Main research interests
Osteology, paleontology, zooarchaeology, and taphonomy of birds.
Current research tasks
- Taphonomic analyses of fossil and subfossil sites.
- Bird remains from the Oligocene of Poland and the Miocene of Austria and Bosnia.
- Keys for the identification of bird skeletal remains.
Publication list
Gwee C., Tassoni L., Boev Z., Tomek T., Talamo S., Wolf J., Bocheński Z.M.
Performance of Two Custom Probe Kits for In-Solution Enrichment of Ancient Avian DNA.
Molecular Ecology Resources, 26(1): 1-14.
Bochenski Z. M., Happ J., Salwa, G., Tomek T.
The first fossil bird from the Miocene swamps of Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina: A novel and very unique duck.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 28(1):a14.
Lowi-Merri T. M., Gjevori M., Bochenski Z. M., Wertz K. , Claramunt S.
Total-evidence dating and the phylogenetic affinities of early fossil passerines.
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 22(1): 2356086.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K.
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification of ungual phalanges of European accipitrid birds of prey.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33(6): 989-1005.
Wertz K. , Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M.
Whose talon is this? A manual for the identification ofungual phalanges of European birds of prey: Falcons and owls.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 33:562-576.
Bocheński Z.M. , Wertz K. , Tornberg, R., Korpimäki, V. M.
How to distinguish duck and wader restores Eaten by the peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus from these Eaten by other birds of prey and humans—a taphonomic analysis.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 32(2):317-326.
Happ J., Elsler A., Kriwet J., Pfaff C., Bocheński Z.M.
Two passeriform birds (Aves: Passeriformes) from the Middle Miocene of Austria.
Paläontologische Zeitschrift 96(2):313-326.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Bujoczek M., Salwa G.
A new passeriform (Aves: Passeriformes) from the early Oligocene of Poland sheds light on the beginnings of Suboscines.
Journal of Ornithology 162(2): 593-604.
Wertz K. , Tornberg R., Bocheński Z.M.
The taphonomy of medium–sized group in food restores of the northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis, combined with damage done by man and other predators.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 31(2): 188-195.
Campbell K.E., Bocheński Z.M.
A Review of the woodpeckers (Aves: Piciformes) from the asphalt deposits of Rancho La Brea, California, with the description of three new species.
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 101:1013-1026.
Mayr G., Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Bienkowska-Wasiluk M., Manegold, A.
Skeletons from the early Oligocene of Poland fill a significant temporal gap in the fossil record of upupiform birds (hoopoes and allies).
Historical Biology 32(9):1163-1175.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T.
Whorunit? Clues on bird regains from Oblazowa Cave (south Poland) reveal their origin.
Quaternary International 543: 142-147.
Bochenski Z.M., Tomek T., Wertz K. , Wojenka M.
Falconry in Poland from a zooarcheological perspective.
Wachholtz, pp. 1399-1410.
[In:] Gersmann K-H., Grimm O. [eds.]. Raptor and human – falconry and bird symbolism through the millennium on a global scale.
Bocheński Z.M. , Wertz K. , Tomek T.
What happens to dead birds left in a cave and its vicinity for a quarter of a city? A taphonomic experiment.
Historical Biology 30(6): 855-867
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Happ J., Bujoczek M., Swidnicka E.
Articulated avian remains from the early Oligocene of Poland adds to our understanding of Passerine evolution.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 21.2.32A: 1-12.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Kaczanowska M., Kozłowski J.K., Sampson A.
Who ate the birds: the taphonomy of Sarakenos Cave, Greece.
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10(7), 1603-1615.
Dalén L., Lagerholm V.K., Nylander, J.A., Barton N., Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Rudling D., Ericson P.G.P., Irestedt M., Stewart J.R.
Identifying bird restores using ancient DNA barcoding.
Genes 8(6): 169.9.
Lagerholm V.K., Sandoval‐Castellanos E., Vaniscotte A., Potapova O.R., Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M. , Shepherd P., Barton N., van Dyck M-C., Miller R., Höglund J., Yoccoz N.G., Dalén L., Stewart J.R.
Range shifts or excitement? Ancient DNA and distribution modeling reveal past and future responses to climate heating in cold–adapted birds.
Global change in biology 23(4): 1425-1435.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Swidnicka E.
A tiny short-legged bird from the early Oligocene of Poland.
Geologica Carpathica 67(5): 463-469.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Wojenka M.
Indirect evidence of falconry in medieval Poland as inferred from published zooarchaeological studies.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 26: 661-669.
Mayr G., Bocheński Z.M.
A skeleton of a small rail from the Rupelian of Poland adds to the diversity of early Oligocene Ralloidea.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 282(2): 125-134.
Campbell K.E. Jr., Bocheński Z.M.
