Benjamin Štular, PhD

Principal Research Associate, Associate Professor

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benjamin.stular@zrc-sazu.si

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ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1474-7183

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Research interests

Benjamin Štular is a Principal Research Associate at ZRC SAU, Institute of archaeology. His publication and research activity mainly concentrates on Early Medieval archaeology, airborne LiDAR in archaeology, archaeological GIS, and digital data curation in archaeology. After completing his PhD (2007) he studied in France, the UK, Germany and Ireland. As a leading researcher in the field of LiDAR in archaeology, he leeds projects, organises international meetings and develops tools for processing airborne laser scanning data.

Education

BA in archaeology 2001, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
MA in archaeology 2005, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
PhD in archaeology 2007, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Periods of stay abroad

2004, 2005: Department of Archaeology, Masarik University at Brno, Czech Republic;
2005: Archeologický ústav SAV, Nitra, Slovaška, study visit;
2005: Lehrstuhl für Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit, Die Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, study visit;
2006: Institut for Archaeology, Slovak Academy of Sciences and Arts (AV SAV), Nitra, Slovakia;
2006: Department for Archaeology for Medieval and Post-Medieval studies at the Otto-Friedrich University, Bamberg, Germany (Lehrstuhls für Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit na Otto-Friedrich-Universität;
2008: Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Ostmitteleuropas, University of Leipzig, Germany;
2009: Researchers Exchange Program na Visual and Spatial Technology Centre at the University of Birmingham, UK;
2010, 2011: Post-doctoral education at the MSHE C.N. Ledoux, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France.
2014: CENDARI TNA Research Fellow for digital humanities at Trinity College Dublin.

Research interests

Early and High Medieval (7th-12th c.) archaeology
GIS and LiDAR (ALS) derived data
Advanced methods of archaeological documentation and dissemination (data bases, 3D "structure from motion", digital publications)

Teaching

2022→ "The Wolves and the Caesars: Digital Landscape Archaeology in Slovenia. Archaeological field school teaching survey, excavation, LiDAR, and photogrammetry”, co-director (https://wolves-caesars.com/project-staff/)
2017→ Assistant Professor, Course principal of the Archaeology of the Early Medieval period, Postgraduate School of ZRC SAZU
2017→ Assistant Professor, Course principal of the Landscape archaeology, Postgraduate School of ZRC SAZU
2019-2020 – Assistant Professor, Course holder of the Spatial archaeology - archaeology in landscape. Methods and practice of studying Medieval landscapes in archaeology (20S 561.422), University of Graz, Graz, Austria
2017–2019 Assistant Professor: Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology, University of Ljubljana/ Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology/ Slovenia
2016 − Guest lecturer: LiDAR data in archaeology, Institute of Archeology, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
2015 Guest lecturer: LiDAR data in archaeology, University of Arkansas, USA
2014 CENDARI TNA Research Fellow for Digital humanities, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Organising of scientific meetings:

2022 TRAIL 2022, Chief co-organizer, member of Organizing committee, member of Scientific Committee / Slovenia (https://trail.zrc-sazu.si/)
2018 TRAIL 2018, Chief co-organizer, member of Organizing committee, member of Scientific Committee / Slovenia
2016 TRAIL 2016, member of Scientific Committee / France
2014 TRAIL 2014, member of Scientific Committee / France
2014 Computer applications and quantitive methods in archaeology (CAA), session co-chair (Archaeology in the Woods: New Technologies, New Perspectives sensing)

Recognitions and awards

2022: Excellence in Science, Open LiDAR Toolbox OLiT
2021: Excellence in Science, Airborne LiDAR-Derived Digital Elevation Model for Archaeology
2008: Researchers Exchange Program Exchange Award (British Council)
2005: Scholarship for the most successful young researcher at the ZRC SAZU

Editorial board

member of the Editorial Committee of the Arheološki vestnik

member of the Editorial Committee of the Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae

member of the Editorial Committee of the E-Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae

