Interdisciplinary Research into Iron Metallurgy along the Drava River in Croatia

Contents

List of Contributors
Preface ??? Tajana Sekelj Ivan??an DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-1 ;
Methodological Approach to Detecting Archaeological Sites with Metallurgical Activities on the Territory of the River Drava Basin and the Possibilities of Analysing the Collected Information ??? Ivan Valent, Tatjana Tkal??ec and Sini??a Krznar DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-2 ;
Results of Geophysical Investigations Related to the Excavated Remains of the Late Antique and Early Mediaeval Iron Production Sites in the Podravina Region, Croatia ??? Branko Mu??i?? and Barbara Horn DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-3 ;
Archaeological Record of Iron Metallurgy Along the Drava River ??? Tajana Sekelj Ivan??an and Tena Karavidovi?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-4 ;
Absolute Dating of the Virje and Hlebine Sites ??? Katarina Boti?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-5 ;
Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Selected Bog Iron Ores and Archaeological Samples of Roasted Iron Ores and Iron Slags Towards Their Provenance Studies in the Podravina Region ??? Tomislav Brenko, Sibila Borojevi?? ??o??tari?? and Stanko Ru??i??i?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-6 ;
Prehistoric Settlement at Virje???Volarski Breg/Su??ine ??? Marko Dizdar and Daria Lo??njak Dizdar DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-7 ;
The Archaeological Remains of Settlement at Sites with Smelting Workshop Features in the Podravina Region (Croatian Drava River Basin) ??? Tajana Sekelj Ivan??an DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-8 ;
Anthracological Analysis of Samples from Four Sites with Smelting Activity Around Virje and Hlebine ??? Katarina Boti?? and Metka Culiberg DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-9 ;
Plant Macro-Remains and Traces of Leaves from Virje and Hlebine ??? Renata ??o??tari?? and Tihana Vilovi?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-10 ;
Bone Remains from Archaeological Sites in the Podravina Area with Traces of Metallurgical Activity ??? Snje??ana Ku??ir, Lucija Bastian??i?? and Nikolina ??kvorc DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-11 ;
Methodological Framework for Experiments Related to Bloomery Iron Production Procedures: Ore Preparation and Smelting ??? Tena Karavidovi?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-12 ;
The Spatial Database of the TransFER project ??? Tena Karavidovi?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-13 ;
Knowledge Gathering and Dissemination of the Smelting Process Experience to the Wider Community ??? Robert ??imin DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-14 ;
Evidence of Iron Metallurgy at the Okuje Site ??? from Findings to Presentation in the Exhibition and More ??? Aleksandra Bugar DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-15 ;
Scientific and Professional Activities within the TransFER Project (2017-2021) ??? Tajana Sekelj Ivan??an and Tena Karavidovi?? DOI: 10.32028/9781803271026-16

About the Author

Tajana Sekelj Ivan??an graduated archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Zagreb where she also obtained her doctorate in 1999. She is a Scientific Advisor ??? Second Appointment (permanent position) at the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb, where she has been leading the TransFER project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation. Tajana's scholarly interests include Early Middle Ages, High Middle Ages, settlements, ceramics, smelting workshops, smelting furnaces, and iron ore processing. Tajana received the Josip Brun??mid annual award of the Croatian Archaeological Society for her monograph Podravina in the Early Middle Ages published in 2012. ;

Tena Karavidovi?? graduated archaeology at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. She is currently a doctoral fellow ??? research assistant at the Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb, and a member of theTransFER Project research group. Her doctoral thesis is related to technological and social aspects of iron production during late Antiquity and early Middle Ages.