Tatjana Bregant
{{Short description|Slovene archaeologist (1932–2002)}}{{Infobox person
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| image = Tatjana Bregant.png
| birth_date = 16 February 1932
| death_date = 15 February 2002
| nationality = Slovenian
| education = University of Ljubljana
| occupation = Archaeologist; prehistorian
| employer = University of Ljubljana
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Tatjana Bregant (16 February 1932 – 15 February 2002{{Cite web |last=Budja |first=Mihael |date=2016-02-16 |title=In memoriam Tatjana Bregant |url=http://www.arheologija.si/documents/arheo/ARHEO%2021-2001.pdf |access-date=2023-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216091557/http://www.arheologija.si/documents/arheo/ARHEO%2021-2001.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-16 }}) was a Slovenian archaeologist and prehistorian, who was Professor of Pre-Metallic Archaeology at the University of Ljubljana. She was President of the Prehistoric Sections of both the Union of Archaeological Societies of Yugoslavia and the Slovenian Archaeological Society.
Biography
Bregant was born on 16 February 1932 in Ruta, Lovrenc na Pohorju. She graduated with a degree in Archaeology from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana in 1955. From 1964 she was editor of the Report on Paleolithic, Neolithic and Eneolithic Research in Slovenia. The same institution awarded her a doctorate in 1966; it was entitled '
From 1972 to 1976 she was President of the Prehistoric Sections of both the Union of Archaeological Societies of Yugoslavia and the Slovenian Archaeological Society. In 1984 she was appointed Professor of Pre-Metallic Archaeology. She led excavations in the Ljubljana Marshes and at the Celje Castle.{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Tim |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c8lWAAAAYAAJ&q=tatjana+bregant |title=Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries |date=2001 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-198-4 |pages=830 |language=en}} The excavations at Spodnje Mostišce in the marsh were still considered in 2004 as the most advanced archaeological investigations to have taken place in the area.{{Cite book |last=Menotti |first=Francesco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E_9-AgAAQBAJ&dq=tatjana+bregant&pg=PA75 |title=Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe: 150 Years of Lake-Dwelling Research |date=2004-08-19 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-37181-5 |pages=75 |language=en}} Other sites she worked on included Blatna Brezovica, Drulovka, Korta and Pavlovsko Vrh. In 1996 she curated an exhibition at the City Museum of Ljubljana which explored Slovenia's archaeology from prehistory to the Middle Ages.
Selected publications
- Bregant, Tatjana. "Prispevek biološko-tehničnih disciplin k proučevanju kulture Ljubljanskega barja." Godišnjak Centra za balkanološka ispitivanja 13 (1976): 85–96.
- Bregant, Tatjana. "Ornament na keramiki jugoslovanskega neolitika in stil prostora." Arheološki vestnik 19 (1968).
- Bregant, Tatjana. "Trgovina in menjalno gospodarstvo v neolitiku Jugoslavije." Arheološki vestnik 6.1 (1955).
References
External links
- [https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2058603/object_IPCHS_17092799 Tatjana Bregant at Europeana]
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Category:Slovenian women archaeologists