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Mgr. Jana Mellnerová (Šuteková), PhD.

Jana Mellnerová (Šuteková)

Brief CV 

  • since 2008: lecturer at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava
  • 2004-2008: PhD. study at Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, dissertation thesis "Bošáca Group and Jevišovice Culture in Slovakia" (under the mentorship of Assoc. professor PhDr. Juraj Pavúk, DrSc.)
  • 2004: finished master study in Archaeology - History at Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava, Master thesis "Particularities of burial rite in the Eneolithic (with the focus on the burial grounds in the area of Carpathian basin)" (under the mentorship of Assoc. professor PhDr. Juraj Pavúk, DrSc.)

Research projects

  • 2019-2022: Knowledge of the Bronze Age economy and society in the area north of the Middle Danube by the archaeological and environmental sources, VEGA 1/0100/19, team member
  • 2015-2019: Natura et cultura. The coevolution of mankind and nature between 6th and 2nd millenium BC in the area north of the middle Danube studied on the basis of archaeological and environmental sources, APVV-14-0550, team member
  • 2013-2015: Fortified Settlements from the Early Bronze Age in Slovakia - Centers of Production, Distribution, Exchange, Cult and Seat of Social Elite?", VEGA 2/0036/13, deputy of principal investigator
  • 2012-2014: Preparation of a complex publication about the archaeological material from polycultural site Svodín-Busahegy, district Nové Zámky VEGA 1/0924/12, principal investigator
  • 2013-2014: Yamnaya Impact: Summer School, Archaeological Heritage & Research into European Population History, International Visegrad Fund - Standard Grant, applicant: Museum of Déri, Debrecen, co-solver (partner institution - Comenius University in Bratislava)
  • 2011-2014: Archaeological chronometry in Slovakia, APVV-0598-10, co-solver
  • 2011-2013: INTERKRAS 2011-2013, Interdisciplinary Studies of Karstic Landscapes, ERAZMUS IP, Department of archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Univerza v Ljubljani, department coordinator
  • 2010-2011: Central Settlements from the End of the Eneolithic and the Early Bronze Age in NW part of the Carpathian Basin and their socio-economical background", VEGA 2/0013/10, deputy of principal investigator
  • 2009-2011: International Course on Archaeogeophysics, ERAZMUS IP - European Union Intensive Programme, applicant: Institute for Natural Sciences/Geophysics, Christian-Albrechts-University to Kiel, co-solver and department coordinator
  • 2009: Selected issues of Late Eneolithic in western Slovakia. Processing of archaeological material, Grant UK No. 147/2009, principal investigator
  • 2007-2009: Problems of genesis and cultural-chronological relations in middle European Eneolithic and during the Early and Middle Bronze Age in Aegean: (1) beginning, regional development and end of Baden culture, (2) position of Aegean islands towards the Anatolia and their relation to Balkan, VEGA 1/4533/07, co-solver
  • 2006: Bošáca Group and Jevišovice Culture in Slovakia. Processing of archaeological material, Grant UK No. 64/2006, principal investigator
  • 2004-2006: The results of archaeological projects carried out by active participation of Slovak Archaeologists: Neolithic tell settlement Galabnik in Bulgaria and research project Troy in Turkey, VEGA 1/1211/04, co-solver

Field work

  • 2017: Žilina, part Svojdomov, Evangelic church and surroundings, leader of the excavation: Dr. M. Bača
  • 2012-2015: Svodín, district Nové Zámky and surrounding: repeated field survey in the residential and urban area of the village,within the framework of the project VEGA 1/0924/12, leader of field activities: Dr. P. Barta
  • 2012: Závod, district Malacky: field survey in the urban area: leader of field activities: Dr. P. Barta
  • 2008
    • Nitra - Dražovce, Industrial zone Nitra - North
    • Senica - shopping area Senica-Párovce, public technical infrastructure
    • Žilina, Underground support parking, Hurbanova street (SC Mirage)
  • 2007: Chorvátsky Grob-Čierna Voda, site Hrúdok, district Senec, residential complex
  • 2006
    • Svätý Jur, Malokarpatská Street, new building of family house
    • Nitra-Chrenová, district Nitra, MAX - entertainment and shopping centre
  • 2005
    • Záborské, district Prešov, Agronákup
    • Bratislava-Staré mesto, Liszt's garden, courtyard of the University library
  • 2004-2008: realization of rescue excavations and field surveys during PhD. Study as an assistant excavation leader and co-author of find reports (leader of the excavation: Assoc. professor PhDr. Jozef Hošo, CSC.)
  • 2004 and 2006: Bratislava, Župné place, building of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (main courtyard; reconstruction of northern and western courtyard)

