Archaeological portfolio
Anna Sokołowska archaeologist, illustrator +48 694 556 753
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Table of Contents
Documentation from excavations (pp. 4-9) I.
Artifacts (technique: ink, pencil) 1. Unpublished research material from rescue excavations in Trzek, site no. 10,11,13,14,62 (Greater Poland, Poland); project manager: W. Słota, M.A. (2010) 2. Unpublished research material from research excavations in Chersonesos of Taurida (Sevastopol, Ukraine); project manager: A. Biernacki, Ph.D. (2004, 2005)
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Archaeological plans (program: AutoCAD Map) 1. Trzek, site no. 10 (Greater Poland, Poland); project manager: W. Słota, M.A. (2010) 2. Trzek, site no. 67, 68 (Greater Poland, Poland); project manager: W. Słota, M.A. (2010)
Aerial archaeology (pp. 10-16)
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Photo interpretation and mapping (programs: AirPhoto, AutoCAD Map); Copyright © Air Photo Services Cambridge (United Kingdom) 1. Area north of Luton, Bedfordshire (land for investment), March 2008 2. Area of west Cambridgeshire - section (research project commissioned by Cambridge County Council), April-June 2009
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Aerial photographs (cameras: Canon EOS 400D, Nikon D200; programs: Google Earth, Adobe Photoshop) 1. Oblique photos taken during Training School in Aerial Archaeology, organised by Aerial Archaeology Research Group (Germany, May 2007) 2. Oblique photos taken during aerial reconnaissance of the area of Cambridgeshire, organised by Air Photo Services Cambridge (United Kingdom, April 2014)
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Forensic archaeology (pp. 17-21) Photographic documentation (cameras: Nikon D50, Canon EOS 1D; program: Adobe Photoshop) and illustrations (original drawings at a scale of 1:10 made during the field work; technique: pencil) from the forensic and archaeological research project: Prospection of the unknown burial places of victims of communist terror in 1944-1956; Copyright © Polish Institute of National Remembrance. Selected photos and illustrations present the results of exhumations after preliminary forensic analysis: 1. Prison mass burial. Służew Cemetery (Warsaw, Poland); project manager: P. Zawadzki, M.A. (July 2014) 2. A single prison burial. Garrison Cemetery (Gdańsk, Poland); project manager: P. Zawadzki, M.A. (September 2014) 3. Four single prison burials. Garrison Cemetery (Gdańsk, Poland); project manager: P. Zawadzki, M.A. (September 2014)
About me (p. 22)
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Documentation from excavations Artifacts
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Documentation from excavations Archaeological plans
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Aerial archaeology Photo interpretation and mapping
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Aerial archaeology Aerial photographs
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Shipwrecks. Rugia Island (Germany) 54°35’13’’N 13°05’56’’E Photo: A. Sokołowska, 01.05.2007
Riesenberg near Nobbin, a megalithic tomb. Rugia Island (Germany) Photo: A. Sokołowska, 03.05.2007
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Cropmarks - Grahlhof farm (Rugia Island) near Stralsund (54°19’24”N 13°08’49”E) Photo: A. Sokołowska, 03.05.2007
Aerial panorama of Barth (Mecklenburg, Germany) showing potential and beauty of the region. Photo: A. Sokołowska, 03.05.2007
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Iron age enclosure Belsar’s Hill with medieval cultivation inside and outside the ramparts (Cambridgeshire, UK); as an example of an archaeological site with its well preserved landscape form. Photo: A. Sokołowska, 16.04.2014
Cropmarks - Creekgall Fen, north of March (Cambridgeshire, UK), showing a Roman track, enclosures and fields. Photo: A. Sokołowska, 16.04.2014
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Forensic archaeology Photographs and illustrations
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Prison mass burial. Unexplored fragments of skeletons are situated under later tombstones; further exploration was not possible. Warsaw (Poland), Służew Cemetery. Project manager: P. Zawadzki. Photo and drawings: A. Sokołowska, 08.07.2014
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Single prison burial of a man, discovered under a thick stratum of rubble and rocks. Gdańsk (Poland), Garrison Cemetery. Project manager: P. Zawadzki, M.A. Photo and drawings: A. Sokołowska, 15.09.2014
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Four single (two female and two male) prison burials. Below: first of female skeletons with multiple post mortem dislocations of bones. Gdańsk (Poland), Garrison Cemetery. Project manager: P. Zawadzki. Photo and drawings: A. Sokołowska, 12.09.2014
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Female and male skeletons, discovered in the same burial pit. Fragments of leather shoes were found in the female burial. Below: a second male skeleton. Gdańsk (Poland), Garrison Cemetery. Project manager: P. Zawadzki. Photo and drawings: A. Sokołowska, 12.09.2014
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Anna Sokołowska (M.A.)
Photo: Ł. Szleszkowski
Born in 1981; I am an archaeologist (University in Poznań, Poland; graduation in 2008), with a post-graduate specialisation in forensic archaeology (University of Wrocław, Poland; graduation in 2013). In 2002 I graduated from the School of Arts in Toruń (Poland), with a diploma of graphic and illustration artist. I worked with the Polish Institute of National Remembrance as a member of an interdisciplinary research team conducting forensic projects and exhumations. I also participated in the research and rescue excavations. I am interested in aerial and landscape archaeology (M.A. thesis in 2008) and their potential in the forensic research. I was a member of Aerial Archaeology Research Group. At present I participate in selected aerial archaeology research projects in Poland and UK.
I am able to work independently and as part of a team, meet deadlines and adapt to work in a multicultural environment. I am available for long or short term positions or for freelance jobs worldwide. SKILLS AND COMPETENCE Archaeological Illustration • Artifact drafting (pottery, glass, metal, bone and other small finds; in black and white or in colour) • Forensic illustration (complete skeleton, dislocated bones, single and mass graves etc.) • Architectural drawings, sections of soil stratigraphy and archaeological features • Graphic reconstructions, plans, schemes Archaeological Photography
• Excavations (archaeological dig site, features, sections, soil stratigraphy etc.) • Artifacts (for publication) • Aerial (oblique aerial photography and photo interpretation) • Forensic (burial and crime sites, human remains, other related features) Computer programs • Digital mapping for archaeology (AirPhoto, AutoCAD Map, QGis) • Digital processing (Adobe Photoshop, Corel DRAW) • Databases (APhMax, File maker Pro)
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