Mario Gavranovic

Dr.

Deputy Head Dpt. of Prehistory & WANA-Archaeology

Mario Gavranovic

Dr.

Deputy Head Dpt. of Prehistory & WANA-Archaeology

Group Leader
RG »Urnfield Culture Networks«

+43 1 51581-6139
mario.gavranovic(at)oeaw.ac.at
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna

Biographical sketch

Studied Prehistoric Archaeology, Ethnology and Eastern European History at the Free University in Berlin (1997-2004). 2004-2005 research assistant at the Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology at the Free University of Berlin. 2006-2009 Junior researcher support of the Federal State of Berlin for doctoral students, PhD 2010. 2011-2012 Collaboration on research projects in Germany and Southeast Europe. 2013-2014 Staff member of the Landesmuseum Brandenburg, coordination of exhibition projects. 2015 JESH Programme of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. 2015-2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship of the European Commission at the Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences with the project »Burial«. From 2017 deputy director of the long-term research project of the ÖAW »Urnfield Culture Networks« (UCN). Since February 2018 Deputy Director of OREA and Head of UCN.

Research Projects

Research interests

Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in Central and South-Eastern Europe, Chronology and Typology
Burial rites and social dimensions of the graves
Resource use and environmental impact on prehistoric societies
Social organisation and comparative ethnological studies
Public perception of archaeology