Selected publications

Archaeological LiDAR

LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Archaeological LiDAR in Mediterranean Karst Landscapes. A Multiproxy Dating Method for Archaeological Landscape and a Case Study From Prehistoric Kras Plateau (Slovenia). − Archaeological Prospection, 2024, Online Version of Record before inclusion in an issue, 1−19.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1954
LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Airborne LiDAR in Mountain Archaeology. − In: F. Carrer, M. Callanen, P. D. Casa, F. Fontana, S. Reinhold, H. Saul (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Mountain Archaeology, Oxford, 2024. DOI 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197608005.013.18 (https://hal.science/hal-04440479)
ŠTULAT, B., LOZIĆ, E. 2023. Executable Map Paper (EMaP) for Archaeological LiDAR. − Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 6(1): 79–95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.106
Making Archaeological LiDAR More Accessible: Why and How (https://iza2.zrc-sazu.si/en/dogodki/making-archaeological-lidar-more-accessible-why-and-how-0). − 15 February 2023, on-line seminar, organiser Museum of London Archaeology as part of a research project TEtrARCHs, accessible at: https://www.tetrarchs.org/index.php/2023/01/28/february-2023-our-first-tetrarchs-seminar/.
ŠTULAR, B., LOZIĆ E., EICHERT S. 2023, Interpolation of airborne LiDAR data for archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 48, p.p. 103840. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103840
ŠTULAR, Benjamin, LOZIĆ Edisa, Airborne LiDAR data in landscape archaeology. An introduction for non-archaeologists. – Journal it - Information Technology, july 2022.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin 2022, Scientific Dissemination of Archaeological Interpretation of Airborne LiDAR-derived Data. − V: K. Gartski (eds.), Critical Archaeology in the Digital Age, Proceedings of the 12th IEMA Visiting Scholar Conference, Cotsen Digital Archaeology Series 2, 111−122.
ŠTULAR, B., EICHERT S, LOZIĆ E., Airborne LiDAR Point Cloud Processing for Archaeology. Pipeline and QGIS Toolbox, Remote Sensing 13, no. 16: 3225. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163225
ŠTULAR Benjamin, LOZIĆ Edisa, EICHERT Stefan, Airborne LiDAR-Derived Digital Elevation Model for Archaeology, Remote Sens. 2021, 13(9), 1855; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13091855.
LOZIĆ, E., ŠTULAR, B. 2021, Documentation of Archaeology-Specific Workflow for Airborne LiDAR Data Processing, Geosciences 2021, 11(1), 26; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11010026
ŠTULAR, B., E. LOZIĆ 2020, Comparison of Filters for Archaeology-Specific Ground Extraction from Airborne LiDAR Point Clouds. – Remote Sensing 2020 (12), DOI: 10.3390/rs12183025.
LAHARNAR, B., E. LOZIĆ, B. ŠTULAR 2019, A structured Iron Age landscape in the hinterland of Knežak, Slovenia. – In: D. C. Cowley, M. Fernández-Götz, T. Romankiewicz & H. Wendling (eds.). Rural Settlement. Relating buildings, landscape, and people in the European Iron Age (Leiden 2019: Sidestone Press), 263–272. [COBISS.SI-ID - 9811040].
ŠTULAR, B., E. LOZIĆ 2016, Primernost podatkov projekta Lasersko skeniranje Slovenije za arheološko interpretacijo: metoda in študijski primer (The Suitability of Laser Scanning of Slovenia Data for Archaeological Interpretation: Method and a Case Study). In: Ciglič, Rok and Geršič, Matjaž and Perko, Drago and Zorn, Matija (eds.), Digitalni podatki (Ljubljana: Založba ZRC), 157-166. DOI: 10.3986/9789612549305. https://omp.zrc-sazu.si/zalozba/catalog/book/819/3466/304-1
ŠTULAR, Benjamin, OŠTIR, Krištof, NUNINGERA, Laure in KOKALJ, Žiga. Visualization of lidar-derived relief models for detection of archaeological features, Journal of Archaeological Science 2012 (na spletu dostopno od 7. junija 2012).
ŠTULAR, Benjamin. The use of lidar-derived relief models in archaeological topography : the Kobarid region (Slovenia) case study. − Arheološki vestnik 62, 2011, 62, 393–432.

