Not just Indiana Jones – the work of an archaeologist: this lecture aims to familiarise participants with the specific nature of an archaeologist’s work, the methods used, the process of archaeological fieldwork, and how to handle artefacts
Before the Slavs arrived – the prehistory of Sanok and the surrounding area: this lecture (featuring original exhibits) discusses the beginnings of human settlement in southern -eastern Poland, with particular emphasis on Sanok and the surrounding area from the end of the Ice Age (14th millennium BC) in the Stone Age, through the Bronze and Iron Ages, and ending with the arrival of the Slavs in the second half of the 5th century AD
The Origins of Sanok – the history of the Sanok fortified settlement complex in the early Middle Ages: the lecture focuses on the consolidation of the Lędzian tribe in the Sanok area from the 8th century, through the construction of two mighty strongholds in Trepcza and their destruction by the Hungarians in the early 10th century; it then discusses the height of Sanok’s power in the early medieval period, during the reign of the Ruthenian princes in the 12th and 13th centuries, when there were strongholds on the castle hill in Sanok, in Sanok-Biała Góra and in Trepcza, the latter of which was destroyed during the Tatar invasion
Sanok in the time of Casimir the Great and Władysław Jagiełło – an overview of the latest archaeological discoveries within the Old Town: this lesson focuses on the latest archaeological finds at Sanok Castle and within the Old Town – at St Michael’s Square and the Market Square – and discusses the appearance of Sanok in the early Middle Ages, its development and internal layout; the main focus is on presenting the discoveries at St Michael’s Church, where King Władysław Jagiełło married Elżbieta Granowska in 1417
