Dr Tomasz Oberc

 

archaeologist

e-mail: t.oberc(at)iaepan.edu.pl

Department: Department of Mountain and Highland Archaeology

 

Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0186-261X

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomasz_Oberc

https://iaepan.academia.edu/TomaszOberc

Research areas:

Archaeology of the Neolithic and the Eneolithic in Central Europe
Models of the past socio-economic systems
Traces decision making and life histories in archaeological data

Research tools:

Use-wear analysis of lithics
Geographic information systems
Statistical modelling
Interpretation of radiocarbon dating
Typology, stylistics and technology of pottery and lithics
Documentation and visualisation of archaeological data

Books:

Kruk, J. Oberc, T., Hudson, K.M., Milisauskas S. (2023) Neolithic Flint Technology at Bronocice (4th millennium BC). Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN.

Papers in journals:

Moskal-del Hoyo, M., Lityńska-Zając, M., Juźwińska, G., Kruk, J., Oberc, T., & Włodarczak, P. (2025). Use of woodland plant resources at the Neolithic site at Bronocice (southern Poland). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 61, 104943. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104943

Czekaj-Zastawny, A., Rauba-Bukowska, A., Kukułka, A., Craig, O. E., England, F., Kotula, A., Kufel-Diakowska, B., Lityńska-Zając, M., Lucquin, A., Moskal-del Hoyo, M., Oberc, T., Robson, H. K., & Wilczyński, J. (2025). The oldest farmers’ settlement from Poland. New interdisciplinary data on chronology and economy from the Gwoździec site. Praehistorische Zeitschrift. https://doi.org/10.1515/pz-2024-2052

Kurzawska, A., Sobkowiak-Tabaka, I., Mrozek-Wysocka, M., & Oberc, T. (2024). Tracing the Past: Microwear Analysis of Stone and Shell Beads Unearthed in Early Neolithic Burials at Samborzec, Poland. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 76(1), 309–334. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.1.3585

Oberc, T. (2024). Organisation of activities in settlements of the southeastern group of the Funnel Beaker Culture. Patterns of use and deposition of lithic artefacts from Zawarża, Site 2, Pińczów commune. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 76(1), 445–468. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/76.2024.1.3576

Oberc, T., Podsiadło, M., Szczepanek, A., Wilczyński, J., Włodarczak, P. (2021-2022), Mierzanowice culture site in Dobranowice Kraków district, Folia Quaternaria 89-90, 39-54. https://doi.org/10.4467/21995923FQ.22.003.17063

Wilczyński, J., Šída, P., Kufel-Diakowska, B., Mroczek, P., Pryor, A., Oberc, T., Sobieraj, D., & Lengyel, G. (2021). Population mobility and lithic tool diversity in the Late Gravettian – The case study of Lubná VI (Bohemian Massif). Quaternary International, 587–588, 103–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.046

Oberc, T. (2020). Some remarks on flat graves of south-eastern group of Funnel Beakers Culture. Sprawozdania Archeologiczne, 72(1), 115-146. https://doi.org/10.23858/SA/72.2020.1.006

Wilczyński, J., Žaár, O., Nemergut, A., Kufel-Diakowska, B., Moskal-del Hoyo, M., Mroczek, P., Páll-Gergely, B., Oberc, T., & Lengyel, G. (2020). The Upper Palaeolithic at Trenčianske Bohuslavice, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. Journal of Field Archaeology, 45(4), 270–292. https://doi.org/DOI 0.1080/00934690.2020.1733334

Chapters/papers in edited books:

In: S. Alexandrov & P. Włodarczak (eds), From the Steppes to the Balkans: Yamna Culture in Upper Thrace. Archeolingua.

• Alexandrov, S., Iliev, I., Oberc, T., Podsiadło, M., Valchev, T., & Włodarczak, P. (2024). Barrow at Pamukli Bair in Malomirovo, Elhovo Municipality (pp. 77–165).
• Szczepanek, A., Oberc, T., & Włodarczak, P. (2024). In search of lost bones: Anthropological analysis of redeposited bones from the centre of the barrow in Malomirovo, Pamukli Bair (pp. 175–198).

