Head of research

Dr. Andreja Kudelić

Andreja Kudelić is a research associate at the Institute of Archeology in Zagreb, where she began her scientific career as a research novice in 2009. She defended her PhD thesis in 2015 at the Department of Archeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb with the topic "Technological and social aspects of the production of ceramic vessels of the cultural group Virovitica". Since 2014, she has been conducting systematic research on Bronze Age pottery practices, and since 2015 she has been actively working on the specialization of techno-functional analysis of pottery through targeted individual education, scholarships and research stay. Andreja had the opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research on ceramics in the laboratory at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna, and specialized ceramic petrography in the Laboratory for Applied Research of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest under the mentorship of Dr Attila Kreiter. Her research interests focus on the links between pottery technology, distribution and use, and the mechanisms of creating identity and maintaining tradition through pottery practices.

Members of the research group

Assoc. Prof. Ana Maričić, PhD dipl. ing.

Ana Maričić is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb. She received a master’s degree in Geology in 2007 at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering. From 2008 she was employed as an assistant/scientific novice and enrolled in the postgraduate doctoral study of Geological engineering at the same institution. In 2014 she completed a postgraduate doctoral study with the doctoral thesis “The impact of benkovac natural stone properties on its ageing”. Since June 2016, she was elected as Assistant Professor at the same institution.

The main scientific interest of Ana Maričić is related to the stone building materials, their research, exploitation and possibility of use and utilization. The main building materials she is dealing with are natural and crushed stone, sand and gravel and clay materials for civil engineering purposes. She determines their properties (mineralogical, petrographic, chemical, physical, mechanical and technical) and their influence on the durability, weathering and use through the past and present, and within the archaeological heritage as well as cultural heritage in general. Ana will contribute through three basic project activities: doctoral student mentoring, fieldwork and analysis of pottery raw materials with an emphasis on physical and chemical properties and their origin.

Mag. arch. Dinko Tresić Pavičić

Dinko Tresić Pavičić graduated in archaeology and Latin language and Roman literature at the University of Zadar in 2010. Since then, he has been working as a head of archaeological research in the company Kaducej LTD. He is also a collaborator on numerous archaeological excavations, preparing the field and architectural design documentation, conducting preliminary analyses of movable archaeological material, creating relational databases, and managing, analyzing and visualizing spatial data in GIS software. Since 2013 he has been working on the development of working methods and the possibility of using photogrammetric software in the production of precise 3D models for detailed design documentation of archaeological sites and immovable and movable cultural heritage. He enrolled in the postgraduate doctoral study of Eastern Adriatic Archeology in 2019. Research interests include landscape archaeology, GIS, medieval archaeology, prehistoric archaeology, the use of photogrammetric software to document movable and immovable cultural heritage, and experimental archaeology.  His work within the project will include archaeological analysis of ceramic material of Bronze age communities in the area of eastern Croatia and Lika region. As a research group member, he will participate in the implementation of interdisciplinary research and in the field research as well as in the design and management of the project database.

Mag. arch. Mia Marijan

Mia Marijan graduated in Archaeology at the University of Zagreb in 2021. She is a recipient of the Rector's Award (2019-2020) for the individual scientific paper titled “Archeology of the Island of Šćedro” – a result of one of the student projects she had led. Since 2017, she has been the editor of Fragmenti, the student-run journal for Archaeology students. Through her professional training and funded visits at universities abroad, she has gained valuable international experience, as well as insight into contemporary and interdisciplinary research methods.

Her contribution to the project will be realized through several project activities. The experiences she has gained during her studies, namely, her many years of participating in archaeological excavations, pottery processing alongside the project leader, as well as studying the Eastern Adriatic Coast and its Hinterland, will greatly contribute to the project activities regarding Case Studies 1 and 4. More precisely, this applies to pottery processing and participating in archaeological fieldwork. In addition, Mia will contribute to the processes of updating the digital database, as well as selecting samples for analysis. Finally, she will be participating in the activities related to the dissemination of research results.

Natali Neral, mag.geol. (PhD student)

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In 2020, Natali graduated from geology at the Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. Her master thesis was „Spatial distribution and composition of benthic foraminiferal assemblage from the salt marsh Čižići (Krk island)”. She won the cum laude award for excellence achieved during her master’s degree. Especially during the preparation of her master thesis, she gained experience in the laboratory, which particularly includes microscopy of geological preparations. Experience in fieldwork she gained during many fieldworks throughout the country. The introduction to her scientific work is the co-authoring of two scientific abstracts and participation in an international scientific conference. From September 2021, she is employed at the Institute of archaeology as an assistant on the HRZZ project “Technological features and cultural practices in prehistoric pottery traditions in Croatia” (UIP-2020-02-3637). As a part of the project she enrolled in a study program Applied Geosciences, Mining and Petroleum Engineering at the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering. The topic of the dissertation will focus on pottery analysis with emphasis on physical and chemical properties and the origin of raw materials.

Mag. arch. Dalibor Branković

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Dalibor Branković graduated archaeology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb in 2019. As a collaborator during his studies, he worked on numerous archaeological research projects, processing and analysing archaeological findings. Since 2019, he has been employed as a head of archaeological research at Arheo Kvarner d.o.o. He is the founder and president of the i independent organization ZipArh initiating various projects related to archaeology, cultural heritage, and science popularization.

His contribution to the project will be demonstrated through participation in several project activities. The experiences gained during his studies and involvement in research along the eastern coast of the northern Adriatic and its hinterland, as well as in continental Croatia, will contribute to the part of the project conducted in the case study areas 1, 2, 3, and 5. He will participate in the processing and sampling of pottery from the northern Adriatic, Lika, central, and eastern Croatia. Additionally, he will take part in fieldwork research and sample selection for analysis, as well as activities related to disseminating research results and science popularization.