Medieval Archaeology

Monographs

B. ŠTULAR, M. LEHNER, M. BELAK (eds.), Settlement of the Eastern Alps in the Early Middle Ages. − Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 48, 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610508786
ŠTULAR, Benjamin, Grave Orientation In The Middle Ages. A Case Study from Bled Island. – E-Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 14, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610506331
ŠTULAR, Benjamin (ed.), Srednjeveški Blejski otok v arheoloških virih / Medieval archaeology of Bled Island. − Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 42, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610502609
PLETERSKI, Andrej, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, BELAK, Mateja, BEŠTER, Helena, Začetek in konec raziskovanj grobišča pri Župni cerkvi v Kranju (1953 in 2011−2013) / The beginnning and end of exploration at the Župna cerkev cemetery in Kranj (1953 and 2011−2013). − Grobišče Župna cerkev v Kranju 3; Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 38, 2019.
LUX, Judita, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, ZANIER, Katarina (eds.). Slovani, naša dediščina / Our heritage: the Slavs. - Ljubljana: Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije, Vestnik 27, Ljubljana 2018.
PLETERSKI, Andrej, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, BELAK, Mateja, Arheološka raziskovanja grobov najdišča Župna cerkev v Kranju med letoma 1972 in 2010 (Archaeological investigation of graves from Župna cerkev site in Kranj between 1972 and 2010). − Grobišče Župna cerkev v Kranju 2; Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 37, 2017.
SCHRECK, T., WEYRICH, T., SABLATNIG, R., ŠTULAR, B. (eds.). 15th Eurographics Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage, Graz, Austria September 27 - 29, 2017. Goslar: Eurographics Association, cop. 2017.
PLETERSKI, Andrej, ŠTULAR, Benjamin, BELAK, Mateja, Izkopavanja srednjeveškega in zgodnjenovoveškega grobišča pri župni cerkvi v Kranju v letih 1964−1970 (Excavations of Medieval and Post-Medieval cemetery at the Župna cerkev in Kranj from 1964 to 1970). − Grobišče Župna cerkev v Kranju 1; Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 35, 2016.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin, ŠTUHEC, Seta 2015. 3D archaeology : early Medieval earrings from Kranj. Ljubljana: Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin (ed.) 2015. Smlednik Castle. − E-Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 8.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin (ed.) 2013. Grad Smlednik : raziskave 2011-2012, (Monografije CPA, 2). Ljubljana: Zavod za varstvo kulturne dediščine Slovenije.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin, ORNIK TURK, Ana, PLETERSKI, Andrej 2013. Dotik dediščine: trirazsežni prikaz zgodnjesrednjeveškega naglavnega nakita iz najdišča župna cerkev v Kranju. Ljubljana: Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin 2009. Mali grad : visokosrednjeveški grad v Kamniku = Mali grad : high medieval castle in Kamnik, (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 15). Ljubljana: Inštitut za arheologijo ZRC SAZU: Založba ZRC.

Articles

LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Low-code and ai-augmented Code for an Archaeological Database: Arkas 2.0. − Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences (published online ahead of print 2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10037
ŠTULAR, Benjamin, EICHERT, Stefan 2020. Hilltop sites with Early Medieval military finds in the Eastern Alpine area : reverse engineering of predictive modelling. − In: DIESENBERGER, Max, EICHERT, Stefan, WINCKLER, Katharina (eds.). Der Ostalpenraum im Frühmittelalter - Herrschaftsstrukturen, Raumorganisation und archäologisch-historischer Vergleich. Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2020, 213−230, 459−478.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin 2020. One phenomenon or many? Considerations on the role of selected sites in Slovenia : Na Bleku, Mali grad, and Gradišče above Bašelj. − In: DIESENBERGER, Max, EICHERT, Stefan, WINCKLER, Katharina (eds.). Der Ostalpenraum im Frühmittelalter - Herrschaftsstrukturen, Raumorganisation und archäologisch-historischer Vergleich. Wien: Verlag der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2020, 231−243, 479−487.
ACHINO Katia Francesca, ŠTULAR Benjamin, RIHTER Jernej, RIHTER Janja, Assessing the intentionality of spatial organization. Cemetery of Župna Cerkev (Kranj, Slovenia) case study ( Preučevanje namernosti prostorske ureditve. Primer grobišča Župna cerkev v Kranju.) − Arheološki vestnik 70, 2019, 297–313.
PORENTA Sašo, ŠTULAR Benjamin, TOŠKAN Borut, MILEUSNIĆ Zrinka, DIRJEC Janez. Poznosrednjeveško in zgodnjenovoveško najdišče Župnijski dom v Šentvidu pri Stični. Analiza lončenine in živalskih ostankov / The Late Medieval and Early Post-Medieval site of Župnijski dom in Šentvid pri Stični. Analysis of the pottery and animal remains. − Arheološki vestnik 66, 2015, 333–397.

