3^rd – 4^th December 2020, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the 8^th scientific conference of the Department of Archaeology Methodology and Archaeometry with a lecture Methods of documenting iron production waste finds: the role of digital photogrammetry (Abstract) (Tena Karavidović, Dinko Tresić Pavičić, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf).

27^th – 30^th October 2020, Târgu Mureș (Romania)

 Participation at the International Conference Orbis Mediaevalis, 3rd edition on the topic “Exploring Dwellings and Manufacturing Spaces in Medieval Context (7^th – 14^th Centuries)“ with a lecture Tracing steps of the smelters: workspace organisation of a bloomery iron production workshop (Tena Karavidović, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf).

7^th – 8^th October 2020, Sisak (Croatia)

At the annual scientific-professional meeting of the Croatian Archaeological Society (Organization: Croatian Archaeological Society, Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Town Museum Sisak, Sisak Conservation Department of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia) a lecture Presentation of research results of the scientific-research interdisciplinary project TransFER (Tajana Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf).

10^th – 11^th September 2020, Zagreb (Hrvatska)

In the scope of the scientific research project TransFER, the 7^th International Scientific Conference on Mediaeval Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology, entitled “Secrets of iron – from raw material to an iron object”, was held (Poster: link). Conference was organized in cooperation with the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, and was held at the Museum’s Gallery. One video film was presented, 23 lectures were held and nine posters presented at the conference. Program and Book of Abstracts (link).

Lectures within the work on TransFER project:

1. Tena Karavidović, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan:

Iron production management: a case study of bloomery iron production at the Hlebine – Velike Hlebine and Dedanovice sites (pdf)

2. Branko Mušič, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Barbara Horn

TransFER – Iron production along the Drava river in the Roman period and the Middle ages: Creation and transfer of knowledge, technologies and goods. Case studies of Virje, Velike Hlebine, Dedanovice, Bakovčice, Nađbarice and Ždala (pdf)

3. Ivan Valent:

Archaeological finds of metallurgical activities on the territory of the Drava River Basin during Antiquity (pdf)

4. Tomislav Brenko, Sibila Borojević Šoštarić:

The mineralogical and geochemical composition of different bog iron ore types from the Podravina region, NE Croatia (pdf)

Poster within the work on TransFER project:

1. Ivan Valent:

Traces of iron smelting at the Koprivnički Ivanec – Log-Parag I site (pdf)

28^th February 2020, Belgrade (Republic of Serbia)

Participation at the scientific conference Current interdisciplinary studies in technology in the archaeology of the south-east Europe, Section for Archaeometry, Archaeotechnology, Geoarchaeology and Experimental Archaeology of the Serbian Archaeological Society with a lecture Reconstruction of ore roasting: experimental approach (Tena Karavidović) (pdf).

6^th and 7^th February 2020, Vinkovci (Croatia)

Participation at the international scientific conference Avars and Slavs: Two sides of a belt strap end: Avars on the north and the south of the Khaganate with a lecture Similarities and differences between 7th and 8th-century pottery on the example of the archaeological sites in the vicinity of Hlebine (Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Ivan Valent) (pdf).

2^nd – 3^rd December 2019, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the 7^th scientific conference of the Department of Archaeology Methodology and Archaeometry with a lecture The last smelt with the single recipe: geochemical characterization of the bloomery iron production process at Virje - Volarski breg site (Abstract) (Tena Karavidović, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Tomislav Brenko) (pdf).

26^th – 29^th September 2019, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the international INQUA workshop EX-AQUA 2019 – PALAEOHYDROLOGICAL EXSTREME EVENST: Evidence and archives with a lecture Change in settlement positions regarding some major Holocene climate events: Case study of two sites in Drava region (K. Botić) (pdf).

9^th – 15^th September 2019, Stirling (Scotland, UK)

Participation at THE RURALIA XIII CONFERENCE “Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside” with a lecture In which part of the year did the iron smelting in the Drava valley occur? (I. Valent, T. Sekelj Ivančan, R. Šoštarić) (pdf).

12^th – 15^th September 2019, Štip and Radoviš (Republic of North Macedonia)

Participation at the international archaeological symposium “Rudarstvo i arheologija / Mining and Archaeology“ with lecture Looking for raw materials – choosing the position of iron production workshops in relation to landscape geomorphology and availability of natural resources (T. Karavidović, T. Brenko, T. Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf).