Publications

Hoard of metal objects from the Late Bronze Age and the beginning of the Early Iron Age at Markovište, Husino near Tuzla. / Gavranovic, Mario; Brigić, Dženan.
In: Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju, Vol. 42, No. 2, 12.2025, p. 5-35.
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Absolute dating of Bronze Age urn burials in the central Balkans: Cemeteries of copper-producing societies in eastern Serbia. / Gavranovic, Mario; Webster, Lyndelle C.; Kapuran, Aleksandar et al.
In: Radiocarbon, Vol. 67, No. 3, 13.03.2025, p. 513-538.
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Arheološka istraživanja brončanodobnog nalazišta Bobinac-Kozerina pećina iznad Sinca u Lici. / Gavranovic, Mario; Arena, Alberta; Petschko, Irene et al.
In: Subterranea Croatica, Vol. 2024/2025, No. 3/22, 2025, p. 178 - 188.
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Workingmans Death – Burial of Bronze Age Copper Producers in Eastern Serbia. / Gavranovic, Mario; Kapuran, Aleksandar.
In: Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae, Vol. 2025, 2025, p. 123 - 137 .
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The pattern of settlement occupation during the Bronze Age in Eastern Serbia: a key study of Banjska Stena and Popovica sites. / Gavranovic, Mario; Kapuran, Aleksandar; Milojević, Petar.
In: Starinar, Vol. 2025, No. 75, 2025.
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Dreischleifige Bogenfibeln vom Typ Zenica. / Gavranovic, Mario; Cogo, Ikbal.
In: Arheološki vestnik, Vol. 76, No. 76, 2025, p. 33-55.
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The collection of Early Iron Age metal finds from Pavlovica, Rostovo, central Bosnia/ Skup metalnih nalaza ranog željeznog doba sa Pavlovice, Rostovo, centralna Bosna. / Gavranović, Mario.
In: Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine u Sarajevu, Vol. 56, 21.12.2024, p. pp.
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Gräberfeld Kopilo bei Zenica – Neue Erkenntnisse zur Bestattungsweise während der Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit in Zentralbosnien. / Gavranović, Mario; Petschko, Irene Maria; Cogo, Ikbal et al.
In: GODIŠNJAK/JAHRBUCH, Vol. 52, 27.12.2023, p. 39-73.
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Kopilo: a newly discovered Late Bronze and Iron Age burial ground in Bosnia. / Gavranović, Mario; Waltenberger, Lukas; Petschko, Irene M et al.
In: Antiquity, Vol. 97, No. 392, 17.04.2023, p. 1–8.
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Nova istraživanja lokaliteta brončanog i željeznog doba na području Zenice/The new investigations of the Bronze and Iron Age sites in the Zenica area. / Gavranovic, Mario; Cogo, Ikbal; Bujak, Edin et al.
In: Godišnjak, Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja, Vol. 50, 26.04.2022, p. 7-41.
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The First ‘Urnfields’ in the Plains of the Danube and the Po. / Cavazzuti, C; Arena, A; Cardarelli, A et al.
In: Journal of World Prehistory, Vol. 35, No. 1, 18.03.2022, p. 45-86.
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Emergence of monopoly–Copper exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in the western and central Balkans. / Gavranovic, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias; Kapuran, Aleksandar et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. journal.pone.0263823, 11.03.2022, p. 0263823.
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Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks – CU-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC. / Mehofer, Mathias; Gavranovic, Mario; Kapuran, Aleksandar et al.
In: Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 129, 02.05.2021, p. 105378.
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A multi-phased burial mound in Novo Selo near Bijeljina. / Gavranovic, M; Meyer, S; Petschko, I et al.
In: Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju, Vol. 38/1, 10.01.2021, p. 33-75.
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Bronze Age Settlement and Necropolis of Trnjane, near Bor - Revision and new research results. / Kapuran, A; Gavranovic, M; Mehofer, M.
In: Starinar, Vol. 70, 23.12.2020, p. 51-84.
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Dolina na Savi: Excavations of the settlement in 2019 and an overview of the use of landscape along the River Sava in the Late Bronze Age. / Dizdar, Loznjak; Gavranovic, M; Mihaljevic, M.
In: Annales Instituti Archaeologici, Vol. 16, 22.12.2020, p. 114 - 122.
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The connections between the plains of the Po and the Danube during the Bronze Age seen through the spread of the ‘urnfield model’. / Cardarelli, A; Cavazzuti, C; Fritzl, M et al.
In: Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, Vol. numero speciale, 15.09.2020, p. 225-238.
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The Sava valley (Posavina) - a heritage of communication. Some examples fom the Late Bronez Age. / Gavranovic, M; Loznjak-Dizdar, D.
In: Jahrbuch, Zentrum für Balkanforschungen, Vol. 48, 12.04.2020, p. 137-157.
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Neue Schwertfunde aus Bosnien – ein Beitrag zur bronzezeitlichen Bewaffnung im westlichen Balkan. / Gavranovic, M; Sjefuli, A.
In: Jahrbuch, Zentrum für Balkanforschungen, Vol. 46, 17.12.2017, p. 86-116.
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Babine grede in Dolina - reserach of a Late Bronze Age settlement in Posavina in 2016. / Loznjak-Dizdar, D; Mihaljevic, M; Gavranovic, M.
In: Annales Instituti Archaeologici, Vol. XIII, 10.10.2017, p. 92-98.
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Neue Funde der Spätbronzezeit aus Nordbosnien. / Gavranovic, Mario; Jasarevic, Aleksandar.
In: Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju, No. 33, 20.12.2016, p. 135-178.
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Bronze Age Metal Production in North-Western Croatia – Alloys and Copper Sources. / Gavranovic, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias; Vrdoljak, Snježana.
The FLOW. Long-Distance Connections in Metal Ages of Southeastern Europe. 2025. p. 73 - 87 .
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Urnfields before Urnfields New results on urn cemeteries in northeastern Serbia. / Gavranovic, Mario; Kapuran, Aleksandar.
Prehistoric communities along the Danube. Vol. Proceedings of Archaeological Museum Osijek Archaeological Museum Osijek, 2025. p. 82 - 99.
