Publications

Petroglyphs at Khar Tolgoi (Black Head) in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia: analysis of images and chronology; Rock Art Research, 2026

Józef Szykulski, Mirosław Masojć, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Przemysław Bobrowski, Bazargur Dashzeveg, Maciej Jórdeczka, Grzegorz Michalec, Patryk Muntowski, Enkhtaivan Namjilmaa, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Rafał Sikora and Marcin Szmit
Rock Art Research, Volume 43, Number 1, pp. 100 – 116

Sedimentological characteristics of four palaeolakes in the Tsakhiurtyn Hundi Lakeland (Gobi Desert, Mongolia); Quaternary International, 2026

Rafał Sikora, Mirosław Masojć, Antoni Wójcik, Patrycja Wójcik-Tabol, Andrzej Gałaś, Dominik Pawłowski, Grzegorz Michalec, Piotr Moska, Mirosław Makohonienko, Józef Szykulski, Jin Cheul Kim, Jieun Kwon, Byambaa Gunchinsuren
Quaternary International, Volume 758, 15 March 2026, 110127

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110127

Stone age societies in the borderland between the Gobi-Altai Mountains and the Gobi Desert, Mongolia; Studia Archaeologica, 2025

Mirosław Masojć, Gunchinsuren Byambaa, Józef Szykulski, Przemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka, Bazargur Dashzeveg, Rafał Sikora, Grzegorz Michalec, Patryk Muntowski, Odsuren Davaakhuu, Marcin Szmit, Andrzej Gałaś, Antoni Wójcik, Enkhtaivan Namjilmaa
Studia Archaeologica, December 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5564/sa.v48i2.4730

Geoarchaeological research on site formation process, paleoenvironment, and human behaviors in the early Holocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia; PLOS ONE, 2025

Grzegorz Michalec, Rafał Sikora, Małgorzata Winiarska-Kabacińska, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Antoni Wójcik, Piotr Moska, Marcin Szmit, Dashzeveg Bazargur, Przemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka, Józef Szykulski, Patryk Muntowski, Andrzej Gałaś, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Mirosław Masojć
PLOS ONE

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330209

The earliest Holocene wanderers through the Gobi Desert evidenced by the radiocarbon chronology of the lakeshore settlement near the Tsakhiurtyn Hondi, Mongolia; Radiocarbon, 2025

Przemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka, Mirosław Masojć, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Tomasz Goslar, Rafał Sikora, Patryk Muntowski, Davaakhuu Odsuren, Marcin Szmit, Dashzeveg Bazargur, Grzegorz Michalec, Józef Szykulski
Radiocarbon, pp. 1 – 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2025.4

Gobi and Mongolia under the eye of Polish archaeologists, University of Wrocław News, 2024

An extensive interview with Grzegorz Michalec detailing the third season of challenging excavation work in Mongolia as part of the ‘Around Tsakhiurtyn Hondi (…)’ project, filled with remarkable discoveries from the Stone Age at the frontier of the Altai and the Gobi Desert.

Palaeolakes, caves and settlement during the Pleistocene and Holocene around Tsakhiurtyn Hundi, Mongolia; Antiquity, 11 April 2024

Mirosław Masojć, Byambaa Gunchinsuren, Józef Szykulski, Grzegorz Michalec, Bazargur Dashzeveg, Rafał Sikora, Davaakhuu, Przemysław Bobrowski, Maciej Jórdeczka, Antoni Wójcik, Andrzej Gałaś, Marcin Szmit, Odpurev Gankhuyag, Marta Osypińska, Enkhtaivan Namjilmaa I Éva David
Antiquity, pp. 1 – 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.44

Archaeological research in Mongolia, University of Wrocław News, 2023

In search of prehistoric communities of the Gobi Altai region: archaeological research of the University of Wrocław in Mongolia (text by Grzegorz Michalec).

Archaeologists in Mongolia discover remains of prehistoric hearths, pottery and ostrich eggs; Science in Poland, October 12 2023

Archaeologists working in Mongolia have discovered traces of human activity from the early Holocene, including well-preserved hearths, pottery and ostrich egg products. The data they have obtained may play an important role in research on the spread of Homo sapiens in this area…

Hunter-Gatherer Campsites Examined in Mongolia, Archaeology, October 25 2023

WROCŁAW, POLAND—Science in Poland reports that well-preserved hearths, pottery, and pendants and beads made from ostrich eggshells have been uncovered at hunter-gatherer campsites in southern Mongolia by a team of researchers led by Mirosław Masojć of the University of Wrocław…