Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk

Dr. Magdalena Sudoł-Procyk is an assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Archeology & Human Paleoecology in Institute of Archaeology, the Faculty of History NCU. She is an archeologist, researcher specialized in archaeology of Paleolithic and Mesolithic of Poland with particular emphasis on the region of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The main research areas are centered around: Paleolithic and Mesolithic settlement on the Polish Jura, Paleolithic assemblages of flint products based on modern research methods, archeology of caves in a broad, interdisciplinary approach, research on the use and distribution of siliceous raw materials. The most important scientific achievement is the discovery of a unique complex of Late Palaeolithic sites in the microregion of the Udorka Valley, related to the extraction and processing of so called chocolate flint. The research significantly expanded the bounds of knowledge about human settlement and the use of palaeoenvironmental resources at the end of the Pleistocene in the central part of the Krakow-Częstochowa Upland. The discovery of the chocolate flints mines in this part of Poland, set a new directions for further research, in the field of raw material distribution during Stone Age in Central Europe. She has completed two research projects supported by the Polish National Science Centre, and is currently starting another 5-year project on the extraction, use and distribution of chocolate flint from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. In addition to working at the University, he likes to travel and spend free time with his family.