Martin Janovsky
@martinpetrjanovsky.bsky.social
We are in the new Archaeology Laboratory at Ariel University, where Benjamin showed us an Iron Age figurine and Egyptian artefacts from Tel Burna. Exciting news as well—our article on the geochemistry of the Gate Area at Tel Burna has just been accepted! Stay tuned to see the results soon.
October 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
We are in the new Archaeology Laboratory at Ariel University, where Benjamin showed us an Iron Age figurine and Egyptian artefacts from Tel Burna. Exciting news as well—our article on the geochemistry of the Gate Area at Tel Burna has just been accepted! Stay tuned to see the results soon.
We are continuing our environmental research at Tel Ashdod. This season began with clearing the site entrance; now, in autumn, we are already processing soil and sediment samples. See today’s field video.
October 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We are continuing our environmental research at Tel Ashdod. This season began with clearing the site entrance; now, in autumn, we are already processing soil and sediment samples. See today’s field video.
Back from today’s sampling of the fortification at Tel Eter.
Excited to share that I have the opportunity to take part in this new project exploring Iron Age settlement and agricultural landscapes in the Judean Shephelah.
Learn more about the research here:
telburna.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/n...
Excited to share that I have the opportunity to take part in this new project exploring Iron Age settlement and agricultural landscapes in the Judean Shephelah.
Learn more about the research here:
telburna.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/n...
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Back from today’s sampling of the fortification at Tel Eter.
Excited to share that I have the opportunity to take part in this new project exploring Iron Age settlement and agricultural landscapes in the Judean Shephelah.
Learn more about the research here:
telburna.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/n...
Excited to share that I have the opportunity to take part in this new project exploring Iron Age settlement and agricultural landscapes in the Judean Shephelah.
Learn more about the research here:
telburna.wordpress.com/2024/10/22/n...
I travel to Israel today. This is my album. The book: Huxley - Brave New World.
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I travel to Israel today. This is my album. The book: Huxley - Brave New World.
Today marks the anniversary of the brutal massacre carried out by terrorists from Gaza. We must never forget how deeply hatred of Israel is rooted among Gazans and Palestinians.
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Today marks the anniversary of the brutal massacre carried out by terrorists from Gaza. We must never forget how deeply hatred of Israel is rooted among Gazans and Palestinians.
My parents always told me to do something proper. So I studied archaeology and now I work at the best university in the region.
September 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My parents always told me to do something proper. So I studied archaeology and now I work at the best university in the region.
In Muszkowice,soil scientists document how Holocene deforestation and land use transformed fertile Chernozems into Luvisols. The barrows demonstrate that today’s Luvisols in our region were once much more fertile soils. They remind us that soils are continuously shaped by human activity.
September 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
In Muszkowice,soil scientists document how Holocene deforestation and land use transformed fertile Chernozems into Luvisols. The barrows demonstrate that today’s Luvisols in our region were once much more fertile soils. They remind us that soils are continuously shaped by human activity.
On the Muszkowice barrows we also observed the transformation of Chernozems into less fertile soils:
Cezary Kabala et al (2025). Stages and chronology of Late Holocene transformation of Chernozems into Luvisols in the loess belt of south-west Poland. CATENA, doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...
Cezary Kabala et al (2025). Stages and chronology of Late Holocene transformation of Chernozems into Luvisols in the loess belt of south-west Poland. CATENA, doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...
September 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
On the Muszkowice barrows we also observed the transformation of Chernozems into less fertile soils:
Cezary Kabala et al (2025). Stages and chronology of Late Holocene transformation of Chernozems into Luvisols in the loess belt of south-west Poland. CATENA, doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...
Cezary Kabala et al (2025). Stages and chronology of Late Holocene transformation of Chernozems into Luvisols in the loess belt of south-west Poland. CATENA, doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...
I joined colleagues from the University of Hradec Králové this week to sample soils from Muszkowice (PL), where two 8th-century barrows were inserted into a long Eneolithic mound. This forms part of the Polish–Czech project on long-term land use dynamics at prehistoric ritual sites.
