Staff

BA, MA, MLitt, PhD

Position

ERC Research Associate

Educational Background

• 2017 PhD in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
• 2010 MLitt in Archaeology, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University
• 2009 MA in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
• 2007 BA in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade

Research Interests

My research interests include the nature of human-animal interrelationships in the past, from the perspective of archaeozoology and social theories of the body and person. As an archaeozoologist, I am especially interested in the topics of fishing, hunting and origins of animal domestication, and the manner in which animal bodies are utilised, consumed, deposited and invested with meaning. Within social theory, I find especially interesting the question of fluidity of the concept of a human being and person: is it universal and stable, or can it be more flexible and include other beings and things. My current research is in the domain of ichtyoarchaeology, i. e. it focuses on the role of fish and fishing in the formation of Mesolithic-Neolithic semi-sedentary settlements in the Danube Gorges. My main research questions include the choice of species and fish size estimations, the role and effects of aquatic diet on human health and fertility, modification of fish remains (teeth) in order to adorn human bodies, the display of elements of fish anatomy in sculpture, and the reconstruction and interpretation of fishing and its economic and ideological aspects.

• Bibliography

  Papers published in journals

  Živaljević, Ivana,Popović, Danijela, Snoj, Aleš & Marić, Saša (2017) Ancient DNA analysis of cyprinid remains from the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges reveals an extirpated fish species Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840). Journal of Archaeological Science 79: 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2017.01.002

  Dimitrijević, Vesna, Živaljević, Ivana & Stefanović, Sofija (2016) Becoming sedentary? The seasonality of food resource exploitation in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges. Documenta Praehistorica XLIII: 103-122. DOI:10.4312\dp.43.4 PDF

  Bello, Silvia, Wallduck, Rosalind, Dimitrijević, Vesna, Živaljević, Ivana & Stringer, Chris (2016) Cannibalism versus funerary defleshing and disarticulation after a period of decay: comparisons of bone modifications from four prehistoric sites. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 161: 722-743. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.23079
  

  Živaljević, Ivana (2015) Concepts of the body and personhood in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges: interpreting animal remains from human burials. Etnoantropološki problemi 10(3): 675-699. PDF

  Cristiani, Emanuela, Živaljević, Ivana & Borić, Dušan (2014) Residue analysis and ornament suspension techniques in prehistory: Cyprinid pharyngeal teeth beads from Late Mesolithic burials at Vlasac (Serbia). Journal of Archaeological Science 46: 292-310. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2014.03.018
  

  Živaljević, Ivana (2013) Životinje između prirode i kulture: priča o arheozoologiji. Etnoantropološki problemi 8(4): 1137-1163. PDF

  Papers published in conference proceedings

  Živaljević, Ivana (2012) ‘Big Fish Hunting: Interpretation of stone clubs from Lepenski Vir’, in N. Vasić (ed.) Harmony of Nature and Spirituality in Stone (Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference in Kragujevac, Serbia, March 15-16, 2012), Stone Studio Association: Belgrade: 195-206. PDF

  Published abstracts

  Živaljević, Ivana (2017) “Stepeni artificijelnosti” ili gde počinju artefakti? Životinjska tela u arheologiji. Srpska arheologija između teorije i činjenica V: Arheologija između artefakata i ekofakata, Beograd, Srbija (01. april – 02. april): str. 56-58.

  Živaljević, Ivana, Dimitrijević, Vesna & Stefanović, Sofija (2016) Between the forest and the river: hunting and fishing in the Danube Gorges in the Mesolithic. 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Vilnius, Lithuania (August 31st – September 4th): p. 69.

  Živaljević, Ivana & Stefanović, Sofija (2016) (Dis)continuities in fishing practices at the onset of Neolithic: a case study from Starčevo, Serbia. 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Vilnius, Lithuania (August 31st – September 4th): p. 151.

  Živaljević, Ivana (2016) Đerdapski ribolovi u (dalekoj) prošlosti i sadašnjosti: čitanja Mihaila Petrovića ‘Alasa’ u srpskoj arheologiji. XXXIX Godišnji skup srpskog arheološkog društva, Vršac, Srbija (02. jun – 04. jun): str. 129-130.

  Živaljević, Ivana & Lopičić, Milica (2015) Fishing the sensitive information: reconstructing fish processing practices from the Mesolithic-Neolithic Iron Gates (north-central Balkans). 18th Fish Remains Working Group – International Council for Archaeozoology (28th September – 3rd October, Lisbon, Portugal) Book of Abstracts: p. 70.

  Živaljević, Ivana (2015) Revealing an extirpated species: identification of cyprinid pharyngeal teeth from the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges. 18th Fish Remains Working Group – International Council for Archaeozoology (28th September – 3rd October, Lisbon, Portugal) Book of Abstracts: p. 15.

