Kristina Krawiec

Kristina Krawiec FSA is an English geoarchaeologist. She is Head of Geoarchaeology at York Archaeological Trust. Krawiec has been involved in a number of excavations across England, particularly of wetland areas. She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 17 November 2022.

Education

Krawiec has a BA (Hons) in Prehistory and Archaeology and an MPhil in Archaeological Practice from the University of Sheffield. ^[1]

Career

Krawiec is a geoarcheologist, and is head of Geoarcheology at York Archeological Trust. ^[2] Krawiec specialises in wetland archeology, especially the recording and preservation of archeological wood.

She was involved in a number of archeological digs, including the discovery of an Iron Age road in East Anglia in 2011, thought to date to around 75 BC, which may have been a route across the River Waveney. The timber posts from the causeway are on display in the Beccles Museum. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2017, she was the senior archaeologist on a team that excavated Wellington Dock navigation channel in the Port of Dover. The team found a mammoth tooth, which is potentially 14,000 years old. ^{[5] [6] [7]} More recently she led the investigations of a site on the River Dove at Dovecliff. ^[8] Work to create a bypass channel for the removal of a weir revealed closely-packed timbers, which were excavated. The timbers were up to 5m long, and were oak. Krawiec was able to date them to the mid to late 16th century, and to establish that the uprights were densely packed with brush to form a weir. ^[9]

Krawiec was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 17 November 2022. ^[10]

Select publications

• Lobb, M., Krawiec, K., Howard, A.J, Geary, B.R., and Chapman, H.P. 2010. "A new approach to recording and monitoring wet-preserved archaeological wood using three-dimensional laser scanning", Journal of Archaeological Science37, 2295-2999. doi : 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.020
• Krawiec, K., Gearey, B.R., Chapman, H.P., Hopla, E-J., Bamforth, M., Griffiths, C., Hill, T.C.B., and Tyers, I. 2011. "A Late Prehistoric Timber Alignment in the Waveney Valley, Suffolk: Excavations at Barsham Marshes", Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 10, 46-70. doi : 10.1179/jwa.2011.10.1.46
• Cuttler, R., Hepburn, S., Hewitson, C., and Krawiec, K. 2012. Gorse Stacks - 2000 Years of Quarrying and Waste Disposal in Chester (BAR British Series 563).
• A. K. Dowsett; K. Krawiec; T. C. B. Hill; E. Allison; J. E. Whittaker (3 July 2021). "Seaside Recreation Ground: A Multi-Proxy Palaeoenvironmental Investigation on the Coastal Edge of the Willingdon Levels, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK". Journal of Wetland Archaeology. 21 (1–2): 40–60. doi:10.1080/14732971.2023.2189561. ISSN   1473-2971. Wikidata   Q133309817.

References

1. "Ms Kristina Krawiec". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
2. "Geoarchaeology". York Archaeology - Commercial. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
3. "Ancient timber post on display at Beccles museum". Eastern Daily Press. 2013-08-03. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
4. "Iron Age road link to Iceni tribe". BBC News. 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
5. Chessum, Victoria (2017-11-07). "The incredible discovery unearthed by heritage experts at the port". Kent Live. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
6. Milligan, Mark (2017-11-13). "Dover Western Docks Revival makes Mammoth Discovery". HeritageDaily - Archaeology News. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
7. "Dover contractors dig up mammoth tooth". www.theconstructionindex.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
8. "Managing the Dove in the Middle Ages". Issuu. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
9. "Managing the Dove in the Middle Ages". Archaeology and Conservation in Derbyshire (ACID) - Issue 19. January 2022. Retrieved 2025-04-04– via Issuu.
10. "17 November Ballot Results". Society of Antiquaries of London. 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2022-12-15.

External links

• Ensuring future access to geoarchaeological and environmental archives , talk by Andy Howard & Kristina Krawiec for the Chartered Institute for Archeology Conference 2023, 4 Nov 2023, via YouTube