Publications (selection)

  • V. Dvorský Plháková – J. Mellnerová Šuteková – P. Jelínek et al: Eneolitická priekopa z Budmeríc, poloha Sušička. Zborník SNM CXIII – Archeológia 29, 2019, in print.

  • A. Zastawny – A. Brzeska-Pasek – J. Mellnerová Šuteková: Materiały kultury badeńskiej z Trenčína w zachodniej Słowacji w zbiorach Muzeum archeologicznego w Krakowie. Materialy Archeologiczne 42, Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie, in print.
  • Jana Mellnerová Šuteková: Juhogalská terra sigillata z Ludaníc, okr. Topoľčany. In: J. Mellnerová Šuteková et al. (eds.): SALVE, EDVARDE! A Toast to the Jubilee of Professor E. Krekovič. Archaeologica et Mediaevalia XII, Bratislava 2019, 169–174.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková: Finds from the Stone Age. In: M. Hudáková – M. Hudák – J. Timura a kol.: Archaeological research in Hozelec, Dubina site. Spišská Nová Ves 2019, 23–25.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková – M. Bača – P. Pavúk (eds.): SALVE, EDVARDE! A Toast to the Jubilee of Professor E. Krekovič. Archaeologica et Mediaevalia XII, Bratislava 2019.
  • J. Peška – J. Mellnerová Šuteková – S. Španihel: Fortifikace eneolitu a doby bronzové na širším moravsko-slovenském pomezí. Vlastivedný zborník Považia XXIX, 2019, 153–188.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková – P. Jelínek: Wieselburg settlement feature in Bratislava-Rusovce. The problems of cultural dating on examples of Late Eneolithic/Early Bronze Age pottery. „Frühbronzezeit in Mitteleuropa“ Tagung der 25. Internationalen Konferenz, Mistelbach, 10 – 13.10.2017 (poster)
  • J. Hlavatá – V. Dvorská Plháková – M. Hajnalová – J. Mellnerová Šuteková: Archaeobotanical analysis of finds from the Kostolac and Kosihy/Čaka (Makó) culture site in Komárno, SW-Slovakia another record of the "new glume wheat". 17th conference of the international work group for palaeoethnobotany Paris, Abstract Book, Paris 2016, 55.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková: Western Slovakia during the period of Post-Baden cultural development. In: M. Nowak  – A. Zastawny: The Baden culture around the Western Carpathians Krakow. Krakowski Zespol do Badan Autostrad, Kraków 2015, 501–511.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková – P. Jelínek – J. Hlavatá et al.: Sídliskový objekt wieselburskej kultúry v Bratislave-Rusovciach. Zborník Slovenského národného múzea – Archeológia 25, Bratislava 2015, 19–29.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková  – P. Barta: Chronometry versus relative chronology of Baden culture In: Abstract book. Methods of Absolute Chronology. 11th International Conference, 15 –18th May 2013, Gliwice/Podlesice, Poland. Abstracts and Programme, 24.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková: M. Furholt: Die nördlichen Badener Keramikstile im Kontext des mitteleuropischen Spätneolithikums (3650-2900 v. Chr.). Recenzia. In: Germania 90, 2012 (2014), 198nn.
