2015
Łanczont, M.; Madeyska, T.; Mroczek, P.; Hołub, B.; Żogała, B.; Bogucki, A.
Relief and palaeorelief analyses of the Kraków Spadzista Palaeolithic site as the tools used for explanation of the site location Journal Article
In: Quaternary International, vol. 359-360, pp. 89-95, 2015, ISSN: 10406182, (9).
@article{2-s2.0-84923591355,
title = {Relief and palaeorelief analyses of the Kraków Spadzista Palaeolithic site as the tools used for explanation of the site location},
author = { M. Łanczont and T. Madeyska and P. Mroczek and B. Hołub and B. Żogała and A. Bogucki},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84923591355&doi=10.1016%2fj.quaint.2014.03.045&partnerID=40&md5=c27dfe36a2b534a0cbbaee933e5916a4},
doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2014.03.045},
issn = {10406182},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-01-01},
journal = {Quaternary International},
volume = {359-360},
pages = {89-95},
publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
abstract = {The main research task was to explain the location of the Kraków Spadzista Gravettian site, based on the analyses of land relief and deposit lithology in the surroundings. Field geological (drilling and pit) investigations, geoelectric recognition, tachimetric geomorphological measurements, and geospatial analysis (GIS) were carried out in the site and its immediate vicinity. These investigations were supplemented with the IRSL dating of the cultural layer deposits, palaeosols, and loess. The obtained results indicate that the site was located in a depression of the karstified substratum (Jurassic limestones) filled with clay (Miocene) and loess (Pleistocene). Based on the results of geological and geophysical investigations, we reconstructed the palaeoform parameters, characterized its infilling, and documented spatial lithological variability of the deposits and the cultural layer. Gravettian material was discovered in two partially destroyed palaeosols. The lower one is a denuded initial interstadial soil, and the upper one is a complex solifluction cover composed of redeposited material, probably from a younger interstadial soil. Both units represent the younger part of the Interpleniglacial. The upper soil is buried by the continuous youngest loess layer, which covers the area of the archaeological site, completely covering the older relief.The eastern part of the Sowiniec horst, where the site's complex is situated, had a number of features useful for Palaeolithic settlement. It is a clearly distinguishable promontory, difficult to access almost from all sides. At the same time, it provided a good view for hunters, especially towards the Rudawa River valley. Features of mesoclimate, conditioned by relief, favoured the settlement. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.},
note = {9},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
The main research task was to explain the location of the Kraków Spadzista Gravettian site, based on the analyses of land relief and deposit lithology in the surroundings. Field geological (drilling and pit) investigations, geoelectric recognition, tachimetric geomorphological measurements, and geospatial analysis (GIS) were carried out in the site and its immediate vicinity. These investigations were supplemented with the IRSL dating of the cultural layer deposits, palaeosols, and loess. The obtained results indicate that the site was located in a depression of the karstified substratum (Jurassic limestones) filled with clay (Miocene) and loess (Pleistocene). Based on the results of geological and geophysical investigations, we reconstructed the palaeoform parameters, characterized its infilling, and documented spatial lithological variability of the deposits and the cultural layer. Gravettian material was discovered in two partially destroyed palaeosols. The lower one is a denuded initial interstadial soil, and the upper one is a complex solifluction cover composed of redeposited material, probably from a younger interstadial soil. Both units represent the younger part of the Interpleniglacial. The upper soil is buried by the continuous youngest loess layer, which covers the area of the archaeological site, completely covering the older relief.The eastern part of the Sowiniec horst, where the site's complex is situated, had a number of features useful for Palaeolithic settlement. It is a clearly distinguishable promontory, difficult to access almost from all sides. At the same time, it provided a good view for hunters, especially towards the Rudawa River valley. Features of mesoclimate, conditioned by relief, favoured the settlement. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
2014
Łanczont, M.; Madeyska, T.; Bogucki, A.; Sytnyk, O.; Kusiak, J.; Frankowski, Z.; Komar, M.; Nawrocki, J.; Żogała, B.
In: Quaternary International, vol. 326-327, pp. 191-212, 2014, ISSN: 10406182, (11).
