Chowaniec Roksana

I work as adjunct professor in Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. My interests concern archaeology of Roman Sicily, Romanisation, landscape archeology, ancient diet and environment, as well as popularisation and education in archaeological heritage, as well as cultural heritage management. I participate in many scientific projects (e.g. NETConnect: Connecting European Culture through New Technology” in the frames of UE-Programme „Culture 2000”; Annona militaris i pastus militum and Novae. Roman legionary camp and late roman town. Fortifications, both leaded by prof. Tadeusz Sarnowski).

I have directed following projects: Archaeological non-invasive investigations and excavations in Akrai, Sicily, Italy (2011-2013) - a grant of National Science Centre, Roman house in Greek Akrai (Sicily) (2011/03/B/HS3/00567) - a grant of National Science Centre. Currently I am leading the project of National Science Centre titled: On the borders of Syracuse. Multidisciplinary studies of the ancient town Akrai/Acrae, south-eastern Sicily, Italy (UMO-2016/21/B/HS3/00026). I am director of excavations in Akrai. 

I have participated in many archaeological expeditions (Novae, Bulgaria; Tanais, Russia) and also I direct the archaeological project (non-invasive investigations, survey,  excavations) in Akrai, Sicily. I strongly cooperate with Facultat de Pedagogia Universitat de Barcelona, Spain as well as with Servizio Beni Archeologici della Soprintendenza di Siracusa and Polo regionale di Siracusa per i siti e Musei archeologici –Museo archeologico regionale Paolo Orsi. I also organise an Archaeological Festivals in Biskupin, Poland in cooperation of Archaeological Museum in Biskupin.

Selected recent publications
1. Chowaniec R. (in coll. K. Misiewicz, W. Małkowski,) Acrae antica alla luce di indagini non invasive, Journal of Ancient Topography (Rivista di Topografia Antica) XIX, 2009 (2010), p. 121-138.

2. Chowaniec R. (with coll. M. Matera, T. Więcek), Rapporto preliminare della campagna di prospezioni-survey a territorio acrense (Sicilia, Ottobre 2010), Warszawa 2010.

3. Chowaniec R., Misiewicz K., Non-invasive researches in Palazzolo Acreide (ancient Akrai), Sicily, Archeologia 59, 2008 (2010), p. 173-186.

4. Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, ancient Acrae, Sicily, Italy in 2009 and 2010, Światowit, fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology VIII (XLIX), 2009-2010, p. 169-171.

5. Chowaniec R., Wyspa Greków, Rzymian i polskich archeologów. Wędrówki po południowo-wschodniej Sycylii, Z Bliska i Daleka. Rocznik popularno-naukowy Instytutu Archeologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego nr 1, 2011, p. 36-41.

6. Chowaniec R., Archaeology on the Web. Educating children and youth though internet portals, (in:) Archaeological Heritage: Methods of Education and Popularization, Chowaniec R., Więckowski W. (ed.), BAR International Series 2443, Oxford 2012, s. 37-41.

7. Chowaniec R., Guzzardi L., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2011, Światowit, fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology IX (L), fasc. A. 2011, Warszawa 2012, s. 169-172.

8. Chowaniec Roksana, (with coll. Tomasz Więcek, Monika Rekowska, Renata Kucharczyk, Marcin Matera, Urszula Wicenciak), Rapporto preliminare della campagna di scavi a Palazzolo Acreide (2012), Warszawa-Siracusa 2012.

9. Chowaniec R., wraz z Sarnowski T., Kovalevskaja L., Tomas A., Zakrzewski P., Novae – Castra Legionis, 2010 – 2012. Preliminary Report on the Excavations of the University of Warsaw Archaeological Expedition, Archeologia 62-63, 2011-12 (2014), p. 75-90.

10. Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2013, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology XI (LII), fasc. A. 2013, Warszawa 2014, p. 157-161.

11. Chowaniec R., The recovery in the town? Greek colony in new Roman reality. Case study, (in:) Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World. Proceeding XVIIIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology, Alvarez J.M., Nogales T., Rodà I. eds., vol II, Merida 2014, p. 1007-1011.

12. Chowaniec R., Barone G., Mazzoleni P., Raneri S., Fitula M. Petro-archaeometric characterization of ancient pottery from Akrai, (in:) Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, ed. Chowaniec R., Warsaw 2015, p. 311-330.

13. Chowaniec R., Comments on the history and topography of Akrai/Acrae in the light of new research, (in:) Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, ed. Chowaniec R., Warsaw 2015, p. 43-78.

14. Chowaniec R., General remarks on the new archaeological studies in Akrai (2009-2014), (in:) Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, ed. Chowaniec R., Warsaw 2015, p. 31-41.

15. Unveiling the past of an ancient town. Akrai/Acrea in south-eastern Sicily, ed. Chowaniec R., Warsaw 2015.

14. Chowaniec R., Misiewicz K., Comparison of the results of magnetic and gradient survey with the real situation in the field on the basis of excavations at Akrai/Acrae, south-eastern Sicily. New possibilities for the interpretation of geophysical map, Archaeologia Polona 53, 2015, p. 198-201.

15. Chowaniec R., Corinthian Roman Relief Bowls from Acrae, prov. Syracuse, south-eastern Sicily, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology XII (LIII), 2014, Warszawa 2015, p. 81-98.

