Research Team

Principal investigator of the project

Mgr. Tereza Štolcová, PhD.

She specialises in the study of prehistoric and early medieval textiles and their production in Slovakia within a European context.

She uses interdisciplinary methods, focusing on laboratory analysis and experimental reconstruction of archaeological finds. She has taken part in international projects and gained experience in Germany, the USA, and Kuwait. She has participated actively on scientific events and lectured on archaeological textiles at universities in Bratislava, Nitra, and Trnava. One of her key projects is the study of the Germanic princely grave from Poprad-Matejovce, leading to numerous publications and the co-authored exhibition “The Prince from Poprad and His Tomb” at the Podtatranské Museum in Poprad. She is a member of the Archaeological Textiles Review scientific committee and the Archaeological Leather Group. Since 2005, she has actively participated in the NESAT conference. She has received the Slovak Academy of Sciences award for science popularisation and two Seal of Excellence certificates for her Horizon 2020 MSCA Individual Fellowships proposals.

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Other members of the research team

Mgr. Lucia Benediková, PhD.

She specializes in the period from the Late Bronze Age to the La Tène period in the northern part of the Western Carpathians. She has conducted numerous field excavations in Slovakia and participated in several international missions (Turkey, Kuwait).

Within the PERTEX project, she is responsible for collecting and archaeologically evaluating data from the Late Bronze Age and Early Hallstatt period. Her work builds on previous research carried out under the APVV project VIZIA, which focused on the use of natural resources in prehistoric societies.

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Mgr. Zora Bielichová

She studies animal remains from archaeological sites and the relationship between humans and animals in the past. She has participated in international projects in Turkey, Greece, and Kuwait.

She is a member of the International Council for ArchaeoZoology (ICAZ). In the PERTEX project, she is focusing on the production of wool, hair, and leather during the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman period, with an emphasis on domestic sheep and the use of modern archaeozoological methods.

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doc. PhDr. Gertrúda Březinová, CSc.

A leading expert on settlement archaeology of the La Tène period in the central Danube region.

She specialises in ceramic and jewellery production technologies during the prehistoric period. In the PERTEX project, she is analysing settlement ceramic and bone material related to textile production during the La Tène period in southwestern Slovakia, as well as evidence of textile workshops.

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prof. doc. PhDr. Eduard Droberjar, Ph.D.

He has held academic positions at several universities in the Czech Republic and Poland. His research focuses on the Roman Period in Central Europe, Roman-Germanic contacts, and fibulae.

He is a co-supervisor of the Classical Archaeology programme at Trnava University. Between 2022 and 2026, within the APVV project at the IA SAS, he has been studying the elites of the Roman Period among the Central European Suebi. This research is further developed in the PERTEX project through reconstructions of Germanic dress based on finds of fibulae and belt fittings.

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PhDr. Kristián Elschek, CSc.

He has long focused on researching and collecting Roman period sites in southwestern Slovakia, particularly in the Záhorie region.

He conducted extensive research at the Zohor site, where textile finds were also discovered. Within the PERTEX project, he focuses on the interpretation of burial assemblages, some of which contain textile artefacts.

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Mgr. Mária Lepiš Valigová

A graduate of the Department of Classical Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Trnava University (2023), and since 2025 a PhD student at the IA SAS.

As part of her doctoral research on women in the Eastern Hallstatt culture, she focuses, among other things, on analysing and comparing burial assemblages containing items related to textile production.

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Mgr. Miroslava Kissová, PhD.

She specializes in the protohistoric period (La Tène and Roman periods) in Slovakia, with a particular focus on central and northern Slovakia and the Púchov culture.

Within the PERTEX project, she focuses on evaluating artefacts related to textile production from the site of Liptovská Sielnica–Liptovská Mara. The aim is to determine the chronology of pottery from individual features, which will allow for a more precise dating of the studied textile tools. At the same time, this will help to identify textile production areas, analyse their interconnections, and compare them within both regional and broader contexts.

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PhDr. Vladimír Mitáš, PhD.

He studies Urnfield cultures, cremation rites, and socio-economic aspects of the later and final Bronze Age (funeral rites, non-ferrous metallurgy, textile production, etc.).

He has conducted many significant field studies, the most important being in Cinobaňa, distr. Poltár (burial ground of the Piliny and Kyjatice cultures). In the project, he focuses mainly on textile tools from settlements and caves of the Piliny and Kyjatice cultures in southern central and eastern Slovakia, dating from the Middle Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age.

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PhDr. Karol Pieta, DrSc.

He specialises in the Protohistoric and Early Medieval periods, experimental archaeology, and science popularisation.

He lectured at universities in Vienna, Bratislava, and Brno. He has led numerous field works, including those at Liptovská Mara, Poprad-Matejovce, and Bojná. In the project, he is analysing textile finds in relation to jewellery from the La Tène period to the Migration Period.

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PhDr. Susanne Stegmann-Rajtár, CSc.

She studies the Late and Final Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, focusing on hillfort settlements and their economic, cultural, and social development.

Within the project, she analyses the assemblage from the hillfort of Smolenice–Molpír, which provides a rich collection of material related to textile production.

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prof. PhDr. Vladimír Varsik, CSc.

An expert on the Roman period, Germanic settlements, and Roman provincial archaeology.

He has led extensive excavations at sites such as Branč, Bratislava-Trnávka, and Cífer-Pác. He is the supervisor of the Classical Archaeology programme at Trnava University. Within the PERTEX project, he focuses on comparing Germanic settlements with elite residences and the concentration of textile production.

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