@article{2-s2.0-84897085276,
title = {Stratigraphic position and natural environment of the oldest middle palaeolithic in central Podolia, Ukraine: New data from the velykyi glybochok site},
author = { M. Łanczont and T. Madeyska and A. Bogucki and O. Sytnyk and J. Kusiak and Z. Frankowski and M. Komar and J. Nawrocki and B. Żogała},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897085276&doi=10.1016%2fj.quaint.2013.08.045&partnerID=40&md5=12d2387b6749fde8564a3dc77e8c2661},
doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2013.08.045},
issn = {10406182},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-01-01},
journal = {Quaternary International},
volume = {326-327},
pages = {191-212},
publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
abstract = {Velykyi Glybochok is an important multi-cultural Palaeolithic site, known since 1979. Besides the Late Palaeolithic (I) and Upper Palaeolithic (II) cultural layers, in this site the following Middle Palaeolithic layers are found: III-B in the soil from the last interglacial, III-A in the Ternopil soil horizon from the penultimate glaciation, and III (the oldest Palaeolithic settlement in Podolia) in the soil from the penultimate interglacial. The ages of these cultural layers are determined from their situation in a complex sequence of loesses and paleosols. In this paper we report the results of excavations carried out in the years 2007-2012, which were supplemented with geophysical recognition. The excavations were conducted in a karst depression formed in Neogene limestones. It is filled and covered by loess containing partially redeposited paleosols. These deposits were sampled for lithological, palaeopedological, palaeomagnetic and palynological analyses, the results of which were used for palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Chronostratigraphy was determined based on TL and IRSL dating as well as palaeomagnetic studies. In comparison with the older investigations, the new discovery is quite well-preserved, with a bipartite complex of paleosols (S2-II and S2-I) from the penultimate interglacial (MIS 7), which occurs between the Odranian (Dnieper) loess L3 and the Wartanian (Tyasmin) loess L2. The paleosols are of interglacial nature. Forest and then steppe vegetation grew during two stages of their formation, which were separated by a cool period when a small accumulation of loess and frost processes occurred. The oldest Middle Palaeolithic cultural layer occurs in the older soil (S2-II), indicating that it is the trace of the oldest Palaeolithic settlement in the western Ukraine. Flint artefacts were made using the Levallois method, rarely found in the sites with the Middle Palaeolithic oldest assemblages, rare in Eastern Europe. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.},
note = {11},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Velykyi Glybochok is an important multi-cultural Palaeolithic site, known since 1979. Besides the Late Palaeolithic (I) and Upper Palaeolithic (II) cultural layers, in this site the following Middle Palaeolithic layers are found: III-B in the soil from the last interglacial, III-A in the Ternopil soil horizon from the penultimate glaciation, and III (the oldest Palaeolithic settlement in Podolia) in the soil from the penultimate interglacial. The ages of these cultural layers are determined from their situation in a complex sequence of loesses and paleosols. In this paper we report the results of excavations carried out in the years 2007-2012, which were supplemented with geophysical recognition. The excavations were conducted in a karst depression formed in Neogene limestones. It is filled and covered by loess containing partially redeposited paleosols. These deposits were sampled for lithological, palaeopedological, palaeomagnetic and palynological analyses, the results of which were used for palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Chronostratigraphy was determined based on TL and IRSL dating as well as palaeomagnetic studies. In comparison with the older investigations, the new discovery is quite well-preserved, with a bipartite complex of paleosols (S2-II and S2-I) from the penultimate interglacial (MIS 7), which occurs between the Odranian (Dnieper) loess L3 and the Wartanian (Tyasmin) loess L2. The paleosols are of interglacial nature. Forest and then steppe vegetation grew during two stages of their formation, which were separated by a cool period when a small accumulation of loess and frost processes occurred. The oldest Middle Palaeolithic cultural layer occurs in the older soil (S2-II), indicating that it is the trace of the oldest Palaeolithic settlement in the western Ukraine. Flint artefacts were made using the Levallois method, rarely found in the sites with the Middle Palaeolithic oldest assemblages, rare in Eastern Europe. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
Łanczont, M.; Sytnyk, O.; Bogucki, A.; Madeyska, T.; Krajcarz, M. T.; Krajcarz, M. T.; Koropeckyj, R.; Żogała, B.; Tomek, T.; Kusiak, J.
