Dr. Tapavički-Ilić studied Archaeology at Belgrade University and received her B.A. degree.

She continued her postgraduate studies at Belgrade University, receiving her M.A. degree.

From 1998 to 2002, she did her Ph.D. studies at Philipps-Universität in Marburg (Germany), as a DAAD Scholarship holder and received Ph.D. degree.

• From 2002 to 2004, she worked as custodian of the Iron Age Collection at the National Museum in Belgrade.
• From 2004, she started working at the Archaeological Institute of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. (project “Viminacium” – the Roman City and Legionary Fort).
• She conducted two excavations of ancient Singidunum and she was the expert consultant at the site Ukosa (Stalać, south Serbia), with the time-span from Celtic to Medieval period.
• In 2004-2005, she organized an exhibition in Hochdorf (Germany), entitled “Silber der Illyrer und der Kelten im Zentralbalkan”, Keltenmuseum – Hochdorf/Enz.
• From 2011, a member of the editorial board of the periodical “Arheologija i prirodne nauke” (Archeaology and Science), edited by the Center for new Technologies and Archaeological Institute.
• From 2015 she was the EXARC board member and from 2018 she is chosen for EXARC secretary.
• She conducted several projects, like OpenArch and some of the COST Actions.
• In 2018, she was enlisted as an expert for digital cultural heritage at the project “ViMM – Virtual Multimodal Museum”.

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She published over 80 papers, studies and monographs about Celtic and Roman archaeology, but also about experimental archaeology and preservation and presentation of cultural heritage.

She organized several conferences, some of them regarding experimental archaeology.

The focus of her scientific research is the process of Romanization and aspects of “barbarian” (autochthonous) material cultures within Roman culture. Another focus are archaeological experiments. Finally, she is very much engaged with presentation of cultural heritage.

Emilija Nikolić graduated and earned her PhD at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade. She is a member of the team researching the archaeological site of Roman city and legionary fortress of Viminacium in today Serbia, employed by Belgrade Institute of Archaeology. As an architect she made designs for Archaeological Scientific and Research Centre, Mammoth Park and reconstruction of Roman Amphitheatre in Viminacium Archaeological Park, the archaeological open-air museum from the neolithic period and reconstruction of the medieval fortress in Užice, and presentation of the prehistoric mine shaft on the mountain Rudnik, Serbia. She is the author and co-author of the papers published in national and international journals, proceedings and collections of papers, has lectured at international conferences, attended workshops specialised in the history of architecture and protection of cultural heritage, being a participant and tutor to students, and worked as an assistant in international projects connected to the protection and presentation of cultural heritage. She currently leads the team of the scientists in the national project dealing with the research of Roman mortars used in the buildings of Danubian limes, aiming to offer the recommendations for future conservation activities. Her research interests include historic constructions and use of building materials, lime mortars, origin and exploitation of raw materials, geometry in art and architecture, technical protection of building heritage and cultural landscapes.

Ljubomir Jevtović is a research assistant at the Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade (Serbia) and a PhD student of the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy. Specialised and passionate about Roman archaeology, he has been participating in excavation of the archaeological site Viminacium since 2009, especially the amphitheatre and the camp of the legio VII Claudia. The main focus of his academic endeavours are the Roman army, ancient epigraphic monuments and Roman building ceramics with particular interests in military production and its technological, organizational and epigraphic aspects. In 2013 he earned an MA in archaeology at the University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy, on the subject of Bricks and tiles with the stamp of the Legio VII Claudia in the territory of modern day Serbia. His newest interests are photography, social media marketing and graphic design. He participated in numerous Serbian as well as international conferences and projects. Most recently, he is a proud member of project TRACCE DI MEMORIA – TRAME (2020-1-IT02-KA201-079794), co- funded by the ERASMUS+ program of the European Commission, working as a communications manager in front of the Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade.

Gordana Marinković is an economist with more than 40 years of professional experience. For 30 years she was the head of the Accounting department at the Institute of Archaeology. More importantly, Gordana was the Financial manager of all of the Institute’s projects funded by the EU.