  Živaljević, Ivana (2015) ‘Pearls’ from the pearlfish: Cyprinid pharyngeal teeth appliqués from the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges’. MESO 2015 – The Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe (14th-18th September, Belgrade, Serbia) Book of Abstracts: p. 52.

  Živaljević, Ivana (2015) ‘The currents of time: Fishing in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges in the diachronic perspective’. MESO 2015 – The Ninth International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe (14th-18th September, Belgrade, Serbia) Book of Abstracts: p. 18.

  Živaljević, Ivana (2014) Fish Consumption and Fertility: the evidence from Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges. 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Istanbul, Turkey (September 10th – September 14th): p. 394.

  Živaljević, Ivana, Jovanović, Jelena, de Becdelièvre, Camille, Goude, Gwenaëlle (2014) Fishing in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges: archaeological, archaeozoological and isotopic evidence. VII World UISPP Congress, Burgos, Spain (September 1st – September 2nd): p. 789-790.

  Živaljević, Ivana, Marković, Nemanja, Maksimović, Milomir (2014) Riba na studeničkoj trpezi: arheozoološka i pisana svedočanstva. XXXVII Godišnji skup srpskog arheološkog društva, Kragujevac, Srbija (09. oktobar – 11. oktobar): str. 61.

  Živaljević, Ivana (2013) ‘Lov na krupnu ribu: procena veličine moruna sa Lepenskog Vira’. XXXVI Godišnji skup srpskog arheološkog društva, Novi Sad, Srbija (30. maj – 1. jun): str. 114. 

  Živaljević, Ivana (2013) ‘Estimation of size of beluga sturgeon (Huso huso Brandt) specimens from Lepenski Vir, Serbia’. 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Mesolithic Shellmiddens, Muge, Portugal (March 21st – March 23rd): p. 46. 

  Živaljević, Ivana (2012) ‘Lend me your eyes, your ears, your perspective: the usage of animal body parts in human burials in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges’. The 18th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists (EAA), Helsinki, Finland (August 29th – September 1st): p. 179.  

  Živaljević, Ivana (2012) ‘Životinje između prirode i kulture: priča o arheozoologiji’. XXXV Godišnji skup srpskog arheološkog društva, Valjevo, Srbija (24-26. maj): str. 77-78. 

  Živaljević, Ivana (2010) ‘Meaningful’ and ‘meaningless’ deposition: Interpreting the post-mortem treatment of human and animal bodies’. The Thirty-Second Annual Conference of the Theoretical Archaeology Group (TAG 2010) Handbook, Bristol: University of Bristol (December 17th – December 19th): p. 105.

  Conference presentations

  Živaljević, Ivana & Dimitrijević, Vesna (2015) ‘Becoming sedentary? The seasonality of hunting in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges’. 22nd Neolithic Seminar Modelling the Processes of Neolithisation (6th-7th November, Ljubljana, Slovenia).

  Živaljević, Ivana (2013) ‘Fish Consumption and Fertility: the evidence from Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges'. Understanding fertiliy during the Mesolithic-Neolithic in the Danube Gorges – Bioarchaeological approach Workshop, Filozofski fakultet, Beograd, Srbija (10-12. decembar). 

  Živaljević, Ivana (2012) ‘Big Fish Hunting: Interpretation of stone clubs from Lepenski Vir’. Druga međunarodna Konferencija „HARMONIJA PRIRODE I DUHOVNOSTI U KAMENU“, Kragujevac, Srbija (15-16. mart). 

  Živaljević, Ivana (2011) ‘Animal Bones from Vlasac (revisited)’. Postgraduate seminar of Archaeozoology, Viségrad, Hungary (May 7th).

  Živaljević, Ivana (2010) ‘Burials’ or ‘grave goods’? Interpreting the post-mortem treatment of human and animal bodies in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges’. Postgraduate seminar of Archaeozoology, Viségrad, Hungary (November 21st).

  Živaljević, Ivana (2009) ‘Concepts of the Body in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges: Interpreting the Post-Mortem Treatment of Human and Animal Bodies’. Joint Durham-Newcastle Northern Centre Workshop for MA students of History of Medicine, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom (December 8th). 

  Živaljević, Ivana and Borić, Dušan (2008) ‘Spatial Distribution of Bone, Antler and Boar Tusk Tools from the Mesolithic – Neolithic Site of Vlasac, Serbia (1970-1971. Campaigns)’, 15th International Neolithic Seminar on ‘Climate Anomalies, Population and Culture Dynamics in Prehistory’, Ljubljana, Slovenija (November 7th – November 8th).

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