Interests and methodology of research

The scientific interests of Dr Nemanja Marković are in a wide context, focused on the analysis of animal skeletal remains from archaeological localities. The focus of Dr Marković’s research can be divided into two main directions: reconstruction of the interaction between people and animals in the past, mainly in historic periods, and paleopathology – research of ancient animal diseases. Dr Marković started pioneering research in the area of animal paleopathology in the Central Balkans and he is currently working on the further development of this discipline in the mentioned territory.

Education

2018 – Doctoral thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, PhD: The economy of the early Byzantine metropolis of Caričin Grad: an archaeozoological approach

2013 – Master’s thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. MA: Changes in animal exploitation in the early Byzantine locality of Caričin Grad: faunal remains from the complex of the south-eastern tower in the Lower City

2012 – Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Employment

2023- Institute of Archaeology, Senior Research Associate

2019 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Associate

2014 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Assistant

2013 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Trainee

Languages: English

Scholarships, grants and professional studies

Scholarship of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia during bachelor and master’s studies

(2018) Science diploma of the municipality of Mladenovac

(2015) Study visit in Landesmuseum Mainz, Germany

Participation in projects

(2020-2022) Regional absolute chronology of the Late Neolithic in Serbia, science fund of the Republic of Serbia, Institute for Balkan Studies SANU

(2019) Production of final documentation and provision of long-term and safe storage of osteological material from earlier anthropological research in Sirmium, project is financed by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia

(2019) Archaeological localities and finds from the Middle Ages period from the territory of Mladenovac, Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade City Museum

(2013-2019) Processes of urbanisation and development of medieval society, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia, Institute of Archaeology

(2013-) Serbian-French-German research of Caričin Grad, Institute of Archaeology Belgrade, École Française de Rome, CNRS, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz

Memberships

– Serbian Archaeological Society

– International Council for Archaeozoology – ICAZ

International Conferences

• 8^th Animal Palaeopathology Working Group Meeting (International Conference of the ICAZ), Wrocław, Poland, 6–10^th September 2022
• Relatively Absolute. Absolute and Relative Chronologies of the Neolithic Period in Southeast Europe, Belgrade, Serbia, 10^th june 2022
• 9^th Scientific Conference Methodology & Archaeometry, Zagreb, Croatia, 2^nd – 3^rd December 2021
• European Association of Archaeologists, 27^th annual meeting, Kiel, Germany, 8–11^th September 2021
• 14^th meeting of the worked bone research group ICAZ, Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, 30^th August to 3^rd September 2021
• 2^nd Faunal Interest Group Symposium: Zooarchaeology Beyond Food, Toronto, Canada, 15^thJanuary, 2021
• 23^rd International Congress of Byzantine Studies, Belgrade, Serbia, 22^nd–27^th August 2016
• 6^th Animal Palaeopathology Working Group Meeting (International Conference of the ICAZ), Budapest, Hungary, 26–29^th May 2016
• 10^th Meeting of The Worked Bone Research Group (International Conference of the ICAZ), Belgrade, Serbia, 25–30^th August 2014
• 3^rd International landscape archaeology conference, Rome, Italy, 17–20^th September 2014
• European Association of Archaeologists, 20^th annual meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 10–14^th September 2014
• 5^th Animal Palaeopathology Working Group Meeting (International Conference of the ICAZ), Stockholm, Sweden, 31^st May to 2^nd June 2013
• Animals and Archaeology workshop, Visegrád, Hungary, 14–16^th June 2013

National conferences

• Annual meetings of the Serbian Archaeological Society 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020
• Cultural and historical heritage of the south of Serbia, Leskovac, 27-28. march 2019
• Gathering on the occasion of 600 years of Pavlovac monastery, Mladenovac, July 31, 2017

Bibliography

Monographs

• Катић, В. Марковић Н. 2020. Археолошко наслеђе Младеновца од раног средњег века до  раног модерног доба. Младеновац: ГО Младеновац.

Chapters in monographs and edited volumes

• Marković N. Stevanović O. Krstić, N. Marinković D. Janeczek M. Chrószcz A. Ivanišević V. 2018. Animal Health in Justiniana Prima (Caričin Grad): Preliminary Results, in Care or Neglect? Evidence of Animal Disease in Archaeology, eds. L. Bartosiewicz, E. Gál, 61–78. Oxford: Oxbow books
• Marković, N. and Stamenković, S. 2016. Antler workshop in Caričin Grad (Justiniana Prima): Reconstruction of the tehnological process, in Close to the bone: current studies in bone technologies, ed. S. Vitezović, 218–225. Belgrade: Institute of Archeology
• Марковић, Н. Булатовић, Ј. 2021. Археозоолошке одлике средњовековног привређивања на примерима Тврђаве Рас, манастира Студенице и Рудника, у Свет средњовековних утврђења, градова и манастира. Омаж Марку Поповићу, ур. В. Иванишевић, В. Бикић, И.  Бугарски, 347–359. Београд, Археолошки институт – Омладинско позориште ДАДОВ.
• Марковић, Н. 2015. Исхрана у манастиру Студеница: археозоолошка сведочанства, у М. Поповић, Манастир Студеница – археолошка истраживања, 95–406. Београд: Републички завод за заштиту споменика културе и Археолошки институт

Edited volumes

• Marković, N. Bulatović, J. 2020. Animal Husbandry and Hunting in the Central and Western Balkans Through Time. Oxford: Archaeopress.
• Катић В. и Марковић Н. 2017. 600 година манастира Павловац,  Младеновац: ГО Младеновац

Papers in scientific journals

• Marković, N. Bulatović, J. Krstić, N. Marinković, D. Pantović, I. Russell, N. Rothschild, B. Marić, M. 2022. Severe traumatic lesions in the Late Neolithic cattle from the site of At-Vršac, Serbia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3147
• Yu, H. et al. 2022. Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. Nature Communications 13 (2399): 1–13.
• Marković, N., Ivanišević, V., Baron, H., Buckley, M., 2021. The last caravans in antiquity: Camel remains from Caričin Grad (Justiniana Prima). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 38: 1–14.