Curriculum Vitae
Since 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher in the SNF-funded project ArchSeeland, University of Zurich
2020 - 2023
Project leader of the postdoctoral research project: Assessment of the Potential of the Magnetic Method for the Identification of Archaeological Remains in Soil Sequences on Soft Carbonate Rock. Case study of Slovenian Istria, at the University of Ljubljana, Department of Archaeology, funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS).
Since 2019
Teaching assistant for the elective course Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Geophysics, Department of Archeology, University of Ljubljana.
2012 – 2019
Ph.D. in Archaeology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts Dissertation: Quantitative Analysis of Archaeological Structures with Application of 2D and 3D Magnetic Modeling. Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Humanities and Social Sciences. Funded through the Innovative Scheme for Co-financing Doctoral Studies – Scheme A (2012–2015).
2015 - 2019
Researcher and contract associate on international research projects:
- Monumentalized Early Iron Age Landscapes and the Danube River Basin (Iron-AgeDanube)
- Entrance: Encounters and Transformations in Iron Age Europe
- BorderArch-Steiermark
2011
Master of Arts in Archaeology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts Thesis: Application of 2D Magnetic Modeling in the Evaluation of the Results of the Magnetic Method: Case Study at the Archaeological Site of Düzen Tepe, Turkey.
2000–2018
Contract associate on excavations and geophysical surveys at sites of various periods in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Austria, Greece, Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Mauritius, and Russia. Gained extensive experience in fieldwork and data processing.
Research Interests
- Geophysical methods in archaeology, with a focus on magnetic prospection at prehistoric sites.
- Study of environmental impacts—including soil, geology, and vegetation—on geophysical data.
- Current work explores forested landscapes, analyzing vegetation effects and improving data processing for enhanced anomaly detection.
Publications
List of all publication: igor medaric :: COBISS+
Selected bibliography:
Medarić, I. (2024). A short historical overview of archaeological geophysics in the world and Slovenia [Kratek zgodovinski pregled arheološke geofizike v svetu in Sloveniji]. Arheo: Arheološka obvestila, 41, 45–64.
Brunner, M., Rutishauser, S., Hinz, H.-M., Hübner, C., Laabs, J., Medarić, I., et al. (2023)Geophysikalische Untersuchungen der prähistorischen Grabhügel Abschlag/Mörderhübeli in Neuenegg. In Archäologie Bern 2023: Jahrbuch des Archäologischen Dienstes des Kantons Bern, 174–182. Bern: Archäologischer Dienst des Kantons Bern.
Medarić, I. (2022). Project MagIstra – magnetic mapping of archaeological structures in soils on flysch: Case studies from Slovenian Istria. In Proceedings from the 9th Scientific Conference Methodology & Archaeometry, Zagreb, December 2–3, 2021 (pp. 47–62).
Krznar, S., Mušič, B., Medarić, I., & Horn, B. (2019). Geophysical research on the site of Hlebine – Svetinjski breg in 2018. Annales Instituti Archaeologici, 15, 123–128.
Vandam, R., Mušič, B., & Medarić, I. (2019). Contextualizing Kuruçay Höyük: Assessing the unexplored Late Chalcolithic landscape near the beginning of early social complexity in SW Turkey. Journal of Field Archaeology, 44(1).
Mušič, B., Črešnar, M., Medarić, I., & Horn, B. (2018). Non-invasive research of barrows, monuments of the Early Iron Age below Poštela near Maribor. In M. Črešnar & M. Vinazza (Eds.), Srečanja in vplivi v raziskovanju bronaste in železne dobe na Slovenskem: Zbornik prispevkov v čast Bibi Teržan (pp. 317–334). Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba FF UL.
Medarić, I., Mušič, B., & Črešnar, M. (2016). Tracing flat cremation graves using integrated advanced processing of magnetometry data (case study of Poštela near Maribor, NE Slovenia). In I. Armit et al. (Eds.), Cultural encounters in Iron Age Europe (pp. 67–93). Budapest: Archaeolingua. Archaeolingua, Series Minor, 38.
Mušič, B., Vinazza, M., Črešnar, M., & Medarić, I. (2015). Integrated non-invasive research and ground truthing: Experiences from prehistoric sites in North-Eastern Slovenia. Arheo: Arheološka obvestila, 32, 37–64.
Mušič, B., Medarić, I., Mori, M., & Nas, E. (2015). Geophysical investigations on Novine and Plački vrh. In M. Črešnar et al. (Eds.), Archaeological biography of a landscape on the Styrian-Slovenian border (pp. 86–119). Graz/Ljubljana: Universalmuseum Joanneum & ZVKDS.
Mušič, B., & Medarić, I. (2015). Geophysical investigations at Monkodonja. In B. Hänsel, K. Mihovilić, & B. Teržan (Eds.), Monkodonja: Forschungen zu einer protourbanen Siedlung der Bronzezeit Istriens. Teil 1: Die Grabung und der Baubefund (pp. 389–421). Pula: Arheološki muzej Istre.
Mušič, B., Črešnar, M., & Medarić, I. (2014). Possibilities for geophysical research on sites dated to the Early Iron Age: Case study of Poštela near Maribor (Slovenia). Arheo: Arheološka obvestila, 31, 19–47.
Medarić, I., Mušič, B., & Vyncke, K. (2011). Application of 2D magnetic modelling in evaluating the results of the magnetic method, case study at the archaeological site at Düzen Tepe, Turkey. Arheo: Arheološka obvestila, 28, 35–72.
Vanhaverbeke, H., Waelkens, M., Vyncke, K., De Laet, V., Aydal, S., Mušič, B., De Cupere, B., Poblome, J., Braekmans, D., Degryse, P., Marinova, E., Verstraeten, G., Van Neer, W., Slapšak, B., Medarić, I., Ekinci, H. A., & Erbay, M. O. (2010). Pisidian culture? The Classical-Hellenistic site at Düzen Tepe near Sagalassus (southwest Turkey). Anatolian Studies, 60, 105–128.