Tabular curriculum vitae with list of publications Personal data: Aleksander Dzbyński, born 2. January 1972 in Warsaw/Poland, polish citizenship, married. Adress: Home page/ e-mail http://dzbynski.info ; aleksander.dzbynski@gmail.com Education: 2001-2004 1999-2001 1995-1999 1991-1995 1988-1991 1979-1988 Doctoral degree (Dr. Phil.) at the University of Basel with dissertation on statistical characteristics of the vessel capacity of the corded ware culture in Central Europe. Referees: Prof J.-M. Le Tensorer (Basel), Prof Chr. Strahm (Freiburg). Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science (IPAS) in Basel (Major), Institute for Prehistory and Early History in Freiburg (Major), Institute of Ethnology in Basel (Minor) und Institute of Ancient History in Basel (Minor). Diploma on the social structure of the corded ware culture in Bohema at the University of Basel. Warsaw University, Institute of Archaeology Secondary School in Warsaw (pedagogic specialization) Craftsman School in Warsaw Primary School in Warsaw Professional experience: 2012-2015 Research grant AZ 13/EU/12: Copper Beads, Value Standards, and Mathematics. Technology as a factor of cognitive development and foundations of mathematical thought in Prehistoric Europe. Marie-Curie M4HUMAN post-doc fellowship founded by Gerda Henkel Foundation (2013-2015) at the University of Zurich. Lecturer at University of Zürich (spring semester 2015 MA-Modul: Advanced Topics: Geld und Wertsysteme ). Active participation in scientific congresses (paper/presentation): - Kupferzeit: Zeitalter des Wandels und der Innovationen. Das Internationale ÖGUF- Symposiums vom 14. bis 17. Oktober 2015 in Mistelbach Österreich). - 21th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Glasgow (2-5. September 2015). Session co-organizer. - The Presence of Technology. A Scientific Interdisciplinary Conference in Warsaw (30.05.-01.06. May/June). - 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Istanbul (10-14. September 2014). Session co-organizer. - 19th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Pilzeň (4-7. September 2013). - MENE, TEKEL, PERES The Development of Metrology and Methods of perceiving Space in Prehistory (Wrocław 8-10. May 2013).
2005-2012 Individual research grant R-113/04 of the Cogito Foundation (2005-2007) for the project: Roots of Civilization. Material and literature survey in Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. Lecturer at Rzeszow University/Poland (2004-2012; Archaeological Institute; regular courses (240 hours per year) for undergraduate and graduate students in: -methodology and theory of archaeology, -history of archaeology, -monographic lectures, -introduction to archaeology, -practice courses, -seminars and colloquia. Award of the Rector of the University of Rzeszow for scientific achievements and the book Ritual and Understanding. Rational Bases of Communication and Exchange in Prehistoric Europe. Rzeszów 2008. Tutor on the excavation project Zwieczyca/Poland (Neolithic) (2005-2006). Tutor on the excavation project Klementowice/Poland (Paleolithic) (2007-2008). Active participation in scientific congresses (paper/presentation): - 16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Hague (1-5 September 2010). - 6. Deutscher Archäologie-Kongress in Mannheim 2008-13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Zadar (18-23 September 2007). - Jahrestagung des Nordwestdeutschen Verbands für Altertumsforschung (Schleswig, October 2007). - XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). - Jahrestagung des West- und Süddeutschen Verbands für Altertumsforschung (Xanten, June 2006). - Deutscher Archäologie-Kongress in Frankfurt/Oder, April 2005. - Initiative Krems 2001 in Kraków, May 2004. - The Beaker Days in Prague, April/May 2004. 1999-2004 Travel grants for the doctoral thesis: Freie Akademische Gesellschaft der Universität Basel, Stiftung für Philosophische und Theologische Studien, Bremer Stiftung für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie. Collecting and studying materials in Museums and Archives in Czech Republic and Germany (2002-2003). Switzerland: Project Gasfabrik Basel (excavator on a La Tene site) (1999); Project Augustinergasse 17 Basel (excavator on a Middle Age site) (1999); Project Haldenstein (co-organizer of archeobotanic study) (2004). Liechtenstein: Project Eschen (excavator on a Middle Age cemetery) (2002). 1996 1999 Poland: Project Aleksandrowice (rescue archaeology on a multicultural site); Project Dopiewo (rescue archaeology on a multicultural site) (1997); Project Iłża (excavator on a Paleolithic site) (1998). Uzbekistan: photographer and documentalist of the Ayakagytma Mission (Epipaleolithic and Neolithic excavations in the Kyzyl Kum Desert of the Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University) (1996).