Character and chronology of natural events modifying the palaeolithic settlement records in the ihrovytsia site (Podolia, the Ukraine) Journal Article
In: Quaternary International, vol. 326-327, pp. 213-234, 2014, ISSN: 10406182, (7).
@article{2-s2.0-84897053249,
title = {Character and chronology of natural events modifying the palaeolithic settlement records in the ihrovytsia site (Podolia, the Ukraine)},
author = { M. Łanczont and O. Sytnyk and A. Bogucki and T. Madeyska and M.T. Krajcarz and M.T. Krajcarz and R. Koropeckyj and B. Żogała and T. Tomek and J. Kusiak},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84897053249&doi=10.1016%2fj.quaint.2013.09.027&partnerID=40&md5=c413b6affaa2b52a16eb9631fe5e4156},
doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2013.09.027},
issn = {10406182},
year = {2014},
date = {2014-01-01},
journal = {Quaternary International},
volume = {326-327},
pages = {213-234},
publisher = {Elsevier Ltd},
abstract = {Ihrovytsia, an important site of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic settlement, is situated in the central part of the Podolia region (western Ukraine). During the excavations (33m2) in the years 1988-1989 and 1996, archaeological materials were found in a complicated stratigraphic (geological) situation in the 3m thick loess-soil sequence (MIS 5-1). The excavations undertaken in 2010 and 2011 encompassed the 60m long profile across the promontory occurring between two small valleys. This long profile permitted examination of the lateral variability of the deposits, and reconstruction of the sequence of accumulation, destruction, and redeposition processes. Field observations were supplemented with basic laboratory analyses and TL dating. Two solifluction series occurring in the profile are covered and in places also separated by loess. The lower one (probably formed at the end of MIS 5 and at the beginning of MIS 4) consists of the packages composed of the material from the A and B horizons of the Gorohiv soil (S1). The upper solifluction series (probably formed at the beginning of MIS 2) consists of loess and the material of the Dubno interstadial soil (MIS 3). A gley paleosol of unclear stratigraphic position occurs over the solifluction cover in places. The artefacts of the Middle Palaeolithic cultural layer (II), made using the Levalloise technology, were found in the lower solifluction series. This series is cut by at least two generations of mammalian burrows, in which the bones of steppe-tundra animals (probably from the first phases of MIS 4) have been found. Two Upper Palaeolithic cultural layers (I and I-A) are a single cultural complex but represent different settlement episodes and occur in different stratigraphical positions. The majority of cultural materials (distinguished as I-A) occurs within the upper solifluction series. In many places the both solifluction series are superimposed and even partially mixed, which resulted in the mixing of the Middle (II) and Upper Palaeolithic (I-A) cultural materials. The cultural layer I occurs in situ on the surface of gley soil dated at about 20ka. The ice wedge casts, evidencing cold and dry climate phases of the younger parts of MIS 4 and MIS 2, additionally disturbed the arrangement of artefacts occurring near them. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.},
note = {7},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Ihrovytsia, an important site of Middle and Upper Palaeolithic settlement, is situated in the central part of the Podolia region (western Ukraine). During the excavations (33m2) in the years 1988-1989 and 1996, archaeological materials were found in a complicated stratigraphic (geological) situation in the 3m thick loess-soil sequence (MIS 5-1). The excavations undertaken in 2010 and 2011 encompassed the 60m long profile across the promontory occurring between two small valleys. This long profile permitted examination of the lateral variability of the deposits, and reconstruction of the sequence of accumulation, destruction, and redeposition processes. Field observations were supplemented with basic laboratory analyses and TL dating. Two solifluction series occurring in the profile are covered and in places also separated by loess. The lower one (probably formed at the end of MIS 5 and at the beginning of MIS 4) consists of the packages composed of the material from the A and B horizons of the Gorohiv soil (S1). The upper solifluction series (probably formed at the beginning of MIS 2) consists of loess and the material of the Dubno interstadial soil (MIS 3). A gley paleosol of unclear stratigraphic position occurs over the solifluction cover in places. The artefacts of the Middle Palaeolithic cultural layer (II), made using the Levalloise technology, were found in the lower solifluction series. This series is cut by at least two generations of mammalian burrows, in which the bones of steppe-tundra animals (probably from the first phases of MIS 4) have been found. Two Upper Palaeolithic cultural layers (I and I-A) are a single cultural complex but represent different settlement episodes and occur in different stratigraphical positions. The majority of cultural materials (distinguished as I-A) occurs within the upper solifluction series. In many places the both solifluction series are superimposed and even partially mixed, which resulted in the mixing of the Middle (II) and Upper Palaeolithic (I-A) cultural materials. The cultural layer I occurs in situ on the surface of gley soil dated at about 20ka. The ice wedge casts, evidencing cold and dry climate phases of the younger parts of MIS 4 and MIS 2, additionally disturbed the arrangement of artefacts occurring near them. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA.
