Mateja Belak is a senior specialist assistant at the ZRC SAZU, Institute of archaeology. Her research is focused on Early Medieval archaeology, scientific cartography, digital archiving, and archaeological databases. She is a curator of Zbiva archaeological database since 1990s and as such among the pioneers in the field.
Education:
BA in archaeology 1984, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
Work field:
- Early Medieval archaeology
- maintenance of Zbiva, Early Medieval database of sites, graves and objects
- maintenance of Libera, database of archaeological literature
- maintenance and construction of Articles in Arheološki vestnik
- maintenance and construction of Articles in Studia mythologica Slavica
- desktop publishing
- charts, maps, plans
- posters
- tables of archaeological objects
- counseling on preparing e-graphics
- counseling on constructing database
- counseling on using harware and software
- web pages
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.
PLETERSKI, A., ŠTULAR, B., BELAK, M., BEŠTER, H., 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.
PLETERSKI, A., ŠTULAR, B., BELAK, M., 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.
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.
BELAK, Mateja. Staroslovanski žarni grob s Kapiteljske njive v Novem mestu / Early Medieval cremation grave from Kapiteljska njiva in Novo mesto, Slovenia. − Studia Praehistorica in Honorem Janez Dular. Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 30, 2014, 397−403.
PLETERSKI, Andrej, BELAK, Mateja. Časovno razmerje med grobiščema Lauterhofen in Altenerding. Arheo 23, 2005, 35–46.
PLETERSKI, Andrej, BELAK, Mateja. Structures in the area of Lauterhofen in Bavaria. Studia Mythologica Slavica 7, 2004, 43–61.
PLETERSKI, Andrej, BELAK, Mateja. Grobovi s Puščave nad Starim trgom pri Slovenj Gradcu. Arheološki vestnik 53, 2002, 233–300.
PLETERSKI, Andrej, BELAK, Mateja. ZBIVA. Cerkve v Vzhodnih Alpah od 8. do 10. stoletja. Zgodovinski časopis 49/1, 1995, 19–43.
Identifying quarries in the Roman Pannonia (01. october 2022 - 30. september 2025)
Poetovio - from legionary fortress to autonomous town (01. october 2022 - 30. september 2025)
TETRACHs (01. september 2022 - 31. august 2025)
Religiopolitics - the Imperium Christianum and its Commoners (REPLICO) (international research project • 01. may 2023 - 30. april 2026)
Settlement of the south-eastern Alpine region in the Early Middle Ages (01. november 2018 - 31. october 2022)
ARIADNEplus (01. january 2019 - 31. december 2022)
Methodological Maturity of Airborne LiDAR in Archaeology - Pilot Project (MALiAp) (01. october 2019 - 30. september 2022)
The Župna Cerkev Cemetery in Kranj (01. july 2011 - 31. december 2015)
Ariadne (01. february 2013 - 31. january 2017)
Anthropological analysis of the Roman period archaeological sites from Slovenia (01. september 2005 - 31. august 2008)
The Krvavec cultural heritage - preparation of tourist product and its management (applied project • 01. january 2007 - 31. december 2009)
Multidisciplinary investigations of the pile-dwellings in the Ljubljansko barje (applied project • 01. january 2008 - 31. january 2011)
Relative and absolute chronology of the Neolithic and Eneolithic period in north-eastern Slovenia (01. july 2011 - 30. june 2014)
EAGLE - Electronic Archive of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (01. april 2013 - 30. march 2016)
Social differentiation and cultural identities in the Iron Age on the territory of Slovenia (01. july 2011 - 30. june 2014)