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Copper From Far Away: Chemical and Lead Isotope Analyses of Metal Objects from Late Bronze Age Hoards Klenje and Kličevac-Rastovača, Northeastern Serbia. / Gavranović, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias; Jacanović, Dragan et al.
Bronze Age Metallurgy. Production – Consumption – Exchange. 2024. p. 141–169 (Oriental and European Archaeology 32).
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Ingots from Italy, Metals from Mitterberg, Copper from Cyprus: Studies on Bronze Age Metal Procurement in the Western and Central Balkans. / Mehofer, Mathias; Gavranović, Mario; Jacanović, Dragan et al.
Bronze Age Metallurgy. Production – Consumption – Exchange. 2024. p. 107–141 (Oriental and European Archaeology 32).
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Inside the Production of Bronze Age Insignia: The Bracelets/Anklets of Type Juhor from the Central Balkans. / Mitrović, Jovan D.; Gavranović, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias et al.
The Mechanism of Power: The Bronze and Iron Ages in Southeastern Europe. ed. / Mario Gavranović; Daniela Heilmann; Marek Verčík; Pero Ardjanliev. Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2024. p. 337-351 (Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology; Vol. 2).
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Exploring the Mechanisms of Power: An Introduction. / Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek et al.
The Mechanism of Power. The Bronze and Iron Ages in Southeastern Europe. Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2024. p. 11-23 (Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology 2).
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Geophysical prospection strategies at archaeological sites in Northern and Eastern Croatia. / Meyer, Cornelius; Kovačević, Sasa; Dizdar, Ložnjak et al.
Proceeding from the 7th Scientific Conference Methodology and Archaeometry. Zagreb, 2021.
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Late Bronze Age Geomteric Decoration in the Western Balkans - Style and Status. / Gavranovic, M; Maran, J (Editor); Bajenaru, R (Editor) et al.
Objects, Ideas and Travelers Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze and Early Iron Age. Bonn: Rudolf Habelt, 2020. p. 431-447.
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The Early Iron Age in Central Bosnia – overview and research perspectives. / Gavranovic, Mario; Sejfuli, Ajla.
Godišnjak Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja / Jahrbuch Zentrum für Balkanforschungen. 2019. p. 27-45.
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No Group, No People? Archaeological Record and Creation of Groups in the Western Balkans. / Gavranovic, Mario; GIMATZIDIS, S (Editor); PIENIĄŻEK, M (Editor) et al.
Archaeology across Frontiers and Borderlands. Fragmentation and Connectivity in the North Aegean and the Central Balkans from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age. 100. ed. 2018. p. 427-447 (OREA).
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Überregionale Netzwerke und lokale Distribution. Verteilungsmuster einiger Bronzeobjekte im westlichen Balkan während der jüngeren und späten Urnenfelderzeit. / Gavranovic, Mario; Dizdar, Marko (Editor); Dizdar, Daria Loznjak (Editor) et al.
The Late Urnfield Culture between the Eastern Alps and teh Danube. Zagreb, 2017. p. 109-125 (Serta Instituti Archaeologici, Vol. 9).
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Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Metal Depositions in Northeastern Serbia – Archaeometallurgical Perspective. / Gavranovic, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias; Kapuran, Aleksandar et al.
The FLOW. Long-Distance Connections in Metal Ages of Southeastern Europe. ed. / Aleksandar Bulatović; Aleksandar Kapuran; Maja Gajić Kvaščev; Marija Ljuština; Vojislav Filipović; Petar Milojević; Ognjen Mladenović; Bogdana Milić. Belgrad, 2025. p. 17 - 41.
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New Absolute Dates for the Middle and Late Bronze Ages in the Central Balkans and Some Indications of the Local Bronze Metallurgy and Workshops. / Bulatović, Aleksandar; Gavranovic, Mario; Kapuran, Aleksandar.
Searching for Gold: Resources and Networks in the Bronze Age of the Eastern Balkans. ed. / Reinhard Jung; Hristo Popov. Wien: Verlag der OeAW, 2024. p. 325-344 (Oriental and European Archaeology; Vol. 31).
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The Bronze and Early Iron Ages. / Gavranović, Mario; Krauß, Raiko (Editor); Ciobotaru, Dan (Editor).
Stone Age without Stones-The Early Neolithic site of Bucova Pusta IV in northwestern Banat (Romania). 2024. p. 451-469 (Archaeology in Banat).
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The Moment of Creation: Typology and Relative Dating of Finds from the Vukovar and Lovas Assemblages. / Mittermair, Nicole; Gavranović, Mario; Franković, Filip (Editor) et al.
The Vukovar and Lovas Hoards: New Biographies Raw Materials, Metallography, Typology, Metalwork Wear, Chronology and Context. Zagreb, 2024. p. 77-107 (Archaeologici Zagrabiensis Catalogi et Monographiae 20).
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The Bronze and Early Iron Ages. / Gavranovic, Mario.
Stone Age without Stones: Archaeology In Banat I. Tübingen University Press, 2024. p. 451 - 469.
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Introduction: People, Cultures, Interaction. / Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek et al.
Spheres of Interaction. Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze/Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE). Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2020. p. 11-20 (Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology).
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To Burn or not to Burn: Inhumation Versus Cremation at the End of the Bronze Age in the Region between the Southern Carpathian Basin and the Western Balkans. / Gavranović, Mario; Ložnjak-Dizdar, Daria; Gavranović, Mario (Editor) et al.
Spheres of Interaction. Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze/Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE). Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 2020. p. 53-74 (Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology).
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Mario Gavranovic

Deputy Head Dpt. of Prehistory & WANA-Archaeology

Mario Gavranovic

Deputy Head Dpt. of Prehistory & WANA-Archaeology

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