Waldemar Chmielewski
Polish archeologist
Waldemar Chmielewski (June 17, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a Polish archaeologist, professor and founding director of the Institute of Archeology at the University of Warsaw. He specialized in the prehistory of Africa and Asia and was an expert in the study of the Paleolithic era in Polish territories.
Biography
In 1951, he completed his studies at the University of Łódź. He was part of the group of students under the supervision of Konrad Jażdżewski. He defended his master's thesis at the age of 22, based on the results of excavations conducted under Jażdżewski's direction in Sarnowo and Gaj. In 1960, he obtained a doctoral degree based on the results of his own archaeological research in the caves of Jerzmanowice and Sąspów. In 1963, he obtained the habilitation degree.
From 1948 to 1963, he worked at the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museum in Łódź. From 1956 to 1970, he was also employed at the Institute of Material Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Institute of Archeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences). Since 1970, he was also academically associated with the University of Warsaw.
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