Publications: Books: Dzbyński, A. (2013): The Power of the Line Metaphor, Number and Material Culture in Europaean Prehistory. Cambridge. Dzbyński, A. (2011): Pan Wiórecki i Świat-Maszyna. Człowiek a technologia od kamienia do komputera [Mr. Blademan and the World-Machine. Man vs. technology from the stone to the computer]. Poznan. Dzbyński, A. (2008): Ritual and Understanding. Rational Bases of Communication and Exchange in Prehistoric Europe. Rytuał i porozumienie. Racjonalne podstawy komunikacji i wymiany w pradziejach Europy Środkowej. Rzeszów 2008. Dzbynski, A. (2004): Metrologische Strukturen in der Kultur mit Schnurkeramik und ihre Bedeutung für die Kulturentwicklung des mitteleuropäischen Raumes. Beiträge zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte Mitteleuropas 39. Langenweissbach (Dissertation). Peer reviewed articles: Dzbyński, A. (2016): Some remarks on number concept development in the Near East and Europe. Archaeological Dialogues 23 (1) 71 92. Dzbynski, A. (2015): Some remarks on cognitive impact of metallurgical development in promoting numerical and metrological abstraction in Europe. Documenta Praehistorica XLII: 1-15. Dzbyński, A. (2014): From Seeberg to Colmar: early mathematical concepts in prehistoric Europe at the interface between material culture, technology and metaphors. Praehistorische Zeitschrift, Band 89 (1): 1-11. Dzbynski, A. (2011): Mr. Blademan. Macrolithic Technology Eneolithic Vocabulary and Metaphors. Documenta Praehistorica XXXVIII, Neolithic Studies 18: 172-184. Debiec, M. & Dzbynski, A. (2006): Neue Funde der Doppelschneidigen Geräte aus der linearbandkeramischen Siedlung in Zwięczyca, Gemeinde Boguchwała, Wojewodschaft podkarpackie. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 58: 223-245. Dzbynski, A. (2008): Von Seeberg bis Kelsterbach: ein Beitrag zur Bedeutung des Kupfers im Äneolithikum und in der Bronzezeit Europas. Prähistorische Zeitschrift, Band 83: 36-44. Debiec, M. & Dzbynski, A. (2007): Die ersten Radiokarbondatierungen aus der Siedlung der linienbandkeramischen Kultur in Zwięczyca, GM. Boguchwała. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 59: 53-62. Debiec. M. & Dzbynski, A. (2006): An Early Neolithic Antropomorphic Figurine from Zwięczyca Site 3, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Acta Archaeologica Carpatica, T. XLI: 25-29. Articles (contributions) Dębiec, M. & Dzbyński, A. (2010): Human Activity Zones in the Settlement of the Linearbandkeramic Culture in Southeast Poland. In: D. Gheorghiu (ed.) Neolithic and Chalcolithic Archaeology in Eurasia: Building Techniques and Spatial Organisation. Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon, 4-9 September 2006). BAR S2097: 81-84.
Dzbyński, A. (2010): Das Häuptlingscourt von Vikletice die soziale Differenzierung in der Schnurkeramik. In: E. Claßen, T. Doppler und B. Ramminger (Hrsg.) Familie Verwandtschaft Sozialstrukturen: Sozialarchäologische Forschungen zu neolithischenn Befunden. Fokus Jungsteinzeit. Berichte der AG-Neolithikum 1. Kerpen-Loogh 2010: 1-5. Dzbyński, A. (2009): Megalithen und Beile. Austausch und Kommunikation in der Kugelamphorenkultur in Polen. In: H-J. Beier, E. Claßen, T. Doppler und B. Ramminger (Hrsg.) Neolithische Monumente und neolithische Gesellschaften. Beiträge der Sitzung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Neolithikum während der Jahrestagung des Nordwestdeutschen Verbandes für Altertumsforschung e. V. in Schleswig, 9. 10. Oktober 2007. Varia neolithica VI. Langenweißbach 2009: 105-110. Dzbyński, A. (2009): Metrologische Eigenschaften der endneolithischen Töpfe in Europa. In: P. Stockhammer (red.), Keramik jenseits der Chronologie. Vorträge aus der Tagung des Südwestdeutschen Verbandes der Archäologie in Xanten 2006. Internationale Archäologie, Band 14: 29-38. Dzbyński, A. (2007): Swiss Neolithic Copper Beads Revisited: Currency, Ornament or Prestige Item? New Evidence of the Metrological Concept in Prehistoric Europe. Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia, Tom 2: 1-13. Dzbynski A. & Dębiec M. (2007): Eine neue Epoche: die ersten Ackerbauern in Südostpolen und in der Westukraine (6.