Karolina Joka
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Advanced Studies
Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies Nicolaus
Copernicus University in Toruń
Researcher Profile
I am an environmental archaeologist specializing in archaeobotany, stable isotope analysis, and interdisciplinary approaches to past human–environment interactions. My research focuses on prehistoric societies of Southwest Asia and, more recently, Southeast Asia. I investigate cultivation strategies, the socio-economic dimensions of food production, and the role plants played in shaping and transforming forms of social complexity over time.
List of Relevant Publications:
Preliminary results of the study of two Late Chalcolithic settlementsin the Karabakh steppe. Azerbaijan Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology 1: DOI: 10.30546/679523
Authors
Iserlis, M., Almamedov, K., Hruby,K., Maurer, G., Joka, K., Aghalarov, M., Heit, I., Poulmarch, M
2025. ‘Storage Story: Investigating Food Surplus and Agricultural Methods in Late Ubaid Gurga Chiya (Iraqi Kurdistan)’. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 64: 105093
Authors
Joka, Karolina, González Carretero Lara, Fuller Dorian Q, Carter Robert, Patrick Roberts Wengrow David.
2025. ‘Plant commodification in Northern Mesopotamia: evidence from the Early Bronze Age site of Kani Shaie, Iraqi Kurdistan’ Volume 3 - 2024
Authors
Joka, Karolina
2024. ‘Exploring the Potential of Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Perennial Plants from Archaeological Sites: A Case Study of Olive Pits and Grape Pips from Early Bronze Age Qedesh in the Galilee’. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 54:104410
Authors
Joka, Karolina, Sean Hixon, Mary Lucas, Ido Wachtel, Uri Davidovich, Luis Gonzaga Santesteban, and Patrick Roberts
2020. Late Neolithic and post-Neolithic settlements and burial grounds in the TPC Area at Çatalhöyük:, pp. 11-27, Poznań: Faculty of Archaeology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
Authors
Filipowicz, Patrycja, Jędrzej Hordecki, Katarzyna Harabasz, Karolina Joka and Arkadiusz Marciniak.