
Education and Qualifications:
- B. Sc., Biology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, 2004
- Ph. D, Biology, Biotechnical faculty, University of Ljubljana, 2011
Education abroad
- 2006−2007: Institut für Prähistorische und Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie (IPNA) Universität Basel, CH-Basel
- 2014: Naktuinbouw and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands
Research interests
Teaching
- Environmental Archaeology, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology
- a BA student
Awards and Recognitions:
- Recognition of the Slovenian Archeology Society for the year 2017 for the scientific monograph Okoljska arheologija in paleoekologija. Palinologija, arheobotanika in arheozoologija (Environmental archaeology and palaeoecology. Palynology, archaeobotany and archaeozoology; only in Slovenian) (2016)
- An exceptional scientific achievement for the article: TOLAR, T., Velušček, A., ČUFAR, K. Arheobotanične raziskave na kolišču Stare gmajne, datiranem na osnovi raziskav lesa = Archaeobotanical investigations at the pile-dwelling site Stare gmajne, dated on the basis of wood investigations (2012).
- Ad-Futura scholarship (27th August 2007 to 27th December 2007)
2020
- JAMNIK, Pavel, TOŠKAN, Borut, KRIŽNAR, Matija, TOLAR, Tjaša, BLAŽINA, Bruno. Jama Globoška peč, novo paleontološko in paleolitsko najdišče na Kraškem robu : rezultati poskusnega vkopa v plasti = La grotta Globoška peč, un nuovo sito paleontologico e paleolitico sul Ciglione carsico : risultati del saggio stratigrafico preliminare = The Globoška Peč Cave, a new paleonthological and Paleolithic site on the Karst edge : results of the experimental trial excavation. − Annales : anali za istrske in mediteranske študije. Series historia et sociologia 30/2, 2020, 177−200, DOI: 10.19233/ASHS.2020.11.
- TOLAR Tjaša, GALIK Alfred, LE BAILLY Matthieu, DUFOUR Benjamin, CAF Nina, TOŠKAN Borut, BUŽAN Elena, ZVER Lars, JANŽEKOVIČ Franc, VELUŠČEK Anton, Multi‑proxy analysis of waterlogged preserved Late Neolithic canine excrements. − Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-020-00805-y).
- TOLAR Tjaša, VOVK Irena, JUG Urška, The use of Cornus sanguinea L. (dogwood) fruits in the Late Neolithic. − Vegetation History and Archaeobotany (2020).
- FILIPOVIĆ, Dragana M., MEADOWS, John, DAL CORSO, Marta, KIRLEIS, Wiebke, ALSLEBEN, Almuth, AKERET, Örni, BITTMANN, Felix, BOSI, Giovanna, CIUTǍ, Beatrice, DRESLEROVÁ, Dagmar, EFFENBERGER, Henrike, GYULAI, Ferenc, HEISS, Andreas G., HELLMUND, Monika, JAHNS, Susanne, JAKOBITSCH, Thorsten, KAPCIA, Magda, KLOOSS, Stefanie, KOHLER-SCHNEIDER, Marianne, KROLL, Helmut, MAKAROWICZ, Przemysław, MARINOVA, Elena, MÄRKLE, Tanja, MEDOVIĆ, Aleksandar, MERCURI, Anna Maria, MUELLER-BIENIEK, Aldona, NISBET, Renato, PASHKEVICH, Galina, PEREGO, Renata, POKORNÝ, Petr, POSPIESZNY, Łukasz, PRZYBYŁA, Marcin S., REED, Kelly, RENNWANZ, Joanna, STIKA, Hans-Peter, STOBBE, Astrid, TOLAR, Tjaša, WASYLIKOWA, Krystyna, WIETHOLD, Julian, ZERL, Tanja. New AMS 14C dates track the arrival and spread of broomcorn millet cultivation and agricultural change in prehistoric Europe. Scientific reports. 2020, vol. 10, art. no. 13698, str. 1-17. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70495-z
2019
- Tolar Tjaša, Galik Alfred, A Study of Dog Coprolite from Late Neolithic Pile-Dwelling Site in Slovenia. − Archaeological Discovery 7, 2019, 20−29.