September 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I joined colleagues from the University of Hradec Králové this week to sample soils from Muszkowice (PL), where two 8th-century barrows were inserted into a long Eneolithic mound. This forms part of the Polish–Czech project on long-term land use dynamics at prehistoric ritual sites.
I would like to thank our Polish colleagues for the excellent organization of the RURALIA XVI conference in Kłodzko (8–14 September 2025), focusing on countryside and towns – rural settlements in the context of urban hinterlands in the Medieval and Modern Period.
#ruraliaconference #archaeology
#ruraliaconference #archaeology
September 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I would like to thank our Polish colleagues for the excellent organization of the RURALIA XVI conference in Kłodzko (8–14 September 2025), focusing on countryside and towns – rural settlements in the context of urban hinterlands in the Medieval and Modern Period.
#ruraliaconference #archaeology
#ruraliaconference #archaeology
Z pravěkých hradišť znám hlavně tuto (Netýkavka malokvětá):
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Z pravěkých hradišť znám hlavně tuto (Netýkavka malokvětá):
Yesterday we were sampling at the early medieval hillfort Kozly near the Elbe River. I took micromorphological samples.
What’s striking: during the communist period, waste was dumped right into the core of the site – destroying part of the hillfort and leaving lots of intrusive material.
What’s striking: during the communist period, waste was dumped right into the core of the site – destroying part of the hillfort and leaving lots of intrusive material.
August 26, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yesterday we were sampling at the early medieval hillfort Kozly near the Elbe River. I took micromorphological samples.
What’s striking: during the communist period, waste was dumped right into the core of the site – destroying part of the hillfort and leaving lots of intrusive material.
What’s striking: during the communist period, waste was dumped right into the core of the site – destroying part of the hillfort and leaving lots of intrusive material.
Research continues at two archaeological sites below Mount Říp. One is featured in this article, the other we visited yesterday to collect samples for studying the formation of Chernozem soils and the construction of mound. Photos from the field + article here: ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
August 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Research continues at two archaeological sites below Mount Říp. One is featured in this article, the other we visited yesterday to collect samples for studying the formation of Chernozem soils and the construction of mound. Photos from the field + article here: ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
S výhledem na České středohoří pokračuje výzkum na dvou lokalitách pod Řípem. Jednu z nich přibližuje tento článek, na druhé jsem včera byl odebírat vzorky s kolegy z UHK – a tady jsou fotky přímo z místa.
Budeme řešit vývoj černozemí a konstrukci mohyly.
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
Budeme řešit vývoj černozemí a konstrukci mohyly.
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
August 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
S výhledem na České středohoří pokračuje výzkum na dvou lokalitách pod Řípem. Jednu z nich přibližuje tento článek, na druhé jsem včera byl odebírat vzorky s kolegy z UHK – a tady jsou fotky přímo z místa.
Budeme řešit vývoj černozemí a konstrukci mohyly.
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
Budeme řešit vývoj černozemí a konstrukci mohyly.
ct24.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/veda/...
Our first-year BA students began working at the early medieval site of Kozly – a marshland settlement once encircled by the Elbe River. I showed them how to describe soil profiles, determine soil colours, take samples. Today, they open their first trenches.
Site:
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozly_(...
Site:
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozly_(...
August 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Our first-year BA students began working at the early medieval site of Kozly – a marshland settlement once encircled by the Elbe River. I showed them how to describe soil profiles, determine soil colours, take samples. Today, they open their first trenches.
Site:
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozly_(...
Site:
cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozly_(...
Are you young MA or Ph.D. student dealing with Northern Kingdom of Israel? Apply for Koschitzky Prize 2025!
@pudukhepa.bsky.social
@pudukhepa.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Are you young MA or Ph.D. student dealing with Northern Kingdom of Israel? Apply for Koschitzky Prize 2025!
@pudukhepa.bsky.social
@pudukhepa.bsky.social
I’ve got my badge for the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Prague. This year are discussed birth rituals, family life, work, religious in ancient Mesopotamia. It’s a chance to see how everyday activities shaped the first cities and literary traditions that still influence us today.