Digital data

LOZIĆ Edisa, ŠTULAR Benjamin, Fluent but Not Factual: A Comparative Analysis of ChatGPT and Other AI Chatbots' Proficiency and Originality in Scientific Writing for Humanities. − Future Internet 15, 336.DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/fi15100336.
Lozić, Edisa, Štular, Benjamin, González-Castañé, Gabriel, AI-on-Demand (AIOD) platform and its uses for cultural heritage. CAA2023 [Elektronski vir] : 50 years of synergy: Amsterdam, 3-6 April 2023 : abstract book (Str. 161-162). COBISS.SI-ID - 150659331 https://2023.caaconference.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2023/04/abstract_book_v13.p
Štular, B., Lozić, E., Belak, M., Rihter, J., Koch, I., Modrijan, Z., Magdič, A., Karl, S., Lehner, M., Gutjahr, Ch. 2022, Migration of Alpine Slavs and machine learning: Space-time pattern mining of an archaeological data set, Plos One, September 2022, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274687
Štular, B., Belak, M., Deep Data Example: Zbiva, Early Medieval Data Set for the Eastern Alps. – Research Data Journal for the Humanities and Social Sciences, September 2022; https://doi.org/10.1163/24523666-bja10024.
ŠTULAR, Benjamin. Archiving of archaeological digital datasets in Slovenia : historic context and current practice. Internet archaeology. 31 May 2021, issue 58. ISSN 1363-5387. https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue58/17/full-text.html, DOI: 10.11141/ia.58.17. [COBISS.SI-ID 65972483]
RICHARDS J. D., JAKOBSSON, u., NOVÁK, D., ŠTULAR, B., WRIGHT, H. 2021, Digital Archiving in Archaeology: The State of the Art. Introduction. Internet archaeology. 31 May 2021, issue 58. ISSN 1363-5387. https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue58/intro.cfm, DOI: 10.11141/ia.58.23 [COBISS.SI-ID 65971715]
ŠTULAR, B., NICCOLUCCI, F., RICHARDS, J. D. 2016, ARIADNE: povezani odprti podatki (LOD) v praksi. In: Erjavec, T., Fišer, D. (eds.), Zbornik konference Jezikovne tehnologije in digitalna humanistika (Proceedings Language Technologies & Digital Humanities), (Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete v Ljubljani), 158-163. http://www.sdjt.si/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/JTDH-2016_Stular-et-al_ARIADNE-povezani-odprti-podatki-LOD-v-praksi.pdf
CORNS, A., KENNEDY, L., ŠTULAR, B. 2015, Impressions from the ARIADNE community. In: Niccolucci, F. (ed.), ARIADNE. The Way Forward to Digital Archaeology in Europe (Rome: ARIADNE), 83-90. https://www.slideshare.net/ariadnenetwork/ariadne-the-way-forward-to-digital-archaeology-in-europe

All publications (COBISS)

Selected projects

PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2022−2027) (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
AI4Europe (July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2025)
Identifying quarries in the Roman Pannonia (October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2025)
Religiopolitics - the Imperium Christianum and its Commoners (REPLICO) (international research project • May 1, 2023 - April 30, 2026)
TETRACHs (September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025)
Carnium and Carneola. The central settlement and its surroundings between antiquity and the Middle Ages (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2026)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
Digital Archaeology of a Slovenian Hillfort Landscape (bilateral project • July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024)
SEADDA - Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age (March 4, 2019 - March 3, 2023)
ARIADNEplus (January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2022)
Methodological Maturity of Airborne LiDAR in Archaeology - Pilot Project (MALiAp) (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2022)
Settlement of the south-eastern Alpine region in the Early Middle Ages (November 1, 2018 - October 31, 2022)
At the contact between the Alps and Mediterranean – continuity and turning points (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
Artefacts and landscapes. Structured Iron Age communities in the Notranjska region (May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2020)
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2015−2021) (research programme • January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2021)
ARKWORK - Archaeological practices and knowledge work in the digital environment (February 26, 2016 - October 5, 2020)
Sanctuaries (July 1, 2014 - February 28, 2018)
Ariadne (February 1, 2013 - January 31, 2017)
The Župna Cerkev Cemetery in Kranj (July 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015)
CAMAA (January 15, 2013 - January 14, 2015)
The Krvavec cultural heritage - preparation of tourist product and its management (applied project • January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009)
Computer-aided archaeological database of the Early Medieval artefacts (applied project • May 1, 2006 - April 30, 2008)
Early non-agrarian settlements as focal points of idea and knowledge transfer in mediaeval Europe (applied project • January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2008)
Long Lasting Development of the Protected Areas - A Wholistic Approach and the Active Role of the State (interdisciplinary project • October 1, 2006 - September 30, 2008)