Agni Prijatelj

Biographic Data

ID144284
NAMEAgni Prijatelj
GIVEN NAMESAgni
FAMILY NAMEPrijatelj
SIGNATUREPRIJATELJ A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ljubljana
ORCID0000-0001-5305-3868
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The Dataset for Tracing Invisible Hearths and Daily Routines through Carbonized Plant Remains and Geochemical Signals in an Early Iron Age Smithy at Pungrt Hillfort, Slovenia

    Open AccessLuka Gruškovnjak, Tjaša Tolar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Open Archaeology Data2026

    The dataset presented in this paper comprises results from archaeobotanical and geoarchaeological analyses. It was compiled primarily to reconstruct the location of the archaeologically invisible forge hearth within a late 6th- and early 5th-century BC smithy in Building 24 at Pungrt Hillfort, central Slovenia. The analysed sediment samples were systematically collected in a 50×50 cm grid during the excavation of the building. Archaeobotanical re…

  • PXRF spectrometry in the geoarchaeological analysis of archaeological deposits: Optimizing laboratory methods and protocols

    Open AccessAgni Prijatelj, Nejc Golob et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2026

    Portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry is widely employed in the geoarchaeological analysis of archaeological deposits. However, the preparation methods and laboratory protocols used remain diverse, with established standards frequently disregarded. In this study, we examine the effects of grinding on the precision of mean analyte concentrations and evaluate the suitability of different factory calibrations and their associated measureme…

  • Tracing invisible hearths and daily routines through carbonised plant remains and geochemical signals in an Early Iron Age smithy at Pungrt Hillfort, Slovenia

    Open AccessLuka Gruškovnjak, T Tolar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2026References: 82

    Archaeologically invisible forge hearths may have been portable and raised. • Charred archaeobotanical remains as a proxy for archaeologically invisible hearths. • Archaeobotanical and geochemical spatial reconstruction of activity areas. • Evidence of flatbread preparation during the Early Iron Age in Slovenia. • Evidence of a household-based smithy during the Early Iron Age at Pungrt Hillfort. This study addresses the challenge of locating forg…

  • Macro to Micro Stratigraphic and Artefactual Evidence From an Early Iron Age Smithy at the Pungrt Hillfort (Central Slovenia)

    Open AccessLuka Gruškovnjak, Agni Prijatelj et al.ARTICLEJournal of Open Archaeology Data2025

    The dataset presented in this paper includes data about macro- and micro-stratigraphy, as well as macro- and micro-artefacts from the Early Iron Age smithy (Building 24, phase IIb2) at the Pungrt Hillfort, Central Slovenia. The data were collected during the archaeological excavation and geoarchaeological sampling at the site, followed by laboratory processing and analysis of the gathered samples. All the data are stored at the Repository of the …

  • From macro to micro approaches in settlement archaeology: A case study of an Early Iron Age smithy at the Pungrt hillfort (Central Slovenia)

    Open AccessLuka Gruškovnjak, Agni Prijatelj et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2025

    In this paper, we present an interdisciplinary and multiscalar study of an Early Iron Age smithy uncovered at the Pungrt hillfort in Central Slovenia. By examining and comparing the stratigraphic and artefactual evidence preserved at both macro- and micro-scales this study highlights the importance of integrated micromorphological and micro-refuse analyses in settlement contexts. Our integrated approach allowed us to identify the blacksmith’s wor…

  • Proto-urban hillfort at 10 microns: Integrated geoarchaeological research at Pungrt (central Slovenia)

    Open AccessAgni Prijatelj, Luka Gruškovnjak et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2024Cited by: 1

    Geoarchaeological analysis of settlement stratigraphy is key to understanding continuity and change in economic, social and cultural spaces within complex (proto-)urban sites. Here, preliminary micromorphological and micro-refuse data from the Pungrt hillfort demonstrate the potential of a fine-scaled geoarchaeology-based approach for understanding the structuring and reuse of space, not just within settlements but within individual households, t…

  • Early Iron Age urbanism in the south-eastern Alpine region: A case study of the Pungrt hillfort

    Open AccessPetra Vojaković, Luka Gruškovnjak et al.ARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2024Cited by: 1

    Largescale excavation at the Iron Age and Roman period Pungrt hillfort (8th century BC to 2nd century AD) has revealed a distinctly urban character of the settlement in its best-preserved Late Hallstatt phase from the 6th to 4th centuries BC. This study provides an important contribution to the understanding of the settlement's internal organization and its socioeconomic development. By examining the previously unaddressed phenomena of settlement…

  • Digging the Neolithic stamp-seals of SE Europe from archaeological deposits, texts and mental constructs

    Open AccessAgni PrijateljARTICLEDocumenta Praehistorica2007Cited by: 2

    The article presents the archaeological and experimental data on the Neolithic stamp- seals from phenomenological perspective. An alternative view to their production, consumption and symbolic values is proposed by employing concepts of affordances, constraints, icons, indexes and symbols. It is argued that the stamp-seal motifs probably conveyed specific information, while objects were included in various networks of meaning. Similar importance …