Dragana Filipović
Biographical sketch
Archaeologist and archaeobotanist, with expertise and long-term experience in the study of prehistoric and early historic agriculture, plant economy and the use of plants in diet and ritual. Higher education: DPhil in Archaeobotany at the University of Oxford, UK; MPhil at the University of Nottingham, UK; MA and BA studies at the University of Belgrade, Serbia (courses in Prehistoric, Classical, Medieval and Near Eastern Archaeology; Archaeological Methodology; Museology; Epigraphy; Numismatics; Ancient, Medieval and Byzantine History; Ancient Greek and Latin). Professional experience: research (pre- or post-doc) at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, University of Kiel, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, in various local and international projects (e.g., Çatalhöyük Research Project, FEDD, Vinča Project, NEOTECH, The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia, BIRTH, Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges, TOTL, European Land Use at 6000BP, Communities of Later Prehistory in Serbia) and in excavations in Serbia, Türkiye, Portugal, Slovakia and Germany. Guest-lecturer at the University of Belgrade, co-lecturer at the University of Kiel; guest-researcher at the: Aix-Marseille University, France; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Max Planck Institut for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany; University College London, UK; Sofia University, Bulgaria. Provider of informal training and supervision in archaeobotany. Participant ior organiser of numerous conferences and workshops; active in science communication. Peer-reviewer for high-ranked and other journals, and for project funding bodies. Recipient of multiple small grants and scholarships.
Research Projects
- Pusta Reka Research NEOTECH Project