-5. Jt. v.u.z.). Frühzeit Ostmitteleuropas. In: M. Dębiec & M. Wołoszyn (Hrsg.) Das polnisch-ukrainische Grenzgebiet aus archäologischer Perspektive. Mitel: Rzeszów: 53-65. Debiec, M., Dzbynski, A. & Pelisiak, A. (2006): Drugi sezon badań wykopaliskowych na stanowisku 3 w Zwięczycy, gm. Boguchwała [Die zweite Grabungskampagne in der Fundstelle Zwieczyca]. Materiały i Sprawozdania Rzeszowskiego Ośrodka Archeologicznego 27: 56-67. Dzbynski, A. (2006): Die Größe zählt. Über einigen metrischen Eigenschaften der schnurkeramischen Amphoren aus Böhmen. Analecta Achaeologica Ressoviensia 1: 87-99. Debiec. M., Dzbynski, A. & Pelisiak, A. (2005): Terytorium eksploatowane przez osadę KCWR w Zwięczycy na tle podobnych badań w innych regionach (Territory Exploited by LBK Settlement in Zwieczyca Against Background of Similar Research in other Regions. In: Archeologia Kotliny Sandomierskiej. Rocznik Muzeum Regionalnego w Stalowej Woli 4: 215-228. Dzbynski, A. (2004): Was sind die Gefäßvolumina in der Kultur mit Schnurkeramik in Böhmen?. In: Spatial analysis of funerary areas. Proceedings from the session held at the 8th Annual meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Thessaloniki, Red. Smejda, L. und Turek, J (Plzeň): 15-20. Dzbynski, A. (2004): Metrologie der Kultur mit Schnurkeramik in Mitteldeutschland. Zeitschrift für Mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte 88: 137-148. Dzbynski, A. & Wiermann, R. (2002): Von Alten, Äxten und Amphoren. Praehistorica XXV/XXVI: 205 226. Dzbyński, A. (2005): Z najnowszych badań Instytutu Archeologii UR. Gazeta Uniwersytecka UR, nr 8-9: 17.
Online articles Dzbynski, A. (2015): Weight, Value, and Money. A contribution to the issue of weight standards of the Bronze Age Europe. http://www.archaeologie.uzh.ch/de/prehist/forschung/online.html Dzbynski, A. (2005): The new metrological phenomenon in Neolithic Europe. Le Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française. http://www.prehistoire.org/visiteurs/fr/dzbynski.pdf Reviews/book discussions Dzbynski, A. (2007): J. Nowakowski, A. Prinke and W. Rączkowski (Hrsg.), Biskupin i co dalej? Zdjęcia lotnicze w polskiej archeologii [Biskupin... und was danach? Luftbilder in der polnischen Archäologie] Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 59, 567-574. Dzbynski, A. (2006): J. Müller und J. Czebreszuk (Hrsg.), Bruszczewo. Ausgrabungen und Forschungen in einer prähistorischen Siedlungskammer Grosspolens. Teil I, Forschungsstand Erste Ergebnisse Das östliche Feuchtbodenareal, Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 58, 573-581. Dzbynski, A. (2004): Initiative Krems 2001 in Igołomia bei Krakau. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne 56, 547 550. Conference abstracts Dzbynski, A. (2015): Early mathematical concepts in prehistoric Europe at the interface between material culture, technology and metaphors. 21 st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Glasgow 2-5 September 2015. Dzbynski, A. (2014): The Third Dimension of the Blade: Social and Communicative Functions of Macrolithic Flint Blades in Central and Eastern Europe. 20 th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Istanbul 10-14 September 2014. Dzbynski, A. (2007): The Metrological System of the Corded Ware Pottery in Central Germany. 13th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Zadar 18-23 September 2007. Dębiec, M. & Dzbyński A. (2006): Symbolic and Supposed Graves in the Settlements of the Linearbandkeramik Culture in South Eastern Poland. 12th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists in Cracow 19-24 September 2006. Debiec, M. & Dzbynski, A. (2006): Human Activity Areas in the Settlement of the Linearbandkeramic Culture in Southeast Poland. Proceedings of the XV World Congress UISPP (Lisbon 4-9 September 2006). In press/review Dzbynski, A. (in review): On non-existent Eneolithic wheeled vehicles and concurrent invisible metrological systems. A contribution to evidence-based archaeology and a response to critics.
Research interests: Languages: Metrology, Philosophical aspects of archaeology, History of science and technology, Cognitive archaeology, Theories in archaeology, Paleolithic, Neolithic, Copper Age, Bronze Age. Polish (mother tongue), German (fluent), English (fluent), Russian (intermediate), Czech (elementary) Popularization of science and reflection about the past: On the Web: http://dzbynski.info Book: Pan Wiórecki i Świat-Maszyna. Człowiek a technologia od kamienia do komputera [Mr. Blademan and the World-Machine. Man vs. technology from the stone to the computer]. Poznań 2011 Cooperation with the Society The Machine of Thought organizing conferences, seminars and workshops on hybrid issues of philosophy, science and art. https://machinamysli.wordpress.com Membership - Member of Freie Akademische Gesellschaft (2000-2005) - Member of the Commission for Anthropological and Prehistoric Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. - Member of the European Association of Archeologistst (EAA). - Member of the Polish Scientific Association of Archeologists (SNAP).