- ČUFAR, Katarina, HORVAT, Jana, TOLAR, Tjaša, BERDEN, Tina, MERELA, Maks. Research potential of wood of barrels from Roman water wells = Raziskovalni potencial lesa sodov iz rimskih vodnjakov. Les : revija za lesno gospodarstvo, ISSN 0024-1067. [Tiskana izd.], 2019, let. 68, št. 1, str. 47-60, ilustr. http://www.les-wood.si/index.php/leswood/article/view/66/43. [COBISS.SI-ID 3085193]
2018
- TOLAR Tjaša, Ostanki prehranskih rastlin iz hiš 6 in 15A z Mosta na Soči / Edible plant remains from Houses 6 and 15A at Most na Soči. In: Janez Dular, Sneža Tecco Hvala (eds.), Železnodobno naselje Most na Soči. Razprave / The Iron Age settlement at Most na Soči. Treatises. Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 34, 2018, 445−452.
- Karina GRÖMER, Klara KOSTAJNŠEK, Tjaša TOLAR, Gojka PAJAGIČ BREGAR, Tekstilna najdba iz železnodobne naselbine Most na Soči: konservacija, analiza, primerjava / Textile find from the Iron Age settlement at Most na Soči: conservation, analysis and comparisons. In: Janez Dular, Sneža Tecco Hvala (eds.), Železnodobno naselje Most na Soči. Razprave / The Iron Age settlement at Most na Soči. Treatises. Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 34, 2018, 453−465.
- 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.
- TOLAR, Tjaša, Primerjava različnih metod vzorčenja in priprave arheobotaničnih vzorcev z eneolitskih kolišč Strojanova voda in Maharski prekop na Ljubljanskem barju / Comparison of different sampling and treatment methods in order to reconstruct plant economies at the Eneolithic pile-dwellings of Strojanova voda and Maharski prekop at Ljubljansko barje. − Arheološki vestnik 69, 2018, 461−498.
2017−2015
- TOLAR, Tjaša, Rastlinski makroostanki z grobišč na Molniku / Botanical macroremains from the cemeteries at Molnik. − In: Sneža Tecco Hvala, Molnik pri Ljubljani v železni dobi / The Iron Age site at Molnik near Ljubljana, Opera Instiruti Archaeologici Sloveniae 36, 2017, 205−210.
- GRÖMER, Karina, TOLAR, Tjaša, KOSTAJNŠEK, Klara, Textile and fur remains in Grave 6, Tumulus 1, from Pleška hosta at Molnik / Ostanki tekstila in živalskih dlak (krzna) v grobu 6 gomile 1 v Pleški hosti na Molniku. − In: Sneža Tecco Hvala, Molnik pri Ljubljani v železni dobi / The Iron Age site at Molnik near Ljubljana, Opera Instiruti Archaeologici Sloveniae 36, 2017, 211−219.
- ANDRIČ Maja, VERBIČ Tomaž, LOMAX Johanna, TOLAR Tjaša. Človekov vpliv na okolje v prazgodovini: primer z obrežja Ljubljanice pri Špici (Ljubljana) / Embankment of the Ljubljanica River at Špica (Ljubljana) and human impact on the environment in late prehistory. − Arheološki vestnik 68, 2017, 479-498.
- HORVAT Jana, PETERLE UDOVIČ Pavla, TOLAR Tjaša, TOŠKAN Borut. Območje pristanišča v Navportu / The port area of Nauportus. − Arheološki vestnik 67, 2016, 177-258.
- TOLAR, Tjaša, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Comparing different sampling methods in order to reconstruct plant economies at the Eneolithic lake dwelling site Stare gmajne, Slovenia. − Documenta Praehistorica 43, 2016, 413-420.
- ANDRIČ, Maja, TOLAR, Tjaša, TOŠKAN, Borut. Okoljska arheologija in paleoekologija: palinologija, arheobotanika in arheozoologija. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2016. ISBN 978-961-254-872-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 283335936]
- 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 (2016), 25: 291–301.
- TOLAR, Tjaša. Charcoal analysis. V: ŠTULAR, Benjamin (ur.). Smlednik Castle, E-Monographiae Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 8, 2015, 9–82.
2010−2013
- TOLAR, Tjaša, JACOMET, Stefanie, VELUŠČEK, Anton, ČUFAR, Katarina. Plant economy at a late Neolithic lake dwelling site in Slovenia at the time of the Alpine Iceman. – Veg. Hist. Archaeobot. 20/3, 2011, 207–222.
- ČUFAR, Katarina, KROMER, Bernd, TOLAR, Tjaša, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Dating of 4th millennium BC pile–dwellings on Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia. – J. archaeol. sci. 37, 2010, 2031–2039.
- TOLAR, Tjaša, JACOMET, Stefanie, VELUŠČEK, Anton, ČUFAR, Katarina. Recovery techniques for waterlogged archaeological sediments: a comparison of different treatment methods for samples from Neolithic lake shore settlements. – Veg. hist. Archaeobot. 19/1, 2010, 53–67.
