Mario Gavranovic
Stv. Leiter Abt. Prähistorie & WANA-Archäologie

Mario Gavranovic
Stv. Leiter Abt. Prähistorie & WANA-Archäologie
- Gruppenleiter
- FG »Urnfield Culture Networks«
- +43 1 51581-6139
- mario.gavranovic(at)oeaw.ac.at
- Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Wien
Kurzbiografie
Studium der Prähistorischen Archäologie, Ethnologie und Osteuropäischen Geschichte an der Freien Universität in Berlin (1997–2004). 2004–2005 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Institut für Prähistorische Archäologie der FU Berlin. 2006–2009 Nachwuchsförderung des Bundeslandes Berlin für Doktoranden, Promotion 2010. 2011–2012 Mitarbeit an Forschungsprojekten in Deutschland und Südosteuropa. 2013–2014 Mitarbeiter des Landesmuseums Brandenburg, Koordination von Ausstellungprojekten. 2015 JESH Programm der ÖAW. 2015–2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship der Europäischen Kommission am Institut für Orientalische und Europäische Archäologie der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften mit dem Projekt »Burial«. Ab 2017 stellvertretende Leitung des Langzeitforschungsvorhabens der ÖAW »Urnfield Culture Networks« (UCN). Seit Februar 2018 stellvertretender Direktor von OREA und Leiter von UCN.
Forschungsprojekte
- »Neue Studien zu metallproduzierenden Gesellschaften in der Bronzezeit«
- »Burial: Forming Identities in a Transitional Area«
- »Forming Identities in a Transitional Area: Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Communities between Carpathian Basis and Western Balkan«
- »Spätbronzezeitliche Metallurgie im westlichen und zentralen Balkan«
- »Cremation Bronze Age Burials (CBAB)«
- »Ein Gräberfeld der älteren Urnenfelderkultur aus Inzersdorf ob der Traisen«
- »Ein Gräberfeld der jüngeren Urnenfelderkultur aus Franzhausen-Kokoron«
- »Thunau am Kamp – Eine befestigte Höhensiedlung der Urnenfelderkultur«
- »Visualizing the unknown Balkans«
- »South Connection: Spreading of the Urnfield Phenomena and Mobility in the Bronze Age«
- »Verfolgung der Routen. Bronzezeitliche Kupferversorgungsnetzwerke zwischen Italien und dem Balkan«
- »Geologisch-speläologische Untersuchungen zur Bewertung archäologischer Höhlenfundstellen in der Lika-Region (Kroatien)«
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit in Zentral- und Südosteuropa, Chronologie und Typologie
- Bestattungsriten und soziale Dimensionen der Gräber
- Ressourcennutzung und Umweltauswirkungen auf die prähistorische Gesellschaften
- Soziale Organisation und vergleichende ethnologische Studien
- Wahrnehmung der Archäologie in der Öffentlichkeit
Veröffentlichungen
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 (2024) The collection of Early Iron Age metal finds from Pavlovica, Rostovo, central Bosnia/ Skup metalnih nalaza ranog željeznog doba sa Pavlovice, Rostovo, centralna Bosna. Glasnik Zemaljskog muzeja Bosne i Hercegovine u Sarajevu, Bd. 56, S. pp.Gräberfeld Kopilo bei Zenica – Neue Erkenntnisse zur Bestattungsweise während der Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit in Zentralbosnien
Gavranović, Mario; Petschko, Irene Maria; Cogo, Ikbal; Dević, Marina; Waltenberger, Lukas et al. [..] (2023) Gräberfeld Kopilo bei Zenica – Neue Erkenntnisse zur Bestattungsweise während der Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit in Zentralbosnien. GODIŠNJAK/JAHRBUCH, Bd. 52, S. 39-73 <'https://doi.org/10.5644/Godisnjak.CBI.ANUBiH.52-172'>.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; Petschko, Irene M. (2022) Nova istraživanja lokaliteta brončanog i željeznog doba na području Zenice/The new investigations of the Bronze and Iron Age sites in the Zenica area. Godišnjak, Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja, Bd. 50, S. 7-41.Emergence of monopoly–Copper exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in the western and central Balkans
Gavranovic, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias; Kapuran, Aleksandar; Koledin, Jovan; Mitrovic, Jovan; Papazovska, Aleksandra; Pravidur, Andrijana; Djordjevic, Aca; Jacanovic, Dragan (2022) Emergence of monopoly–Copper exchange networks during the Late Bronze Age in the western and central Balkans. PLOSONE, Bd. journal.pone.0263823, S. 0263823.Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks – CU-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC
Mehofer, Mathias; Gavranovic, Mario; Kapuran, Aleksandar; Mitrovic, Jovan; Putica, Andjelka (2021) Copper production and supra-regional exchange networks – CU-matte smelting in the Balkans between 2000 and 1500 BC. Journal of Archaeological Science, Bd. 129, S. 105378.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
