Interests and methodology of research

Dr Nemanja Mrđić is dedicated to the research, protection and presentation of Roman cultural heritage in Europe and Serbia. Dr Mrđić researches military architecture and urban organisations, antique infrastructures (communications and aqueducts) on the Limes in Danubian provinces. Dr Mrđić is particularly interested in the army, units on the territory of the Danubian Limes and Roman military equipment. Dr Mrđić also researches funerary customs, experimental archaeology and keys.

Education

2015 – Doctoral thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, PhD: Military iconography from the 3^rd to the 4^th century in Illyricum

2009 – Master’s thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. MA: Topography and urbanisation of Viminacium

2004 – Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Employment

2021 – Institute of Archaeology, Senior Research Associate

2016 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Associate

2010 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Assistant

2005 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Trainee

Languages: English, Russian

Participation in projects

Applying geophysics methods GIS, GPR and GPS technologies in the research of the Roman city and legionary camp of Viminacium, Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade

(2005-) IRS – Viminacium, Roman city and legion camp – research of the material and spiritual culture, population, application of the modern non-destructive techniques of aerial prospection, geophysics, GIS, digitalisation and 3D visualisation – Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Institute of Archaeology

Memberships

– ICOM (International Council of Museums)

– Serbian Archaeological Society

– A member of the Bratislava Group, an expert advisory board for the UNESCO transnational cultural heritage project “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”

– A member of the working group for the compilation of the national dossier “Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Danubian Limes in Serbia”, founded by the Commission of the Republic of Serbia for Cooperation with UNESCO

International conferences

• XXIV^th international LIMES (Roman Frontiers) congress, Belgrade-Viminacium, Serbia, Organization of sessions: Fortifying our Frontiers and Hold the Lines, September 3^rd -11^th  2018
• 4^th International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces. Zagreb, Croatia, November 15^th -17^th 2017
• Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, Marche 7^th  2017. https://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/events/dcaucus0th2017_6
• 42^nd International Symposium of Archaeology and History in Memoriam Constantini Daicoviciu, Bajle Herkulane, Romania, March 9^th -12^th 2016
• XXIII^st international LIMES (Roman Frontiers) congress, Ingolstat, Germany, September 14^th -20^th  2015
• 3^rd International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces, Vienn, Austria, November 11^th -14^th  2015
• Bridging the Danube, Roman Occupation and Interaction along the Middle Danube Valley, 1^ST – 5^TH C.AD, Timisoara, Romania, April 11^th -12^th 2014
• VIth International Conference on Mammoths and their Relatives, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Grevena and Siatista, Greece, May 5^th-12^th 2014
• 40^th International Symposium on Archaeometry | ISA 2014, Getty Conservation Institute and University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, May USA, 19^th -23th 2014
• 39^th International Symposium of Archaeology and History in Memoriam Constantini Daicoviciu, Religious Symbols-Christian Testimonies-Evidences of Faith, from Prehistory to Contemporary Times, Karansebesh, Romania, March 6^th – 9^th 2013
• 10^th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria, May 29^th –June 2^nd  2013
• 2^nd International Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces, Ferara, Italy, November 20^th -22^th  2013
• XXII international LIMES (Roman Frontiers) congress, Ruse, Bulgaria, September 6^th -11^th 2012
• The Phenomena of Cultural Borders and Border Cultures across the Passage of Time (From the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity), Trnava, Slovakia, October 22^th – 24^th 2011
• International Conference on Methods of Education and Popularisation in Archaeological Heritage, Warsawa, Poland, December 3^rd -6^th 2011
• ROMEC XVII- XVII RОman Military Equipment Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, May 24^th-27^th 2010

Bibliography

Monographs

• Vojvoda, M. Mrđić, N. 2017. Coin finds from the Viminacium necropolis of Pećine and their role in funerary ritual/Nalazi novca sa viminacijumske nekropole Pećine i njihova uloga u pogrebnom ritualu, Beograd: Arheološki insitut
• Vojvoda, M. Mrđić, N. 2015. Coin finds from the Viminacium necropolis of Više grobalja and their role in funerary ritual/Nalazi novca sa viminacijuske nekropole Više grobalja i njihova uloga u pogrebnom ritualu, Beograd: Arheološki institut (Viminacijum knjiga 4)
• Korać, M. Golubović, S. Mrđić, N. 2014. Rimski limes u Srbiji / Roman Limes in Serbia. Beograd: Arheološki institut Beograd
• Korać, M. Golubović, S. Mrđić, N. 2009. Itinerarium Romanum Serbiae – Roads of Roman Emperors in Serbia. Belgrade: Center for New Technology
• Mrđić, N. 2007. Snabdevanje vodom u antici na prostoru Gornje Mezije i jugoistočnog dela Donje Panonije, Beograd: Centar za nove tehnologije