July 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I’ve got my badge for the 70th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale in Prague. This year are discussed birth rituals, family life, work, religious in ancient Mesopotamia. It’s a chance to see how everyday activities shaped the first cities and literary traditions that still influence us today.
Excited to join the upcoming excavation at Tel Ether in Israel at the end of August and early September! After the postponement due to the conflict with Iran, it’s great to finally return to the field. I’ll be bringing another colleague from Charles University with me. See you out there!
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Excited to join the upcoming excavation at Tel Ether in Israel at the end of August and early September! After the postponement due to the conflict with Iran, it’s great to finally return to the field. I’ll be bringing another colleague from Charles University with me. See you out there!
Sabina from our team just prepared samples for isotope analysis from beneath long Neolithic barrows in Poland. Excited to see what the data reveal!
June 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sabina from our team just prepared samples for isotope analysis from beneath long Neolithic barrows in Poland. Excited to see what the data reveal!
Our latest study explores the formation processes of Dark Earth at Mikulčice (Czech Republic), integrating micromorphology and geochemical analysis to shed light on early medieval settlement dynamics.
Read it for free (open access for 50 days):
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lEnP1Dk5A...
Read it for free (open access for 50 days):
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lEnP1Dk5A...
June 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our latest study explores the formation processes of Dark Earth at Mikulčice (Czech Republic), integrating micromorphology and geochemical analysis to shed light on early medieval settlement dynamics.
Read it for free (open access for 50 days):
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lEnP1Dk5A...
Read it for free (open access for 50 days):
👉 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lEnP1Dk5A...
Honored to speak at the Czech–Israeli Conference at the Czech Parliament — a great exchange of ideas on science, education, and innovation.
www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/cze...
#CzechIsraeli #Academia #Innovation
www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/cze...
#CzechIsraeli #Academia #Innovation
May 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Honored to speak at the Czech–Israeli Conference at the Czech Parliament — a great exchange of ideas on science, education, and innovation.
www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/cze...
#CzechIsraeli #Academia #Innovation
www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/cze...
#CzechIsraeli #Academia #Innovation
Visited the Ledčice Archaeological Park near Mount Říp during today’s excursion. We documented a soil profile at a site where clay is still extracted for building traditional ovens (part of experimental archaeology).
May 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Visited the Ledčice Archaeological Park near Mount Říp during today’s excursion. We documented a soil profile at a site where clay is still extracted for building traditional ovens (part of experimental archaeology).
Chemical & physical properties:
– High Ca in mound, lower in topsoil
– High TOC in eroded mound
– Low P and Pb in original chernozem
Confirms lack of pre-barrow human activity
– High Ca in mound, lower in topsoil
– High TOC in eroded mound
– Low P and Pb in original chernozem
Confirms lack of pre-barrow human activity
April 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Chemical & physical properties:
– High Ca in mound, lower in topsoil
– High TOC in eroded mound
– Low P and Pb in original chernozem
Confirms lack of pre-barrow human activity
– High Ca in mound, lower in topsoil
– High TOC in eroded mound
– Low P and Pb in original chernozem
Confirms lack of pre-barrow human activity
Methods used to reconstruct the site history:
– Micromorphology
– Magnetic susceptibility (χ, χFD%)
– Phytolith & anthracological analysis
– Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
– Radiocarbon dating
– pXRF and ICP-MS geochemistry
– Micromorphology
– Magnetic susceptibility (χ, χFD%)
– Phytolith & anthracological analysis
– Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
– Radiocarbon dating
– pXRF and ICP-MS geochemistry
April 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Methods used to reconstruct the site history:
– Micromorphology
– Magnetic susceptibility (χ, χFD%)
– Phytolith & anthracological analysis
– Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
– Radiocarbon dating
– pXRF and ICP-MS geochemistry
– Micromorphology
– Magnetic susceptibility (χ, χFD%)
– Phytolith & anthracological analysis
– Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)
– Radiocarbon dating
– pXRF and ICP-MS geochemistry