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 (, ) is a public research university founded in 1945 in Łódź, Poland, as a continuation of three higher education institutions functioning in Łódź in the interwar period — the Teacher Training Institute (192 ...

Biography

Marek Olędzki was born in

Łódź Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

, 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. 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 (, 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 distinguished scholars a ...

under the supervision of Andrzej Nadolski. Olędzki gained his Ph.D. at the

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University (; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. Due to its history, the university is traditionally considered among Poland's most reputable institution ...

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 we ...

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

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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, the Netherlands and Belgium. ...

and

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

. He specializes in the study of the relationship between the

Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...

and

barbarians A barbarian is a person or tribe of people that is perceived to be primitive, savage and warlike. Many cultures have referred to other cultures as barbarians, sometimes out of misunderstanding and sometimes out of prejudice. A "barbarian" may ...

, 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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