Education

• B. Sc. in archaeology 1994, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• M. Sc. in archaeology 1997, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
• Ph. D. in archaeology 2001, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Periods of stay abroad

6-monts study of prehistory pottery from the caves at the University of Trieste.

Research interests

• Neolithic and Eneolithic period in the southeastern Alps, wetland archaeology, dendrochronology (in collaboration with Department of Wood science and Technology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana)
• the archaeological portrait of the Slovenian landscapes between 5th and 2nd millennium BC

Leader of the Institute's research programmes
− Archaeological Research (P6-0064) 2009–2014
− Archaeological Research (P6-0064) 2015–2020
− Archaeological Research (P6-0064) 2022–2027 (2022−2025)

Collaborations: home and abroad

• Karst Research Institute ZRC SAZU, Postojna
• National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana
• Notranjska Museum, Postojna
• University of Maribor, Department of Biology, Slovenia
• Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichita »Leonardo Ferrero«; and Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita degli Studi di Trieste

Monographs:

• ACHINO, Katia F., VELUŠČEK, Anton, The lake-dwelling phenomenon. – E-Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 13, 2022.
• VELUŠČEK, Anton (ur.). Spaha, Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae 22, 2011.
• VELUŠČEK, Anton (ur.). Koliščarska naselbina Stare gmajne in njen čas : Ljubljansko barje v 2. polovici 4. tisočletja pr. Kr. = Stare gmajne pile-dwelling settlement and its era : The Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC,  Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae 16, 2009.
• VELUŠČEK, Anton (ur.). Resnikov prekop - Najstarejša koliščarska naselbina na ljubljanskem barju. The oldest pile-dwelling settlement in the Ljubljansko barje.  Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae 10, 2006.
• VELUŠČEK, Anton (ur.). Hočevarica - Eneolitsko kolišče na Ljubljanskem barju. Hočevarica - an eneolithic pile dwelling in the Ljubljansko barje. Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae 8, 2004.

Articles:

