Arkadiusz Marciniak - Biography#

Arkadiusz Marciniak is Professor of Archaeology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in Poland. His expertise is in the development of early farming communities in western Asia and central Europe and their progression to complex societies. He developed the concept of the Late Neolithic transition. His work is a major contribution to the recognition of transformative character of changes leading to the demise of the Near Eastern Neolithic, the reconfiguration of its constituent elements, the emergence of new lifeways of the Neolithic farmers, and the profound consequences of this process. He has been directing the excavation of the Late Neolithic settlement at Çatalhöyük since 2001.