Professor, AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Poland

I am an employee of the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, employed as a professor. I graduated in geology in 1990 at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. In 1991, I was employed at the AGH University of Science and Technology. My research interests focus on Quaternary malacolology and the use of this method in paleogeographic and stratigraphic analyzes in relation to various types of genetic sediments, both terrestrial and freshwater. I also research the diversity of contemporary mollusk communities, the impact of humans on changes in the natural environment, and the issues of nature conservation, both in terms of animate nature (especially molluscs) and inanimate nature (protection of geological sites). My scientific achievements include over 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals, numerous presentations at scientific conferences and numerous popular science studies. In the MAMBA project, I am responsible for malacological analyzes and reconstructions of paleoenvironments based on mollusc remains contained in the sediments.

Research associate at UMR 8068 TEMPS (Technologie et Ethnologie des Mondes PréhistoriqueS), France

Dr. Hromadova is a specialist in prehistoric osseous technology with a focus on the Central and Eastern European Gravettian. She obtained her doctoral degree at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and devoted her thesis to the first complex analysis of bone artefacts from the Gravettian sites of Kostenki-Avdeevo. Afterwards she worked as a researcher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences. Over the years she has been a member of several research teams working on the major Gravettian loess sites in Eastern and Central Europe, especially in the Kostenki-Borschevo region, Khotylevo II and Pavlov-Dolní Věstonice area. Her research focuses on classical technological analysis, bringing together the knowledge and experience of East European archaeology, experimental traceology, planigraphy and Western traditions of prehistoric technology, and incorporating the wide range of interdisciplinary data into archaeological research. In the MAMBA project she is responsible for the analysis of industries from hard organic material (bone, ivory, antler, teeth) and ornaments from the investigated sites.

Lecturer and researcher, Institute of Archaeology University of Wrocław, Poland

I completed both my master's and PhD research programs in archaeology at the University of Wrocław (Poland). My doctoral thesis focused on the functional variability of Late Palaeolithic sites in Poland. For several years, I've been employed at my Alma Mater—the Institute of Archaeology, University of Wrocław—where I established and developed a laboratory for use-wear and residue analysis of prehistoric artefacts. I've been honoured with two grants from the National Science Centre in Poland.
Throughout my career, I've contributed to numerous research projects in Poland, focusing on Palaeolithic stone assemblages and Mesolithic portable art. My studies emphasize the subsistence economy of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers, as well as early farming and plant processing, utilizing microscopic traces to understand tool production and use.
In the MAMBA project, I am responsible for the use-wear analysis of the lithic artefacts.

Professor of the IB PAS, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences , Karków, Poland

I graduated in ethnology and archaeology from Jagiellonian University in Kraków, and obtained my PhD from the University of Valencia in Spain. It was during my time in Valencia that I began to explore the field of anthracology. Presently, I am employed at the Institute of Botany, where I serve as the Head of the Palaeobotany and Palaeoenvironment Group. I've been honoured with three grants from the National Science Centre in Poland. My research interests focus on the reconstruction of forest communities and their changes based on anthracological studies of late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological sites, as well as natural sites. I specialize in paleobotany, with particular emphasis on anthracology and archaeobotany in the context of paleoethnographic research. I am interested in anthropogenic transformations of paleoenvironments and the human impact on vegetation, allowing me to explore issues related to the history of interactions between humans and the natural environment over centuries. In the MAMBA project, I will be responsible for the anthracological analysis.

Department of Geosciences and Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Finland

Research Centre for the Paleolithic and Paleoanthropology, Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia

Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany

The Francis Crick Institute, UK

Geology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria

Anthropology Department, University of Nevada, USA

Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Hungarian National Museum, National Institute of Archaeology, Hungary

Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Forschungsstelle Altsteinzeit (FAST), Germany

Department of Geography and Geosciences, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany

Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany

Prehistory, Natural History Museum Vienna, Austria

Institute of Speleology, Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria

Institute of Geography, University of Bremen, Germany