• VELUŠČEK, Anton. Ljubljansko barje v bronasti dobi (Ljubljansko Barje in the Bronze Age). − Arheološki vestnik 76, 2025, 76, 503–543. doi: 10.3986/AV.76.14
• VELUŠČEK Anton, HORJAK ŠUŠTARŠIČ Mojca, Verd na Ljubljanskem barju, kolišče iz 5. tisočletja pr. Kr.: stratigrafija in arheološke najdbe / Verd in the Ljubljansko barje, a pile-dwelling site from the 5th millennium BC: stratigraphyand finds, Arheološki vestnik 75, 39−52. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/AV.75.02
• OUT, Welmoed A., HÄNNINEN, Kirsti, MERELA, Maks, VELUŠČEK, Anton, VERMEEREN, Caroline, ČUFAR, Katarina. Evidence of woodland management at the Eneolithic pile dwellings (3700–2400 BCE) in the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia?. Plants. 2023, vol. 12, iss. 2, str. 1-19 (291), ilustr. ISSN 2223-7747. DOI: 10.3390/plants12020291.
• ČUFAR, Katarina, MERELA, Maks, KRŽE, Luka, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Dendrochronology and absolute dating of pile-dwellings in Ljubljansko Barje / Dendrokronologija in absolutno datiranje kolišč na Ljubljanskem barju. - Les 71/1, 2022, 57-70. DOI: 10.26614/les-wood.2022.v71n01a06.
• JANŽEKOVIČ, Franc, KLENOVŠEK, Tina, MLÍKOVSKÝ, Jiři, TOŠKAN, Borut, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Eneolithic pile dwellers captured waterfowl in winter : analysis of avian bone remains from two pile dwellings in Ljubljansko barje (Slovenia). International journal of osteoarchaeology. [Print ed.]. 2021, 1−10. DOI: 10.1002/oa.3012.
• TOŠKAN, Borut, ACHINO, Katia Francesca, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Faunal remains mirroring social and functional differentiation? : the Copper Age pile-dwelling Site of Maharski prekop (Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia). − Quaternary international 539, 2020, 62−77. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.01.028.
• BERNARDINI, Federico, LEGHISSA, Elena, PROKOP, David, VELUŠČEK, Anton, DE MIN, Angelo, DREOSSI, Diego, DONATO, Sandro, TUNIZ, Claudio, PRINCIVALLE, Francesco, MONTAGNARI KOKELJ, Emanuela. X-ray computed microtomography of Late Copper Age decorated bowls with cross-shaped foots from central Slovenia and the Trieste Karst (North-Eastern Italy) : technology and paste characterisation. − Archaeological and anthropological sciences 11/9, 2019, 4711−4728. doi: 10.1007/s12520-019-00811-w
• VELUŠČEK Anton, PODPEČAN Blaž, TOLAR Tjaša, TOŠKAN Borut, TURK Janez, MARELA Maks, ČUFAR Katarina, Črnelnik in Devce, novoodkriti najdišči iz bakrene dobe na Ljubljanskem barju / Črnelnik and Devce, Newly discovered Copper Age sites at Ljubljansko barje. − Arheološki vestnik 69, 2018, 9−68.
• VELUŠČEK, Anton, Kronološki odnos med lasinjsko kulturo in kulturo keramike z brazdastim vrezom v severovzhodni Sloveniji / The chronological relationship between the Lasinja culture and the Furchenstich pottery culture in north-eastern Slovenia. − Arheološki vestnik 68, 2017, 9-84.
• TOLAR, Tjaša, JACOMET, Stefanie, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Cereal chaff used as temper in loom-weights : new evidence from a Slovenian Eneolithic pile-dwelling site (ca. 3100 cal BC). − Vegetation history and archaeobotany 25/3, 2016, 291−301. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-015-0549-4
• ČUFAR, Katarina, TEGEL, Willy, MERELA, Maks, KROMER, Bernd, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Eneolithic pile dwellings south of the Alps precisely dated with tree-ring chronologies from the north. Dendrochronologia, ISSN 1125-7865, oct. 2015, vol. 35, no. , str. 91-98. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1125786515000521#, doi: doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2015.07.005.
• BERNARDINI, Federico, DE MIN, Angelo, LENAZ, Davide, KASZTOVSZKY, Z., TURK, Peter, VELUŠČEK, Anton, TUNIZ, Claudio, MONTAGNARI KOKELJ, Emanuela. Petrographic and geochemical comparison between the Copper Age "Ljubljana type" axes and similar lithotypes from Eisenkappler Diabaszug complex (southern Austria). Journal of archaeological science, ISSN 0305-4403. [Print ed.], 2014, vol. 41, str. 511-522, ilustr., graf. prikazi, tabele, zvd., doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.09.012.
• TURK, Janez, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Multidisciplinary investigations of the pile-dwellings at Ljubljansko barje (Slovenia). Quaternary international, ISSN 1040-6182. [Print ed.], 2013, vol. 294, str. 183-189, ilustr. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618212005101?v=s5, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.07.026.
• ČUFAR, Katarina, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Les s koliščarskih naselbin na Ljubljanskem barju in njegov raziskovalni potencial = Wood from prehistoric pile dwellings at Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, and its research potential. Les.64/3−4 2012, 49−56.
• VELUŠČEK Anton, TOŠKAN, Borut, ČUFAR, Katarina. Zaton kolišč na Ljubljanskem barju / The decline of pile-dwellings at Ljubljansko barje − Arheološki vestnik 62, 2011, str. 51–82.

• PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2022−2027) (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
• Bridging the GAP between Geological, Archaeological and Palynological studies (interdisciplinary project • January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
• PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2015−2021) (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
• Dog or its master ? The scientific study of human or canine coprolites from the prehistoric pile-dwelling site of Stare gmajne, Slovenia (November 1, 2020 - October 31, 2024)
• Na-kolih - Interpretation of Biodiversity and Heritage of Pile Dwellings in the Ljubljana Marshes (July 1, 2019 - November 30, 2022)
• Prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements on the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia: chronology, culture and palaeoenvironment (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
• Relative and absolute chronology of the Neolithic and Eneolithic period in north-eastern Slovenia (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2014)
• PROGRAMME: Archaeological investigations (2009-2014) (research programme • January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2014)
• Multidisciplinary investigations of the pile-dwellings in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • January 1, 2008 - January 31, 2011)
• PROGRAMME: Archaeological investigations (2004-2008) (January 1, 2004 - December 3, 2008)
• The zooarchaeological research of Eneolithic sites in Slovenia (postdoctoral research project • September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2007)
• Archaeological and palynological resaerch in the Ljubljansko barje (research project • July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2007)
• Archaeological and Dendrochronological Research in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • July 1, 2001 - June 30, 2004)

• Interdisciplinary Research of Archaeological Sites, Podiplomska šola ZRC SAZU

• member of Editorial Board of Arheološki vestnik
• member of Editorial Board of Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae
• member of Editorial Board of E-Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae
• member of Editorial Board of Katalogi in monografije