Blagoje Govedarica (born November 18, 1949) is a Yugoslav and Bosnian-Herzegovinian archaeologist. Born and educated in Serbia and Germany, he specialized in human prehistory.
Govedarica was born on November 18, 1949, in Bačko Dobro Polje, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia. His parents hail from Gacko in Bosnia and Herzegovina originally, from where they moved to Vojvodina after the end of World War II. They moved back to their hometown but soon moved again, this time permanently settling in Nikšić, SR Montenegro. Blagoje moved with his parents, finishing school in Nikšić, before leaving for Belgrade to study archeology and Illyrology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and eventually graduate in 1973, and receive his master's degree in 1980. At the same faculty, he received his doctorate in 1988, and he defended his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg in 2000. [1] [2]
In 1973, he started working at the Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja (Center for Balkanological Research) in Sarajevo, where he is direktor. [3] He is also a scientific advisor (consultant) in the department for the archaeology, protection and preservation of cultural monuments. The subjects of his research are the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Age periods. Since 1992, he has been working in Germany, where, in addition to scientific research, he is also engaged in pedagogical work at the universities in Heidelberg and Berlin. Since 2001, he has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine Godišnjak/Jahrbuch published by ANUBiH in Sarajevo. He is a corresponding member of ANUBiH [3] and the German Archaeological Institute. [1] [2]
He conducted archaeological excavations at more than 50 archaeological sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Moldova and Ukraine.
So far, Govedarica has published over 100 scientific papers and two monographs, and edited and published a large number of magazines, anthologies and other scientific publications.
Blagoje Govedarica (born November 18, 1949) is a Yugoslav and Bosnian-Herzegovinian archaeologist. Born and educated in Serbia and Germany, he specialized in human prehistory.
Govedarica was born on November 18, 1949, in Bačko Dobro Polje, SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia. His parents hail from Gacko in Bosnia and Herzegovina originally, from where they moved to Vojvodina after the end of World War II. They moved back to their hometown but soon moved again, this time permanently settling in Nikšić, SR Montenegro. Blagoje moved with his parents, finishing school in Nikšić, before leaving for Belgrade to study archeology and Illyrology at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and eventually graduate in 1973, and receive his master's degree in 1980. At the same faculty, he received his doctorate in 1988, and he defended his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg in 2000. [1] [2]
In 1973, he started working at the Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja (Center for Balkanological Research) in Sarajevo, where he is direktor. [3] He is also a scientific advisor (consultant) in the department for the archaeology, protection and preservation of cultural monuments. The subjects of his research are the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Age periods. Since 1992, he has been working in Germany, where, in addition to scientific research, he is also engaged in pedagogical work at the universities in Heidelberg and Berlin. Since 2001, he has been the editor-in-chief of the magazine Godišnjak/Jahrbuch published by ANUBiH in Sarajevo. He is a corresponding member of ANUBiH [3] and the German Archaeological Institute. [1] [2]
He conducted archaeological excavations at more than 50 archaeological sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Germany, Moldova and Ukraine.
So far, Govedarica has published over 100 scientific papers and two monographs, and edited and published a large number of magazines, anthologies and other scientific publications.