Profesor Bogdan Balcer (1936–2018)

Archaeologist and expert of Neolithic flintknapping, Professor Bogdan Balcer, passed away on 30 December 2018. He was professionally linked to two Warsaw institutions: the State Archaeological Museum (1957–1972) and the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of thePolish Academy of Sciences (1972–2006). He was the author of more than a hundred papers,devoted mainly to issues of exploitation, processing and distribution of flint raw material, especially Świeciechow and striped flint, in the basins of the Oder and Vistula rivers. Translator: Iwona Zych