Marek Olędzki (born 25 April 1951) is a Polish archaeologist who is Head of the Department of Prehistory at the

University of Łódź The University of Łódź (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Łódzki'', Latin: ''Universitas Lodziensis'') is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in ...

Biography

Marek Olędzki was born in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

, Poland on 25 April 1951. Upon graduating from high school in Łódź in 1969, Olędzki studied law at the

. He subsequently switched to archaeology, and gained his

M.A. A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

in archaeology from the University of Łódź in 1979. He subsequently worked as a researcher at the

Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of ...

under the supervision of Andrzej Nadolski. Olędzki gained his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

at the

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University ( pl, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. It traces its origins to 1611, when under the Royal Ch ...

in 1999 under the supervision of . His dissertation was on the

Przeworsk culture The Przeworsk culture () was an Iron Age material culture in the region of what is now Poland, that dates from the 3rd century BC to the 5th century AD. It takes its name from the town Przeworsk, near the village where the first artifacts wer ...

. Upon gaining his Ph.D., Olędzki became employed at the University of Łódź, where he completed his

habilitation Habilitation is the highest university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, usually including a ...

in 2009. Olędzki was subsequently appointed a Professor at the University of Łódź. Since October 2017, Olędzki has been Head of the Department of Prehistory at the University of Łódź. Olędzki primarily researches the

Pre-Roman Iron Age The archaeology of Northern Europe studies the prehistory of Scandinavia and the adjacent North European Plain, roughly corresponding to the territories of modern Sweden, Norway, Denmark, northern Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. The regio ...

and

Roman Iron Age The archaeology of Northern Europe studies the prehistory of Scandinavia and the adjacent North European Plain, roughly corresponding to the territories of modern Sweden, Norway, Denmark, northern Germany, Poland and the Netherlands. The region ...

. He specializes in the study of the relationship between the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ( la, Imperium Romanum ; grc-gre, Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, Basileía tôn Rhōmaíōn) was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large territorial holdings around the Mediterr ...

and

barbarians A barbarian (or savage) is someone who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. The designation is usually applied as a generalization based on a popular stereotype; barbarians can be members of any nation judged by some to be less c ...

, particularly their military relationship. He is the author of more than 120 publications on these subjects.

Selected works

* (with T. J. Horbacz), ''Roman Inlaid Swords'', „Journal of Roman Military Equipment Studies“, vol. 9, 1998, p. 19 - 30. 40. * ''Rollenkappenfibeln der östlichen Hauptserie Almgren'' 37-41 und die Varianten Fig. 42-43, n:100 Jahre Fibelformen nach Oscar Almgren, (red. J. Kunow), „Forschungen zur Archäologie im Land Brandenburg”, vol. 5, 1998, p. 67 - 84. * ''Cmentarzysko z młodszego okresu przedrzymskiego i okresu rzymskiego w Wólce Domaniowskiej koło Radomia'', 2000 * ''Czas przemian. Barbaricum między Bałtykiem a środkowym Dunajem w dobie wojen markomańskich'', 2008 * ''Wojny markomańskie'' 162 – 185 n.e., 2011 * ''Marcomanni and Quadi in the System of Client „States” of the Roman Empire'', “Ephemeris Napocensis”, vol. XXV, 2016, p. 95-104. * (with L. Tyszler), ''Models of military equipment of the Przeworsk culture warriors in the Bzura River basin'', Študijné zvesti Archeologického Ústavu Slovenskej Akadémie Vied, vol. 62, Nitra 2017, p. 149 – 169. * ''Latkowo 50, gm. Inowrocław. Cmentarzysko szkieletowe z późnego okresu rzymskiego'', 2018 * ''The Tribal World of the Germanic Peoples'', 2020

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External links

Marek Olędzki
at the website of the

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olędzki, Marek 1951 births Living people Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Scientists from Łódź 20th-century Polish archaeologists University of Łódź alumni Academic staff of the University of Łódź

Biography

Selected works

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