Chapters in monographs and edited volumes

• Mrđić, N. Milovanović, B. 2017. Viminacium – Roman city and legionary camp: Topography, Evolution and Urbanism, in ROMAN FRONTIER STUDIES 2009, eds. N. Hodgson, P. Bidwell, J. Schachtmann. 393-400. Archaeopress Roman Archaeology 25, Oxford. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
• Мрђић, Н. Бикић, В. Антоновић, M. Радишић, М. Перић. С. 2017. Археолошка истраживања у Ђердапу. у Mnemosynon Firmitatis. Седамдесет година археолошког института (1947-2017), ур. В. Бикић, Ј. Шарић, 67-89. Београд: Археолошки институт
• Mrđić, M. Tapavički-Ilić, M. 2015. A Roman Burial Rite in Viminacium: The Latest Discovery, in Culti e religiosita nelle province danubiane, Atti del II Convegno Internazionale, cur. L. Zerbini, 483-496. Ferrara: LAD Laboratorio di studi e ricerche sulle Antiche province Danubiane
• Mrđić, N. Raičković, A. 2013. Soldier Burials with Weapons at Viminacium Cemetery, in Proceedings of the XVII Roman Military Equipment Conference Weapons and Military Equipment in a Funerary Context, ed. M. Sanader et al, 117-132. Zagreb: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Arheološki muzej u Zagrebu
• Golubović, S.  Mrđić, N. 2010. Territory of Roman Viminacium – From Celtic to Slavic Tribes, in The Phenomena of Cultural Borders and Border Cultures across the Passage of Time (From the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity), Anodos 10/2010,ed. K. Trantalidou, 117-125. Trnava: Trnava University
• Milovanović, B. Mrđić, N. 2010. The She-Wolf Motif with Romulus and Remus on a Tomb Stela of an Augustal from Viminacium, in Bollettino di Archeologia on line I 2010/ Volume speciale/ Poster Session 3, ed. R.Tribunale, 90 – 94. Roma: Mibac. http://151.12.58.75/archeologia/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80&Itemid=77
• Кorać, M. Mrđić, N. 2009. Cemetery as a battlefield. Weapon finds from Viminacium cemetaries, in Xantener Berichte 16, ed. A.W. Busch, H.J. Schalles, 107-123. Mainz: LVR Romer Museum.
• Golubović, S. Mrđić, M. 2009. Killed By An Arrow – Grave 152 From Viminacium, in Xantener Berichte 16, ed. A.W. Busch, H.J. Schalles, 55-63. Mainz: LVR Romer Museum.

Edited volumes

• Golubović, S. Mrđić, N. 2018. Vivere Militare Est – From Populus to Emperors – Living on the Frontier, VOLUME I-II, Belgrade: Institute of Archaeology

Papers in scientific journals

• Jovičić, M. Korać, M. Mrđić, N. Dimitrijević, V. Chu, S. Kostić, D. Blackwell, B.2015. The latest steppe mammoths (Mammuthus trogontherii (Pohlig)) and associated fauna on the Late Middle Pleistocene steppe at Nosak, Kostolac Basin, Northeastern Serbia. International Union for Quaternary Research 379: 14–27. http://www.journals.elsevier.com/quaternary-international/
• Jovičić, M. Korać, M. Mrđić, N. Tomić, N. Marković, S. Hose, T. Vasiljević, Đ. Gavrilov, M. 2015. Quaternary International, Exposing mammoths: From loess research discovery to public palaeontological park, 2015. International Union for Quaternary Research 6/372: 142-150 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/quaternary-international/
• Mrđić, N. Raičković, A. 2013. Cult Preparation of a Burial Pit – Experimental Research of Local Customs. Tibiscum (Acta Mvsei Caransebesiensis) 3: 114-123.
• Golubović, S. Mrđić, N. 2013. T-PAS – Project on tourist promotion of the archaeological sites along the route Aquileia, Emona, Viminacium. Arheologija i prirodne nauke 8: 101-112.