Loznjak Dizdar, D., Gavranovic, M., Mihaljevic, M. (2020) Dolina na Savi: Excavations of the settlement in 2019 and anoverview of the use of landscape along the River Sava in theLate Bronze Age. Annales Instituti Archaeologici, Bd. 16, S. 114 - 122.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.; Gavranovic, M.; Hajdu, T. et al. [..] (2020) The connections between the plains of the Po and the Danube during the Bronze Age seen through the spread of the ‘urnfield model’. Rivista di Scienze Preistoriche, Italia tra Mediterraneo ed Europa: mobilità, interazioni e scambi, Bd. numero speciale, S. 225-238.The Sava valley (Posavina) - a heritage of communication. Some examples fom the Late Bronez Age
Gavranovic, M.; Loznjak-Dizdar, D. (2020) The Sava valley (Posavina) - a heritage of communication. Some examples fom the Late Bronez Age. Jahrbuch, Zentrum für Balkanforschungen, Bd. 48, S. 137-157.
Dolina on Sava, Catalogue towards the permanent Exhibition of the City Museum of Nova Gradiška
Mihaljević, Marija; Ložnjak Dizdar, Daria; Dizdar, Marko; Gavranović, Mario (2024) Dolina on Sava, Catalogue towards the permanent Exhibition of the City Museum of Nova Gradiška.: City Museum Nova Gradiška und Institute of Archaeology Zagreb.
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; Koledin, Jovan; Mitrović, Jovan et al. [..] (2024) Ingots from Italy, Metals from Mitterberg, Copper from Cyprus: Studies on Bronze Age Metal Procurement in the Western and Central Balkans. In: Gavranović, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias (Hrsg.), Bronze Age Metallurgy. Production – Consumption – Exchange In Reihe: Oriental and European Archaeology 32, S. 107–141.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 (2024) Copper From Far Away: Chemical and Lead Isotope Analyses of Metal Objects from Late Bronze Age Hoards Klenje and Kličevac-Rastovača, Northeastern Serbia. In: Gavranović, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias (Hrsg.), Bronze Age Metallurgy. Production – Consumption – Exchange In Reihe: Oriental and European Archaeology 32, S. 141–169.Exploring the Mechanisms of Power: An Introduction
Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek (2024) Exploring the Mechanisms of Power: An Introduction. In: Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek; Ardjanliev, Pero (Hrsg.), The Mechanism of Power. The Bronze and Iron Ages in Southeastern Europe In Reihe: Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology 2, hrsg. v. Horejs, Barbara; Metzner-Nebelsick, Carola; Pavúk, Peter; Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, S. 11-23.Inside the Production of Bronze Age Insignia: The Bracelets/Anklets of Type Juhor from the Central Balkans
Mitrović, Jovan D.; Gavranović, Mario; Mehofer, Mathias; Jacanović, Dragan (2024) Inside the Production of Bronze Age Insignia: The Bracelets/Anklets of Type Juhor from the Central Balkans. In: Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek; Ardjanliev, Pero (Hrsg.), The Mechanism of Power. The Bronze and Iron Ages in Southeastern Europe In Reihe: Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology 2, hrsg. v. Horejs, Barbara; Metzner-Nebelsick, Carola; Pavúk, Peter; Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, S. 337-351.Geophysical prospection strategies at archaeological sites in Northern and Eastern Croatia
Meyer, Cornelius; Kovačević, Sasa; Ložnjak Dizdar, Daria; Gavranovic, Mario; Šošić-Klindžić, Rajna; et al. [..] (2021) Geophysical prospection strategies at archaeological sites in Northern and Eastern Croatia., Proceeding from the 7th Scientific Conference Methodology and Archaeometry; Zagreb.Late Bronze Age Geomteric Decoration in the Western Balkans - Style and Status
Gavranovic, M. (2020) Late Bronze Age Geomteric Decoration in the Western Balkans - Style and Status. In: Maran, J.; Bajenaru, R.; Alincai, S-C.; A-D., Popescu; Hansen, S. (Hrsg.), Objects, Ideas and Travelers Contacts between the Balkans, the Aegean and Western Anatolia during the Bronze and Early Iron Age; Bonn: Rudolf Habelt, S. 431-447.The Early Iron Age in Central Bosnia – overview and research perspectives
Gavranovic, Mario; Sejfuli, Ajla (2019) The Early Iron Age in Central Bosnia – overview and research perspectives., Godišnjak Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja / Jahrbuch Zentrum für Balkanforschungen (Perspectives on Balkan Archeology – The Early Iron Age: Methods and Approaches), S. 27-45.No Group, No People? Archaeological Record and Creation of Groups in the Western Balkans
Gavranovic, Mario (2018) No Group, No People? Archaeological Record and Creation of Groups in the Western Balkans. In: S. GIMATZIDIS, M. PIENIĄŻEK, S. MANGALOĞLU-VOTRUBA (Hrsg.), Archaeology across Frontiers and Borderlands. Fragmentation and Connectivity in the North Aegean and the Central Balkans from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age In Reihe: OREA, S. 427-447.Überregionale Netzwerke und lokale Distribution. Verteilungsmuster einiger Bronzeobjekte im westlichen Balkan während der jüngeren und späten Urnenfelderzeit.