19^th – 21^st June 2019, Miscolc (Hungary)

Participation at the 5^th International Conference Archaeometallurgy in Europa (AIE 2019) with a lecture Bloomery works – organisation of an early medieval iron production process (T. Karavidović, I. Valent, T. Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf) and a poster Early medieval bog iron ore smelting process: a case study of Virje-Volarski breg (NW Croatia) (T. Karavidović, T. Brenko, T. Sekelj Ivančan, S. Borojević Šoštarić) (pdf),

6^th June 2019, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the 6^th International scientific conference on Mediaeval Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology Using landscape in the Middle Ages in the light of interdisciplinary research with a lecture Middle Ages forest and woodland cover in Drava region, archaeological perspective: Torčec, Virje and Hlebine case study (Katarina Botić, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Metka Culiberg) (PDF) and a poster Contribution to the topography of the iron smelting furnaces in Podravina: a case study of the Delovi – Grede / Poljane / Banovice archaeological zone (Ivan Valent) (PDF).

30^th May – 1^st June 2019, Negotin (Serbia)

Participation at the XLII professional-scientific conference of the Serbian Archaeological Society in the Section for archaeometry, archaeotechnology and experimental archaeology (AAEE) with a lecture Močvarna željezna ruda – sirovina za proizvodnju željeza na prostoru sliva rijeke Drave u Podravini (SZ Hrvatska) tijekom kasne antike i ranog srednjeg vijeka in Session: Metals in the archaeological context: from ore exploitation to the use of the final product (Tena Karavidović, Tomislav Brenko, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf) and with a lecture Eksperimentalno taljenje željezne rude – iskustva i planovi in Session: Experimental archaeology in the Balkans: SUMMA SUMMARUM (Tena Karavidović, Ivan Valent, Robert Čimin, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan) (pdf).

6^th and 7^th December 2018, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the 6^th scientific conference of the Department of Archaeology Methodology and Archaeometry with the lecture Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of ore for possible iron production in Podravina region, NE Croatia (Abstract: http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/metarh/programme_18_2.html) (Tomislav Brenko, Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Stanko Ružičić) (PDF).

23^rd and 24^th October 2018, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the international scientific conference The 5^th Geoarchaeological Conference. The theme of the conference was Late Antiquity and Migration Period in the light of geoarchaeological records from the eastern Mediterranean, eastern Adriatic and adjacent regions, and a lecture was delivered under the title Dynamics of activities related to smelting economy during Late Antiquity and early Middle Ages – case study of Virje and Hlebine (Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Katarina Botić) (PDF).

7^th March – 8^th March 2018, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Participation at professional scientific-expert conference of Slovenian Archaeological Society (SAS) Archaeology in 2017, heritage for the public, with a lecture entitled TransFER project – Iron production along the Drava river in Roman and early medieval period (Branko Mušič, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan, Sibila Borojević Šoštarić, Igor Medarić, Barbara Horn, Tomislav Brenko, Stanko Ružičić) (PDF).

30^th November – 1^st December 2017, Zagreb (Croatia)

Participation at the MetArh - 5^th International Scientific Conference Methodology & Archaeometry with the lecture TransFER – Iron production along the Drava River in the Roman period and the Middle Ages: Creation and transfer of knowledge, technologies and goods. The case studies of Virje and Velike Hlebine (Branko Mušič¹, Tajana Sekelj-Ivančan², Sibila Borojević Šoštarić³, Igor Medarić¹, Barbara Horn¹, Stanko Ružičić³ & Tomislav Brenko³) (¹Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, University in Ljubljana, Slovenia; ²Institute of Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia; ³Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Croatia) (PDF).

29^th – 30^th June 2017, Đurđevac (Croatia)

Participation at the scientific conference "Đurđevački pijesci. Geneza, stanje i perspektive" organized by Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Department for scientific and artistic work of Koprivnica-Križevci county, Križevci, with the lecture Tlo i biljni pokrov – tragovi talioničke djelatnosti na području Đurđevačkih pijesaka i okolice – arheološka perspektiva (Tajana Sekelj Ivančan) (PDF)

30^th May – 1^st June 2017, Prague (Czech Republic)

Participation at the international scientific conference "Iron in Archaeology: Bloomery Smelters and Blacksmiths in Europe and beyond" with the lecture TransFER – new research project on iron production in Drava river valley (Tajana Sekelj Ivančan and Ivan Marija Hrovatin) (PDF pdf na engl.).

Poster entitled Early Medieval Iron Production in Podravina – NW Croatia (Ivan Marija Hrovatin) (PDF).

25^th – 26^th April 2017, Nitra (Slovak Republic)

Participation at the international scientific conference "Changes of the northern part of the Middle Danube region and its vicinity at the turn of Antiquity and the Middle Ages" with the lecture New Evidence of Iron Smelting and Smithing at the Turn of Antiquity and the Middle Ages in the Areo of Continental Croatia (Tatjana Tkalčec, Tajana Sekelj Ivančan ) (PDF).