Nina Caf, PhD
Research Assistant
+386 1 47 06 511
+386 1 47 06 646
nina.caf@zrc-sazu.si
Research interests
Education:
- B. Sc. in geology, 2015, Naravoslovnotehniška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani
- M. Sc. in paleobiology, 2017, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
- Ph. D. 2023, Podiplomska šola ZRC SAZU
Research interests
Palaeoecology, palynology, sedimentology
Selected publications
- CAF, Nina, Srednja vas v Bohinju – Palaeoenvironmental Recordof Human Influence on the Lowlands of the Julian Alps (Srednja vas v Bohinju – paleookoljski zapisvpliva človeka na nižine Julijskih Alp). − Arheološki vestnik 76, 2025, 239−259. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3986/AV.76.03
- CAF, Nina, SABATIER, Pierre, CUCINOTTA, Julia, RAPUC, William, DOLENEC, Matej, ŠMUC, Andrej 2025, Holocene human impact on different altitudinal belts in Julian Alps, Slovenia. − The Holocene 35/4, 2025, 446−459. DOI: 10.1177/09596836241307300
- CAF, Nina, SABATIER, Pierre, ŠMUC, Andrej, OGRINC, Nives, DOLENEC, Matej, RAPUC, William, POTOČNIK, Doris, GRAFENSTEIN, Ulrich von, ANDRIČ, Maja. Multi-proxy reconstruction of the Holocene vegetation and land use dynamics in the Julian Alps, north-west Slovenia. Journal of quaternary science 38/1, 2023, 107–122. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.3461.
- TOLAR, Tjaša (avtor, prevajalec), CAF, Nina, LE BAILLY, Matthieu. The dog or its master? : interdisciplinary study on coprolite from the Pile-Dwelling Site Stare Gmajne. V: KOPRIVNIK, Vesna (ur.), SALECL, Dunja (ur.). Srečanja tisočletij = The convergence of millennia : Museoeurope : the collected volume of the symposium 19.-21. 10. 2023 : [= Zbornik mednarodnega simpozija 19.–21. 10. 2023]. Maribor: Pokrajinski muzej: = Regional Museum, 2023. Str. 78-91, ilustr. Zbirka Museoeurope, 8. ISBN 978-961-94532-7-8. https://museum-mb.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MuseoEurope_2023.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 171767555]
- 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).
Selected projects
PROGRAMME: Archaeological research (2022−2027) (research programme • January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2027)
Open Palaeoecological Data – analysing the past building foresight (OC-2023-1-26573) (October 16, 2024 - October 15, 2028)
IQ: Ironing out complexities (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028)
Bridging the GAP between Geological, Archaeological and Palynological studies (interdisciplinary project • January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
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)
Spatial and environmental reconstruction of medieval landscape: Herzegovina case study medieval BiH (fundamental research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024)
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 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
Open Palaeoecological Data – analysing the past building foresight (OC-2023-1-26573) (October 16, 2024 - October 15, 2028)
IQ: Ironing out complexities (June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2028)
Bridging the GAP between Geological, Archaeological and Palynological studies (interdisciplinary project • January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2027)
Advanced digital methods in archaeology (bilateral project • January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2024)
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)
Spatial and environmental reconstruction of medieval landscape: Herzegovina case study medieval BiH (fundamental research project • October 1, 2022 - September 30, 2024)
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 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)