1996
Łaszczyca, P.; Kawka-Serwecińska, E.; Witas, I.; Doleżych, B.; Falkus, B.; Mekail, A.; Ziółkowska, B.; Madej, P.; Migula, P.
Lipid peroxidation and activity of antioxidative enzymes in the rat model of ozone therapy. Journal Article
In: Materia medica Polona. Polish journal of medicine and pharmacy, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 155-160, 1996, ISSN: 00255246, (8).
@article{2-s2.0-0030252327,
title = {Lipid peroxidation and activity of antioxidative enzymes in the rat model of ozone therapy.},
author = { P. Łaszczyca and E. Kawka-Serwecińska and I. Witas and B. Doleżych and B. Falkus and A. Mekail and B. Ziółkowska and P. Madej and P. Migula},
url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0030252327&partnerID=40&md5=f6a9c197867425e982bec688275688d5},
issn = {00255246},
year = {1996},
date = {1996-01-01},
journal = {Materia medica Polona. Polish journal of medicine and pharmacy},
volume = {28},
number = {4},
pages = {155-160},
abstract = {Hypothetical, therapeutic effects of ozone were investigated in an animal model. One ml of oxygen or mixture of 40 micrograms ozone with oxygen were injected intraperitoneally to male rats for 10 days. Previously, rats had been poisoned with 50 ppm Cd2+ in drinking water for 12 weeks. Exhaustive treadmill running was applied to some animals before sacrification. Ozone injections increased iron-ascorbate-stimulated lipid peroxidation (LPO) in the liver and kidney, catalase (CAT) activity in the heart and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity in the heart, kidney and liver. Oxygen increased GST activity in the brain and reduced glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity in the kidney. Cadmium enhanced LPO in the liver and GST activity in the brain, heart, kidney and liver. In contrast to ozone, cadmium inhibited GPX activity in the brain, kidney and liver. Cadmium combined with ozone enhanced the changes of GPX activity in the kidney and liver, that of GST activity in the heart, kidney and liver as well as of CAT activity and LPO in kidney. The results suggest that ozone injections combined with tested factors may provoke an oxidative stress. The effects of ozone therapy can not be explained as the results of ozone action on the antioxidative enzymes in rat.},
note = {8},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Hypothetical, therapeutic effects of ozone were investigated in an animal model. One ml of oxygen or mixture of 40 micrograms ozone with oxygen were injected intraperitoneally to male rats for 10 days. Previously, rats had been poisoned with 50 ppm Cd2+ in drinking water for 12 weeks. Exhaustive treadmill running was applied to some animals before sacrification. Ozone injections increased iron-ascorbate-stimulated lipid peroxidation (LPO) in the liver and kidney, catalase (CAT) activity in the heart and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity in the heart, kidney and liver. Oxygen increased GST activity in the brain and reduced glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity in the kidney. Cadmium enhanced LPO in the liver and GST activity in the brain, heart, kidney and liver. In contrast to ozone, cadmium inhibited GPX activity in the brain, kidney and liver. Cadmium combined with ozone enhanced the changes of GPX activity in the kidney and liver, that of GST activity in the heart, kidney and liver as well as of CAT activity and LPO in kidney. The results suggest that ozone injections combined with tested factors may provoke an oxidative stress. The effects of ozone therapy can not be explained as the results of ozone action on the antioxidative enzymes in rat.