Branka Raunig | |
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| Born | (1935-01-01)1 January 1935 |
| Died | 13 June 2008(2008-06-13) (aged 73) |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation(s) | Archaeologist; Museum Director. |
Branka Raunig (Serbian:Бранка Рауниг; 1 January 1935 – 13 June 2008) was a Bosnianarchaeologist,prehistorian andmuseum curator.
Raunig was born inSarajevo on 1 January 1935.[1] Her early life was spent in Kraljevo.[2] From 1954 to 1958 she studied archaeology at theFaculty of Philosophy at theUniversity of Belgrade.[2] One of her tutors wasBranko Gavela.[2]
After graduation, Raunig moved to Bosnia Herzegovina, where she was employed atPounje Museum inBihać.[2] It was working there, on the archaeological material relating to theJapodi, that a lifelong academic interest began.[2][3] In 1963, Raunig moved toMuseum of the Đakovo Region where she continued her work on the Japodi, with a focus on the Pounje area.[2] Material from that region became the subject of her Masters dissertation, which she was awarded in 1971.[2] From 1987 Raunig was director of the Pounje Museum, until her retirement in 1998.[2] In 1992 she defended and was subsequently awarded a PhD on the art and religion of theJapodi tribe.[4]
During her career she led excavations and published widely on a number of important sites in the region, including:Crkvina Golubić,Vranduk,Pod, Gradina and Sojeničko and a site nearGradiška.[2] She studied thefunerary archaeology atĐakovo and was instrumental in recognising the presence of a Roman site there.[5][6] She also supervised excavations which discovered a mosque there.[7] Raunig was interested in many aspects of material cultures and made a study of ceramic material at the important site of Krčana whereLa Tene pottery was excavated.[8] She studied prehistoric weapons excavated in the region.[9] Whilst Raunig's main interest lay with Bosnian prehistory, she also worked on medieval sites.[10]
Raunig died in Bihać of pneumonia on 13 June 2008.[11]
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