16. Chowaniec R., Palazzolo Acreide, Sicily, Italy. Excavations in 2014, Światowit fasc. A. Mediterranean and Non-European Archaeology XII (LIII), 2014, Warszawa 2015, p. 7-12. 

17. Chowaniec R., Greek and Roman Impact on the environment. Case study: Akrai/Acrae in south-eastern Sicily, (in:) Cracow Landscape Monographs 2. Landscape as impulsion for culture: research, perception & protection. Landscape in the Past & Forgotten Landscape, P. Kołodziejczyk, B. Kwiatkowska-Kopka (red.), Kraków 2016, p. 175-185.

18. Chowaniec R., The Sicilian world after the Punic Wars: the Greek colony in a new reality, (in:) Comparative Perspectives on Past Colonisation, Maritime Interaction and Cultural Integration, eds. H. Glørstad, L. Melheim, Z. Glørstad, Sheffield 2016, p. 41-54.

19. Chowaniec R., Misiewicz K., New geophysical observations on the house complex in ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, south-eastern Sicily, Rivista di Topografia Antica XXV, 2015 (2016), p. 137-150.

20. Chowaniec R., Gręzak A., Dietary preferences of the inhabitants of ancient Akrai/Acrae (south-eastern Sicily) during Roman times and the Byzantine period, (in:) M. Ghilardi (ed.), Géoarchéologie des îles de Méditerranée. Geoarchaeology of the Mediterranean Islands, Paris 2016, p. 287-298.

21. Chowaniec R., Chmielewski K., Żelazowski J., Lanteri R., Le nuove picture parietarie ad Akrai in Sicilia, (in:) Y. Dubois, M. Fuchs, A. Spuhle eds., Preactes. 13e Colloque de l'Association Internationale pour la Peinture Murale Antique, 12-16.09.2016, Lausanne, Swiss, Lausanne 2016. p. 26.

22. Barone G., Chowaniec R., Fitula M., Mazzoleni P., Mirabella L., Raneri S., Pottery production during „romanization” of Sicily: an archaeometric study of plain table-ware classes from ancient Akrai (Sicily), Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16, is. 3, 2016, p. 157-170.

23. Barone G., Chowaniec R., Mangioni S., Mazzoleni P., Raneri S., Evaluation of the technological feature of Late Roman Cooking Ware Classes from Akrai (Syracuse, Sicily), Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry 16, is. 3, 2016, p. 171-183.

24. Chowaniec R., Fitula M., Recenti scavi ad Akrai (Palazzolo Acreide, Sr), ARCHAEOLOGIAE Research by Foreign Missions in Italy XIII.1-2, 2015 (2017), p. 47-68.

25. Chowaniec R., The Coming of Rome. Cultural Landscape of South–Eastern Sicily, Warsaw 2017;

26. Chowaniec R., Archaeology for Everyone. Presenting Archaeological Heritage to the Public in Poland, Warsaw 2017.

27. Chowaniec R., Triskeles - Trinacria - Triquetra a terytorialna tożsamość Sycylii, (in:) E. Dąbrowa, T. Grabowski, M. Piegdoń (eds.), Florilegium. Studia ofiarowane Profesorowi Aleksandrowi Krawczukowi z okazji dziewięćdziesiątej piątej rocznicy urodzin, Kraków 2017, p. 173-183.

28. Chowaniec R., Więcek T., History of town Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, in the light of new numismatic finds, (in:) M. Caccamo Caltabiano (ed.),  XV International Numismatic Congress Taormina 2015 Proceedings, Roma-Messina 2017, p. 122-125.

29. Chowaniec R. in coll. with J. Młynarczyk, K. Domżalski, T. Więcek, M. Wagner, A. Gręzak, K. Misiewicz, M. Więch, K. Chmielewski, R. Lanteri, M. Fituła, M. Stobiecka,  Akrai/Acrae – The Greek Colony and Roman Town. Preliminary Report on the Excavations of the University of Warsaw Archaeological Expedition in 2015, Archeologia 66, 2015 (2017), p. 105–130.

30. Fernandes R., Chowaniec R., Interdisciplinary approaches to the study of ancient Roman foodways, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 19, 2018, p. 979-981.

31. Chowaniec R., Fituła M., Matera M., Więcek T., Integrated approach to study the vicinity of ancient Akrai. Survey perspective, (in:) On the borders of Syracuse: Multidisciplinary studies on the ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, R. Chowaniec (red.), Warsaw 2018, p. 85-111.

32. Chowaniec R., Articulating the local Roman culture in Hellenistic Sicily. The small finds illustrate the local history, (in:) On the borders of Syracuse: Multidisciplinary studies on the ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, R. Chowaniec (red.), Warsaw 2018, p. 33-68.

33. Chowaniec R., Dotsika E., Gręzak A., Late Hellenistic to Later Roman/Byzantine periods faunal and flora assemblage in the ancient Akrai (south–eastern Sicily). Environment and food circulation reconstruction, (in:) On the borders of Syracuse: Multidisciplinary studies on the ancient town of Akrai/Acrae, Sicily, R. Chowaniec (red.), Warsaw 2018, p.  145-171.

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