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dr. Boštjan Laharnar

Dr. Boštjan Laharnar
Curator for prehistory (Iron Age)

Address: Narodni muzej Slovenije, Prešernova 20, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
E-mail: bostjan.laharnar@nms.si

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Academic career

Ph.D. in archaeology at University of Ljubljana, 2012.
Subject of the thesis: Notranjska between prehistory and Antiquity, mentors Assoc. Prof. Dr. Janka Istenič and Prof. Dr. Peter Kos (published as monograph Katalogi in monografije 45, 2022, cf. Bibliography).

B. Sc. in archaeology at University of Ljubljana, 2007.
Subject of the thesis: Šentviška planota in the Iron and at the beginning of Roman Age, mentor Prof. Dr. Biba Teržan.

Employment

Early stage researcher (young researcher), Archaeological Department in the National Museum of Slovenia (2007–2012), mentor Assoc. Prof. Dr. Janka Istenič.

2012 to present: Curator for prehistory, Archaeological Department in the National Museum of Slovenia (from 2023 to present. Head of the Archaeological Department).

Exhibitions

Co-author of the current permanent archaeological exhibition Stories from the Crossroads at the National Museum of Slovenia.

Co-author of various temporary archaeological exhibitions at the National Museum of Slovenia and other museums. For further details, please refer to the bibliography available via the COBISS portal.

Research interests

Iron Age and the beginning of the Roman period archaeology in Slovenia and neighbouring regions.

Since 2012, a research associate in the research group for the research program Portable Archaeological Heritage, Archaeological and Archaeometric Research (until 2021, from 2022 to present Archaeological Heritage Research).

Head of the research project Paths and pathways to Iron Age Europe(PROTEUS program, research collaboration between the Republic of Slovenia and the French Republic), 2024–2025.


Head of the research project Artefacts and Landscapes. Structured Iron Age societies in the Notranjska Region (1.5.2017 – 30.4.2020).

Co-Director of the Archaeological field school The Wolves and the Caesars: Digital Landscape Archaeology in Slovenia.

Editorial work

2023 to present: member of the Katalogi in monografije editorial board.

2022 to present: member of the Arheološki vestnik editorial board.

2020 to present: member of the Situla/Razprave Narodnega muzeja Slovenije editorial board.

2010 – 2017: member of the ARHEO – Glasilo Slovenskega arheološkega društva editorial board.

Istenič, J., Laharnar, B., Horvat, J. (eds.), Evidence of the Roman Army in Slovenia / Sledovi rimske vojske na Slovenskem (Katalogi in monografije, 41). Ljubljana: Narodni muzej Slovenije, 2015 (PDF).

Select recent publications

Monographic publication

Articles

  • LAHARNAR, B., J. ISTENIČ, Ulaka site complex. Late Republican and Augustan Roman military earthworks and small finds. In: VAN ENCKEVORT H., M. DRIESSEN, E. GRAAFSTAL, T. HAZENBERG, T. IVLEVA, C. VAN DRIEL-MURRAY (eds.), Strategy and Structures along the Roman Frontier (LIMES XXV volume 2). Proceedings of the 25th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies 2, Sidestone Press, 2024, 175-184. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan. Tisočletja slavinskih gradišč. O prazgodovinskih gradiščih v okolici Slavine. Goriški letnik: zbornik Goriškega muzeja 47, 2023, 53-78.
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan. New evidence for the Late Iron Age in the Posočje region, Slovenia. Studia Hercynia XXVII/2, 2023, s 77-97.
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan. Arheološke raziskave na Ulaki in Nadleškem hribu. Obrh: Glasilo Občine Loška dolina, letnik 24, november 2023, 16-17.
  • ZUPAN, Matic, FABEC, Tomaž, LAHARNAR, Boštjan. Kopa nad Kompoljami pri Lukovici: gradišče in grobišče iz starejše železne dobe / Kopa above Kompolje near Lukovica: hillfort and cemetery from the Early Iron Age. Arheološki vestnik. 2023, 74, 505–530. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan. The end of Grad near Šmihel pod Nanosom (Notranjska, Slovenia): the Roman army and the indigenous community. In: HORVAT, Jana (ur.), BERNARDINI, Federico (ur.), BELAK, Mateja (ur.). The Roman conquest beyond Aquileia: (II−I centuries BC). Založba ZRC, 2023. Str. 93-110. Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 45.
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan, MLINAR, Miha. Železnodobno grobišče na Gradcu pri Krnu = Iron Age cemetery at Gradec near Krn (Slovenia). Arheološki vestnik. 2022, 73, 539–583. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan. Tracing the Conquerors. Roman Military Installations between Ocra and Albion. In: Herbert B., Schwarzkogler K. et al. - Conference "Late Republican and Early Augustian influences on the fringes of the Eastern Alps - architecture and military" in Magdalensberg (Carinthia), June 10th, 2022; Fundberichte aus Österreich, Band 60, 2021 (2023), D11-D13.
  • BRATINA, Patricija, LAHARNAR, Boštjan, SVOLJŠAK, Drago. Jelenšek nad Godovičem: gradišče in grobišče iz starejše železne dobe = Jelenšek above Godovič (Slovenia): hillfort and cemetery from the Early Iron Age. Arheološki vestnik. 2022, 73, str. 585–600 (PDF).
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan, MURGELJ, Ida. Ulaka nad Starim trgom pri Ložu v starejši železni dobi = Ulaka above Stari trg pri Ložu in the Early Iron Age. Arheološki vestnik. [Tiskana izd.]. 2021, 72, str. 335–362. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan, LOZIĆ, Edisa, MIŠKEC, Alenka. Gradišče nad Knežakom. In: HORVAT, Jana (ur.), LAZAR, Irena (ur.), GASPARI, Andrej (ur.). Manjša rimska naselja na slovenskem prostoru = Minor Roman settlements in Slovenia. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, 2020. Str. 123–140, zvd., ilustr. Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 40. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan. The Mokronog group as part of the Celtic world: the current state of research. In: PIERREVELCIN, Gilles (ur.), KYSELA, Jan (ur.), FICHTL, Stephan (ur.). Unité et diversité du monde celtique = Unity and diversity in the Celtic world: 42e colloque international de l'Association française pour l'étude de l'âge du fer, Prague, 10-13 mai 2018. Paris: AFEAF-Assoc française pour l'étude de l'âge du fer, 2020, 413–423. PDF
  • ŠMIT, Žiga, LAHARNAR, Boštjan, TURK, Peter. Analysis of prehistoric glass from Slovenia. Journal of archaeological science: reports. Feb. 2020, vol. 29, art. no. 102114. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan, MLINAR, Miha. A La Tène grave from Srpenica: new evidence of Early Latènisation of the Posočje Region in Northwestern Slovenia. In: BAITINGER, Holger (ur.), SCHÖNFELDER, Martin (ur.). Hallstatt und Italien: Festschrift für Markus Egg. Mainz: Verlag des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 2019. Str. 645–658, ilustr. Monographien des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Bd. 154. PDF
  • LAHARNAR, Boštjan, LOZIĆ, Edisa, ŠTULAR, Benjamin. A structured Iron Age landscape in the hinterland of Knežak, Slovenia. In: COWLEY, Dave (ur.). Rural settlement: relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age. Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2019, 263–271. PDF

Bibliography

A full bibliography is available via the COBISS portal.
Updated in july 2024.