Interests and methodology of research

Vojislav Filipović (1977) received his dissertation (DSc) in Prehistoric Archeology from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in 2015. His dissertation represents the first ever synthesis of prehistoric weapons in the areas of the Central Balkans. He is a Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Archeology (AI) in Belgrade. His research interests include burial practices in the European Bronze and Iron Ages, taxonomic systematization, development and typology of metal artifacts, cultural heritage preservation, weapons and weaponry of the Bronze and Iron Ages, illicit antiquities, and archaeometallurgy. Since 1994 he has been involved in the work of the Petnica Science Center (PSC), and from 2002 to 2007 he headed the archeological department of the PSC. He is a member of the Serbian Archeological Society and the Serbian Society of Conservators. From 2009 to 2015 he was the Secretary and from 2015 the Vice-President of the Serbian Archeological Society. He has published more than 220 references, authored/co-authored 3 monographs and edited more than 15 collections of papers or proceedings. Currently, he is the co-director of the project: Archeological Research of Settlement Systems, Burial Rites and Mineral Resources in the Bronze Age in NW Serbia (AI and Brooklyn College, CUNY, New York). During his career he has conducted and participated in more than 150 archeological excavations and has directed more than 55 different archeological projects. He has participated in more than 20 international conferences and has been a member of the scientific and organizational committees of more than 15 national or regional conferences.

Education

2015 –  Dissertation in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, PhD: Weapons and warrior equipment in the cultures of the Late Bronze and Iron Age in Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania

2008 – Magister thesis in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. MA: Necropolises of the Late Bronze Age period of Podgorina and Donje Podrinje

2005 – Diploma in Archaeology. Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Employment

2025 – Institute of Archaeology, Principal Research Fellow

2020 – Institute of Archaeology, Senior Research Associate

2016 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Associate

2011 – Institute of Archaeology, Research Assistant

2003-2006 – Director of Department of archaeology in the Petnica science center

Languages: English, French

Director of projects

(2019 -) Co-director of Archaeological research of settlement systems, burial customs and mine resources in the Bronze Age period of north-western Serbia, Brooklyn College of City University New York (USA), and Institute of Archaeology

Participation in projects

(2022-2025) The FLOW: Interactions-Transmission-Transformation: Long-distance connections in Copper and Bronze Age of the Central Balkans; Institute of Archaeology Belgrade, the “Vinča” Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade; under the patronage of Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia

(2010-2019) Archaeology of Serbia: Cultural identity, integration factors, technological processes and the role of the Central Balkans in the development of the European prehistory, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development. Topic: Material and spiritual culture of Iron Age communities in Serbia, Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade

Memberships

– Serbian Archaeological Society

– The Society of Conservators of Serbia

International Conferences

• Bronze Age Metallurgy production – consumption – exchange and 20th Anniversary Archaeometallurgical Laboratory VIAS, Vienna, Austria, 2019
• Prehistoric Communities along the Danube, Osijek, Hrvatska, 2019
• Lost Centuries or Age of Transformation? Rethinking the Late Hallstatt/Early La Tène Transition, Požega , Hrvatska, 2018
• Late Bronze Age Mortuary Practices and Society in the Carpathian Basin, Zagreb, Hrvatska,2017
• Routes, fleuves et habitat groupe au coeur des Balkans, Bordoux, France, 2016
•  Perspectives on Balkan Archaeology – The Early Iron Age: Methods and Approaches, Sarajevo. BiH,2016
• Fortifications: the Rise and Fall of Defended Sites in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age of South-East Europe, Timisoara, Romania, 2015
• 14th International Colloquium of Funerary Archaeology: Funerary Practices during the Bronze and the Iron Ages in the Central and Southeast Europe, Čačak, Serbia, 2015
• From Central Balkans to Danube: Archaeology and Heritage, Svrljig, Serbia, 2013
• Clash of Cultures – Going south…, Piran, Slovenia, 2013
• XVIIth International Congress of Ancient Bronzes, Izmir, Turkey, 2011
• Iron Age Rites and Rituals in the Carpathian Basin, Târgu Mureş, Romania, 2011
• Thracians and the World Around, Shumen, Bulgaria, 2008
• Funerary Practices of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Central and South-Eastern Europe, Bistrita, Romania 2008.