Oberc, T., Czekaj-Zastawny, A., & Rauba-Bukowska, A. (2022). Radiocarbon Dating For The Linear Pottery Culture From The Territory Of Poland—Research Problems. In: M. Grygiel & P. J. Obst (eds), Walking Among Ancient Trees. Studies in honour of Ryszard Grygiel and Peter Bogucki on the 45th anniversary of their research collaboration. (pp. 183-212). Konrad Jażdżewski Foundation for Archaeological Research, Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography in Łódź.

­In: A. Czekaj-Zastawny, A. Rauba-Bukowska, & A. Kukułka (eds), Najstarsza osada kultury ceramiki wstęgowej rytej z terenu Polski. Gwoździec stan. 2, gm. Zakliczyn. Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii PAN, Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie. https://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/269557/edition/232833

• Czekaj-Zastawny, A., & Oberc, T. (2021). 2.1 Metodyka badań archeologicznych / 2.1 Methodology of archaeological research. (pp. 25-31).
• Kenig, R., Oberc, T., & Kotula, A. (2021). 2.2. Stan zachowania materiałów zabytkowych i procesy erozyjne zachodzące na stanowisku / 2.2 State of preservation of archaeological remains and erosion processes taking place at the site. (pp. 31-36).
• Czekaj-Zastawny, A., & Oberc, T. (2021). 2.4. Obiekty nieruchome / Archaeological features. (pp. 37-63).
• Kotula, A., Jędrysik, J., Kenig, R., & Oberc, T. (2021). 3. Analiza przestrzenna źródeł za pomocą GIS / 3. Spatial analysis of prehistoric materials using the GIS. (pp. 261-293).
• Oberc, T., & Jędrysik, J. (2021). 4. Analiza obszaru eksploatacji wokół osady / 4. Analysis of exploitation area around the settlement. W A. Czekaj-Zastawny, A. Rauba-Bukowska, & A. Kukułka (Red.), Najstarsza osada kultury ceramiki wstęgowej rytej z terenu Polski. Gwoździec stan. 2, gm. Zakliczyn (pp. 295-312).
• Czekaj-Zastawny, A., & Oberc, T. (2021). 5. Chronologia osady / 5. Chronology of the settlement. (pp. 313-334).
• Czekaj-Zastawny, A., Bochnia, M., Craig, O. E., England, F., Jędrysik, J., Kenig, R., Kotula, A., Kufel-Diakowska, B., Kukułka, A., Lityńska-Zajac, M., Lucquin, A., Moskal-del Hoyo, M., Oberc, T., Rauba-Bukowska, A., Robson, H., & Wilczyński, J. (2021). 6. Funkcjonowanie i rozwój osady kultury ceramiki wstęgowej rytej / 6. Functioning and development of the Linear Pottery Culture settlement (pp. 335-365).

Brzeska-Pasek, A., Kenig, R., Oberc, T., & Nowak, M. (2018). Wczesnoneolityczne osady w Spytkowicach i ich rola w dystrybucji krzemienia jurajskiego/Early Neolithic settlements in Spytkowice and their role in the distribution of the Jurassic flint. In: V. Janák, M. Furmanek, A. Přichystal, & S. Stuchlík (eds), Petroarcheologický výzkum neolitu a eneolitu ve Slezsku (pp. 139-164). Filozoficko-přírodovědecká fakulta Slezské univerzity v Opavě.

Projects:

From waste to workshop. Activity areas in settlements of the Pleszów-Modlnica Group of the Lengyel-Polgar Circle from the western Lesser Poland in the light of functional and spatial analyses of lithic artefacts. (Preludium 21, NCN 2022/45/N/HS3/03475)
http://iaepan.edu.pl/from-waste-to-workshop/

Organisations:

European Archaeological Association (EAA)
Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology – Poland (CAA PL)
Stowarzyszenie Naukowe Archeologów Polskich Oddział Górnośląski (SNAP OG)