Gavranovic, Mario (2017) Überregionale Netzwerke und lokale Distribution. Verteilungsmuster einiger Bronzeobjekte im westlichen Balkan während der jüngeren und späten Urnenfelderzeit. In: Dizdar, Marko; Dizdar, Daria Loznjak (Hrsg.), The Late Urnfield Culture between the Eastern Alps and teh Danube In Reihe: Serta Instituti Archaeologici, Vol. 9, hrsg. v. Zagreb, Institut za arheologiju; Zagreb, S. 109-125.
The Moment of Creation: Typology and Relative Dating of Finds from the Vukovar and Lovas Assemblages
Mittermair, Nicole; Gavranović, Mario (2024) The Moment of Creation: Typology and Relative Dating of Finds from the Vukovar and Lovas Assemblages. In: Franković, Filip; Pavúk, Peter; Mihelić, Sanjin (Hrsg.), The Vukovar and Lovas Hoards: New Biographies Raw Materials, Metallography, Typology, Metalwork Wear, Chronology and Context; Zagreb, S. 77-107.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 (2020) 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. In: Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Kapuran, Aleksandar; Verčík, Marek (Hrsg.), 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, S. 53-74.Introduction: People, Cultures, Interaction
Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek (2020) Introduction: People, Cultures, Interaction. In: Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Kapuran, Aleksandar; Verčík, Marek (Hrsg.), 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, S. 11-20.
The Mechanism of Power. The Bronze and Iron Ages in Southeastern Europe
Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Verčík, Marek; Ardjanliev, Pero (Hrsg.) (2024) The Mechanism of Power. The Bronze and Iron Ages in Southeastern Europe. In Reihe: Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology 2, hrsg. v. Horejs, Barbara; Metzner-Nebelsick, Carola; Pavúk, Peter; Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf (368 Seiten).Spheres of Interaction. Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze/Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE)
Gavranović, Mario; Heilmann, Daniela; Kapuran, Aleksandar; Verčík, Marek (Hrsg.) (2020) Spheres of Interaction. Contacts and Relationships between the Balkans and Adjacent Regions in the Late Bronze/Iron Age (13th–5th Centuries BCE). In Reihe: Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology 1, hrsg. v. Horejs, Barbara; Metzner-Nebelsick, Carola; Pavúk, Peter; Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf (316 Seiten).
Rezension: Gábor V. Szabó, Bronze Age Treasures in Hungary: The Quest for Buried Weapons, Tools and Jewellery. Hereditas Archaeologica Hungariae 3 (Archeolingua, Budapest 2019)
Gavranović, Mario (2021) Rezension: Gábor V. Szabó, Bronze Age Treasures in Hungary: The Quest for Buried Weapons, Tools and Jewellery. Hereditas Archaeologica Hungariae 3 (Archeolingua, Budapest 2019). Archaeologia Austriaca 105, S. 303-311.
Prähistorische Kupfergewinnung im serbischen Bor
Gavranovic, Mario; Petschko, Irene; Konrad, Michael; Mehofer, Mathias (12.12.2019) Prähistorische Kupfergewinnung im serbischen Bor. Der Standard <'https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000112137007/praehistorische-kupfergewinnung-im-serbischen-bor'>.