The Owls (Aves: Strigiformes) of Rancho La Brea. [In]: Harris J.M. [ed.]. La Brea and beyond: The paleontology of asphalt-preserved biotas.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series 42: 5-21.
[In:] Harris J.M. [ed.]. La Brea and beyond: The paleontology of asphalt-preserved biotas.
Kowalski K., Bochenski Z., Rzebik-Kowalska B., Szyndlar Z.
Vertebrate Remains from Wadi El Obeiyid Cave 1, Farafra Oasis.
Florence: All’Insegna del Giglio, pp. 411-414.
[In:] Barich B.E., Lucarini G., Hamdan M.A., Hassan F.A. [eds.]. From Lake is Sand. The Archaeology of Farafra Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt.
Kowalski K., Bocheński Z.M. , Rzebik-Kowalska B., Szyndlar Z.
Appendix II. Vertebrate remains from Wadi el Obeiyid Cave 1, Farafra Oasis (Egypt).
Edizioni All'Insegna del Giglio, Firenze, pp. 411-414.
[In:] Barich B.E., Lucarini G., Hamdan M.A., Hassan F.A. : From lake to sand – the archaeology of Farafra Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt.
Makowiecki D., Tomek T., Bochenski Z.M.
Birds in early medieval Greater Poland: consumption and hawking.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 24: 358-364.
[In:] Bejenaru L., Serjeantson D. [eds.]. Birds and archaeology: New research.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Świdnicka E.
A complete passerine foot from the late Oligocene of Poland.
Palaeontologia Electronica 17.1.6A
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Świdnicka E.
The first complete leg of a passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Poland.
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(2): 281-285.
Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M. , Wertz K. , Swidnicka E.
A new genus and species of a galliform bird from the Oligocene of Poland.
Palaeontologia Electronica, 17(3): 38A
Bochenski Z.M., Tomek T., Świdnicka E.
A review of avian remains from the Oligocene of the Outer Carpathians and Central Paleogene Basin.
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, pp. 37-41.
[In:] Göhlich, U.B., Kroh, A. [eds.], Paleornithological research 2013. Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Vienna.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wertz K. , Świdnicka E.
The third near complete passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Europe.
Journal of Ornithology 154: 923-931
Campbell K.E. Jr., Bocheński Z.M.
Two new summer Pleistocene miniature Owls from Rancho La Brea, California.
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(4): 707-721.
Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M. , Socha P., Stefaniak K.
Continuous 300,000-year fossil record: changes in the ornithofauna of Biśnik Cave, Poland.
Palaeontologia Electronica 15(1.2A): 20.
Wojtal P. , Wilczyński J. , Bocheński Z.M. , Svoboda J.A.
The scene of special features: Animal remains from Pavlov I south-east, the Czech Republic.
Quaternary International 252: 122-141.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Bujoczek M., Wertz K.
A new passerine bird from the early Oligocene of Poland.
Journal of Ornithology 152(4): 1045-1053.
Svoboda J., Bocheński Z.M. , Čulíková V., Dohnalová A., Hladilová S., Hložek M., Horáček I., Ivanov M., Králík M., Novák M., Pryor A.J.E., Sázelová S., Stevens R.E., Wilczyński J. , Wojtal P.
Paleolithic hunting in a southern Moravian landscape: The case of Milovice IV, Czech Republic.
Geoarchaeology 26(6): 838-866.
Bochenski Z.M, Tomek T.
A history of Polish birds.
Eurasian Prehistory 7.2: 91-106.
[In:] Kozłowski J.K., Stiner M.C. [eds.], Klissoura Cave 1, Argolid, Greece: the Upper Palaeolithic sequel.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Świdnicka E.
A columbid-like avian foot from the Oligocene of Poland.
Acta Ornithologica 45(2): 233-236.
Campbell K.E. Jr., Bocheński Z.M.
A new genus for the extinct Late Pleistocene owl Strix brea Howard (Aves: Strigiformes) from Rancho La Brea, California.
Records of the Australian Museum 62(1): 123–144.
Bochenski Z.M., Tomek T.
A key for the identification of domestic birds bones in Europe: preliminary determination.
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Kraków, 101 pp.
Tomek T., Bochenski Z.M.
A key for the identification of domestic bird bones in Europe: Galliformes and Columbiformes.
Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Kraków, 111 pp.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Tornberg R., Wertz K.
Distinguished nonhuman predation on birds: pattern of damage done by the white-tailed eagle Haliaetus albicilla, with comments on the punctures made by the golden eagle Aquila chrysaethos.
Journal of Archaeological Science 36: 122-129.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Wilczyński J. , Svoboda J., Wertz K. , Wojtal P.
Fowling during the Gravettian: the avifauna of Pavlov I, the Czech Republic.
Journal of Archaeological Science, 36: 2655-2665.
Bocheński Z.M.
