About Me

dr Justyna Orłowska

I`m an archaeologist, prehistorian, working mostly on worked bone materials. I specialise in the technological and functional aspects of prehistoric objects made of bone and antler. Currently, I am focusing on the diversity and variability of osseous hunting equipment in the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene in Poland from the morphological, technological and functional perspective, which is the focus of this project website.

I`m a member of the Priority team of the Nicolaus Copernicus University supported under the „Excellence Initiative ¬ Research University” (IDUB) in the years 2020-2022.
Team name – Team for Traceology and Residue studies; leader – dr hab. Grzegorz Osipowicz, prof. UMK.

In 2021 I have co-organized the „International Camp of Experimental Archeology”, Toruń 2021, held on August 16-28, 2021. Site of the event: www.exarchcamp.umk.pl

I`m a member of such organizations and scientific societies as The Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts (AWRANA); The Worked Bone Research Group (WBRG); The European Association of Archaeologists (EAA); EXARC.

I`m a co-editor of the online Newsletter published since 2018: „Experimental Archeology at Nicolaus Copernicus University”. The newsletter is available on portals such as www.academia.edu and www.researchgate.net.

More information about my publication record and performed studies can be found at:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justyna-Orlowska

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7843-3506

Academic career:
25 June 2009
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute of Archaeology
Bachelors degree, specialization: archaeology

2009 – 2010
University of Economy (WSG) in Bydgoszcz
Postgraduate studies –Management in Archaeology

October 2010 – February 2011
Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail (France)
Erasmus study exchange – field of study: Histoire, Arts et Archéologie.

21 June 2011
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute of Archaeology
Master’s degree, specialization: prehistoric archaeology

15 January 2019
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute of Archaeology
PhD’s degree, specialization: archaeology

15 October 2018 – 15 October 2019
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute of Archaeology, Traceological Lab
Employed in SPUB project as technical and engineering referent.

15 October 2019 – 14 October 2021
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Institute of Archaeology
Adjunct in Department of Prehistory