2009
- TOLAR, Tjaša, VELUŠČEK, Anton. Discovery of flax (Linum usitatissimum) at Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia. – Histria antiqua 18/1, 2009, 187–194.
- GASPARI, Andrej, ČUFAR, Katarina, ERIČ, Miran, TOLAR, Tjaša. Predhodne arheološke in dendrokronološke raziskave na koliščarski naselbini Veliki Otavnik Ib pri Bistri = Preliminary archaeological and dendrochronological researches at the pile–dwelling settlement Veliki Otavnik Ib near Bistra. – In: VELUŠČEK, Anton (ed.). Koliščarska naselbina Stare gmajne in njen čas : Ljubljansko barje v 2. polovici 4. tisočletja pr. Kr. : the Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC, (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 16). Ljubljana, 2009, 167–175.
- ČUFAR, Katarina, VELUŠČEK, Anton, TOLAR, Tjaša, KROMER, Bernd. Dendrokronološke raziskave na koliščarskih naselbinah Stare gmajne in Blatna Brezovica = Dendrochronological research at the pile–dwelling settlements Stare gmajne and Blatna Brezovica. – In: VELUŠČEK, Anton (ed.). Koliščarska naselbina Stare gmajne in njen čas : Ljubljansko barje v 2. polovici 4. tisočletja pr. Kr. : the Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC, (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 16). Ljubljana, 2009, 177–195.
- TOLAR, Tjaša, ZUPANČIČ, Martin. Novoodkrite lesene najdbe s Starih gmajn pri Verdu = Newly discovered wooden finds from Stare gmajne near Verd. – In: VELUŠČEK, Anton (ed.). Koliščarska naselbina Stare gmajne in njen čas : Ljubljansko barje v 2. polovici 4. tisočletja pr. Kr. : the Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC, (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 16). Ljubljana, 2009, 235–243.
- PAJAGIČ BREGAR, Gojka, VELUŠČEK, Anton, TOLAR, Tjaša, STRLIČ, Matija, BUKOŠEK, Vili, KOLAR, Jana, RAVBAR, Igor. Raziskave in konserviranje preje z Ljubljanskega barja = Analysis and conservation of the Ljubljansko barje yarn. – In: VELUŠČEK, Anton (ed.). Koliščarska naselbina Stare gmajne in njen čas : Ljubljansko barje v 2. polovici 4. tisočletja pr. Kr. : the Ljubljansko barje in the 2nd half of the 4th millennium BC, (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 16). Ljubljana, 2009, 309–318.
2008
- TOLAR, Tjaša, ČUFAR, Katarina, VELUŠČEK, Anton, Leseno toporišče kladivaste sekire s kolišča Stare gmajne na Ljubljanskem barju (The wooden handle of a stone hammer-axe from the Eneolithic pile–dwelling settlement Stare gmajne near Verd in the Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia). – Arheološki vestnik 59, 2008, 49–56.
- TOLAR, Tjaša, JAKŠE, Jernej, KOROŠEC–KORUZA, Zora, The oldest macroremains of Vitis from Slovenia. – Veg. hist. archaeobot. 17/1, 2008, 93–102.
2006
- ČUFAR, Katarina, TOLAR, Tjaša. Raziskave lesa z Resnikovega prekopa in radiokarbonsko datiranje. = Investigations of wood from Resnikov prekop and radiocarbon dating. – In: VELUŠČEK, Anton (ed.), Resnikov prekop : najstarejša koliščarska naselbina na Ljubljanskem barju = the oldest pile– dwelling settlement in the Ljubljansko barje, (Opera Instituti archaeologici Sloveniae, 10). Ljubljana, 2006, 123–127.
- ČUFAR, Katarina, KORENČIČ, Tjaša, TRAJKOVIĆ, Jelena, Drvo s tri arheološka nalazišta u Hrvatskoj i mogućnosti njegova istraživanja / Wood from three archaeological sites in Croatia and its research potential, Drvna industrija 57/2, 2006, 67–73.
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Public contributions:
- Velušček Anton, Tolar Tjaša, A Superb Product of a Spinning Spindle. − PRETEKLOST POD MIKROSKOPOM. Naravoslovne raziskave v muzeju, 2017, Ljubljana, 77−81.