Identification of skeletal reins of closely related species: the pitfalls and solutions.
Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 1247-1250.
Bocheński Z. , Bocheński Z.M.
An Old World hummingbird from the Oligocene: a new fossil from Polish Carpathians.
Journal of Ornithology, 149: 211–216.
Bochenski Z.M., Tomek T.
Awifauna plejstocenu i holocenu Polski: stan (nie) poznania.
Bogucki Wydawnictwo Naukowe. Poznań, t.1, pp. 139-145.
[In:] Makohonienko M., Makowiecki D., Kurnatowska Z. [eds.], Studia interdyscyplinarne nad środowiskiem i kulturą w Polsce. Środowisko-Człowiek-Cywilizacja.
Tomek T., Bochenski Z.M.
Distal ulna as an example of the identification of domestic birds.
Bogucki Scientific Publishing House. Poznań, vol.3, pp. 212-217.
[In:] Makohonienko M., Makowiecki D., Czerniawska J. [eds.], Eurasian Perspectives on Environmental Archaeology, the 2007 AEA Annual Conference. Environment and Culture.
Bocheński Z.M. , Campbell K.E. Jr.
The Extinct California Turkey, Meleagris californica, From Rancho La Brea: Comparative Osteology and Systematics.
Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 509: 1-92.
Bochenski Z.M.
Owls, diurnal raptors and humans: signatures on avian bones.
Oxbow Books, Oxford, pp. 31-45.
[In:] O’Connor T. [eds.], Biosphere to Lithosphere. New studies in vertebrate taphonomy.
Bochenski Z.M., Campbell K.E. Jr.
The identification of turkey remains to species – a metrical approach.
Rahden-Westf: Leidorf (Documenta Archaeobiologiae), Bd. 3, pp. 19-25.
[In:] Gruppe G., Peters J. [eds.], Feathers, grit and symbolism; Birds and humans in the ancient Old and New World.
Tomek T., Bochenski Z.M.
Bird remains from Pleistocene sites at Piekary I and Piekary III, Southern Poland.
L’Académie Polonaise des Sciences at des Lettres. Kraków, pp. 323-326.
[In:] Sachse-Kozłowska E., Kozłowski S.K. [eds.], Piekary, près de Cracovie (Pologne) complexe des sites paléolithiques.
Cichocki W., Ślizowski J., Bocheński Z.M.
Notes on the owls of the Polish Tatra Mountains, southern Poland.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 47(1-2): 9-16.
Tomek T., Bocheński Z. , Bochenski Z.M.
Birds (Aves).
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, pp. 102-113 + Tab. 23.
[In:] Valde-Novak P., Nadachowski A., Madeyska T. [eds.], Oblazawa Cave. Human activity, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironment.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tornberg R.
Fragmentation and preservation of bird bones in uneaten food restores of the Gyrfalcon Falcon rusticus.
Journal of Archaeological Science 30(12): 1665-1671.
Bocheński Z. , Bocheński Z.M.
Palaeogeograaphical implications concerning early history of chosen groups of birds.
Vertebrata Palasiatica 40: 291-300.
[In:] Zhou Z., Zhang F. [eds.], Procedures of the 5th Symposium of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. .
Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M.
Bird scraps from a Greek table: the case of Klisoura Cave.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 45(special issue): 133-138.
[In:] Bochenski Z., Bocheński Z., Stewart J.R. [eds.], Procedures of the 4th Meeting of the ICAZ Bird Working Group, Kraków, Poland, 2001.
Bocheński Z.M. , Nekrasov A.E.
The taphonomy of Sub-Atlantic bird remains from Bazhukovo III, Ural Mountains, Russia.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 44(2): 93-106.
Jenner B., Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T.
Relative differentiation of skeletal elements in European corvids.
Journal für Ornithologie 142(1): 30-33.
Koumouzelis M., Ginter B., Kozłowski J. K., Pawlikowski M., Bar-Yosef O., Albert R. M., Lityńska-Zając M., Stworzewicz E. , Wojtal P. , Lipecki G. , Tomek T., Bocheński Z. M., Pazdur A.
The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece: The Excavations in Klisoura Cave.
Journal of Archaeological Science, 28: 515-539.
Bocheński Z.M.
Stan zachowania szczątków ptasich.
Scientific Publishing House PWN. Warszawa, pp. 17-24.
[In:] Bochenski Z., Lasota-Moskalevska A., Bochenski Z., Tomek T. Basics of archaeozoology – Birds.
Tomek T., Bocheński Z.M.
The comparative osteology of European corvids (Aves: Corvidae), with a key to the identification of their skeletal elements.
Publications of the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Kraków, 102 pp.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T.
Identification of bones of Galliform hybrids.
Journal of Archaeological Science 27: 691-698.
