Morphology and Sediments of the Upper Mierzawa Floodplain (Polish Uplands)

Kalicki, Tomasz; Kowal, Slawomir; Fularczyk, Karolina; Kusztal, Piotr; Frączek, Marcin; Żurek, Krzysztof; Przepióra, Paweł

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“…Further research in the Świślina River using new methods revealed changes in sediments, indicating new possibilities of interpreting the results obtained (Kalicki et al 2021a(Kalicki et al , 2021b, and attempted to relate them to prehistoric or contemporary anthropogenic factors. These studies could be used as comparative material from other sites, where similar analyses in the OPID area have already been carried out (Przepióra et al 2019(Przepióra et al , 2021(Przepióra et al , 2022a(Przepióra et al , 2022bKalicki et al 2021cKalicki et al , 2023 and will continue in the future.…”

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“…Studies of the river valley bottom sediments have confirmed the presence of slags of different ages, mostly where archaeological work did not reach, like at the Doły Biskupie site (Klatka, 1958), or in other rivers in the Holy Cross Mountains, like Czarna Nida (Przychodni, 2002, 2006; Krupa, 2013, 2015). Further research in the Świślina River using new methods revealed changes in sediments, indicating new possibilities of interpreting the results obtained (Kalicki et al 2021a, 2021b), and attempted to relate them to prehistoric or contemporary anthropogenic factors. These studies could be used as comparative material from other sites, where similar analyses in the OPID area have already been carried out (Przepióra et al 2019, 2021, 2022a, 2022b; Kalicki et al 2021c, 2023) and will continue in the future.…”

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Sedimentological and geochemical traces of metallurgical activity in the Świślina River valley (central Poland) at the Doły Biskupie site

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Kalicki

2024

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Prehistoric and historic iron metallurgy in the Holy Cross Mountains in central Poland developed along with human Przeworsk Culture activity (during the Roman period) and within the boundaries of the Old-Polish Industrial District (OPID) during the Middle Ages and during recent centuries. At the Świślina catchment, there are many archaeological sites showing intense prehistoric metallurgical activity. The later medieval and modern iron industry was significantly smaller. At the Doły Biskupie site, slags and microscopic iron spherules (hammerscales) were found in alluvia. The microscopic spherules separation method (MSS) enabled analysis of these small artefacts created during iron ore smelting and forging. Iron spherules were detected in floodplain sediments, which are characterized by increased content of trace elements. The presence of these artefacts in shallow sediment layers in the confluence section of the river may be an indicator of archaeologically confirmed prehistoric metallurgical activity in the catchment area. Study of these residues enabled an attempt to reconstruct the river valley environment during the prehistoric and historical period. The MSS method can be used to detect iron spherules in alluvia in other river catchments, confirming the presence of yet-undiscovered bloomery sites.

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Sedimentological and geochemical traces of metallurgical activity in the Świślina River valley (central Poland) at the Doły Biskupie site

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2024

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Late Glacial and Holocene evolution of the estuarine section of the Nida River

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Biesaga

2023

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Based on the results of detailed geological-geomorphological studies, old maps from the past 200 years, and historical data, the paper is the first to present the structure of the valley floor in the estuary of the Nida River, an upland tributary of the Vistula, and discuss changes in the development and course of their channels. The aim of the study was to grasp the importance of local factors, both natural (palaeogeographical, lithological and tectonic) and anthropogenic, in the morphogenesis of this section, where a relatively small upland stream crossed in the medieval and modern periods by important overland and water routes of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth flows into the Vistula River, which is ten times larger. The discussed section is not deltaic in character. The branching of the Nida into several simultaneously functioning outlet arms may have been caused by the blocking of outflow from the valley during floods and the drainage of the flood waters at the valley mouth in several directions, via channels both permanent and periodic. Changes in the numbers and locations of the Nida estuaries in recent centuries have both natural and anthropogenic causes. The interaction between the main stream and its many-times smaller tributary in the studied section has resulted in a complex mosaic of forms and cut-and-fills of both streams, but with the Vistula playing the dominant role. The cut-and-fills of the Vistula “enclose” the Nida alluvium inside its valley on the Winiary-Nowy Korczyn line, while the cut-and-fills of the Nida only occur in a very narrow strip under the edge of the terrace. The Nida followed abandoned channels of the Vistula on Holocene cut-and-fill IIA, flowing parallel to the Vistula for 9 km. The floor of the Nida Valley lacks Holocene mineral-organic and mineral sediments, characteristic of other upland tributaries from loess areas. The regulation of the Vistula in the mid-19th century and the Nida in the first half of the 20th century fixed the courses of the rivers, completely changing the sedimentation regime in the estuarine section of the Nida, where backflow and associated sedimentation of fine-grained deposits occurred.

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Morphology and Sediments of the Upper Mierzawa Floodplain (Polish Uplands)

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Sedimentological and geochemical traces of metallurgical activity in the Świślina River valley (central Poland) at the Doły Biskupie site

Sedimentological and geochemical traces of metallurgical activity in the Świślina River valley (central Poland) at the Doły Biskupie site

Late Glacial and Holocene evolution of the estuarine section of the Nida River

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