Conferences:
- FILIPOVIĆ, Dragana, MEADOWS, John, DAL CORSO, Marta, EFFENBERGER, Henrike, ALSLEBEN, Almuth, AKERET, Örni, BITTMANN, Felix, BOSI, Giovanna, CAPPERS, René T. J., CIUTǍ, Beatrice, DRESLEROVÁ, Dagmar, GYULAI, Ferenc, HEISS, Andreas G., JAHNS, Susanne, KAPCIA, Magda, KOHLER-SCHNEIDER, Marianne, KROLL, Helmut, MARINOVA, Elena, MÄRKLE, Tanja, MEDOVIĆ, Aleksandar, MERCURI, Anna Maria, MUELLER-BIENIEK, Aldona, NISBET, Renato, PEREGO, Renata, POKORNÝ, Petr, PRZYBYŁA, Marcin S., REED, Kelly, STIKA, Hans-Peter, TOLAR, Tjaša, WASYLIKOWA, Krystyna, WIETHOLD, Julian, ZERL, Tanja, KIRLEIS, Wiebke. Ex Oriente seges : the arrival and establishment of broomcorn millet in Europe. V: Program and abstracts, 18th Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany - IWGP 2019, Lecce 3rd - 8th June 2019. Lecce: Università del Salento. 2019, str. 28-29. http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/iwgp/article/view/20552/17415. [COBISS.SI-ID 44765229]
- TOLAR, Tjaša, HOFMAN, Barbara. Naravno rastje in vegetacija v okolici barjanskih kolišč. V: Dolgoročne spremembe okolja 2019 : 14. maj 2019, Dvorana Zemljepisnega muzeja GIAM ZRC SAZU. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU. 2019, str. 3. [COBISS.SI-ID 44745261]
- TOLAR, Tjaša. Proso, novost v prazgodovinskem poljedelstvu in preživetju : kdaj in zakaj? : predavanje na srečanju "Dan bronaste dobe 2019", Dvorana zemljepisnega muzeja, Ljubljana (SLO), 11. dec. 2019. [COBISS.SI-ID 45560877]
- TOLAR, Tjaša. Uporaba drena (Cornus sp.) v času kolišč. V: Dolgoročne spremembe okolja 2019 : 14. maj 2019, Dvorana Zemljepisnega muzeja GIAM ZRC SAZU. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU. 2019, str. 3. [COBISS.SI-ID 44745517]
- Tjaša TOLAR, Irena VOVK, Vesna GLAVNIK, Urška JUG, Alen ALBREHT, Selective use of Cornus sanguinea l. (red dogwood) berries in Late Neolithic. 24th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, 5th−8th September 2018, Barcelona.
- TOLAR, Tjaša. Pile-dwellers plant nutrition in 4th millenium BC from Ljubljana Marshes, Slovenia: 21st Neolithic Seminar "Pottery and Food: Dietary Practices in Prehistory", Filozofska fakulteta, Ljubljana, 7th November 2014.
- TOLAR, Tjaša. Archaeobotanical investigations at Eneolithic pile-dwelling sites from Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia. In: Preistoria e protoistoria del Caput Adriae : convegno : riassunti, communicazioni e poster. Udine [etc.]: Istituto Italiano di Protoistoria e Protoistoria [etc.], 2014, 56.
- TOLAR, Tjaša, VELUŠČEK, Anton, DIRJEC, Janez, JACOMET, Stefanie. Cereal chaff used as a temper in a loam-weight : new evidence from a Slovenian Late Neolithic pile-dwelling site : poster at the "Culture, Climate and Environment Interactions at Prehistoric Wetland Sites", University of Bern, Poster Session 3, 12th June 2014.
- Tjaša Tolar, Maja Andrič, Macrofossil and pollen analyses from Neolithic pile-dwellings at Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia, Conference of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany, Solun, 18th June 2013.
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PhD Thesis: Arheobotanične raziskave na najdiščih z Ljubljanskega barja (Archaeobotanical investigations at the sites of Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia) (pdf)
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2015−2021) (research programme • 1 January 2015–31 December 2021)
Dog or its master ? The scientific study of human or canine coprolites from the prehistoric pile-dwelling site of Stare gmajne, Slovenia. (1 November 2020–31 October 2023)
5000 years of grazing and mining activities in the Julian Alps (Slovenia): climate-human interactions as reflected in lake sediments, man-modified landscape and archaeological findings (1 July 2019–30 June 2022)
Colonia Ulpia Traiana Poetovio - genesis and evolution of the town (1 July 2019–30 June 2022)
Colapians – the Iron Age people along the river Kolpa (1 September 2020–31 August 2023)
Interpretation of Biodiversity and Heritage of Pile Dwellings in the Ljubljana Marshes (1 July 2019–30 November 2021)
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