Interests and methodology of research

The interests of Dr Olivera Ilić are related primarily to the material culture of Romans in the territory of the Serbian districts Podunavlje and Pomoravlje, Roman economy, agricultural production in larger urban centres in Moesia Superior, rural settlements, tools and other objects used in agriculture, provision and transportation of agricultural products, and the natural surroundings and its influence on Roman agricultural production. Other interests of Dr Ilić also include questions related to the beginning of Christianity in all its aspects on the territory of the Central Balkan provinces in Late Antiquity.

Education

2012 – Doctoral thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, PhD: Agricultural production in Roman provinces on the territory of Serbia from the 1^st to the first half of the 5^th century

2005 – Master’s thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. MA: Early Christian finds in the Diocese of Dacia from the 4^th to the beginning of the 7^th century

1995 – Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Employment

2023 – Institute of Archaeology, Senior Research Associate

2013 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Associate

2006 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Assistant

1999 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Trainee

Languages: English, French

Scholarships, grants and professional studies

(2007) – Studying in Freie Universität – Fachbereich Geschichts und Kulturwissenschaften – Friedrich-Meinecke Institut, Seminar für klassische Archäologie (Department of History and Cultural Studies – Friedrich-Meinecke Institute, Seminar for Classical Archaeology) (Prof. Emeritus A. Demandt)

Director of projects

Director of the theme “Early Christian period in Viminacium” as part of the activity “The analysis of objects from archaeological excavations” on the project IRS – Viminacium, a Roman city and legionary 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

Participation in projects

(2011-) IRS – Viminacium, a Roman city and legionary 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

– European Association of Archaeologists

International conferences

• 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology (AIAC): Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World. Cologne/Bonn, Germany, 22-26 May 2018
• Bridging the Danube, Roman Occupation and Interaction along the Middle Danube Valley, 1st-5th c. AD.Timişoara, Romania, 11-12 April 2014
• The 15th Annual Conference of the European Association of Archaeologists. Riva del Garda, Italy, 15-20 September 2009
• Simpozijum povodom petnaestogodišnjice Akademije SPC za umetnost i konzervaciju i četrdesetogodišnjice od upokojenja dr Lazara Mirkovića, Sremski Karlovci, 29-31. oktobar 2008
• The 12th Annual Conference of the European Association of Archaeologists. Cracow, Poland, 19-24 September 2006
• The 10th Annual Conference of the European Association of Archaeologists. Lyon, France, 5-12 September 2004

National conferences

• Niš i Vizantija XV. Niš, 3-5 jun 2016
• The Impact of Dialogue with Visitors on – AOAM Management.Viminacium, 29. septembar-03.oktobar 2014
• Niš i Vizantija XII, Niš, 3-6 jun 2013
• Niš i Vizantija, VIII. Niš 3-7. jun 2009
• Simpozijum povodom petnaestogodišnjice Akademije SPC za umetnost i konzervaciju i četrdesetogodišnjice od upokojenja dr Lazara Mirkovića. Beograd, Sremski Karlovci, 28-29. oktobar 2008

Bibliography

Monographs

• Ilić, О. 2022. Late Antiquity and Early Christianity in the Roman Provinces of Moesia Prima and Dacia Ripensis, Oxford: BAR Publishing.
• Ilić O. 2017. The Archaeology of the Roman Rural Economy in the Central Balkan Provinces, Oxford: BAR Publishing.

Chapters in monographs and edited volumes

• Ilić, O. 2020.Roman Rural Settlements in the Provinces of Pannonia Inferior and Moesia Superior, in Villas, Peasant Agriculture, and the Roman Rural Economy, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Classical Archaeology Cologne/Bonn, 22–26 May 2018, Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World, Volume 17, ed. A. Marzano, 73-87. Heidelberg.
• Ilić O. Jeremić G. 2018. Early Christian Finds on the Middle Danube Limes, in Vivere Militare Est From Populus to Emperors – Living on the Frontier, VOLUME I, eds. S. Golubović, N. Mrđić, 247-290. Beograd: Arheološki institut.
• Jeremić G. Ilić O. 2018. Evidence of Early Christianity on the Danube Limes, from Singidunum to Aquae, in Vivere Militare Est From Populus to Emperors – Living on the Frontier, VOLUME I, eds. S. Golubović, N. Mrđić, 197-246. Beograd: Arheološki institut.
• Ilić O. 2017. Food Supply along the Danube in Moesia Superior, in Romans in the Middle and Lower Danube Valley: Case Studies in Archaeology, Epigraphy, and History, first century BC – fifth century AD, eds. E, C. De Sena, C. Timoc, 33-44. Oxford: Bar International Series XXXX.
• Ilić O. Tapavički-Ilić M. Ćirić Đ. 2014. Viminacium: eksperimentalna arheologija u okviru projekta Open Arch, u Arheologija u Srbiji projekti arheološkog institutau 2013 godini, ur. V. Bikić, D. Antonijević, S. Golubović, 91-93. Beograd: Arheološki institut.
• Nikolić E. Ilić O. Rogić D. 2013. Possibilities of defining the archaeological site of Viminacium as a unique cultural landscape, in Strategie e Programmazione della Conservazione e Trasmissibilita del Patrimonio Culturale, a cura diA. Filipovic, W. Troiano, 260-271. Roma: Edizioni Scientifiche Fidei Signa.
• Ilić O. 2011. The Early Christian Import and Local Imitations of Imported Goods in the Territory of Central Balkans, in Archaeological and Historical Research on the Romans and Native Cultures in Central Erurope, eds. E. de Sena, H. Dobrzanska, 35-50. Oxford: BAR International Series 2236.
• Ilić O. 2013. Naissus, in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, R. S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. B. Champion, A. Erskine, eds. S. R. Huebner, 4685-4686. W. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Ilić O. 2013. Siscia, in The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, R. S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. B. Champion, eds. A. Erskine, S. R. Huebner, 6270-6271. W. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
• Илић О. 1999. Средњевековни чешаљ, у Лексикон српског средњег века, прир. С. Ћирковић, Р. Михаљчић, 81. Београд.

Papers in scientific journals

• Ilić O. Jovičić, M. 2021. Roman agricultural tools in the ager of Viminacium, Starinar LXXI, 2021: 181-206.
• Ilić O. 2019. Roman agriculture: A case study from Viminacium and its surroundings. Archaeology and Science 15: 43-52.
• Ilić O. Nikolić E. 2015. Archaeological park Viminacium: cultural-historical heritage in the jubile year of Christianity. Archaeology and Science 10: 231-243.
• Ilić O. Golubović S. Mrđić N. 2011. Supplying and Transport along the Danube Limes in the Upper Moesia. Archaeology and Science 6: 61-76.
• Илић О. 2009. Ранохришћанска кадионица из околине Куршумлије. Иконографске студије 2: 121-143.
• Ilić O. 2008. Early Christian Baptistries in Northern Illyricum. Starinar LVI: 223-244.
• Илић О. 2018. Пољопривреда у средњем и доњем Подунављу током римског периода, Римски лимес и градови у Србији, 56-63. Каталог и зложбе САНУ, Београд: Српска акадмија наука и уметности / Ilić O.Agriculture in the Middle and Lower Danube Region during the Roman Period, Roman limes and cities in the territory of Serbia, 56-63. Catalogue. Belgrade: Gallery of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.