Cyrek K., Nadachowski A. , Madeyska T., Bocheński Z. , Tomek T., Wojtal P. , Miękina B., Lipecki G. , Garapich A., Rzebik-Kowalska B., Stworzewicz E. , Wolsan M., Godawa J., Kościów R., Fostowicz-Frelik Ł., Szyndlar Z.
Excavations in the Deszczowa Cave (Kroczyckie Rocks, Częstochowa Upland, central Poland).
Quaternaria film 71: 5-84.
Cyrek K., Nadachowski A. , Madeyska T., Bocheński Z. , Tomek T., Wojtal P. , Miękina B., Lipecki G. , Garapich A., Rzebik-Kowalska B., Stworzewicz E. , Wolsan M., Godawa J., Kościów R., Fostowicz-Frelik Ł., Szyndlar Z.
Excavation in the Deszczowa Cave (Kroczyckie Rocks, Czestochowa Upland, Central Poland).
Quaternaria Film, 71: 5-84.
Bocheński Z.M. , Huhtala K., Sulkava S., Tornberg R.
Fragmentation and preservation of bird bones in food remains of the Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos.
Archaeofauna 8: 31-39.
Bocheński Z.M. , Huhtala K., Jussila P., Pulliainen E., Tornberg R., Tunkkari P.S.
Damage to bird bones in pellets of Gyrfalcon Falco rusticus.
Journal of Archaeological Science 25: 425-433.
Bocheńki Z.M.
Preliminary taphonomic studies on damage to bird bones by Snowy Owls Nyctea scandiaca, with comments on the survival of bones in palaeontological sites.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 40(2): 279-292.
Bocheński Z.M. , Korovin V.A., Nekrasov A.E., Tomek T.
Fragmentation of bird bones in food restores of Imperial Eagles Aquila heliaca.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 7(2): 165-171.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T.
Preservation of Bird Bones: Erosion versus Digestion by Owls.
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 7(4): 372-387.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T.
How many comparative skeletons do we need to identify a bird bone?
Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181: 357-361.
Tomek T., Bocheński Z.
Zmiany fauny ptaków w rejonie Obłazowej w ciągu ostatnich 33 tysięcy lat.
The Pieniny of Nature and Man 4: 25-31.
Bocheński Z.M.
The comparative osteology of graves (Aves: Podicioediformes) and its systematic implications.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 37(1): 191-346.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T.
Patterns of bird bone fragmentation in pellets of the Long-eared Owl Asio otus and its taphonomic implications.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 37(1): 177-190.
Bocheński Z.M. , Tomek T., Boev Z., Mitev I.
Patterns of bird bone fragmentation in pellets of the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) and the Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) and their taphonomic implications.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 36(2): 313-328.
Bocheński Z. , Bocheński Z.[M.] Jun.
Correlation between the wing length of living birds and measurements of their bones.
Belgian Journal of Zoology 122(1): 123-132.
Bocheński Z.[M.] jun.
Fossil remains of birds from Dziadowa Skała Cave, Central Poland.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33(8): 133-147.
Bocheński Z.[M.] jun.
The food of suburban Tawny Owls on the background of birds and mammals occurring in the hunting territory.
Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33(9): 149-171.
Kowalski K., Van Neer W., Bocheński Z. , Młynarski M., Rzebik-Kowalska B., Szyndlar Z. , Gautier A., Schild R., Close A.E., Wendorf F.
A last interglacial fauna from the Eastern Sahara.
Quaternary Research, 32: 335-341.
Bocheński Z. , Nadachowski A. , Wolsan M.
Animal burials from the cemeteries of the buttermęcka group in Moroczyno (a younger period of Roman influence, southeast Poland) [Animal burials from the cemeteries of the Buttermary group at Moroczyn (late Roman period, south-eastern Poland].
Archaeological Reports 39: 321-329.
Bocheński Z. , Ginter B., Kozłowski J.K., Mook W.G., Muszyński M., Nadachowski A. , Stworzewicz E. , Szyndlar Z.
Badania osadów schronisk podskalnych w Zalasie koło Krakowa.
Quaternaria film 56: 3-56.
Bocheński Z. , Ginter B., Kozłowski J. K., Mook W. G., Muszyński M., Nadachowski A. , Stworzewicz E. , Szyndlar Z.
Badania osadów schronisk podskalnych w Zalasie koło Krakowa [Excavations of the Rock-shelters in Zalas near Cracow].
Quaternaria film 56: 3-56.
Bocheński Z. , Młynarski M., Nadachowski A. , Stworzewicz E. , Wołoszyn B. W.
Upper Holocene fauna from the Big Owl Cave (preliminary report) [Upper Holocene fauna from the Big Owl Cave (preliminary notes].
Zoological Review 27(4): 437-456.
Contact
Prof. dr hab. Zbigniew M. Bocheński
bochenski@isez.pan.krakow.pl
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