Dr Adam Budziszewski
Department for Research on Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Studies
a.budziszewski(at)iaepan.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-8818
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1QEu_PQAAAAJ&hl=pl
https://iaepan.academia.edu/AdamBudziszewski
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam-Budziszewski-3
Research interests:
The focus of research is bioarchaeology and the analysis of human remains from cremation burials in various cultural and chronological contexts. I study cremation burial rites as a complex technological and ceremonial process, focusing on reconstructing the individual stages of funeral rites and recreating the symbolic significance of funeral behaviors. I conduct research on cremation burial rites in Central Europe and Mesoamerica, especially in the western part of this cultural area.
I also study mobility and migration in prehistory, using strontium isotope analysis (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) as a method of identifying the geographical origin of the individuals studied. These analyses provide a means of reconstructing patterns of mobility and assessing the locality and non-locality of individuals in the early Iron Age, with particular reference to the cemetery at Domasław. This research allows for an in-depth understanding of the specifics of this cultural phenomenon, as well as capturing the dynamics of communities living in the Wrocław Plain in the early Iron Age. This enables a better understanding of the complexity of the networks of interaction in which the communities of that time participated, as well as the mechanisms shaping their social structure and interregional relations.
Selected bibliography:
- Budziszewski, A. (2021). Analiza ciałopalnych szczątków ludzkich z cmentarzyska kurhanowego na stan. 25 w Strużynie, gm. Morąg, woj. warmińsko-mazurskie. W: S. Domaradzka, A. Brzóska (red.), Prahistoria Polski stopami wydeptana: Studia poświęcone Doktorowi Adamowi Walusiowi, 99–116. Warszawa: Wydział Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego.
- Budziszewski, A. (2023). Does shape matter? A comparative study of the usage of calibrated sieves in the study of burned human bone from archeological and forensic contexts. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15(8), 109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01817-1
- Budziszewski, A. (2024). A preliminary bioarchaeological study of the funerary urns from Los Tamarindos, Tierra Caliente, in Michoacan, Mexico. Ancient Mesoamerica, 35(2), 368–387. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956536123000184
- Budziszewski, A., Karczewski, M. (2024). A bifid mandibular condyle from a cremation grave from Paprotki Kolonia cemetery, Poland. Anthropological Review, 87(3), 65–75
- Rembisz-Lubiejewska, A., Wadyl, S., Budziszewski, A. (2024). Cmentarzysko kurhanowe ludności kultury łużyckiej w Podgórach, gm. Kępice, pow. Słupsk, woj. pomorskie, stanowisko 54 (AZP 14-26/124). Pomorania Antiqua, 33, 7–24
- Budziszewski, A., Gastelum-Strozzi, A., Punzo Díaz, J. L. (2025). Transformed by Fire: Body Perception in Cremation Burial Practices in Middle Balsas River Basin, Michoacán Tierra Caliente, during the Postclassic Period. Latin American Antiquity, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/laq.2024.22
- Budziszewski, A. (2025). True rate of destruction: Statistical evaluation of the impact of usage of sieves on fragmentation of burned human remains. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 61