zooarchaeological studies.

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26: 661-669.

2.

Wertz K. , Wilczyński J. , Tomek T., Roblickova M., Oliva, M.

2016

Bird remains from Dolní Věstonice I and Předmosti I (Pavlovian, the Czech Republic).

Quaternary International, 421: 190-200.

1.

Wertz K. , Wilczyński J. , Tomek T.

2015

Birds in the Pavlovian culture. Dolni Vestonice II, Pavlov I and Pavlov II.

Quaternary International, 359-360: 72-76.

2.

Wilczyński J. , Wojtal P. , Wertz K. , Lõugas L.

2015

Wyniki badań archeozoologicznych zwierzęcych szczątków kostnych z badań prowadzonych w 2009 roku na Placu Szczepańskim w Krakowie.

Christopherory. Scientific Sheets Museum of the Historical City of Krakow, 33: 57-72.

1.

Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M. , Wertz K. , Swidnicka E.

2014

A new genus and species of a galliform bird from the Oligocene of Poland.

Palaeontologia Electronica, 17(3): 38A

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Świdnicka E.

2013

The third near complete passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Europe.

Journal of Ornithology 154: 923-931

1.

Wilczyński J. , Miękina B., Lipecki G. , Lõugas L., Marcisza A., Rzebik-Kowalska B., Stworzewicz E. , Szyndlar Z. , Wertz W.

2012

Faunal remains from Borsuka Cave—an example of local climate variability during Late Pleistocene in southern Poland.

Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 55(2): 131-155.

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Bujoczek M., Wertz K.

2011

A new passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Poland.

Journal of Ornithology 152(4): 1045-1053.

1.

Wojtal P. , Makowiecki D., Wertz K. , Wilczyński J. , Miękina B., Zabilska M.

2010

Wstępne wyniki badań zooarcheologicznych szczątków kostnych z wykopalisk prowadzonych na Rynku krakowskim w latach 2007-2011.

Christopherory. Scientific Sheets Museum of Historic Town of Krakow, 28(2): 137-151.

1.

Muzolf B., Stefaniak, K., Tomek T., Wertz K. , Socha P., Cyrek K., Mirosław-Grabowska J., Madeyska T., Nadachowski A.

2009

Multiculturate sites at Birow Hill in Podzamcze.

Studies of the Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Silesia, No. 56, Sosnowiec-Wroclaw, pp. 283-294.

[In:] Stefaniak K., Tyc A., Socha P., [eds] Karst of the Czestochowa Upland and the Eastern Sudetes: palaeoenvironments and protection.

1.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Tornberg R., Wertz K.

2009

Distinguished nonhuman predation on birds: pattern of damage done by the white-tailed eagle Haliaetus albicilla, with comments on the punctures made by the golden eagle Aquila chrysaethos.

Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 122-129.

2.

Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wilczyński J. , Svoboda J., Wertz K. , Wojtal P.

2009

Fowling during the Gravettian: the avifauna of Pavlov I, the Czech Republic.

Journal of Archaeological Science, 36: 2655-2665.

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