National conferences

• (2005-2021) Annual meetings of the Serbian Archaeological Society and about 20 thematic or narrow regional meetings

Bibliography

Monographs

• Филиповић, В. 2024. Брезјачка култура. Београд: Археолошки институт.
• Петровић, В., Филиповић, В., Миливојевић, С. 2012. Сврљишка област у праисторији, антици и средњем веку / LA RÉGION DE SVRLJIG EN SERBIE ORIENTALE – PRÉHISTOIRE, ANTIQUITÉ ET MOYEN ÂGE Београд: Балканолошки институт САНУ и Културни центар Сврљиг
• Булатовић, А., Филиповић, В., Глигорић, Р. 2017. Лозница – културна стратиграфија праисторијских локалитета у Јадру, Рађевини и Азбуковици. Београд – Лозница: Археолошки институт – Музеј Јадра

Chapters in international monographs and edited volumes

• Powell, W., Bankoff, A., Mason, A., Mathur R., Bulatović, A. and Filipović, V. 2018. Tin Sources and Regional Trade in the Bronze Age of Southeast Europe: Evidence from Tin Isotopes in: Gold&Bronze, Metals, Technologies and Interregional Contacts in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age (eds. S. Alexandrov, Y. Dimitrova, B. Horejs and K. Chukalev), 141-149.  Sofia: NAIM BAN.
• Filipović, V. 2019. Iron Spears of the Balkan Syginnae Type from the Central Balkans. in: Papers in Honour of Rastko Vasić 80th Birthday (eds. V. Filipović, A. Bulatović i A. Kapuran), 297-306.  Belgrade: Institute of archaeology
• Bulatović, A., Filipović, V. 2017. The Morava Valley in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age – changes in topography and material culture. in: Fortifications: The Rise And Fall Of Defended Sites In Late Bronze And Early Iron Age Of South-East Europe (eds. B.S. Heeb, A. Szentmiklosi, R. Krause and M. Wemhoff), 149-159. International Conference in Timişoara, Romania from November 11th to 13th, 2015. Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
• Filipović, V. 2014. Triballi as conservative Palaeobalkan tribe in the 6th and 5th century BC, in: The Clash of Cultures? The Celts and the Macedonian World (eds. M. Guštin and W. David). 47-52, Manching: kelten römer museums manching
• Tapavički-Ilić, M., Filipović, V. 2012. A Late Iron Age Grave Find from Syrmiain: Iron Age Rites and Rituals in the Carpathian Basin (ed. S. Berecki),453-459 Proceedings of the International Colloquium from Târgu Mureş, 7–9 October 2011, Târgu Mureş: Editura Mega.

Papers in scientific journals

• Bulatović, A., Molloy, B., Filipović, V. 2021. Changes in material culture and settlement patterns in the LBA in the Central Balkans in the light of new data. Starinar LXXI: 61-106.
• Filipović, V. 2018. Some Observations on Communications and Contacts in the Central Balkan and Neighbouring Regions During the 7th to 5th Century BC Based on the Distribution of Weapons. Godišnjak CBI ANUBiH 47: 105–115.
• Filipović V. and  Mladenović, O. 2017. Prilog proučavanju članaka astragalnih pojaseva sa teritorije centralne i jugoistočne Evrope / Contribution to the Study of Astragal Belt Segments from the Territory of Central and Southeastern Europe. Prilozi Instituta za arheologiju u Zagrebu 34: 143-183.
• Filipović, V., Vasić, R. 2017. Illicit Antiquities Plague in Serbia. Glasnik SAD 33: 335-348.
• Mason, A.H., Powell W.G., Bankoff H.A., Mathur R., Bulatović, A., Filipović, V., Ruiz, J. 2016. Tin isotope characterization of bronze artifacts of the central Balkans. Journal of Archaeological Science 69:110-117.
• Филиповић, В. 2015. Скифские влияния в центральной части Балкан в раннем железном веке. Stratum plus 2015/3: 9-17.
• Petrović, V., Filipović, V. 2015. The First Cohort of Cretans, a Roman Military Unit at Timacum Maius. Balcanica XLVI: 33-39.
• Filipović, V., Bulatović, A. 2011. An Early Iron Age Necropolis in Eastern Serbia. Glasnik SAD 26: 73-83.