Antonija Vilcāne Explained

Antonija Vilcāne
Birth Date:1956
Occupation:Medieval archaeologist
Known For:Excavation of Jersika hillfort
Thesis Title:The settlement of the Dubna basin and the formation of Latgalian culture during the Iron Age (1st–12th centuries)
Thesis Year:2001
Thesis Url:https://dspace.lu.lv/dspace/handle/7/46027

Antonija Vilcāne (born 1956[1]) is a medieval archaeologist from Latvia, who specialises in the study of Latgalian culture.[2] [3] First excavated in 1939 by Francis Balodis (lv) and Elvīra Šņore (lv),[4] Vilcāne succeeded Evalds Mugurēvičs (lv) as the archaeologist leading excavation at Jersika hillfort (lv).[5] She has also led excavations at Anspoku and Drusku (lv) hillforts, at Turaida Museum Reserve, in the cemetery near the Preiļi manor chapel, amongst others.[6] She is an expert on the archaeology of whips and their handles, which are a particular feature of medieval Latvian material culture.[7]

Born in Preiļi, she led an exhibition to archaeologist Francis Zagorskis (lv), who worked there.[8] Finds from the burial site of Bučki, which she also excavated, are displayed at Preiļi Museum of History and Applied Arts. She studied at the University of Latvia; her PhD dissertation, which was awarded in 2001, was entitled "Dubnas baseina apdzīvotība un latgaļu kultūras veidošanās dzelzs laikmetā (1.–12. gs.)" ["The settlement of the Dubna basin and the formation of Latgalian culture during the Iron Age (1st–12th centuries)].

Selected works

References

  1. Web site: Latgales dati . 2023-02-07 . latgalesdati.du.lv.
  2. Book: Identity Formation and Diversity in the Early Medieval Baltic and Beyond: Communicators and Communication . 2017-01-05 . BRILL . 978-90-04-32847-1 . 54 . en.
  3. Web site: Virtual exhibition "Childhood" – HRODNA STATE MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF RELIGION . 2023-02-07 . en-US.
  4. Book: Misāns . Ilgvars . Riga und der Ostseeraum: von der Gründung 1201 bis in die Frühe Neuzeit . Wernicke . Horst . 2005 . Verlag Herder-Institut . 978-3-87969-319-1 . 35 . de.
  5. Web site: 2018-02-03 . Par Jersikas valsts gravitāciju un starojumu Latvijas pilskalni / Latvian hillforts . 2023-02-07 . lv.
  6. Web site: Joint virtual monthly exhibition. December – "The Archeology" Panevėžio kraštotyros muziejus . 2023-02-07 . www.paneveziomuziejus.lt.
  7. Universitāte, Latvijas. "Arheoloģija un etnogrāfija, 25." (2011).
  8. Web site: vestnesis.lv . Par Jersikas valsts gravitāciju un starojumu - Latvijas Vēstnesis . 2023-02-07 . www.vestnesis.lv . lv.
  9. Pētersone-Gordina . Elīna . Gerhards . Guntis . Vilcāne . Antonija . Millard . Andrew R. . Moore . Joanna . Ķimsis . Jānis . Ranka . Renāte . 2022-08-01 . Diet and social status in the Lejasbitēni Iron Age population from Latvia . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports . en . 44 . 103519 . 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103519 . 249840410 . 2352-409X.
  10. Kimsis . Janis . Petersone-Gordina . Elina . Poksane . Alise . Vilcāne . Antonija . Moore . Joanna . Gerhards . Guntis . Ranka . Renate . 2022-11-08 . Application of natural sciences methodology in archaeological study of Iron Age burials in Latvia: pilot study . Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology . 19 . 1 . 8–15 . en . 10.1007/s12024-022-00553-7 . 36348137 . 253420087 . 1547-769X.
  11. Vilcāne . Antonija . 2007 . Tenth to 11th century warrior burials with horse - trappings in the Latgallian area . Archaeologia Baltica . 8 . 273–282 . 1392-5520.

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