  • J. Mellnerová Šuteková: Niekoľko slov ku mladoeneolitickej keramike na lokalitách juhozápadného Slovenska. In: J. Peška  – F. Trampota (eds.): Otázky neolitu a eneolitu 2011, Mikulov  – Olomouc 2012, 91-100.
  • M. Bošanský – H.Stümpel – T. Wunderlich – M. Proksch – R. Pašteka –J. Mellnerová Šuteková: Geofyzikálny prieskum archeologickej lokality eneolitickej bošáckej kultúry pri Podolí. In: Študentská vedecká konferencia PriF UK 2012 [elektronický dokument]. Zborník recenzovaných príspevkov. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave. ISBN 978-80-223-3213-2. [CD-ROM], Bratislava, 2012, 1081–1085.
  • J. Šuteková: Príspevok k osídleniu dolného povodia Hrona a Ipľa na začiatku eneolitu. In: Musaica 27, Bratislava 2011, 21–30.
  • J. Šuteková: Hlina v architektúre staroveku alebo o počiatkoch tehly. In: P. Nagy – M. Čurný (zost.): Laterárius. Dejiny tehliarstva na Slovensku. Zborník SNM – Archeológia, Supplementum 3, Bratislava 2011, 13–20.
  • J. Šuteková: Ein Einblick in die post-Badener Epoche in der Westslowakei. In: J. Šuteková – P. Pavúk – P. Kalábková – B. Kovár (eds.): PANTA RHEI. Studies on the Chronology and Cultural Development of South-Eastern and Central Europe in Earlier Prehistory Presented to Juraj Pavúk on the Occasion of his 75. Birthday. Studia Archaeologica et Mediaevalia XI. Bratislava 2010, 469–489.
  • P. Barta – J. Šuteková – P. Kalábková: Lengyel Culture 14C Dating in Slovakia and Moravia: import of dates from Austria? (poster) In: Abstract book. Methods of Absolute Chronology. 10th International Conference, 22–25th April 2010, Gliwice, Poland. Abstracts and Programme, 73.
  • J. Šuteková: Opevnené sídlisko bošáckej kultúry (skupiny) v Podolí, okr. Nové Mesto nad Váhom (predbežná štúdia). In: I. Cheben – I. Kuzma (eds.): Otázky neolitu a eneolitu našich krajín – Zemplínska Šírava-Kamenec 2007. Nitra 2008, 273–286.
  • J. Šuteková: Jevišovice Culture in Slovakia. In: M. Furholt – M. Szmyt – A. Zastawny (Eds): The Baden Complex and the Outside World. Studien zum Archäologie in Ostmitteleuropa 4, Bonn 2008, 131–138.
  • J. Šuteková: Sídlisko jevišovickej kultúry v Kočíne, okr. Piešťany (predbežná štúdia). In: R. Tichý (ed.): Otázky neolitu a eneolitu našich zemí 2006. Hradec Králové 2007, 131–136.
  • M. Gregor – J. Šuteková: Mineralogical and petrographical analysis in the study of ancient ceramic. Late Eneolithic Ceramics from Kočín (SW Slovakia): a case study. (session: O. Mochalov – T. Tkachuk: Ceramic through the Millennia: methods, approaches, results.) In: 13th Annual Meeting of EAA in Zadar, Croatia, 18th–23rd Sept. 2007. Abstract book. Zadar 2007, 221.
  • J. Šuteková: Príspevok k problematike žiarového pohrebného rítu v období neolitu a eneolitu. In: Musaica 25, Bratislava 2007, 5–13.
  • J. Šuteková: Pohrebné zvyky na neolitických a eneolitických pohrebiskách alebo tzv. Häuslerova štruktúra pohrebných zvykov. In: Musaica 25, Bratislava 2007, 15–22.
  • J. Šuteková: K problematike pohrebného rítu v období starého eneolitu na juhozápadnom Slovensku. In: Zborník SNM 100 – Archeológia 16, 2006, 21–32.
  • M. Gregor – J. Šuteková: Silicitová sekerka malopoľského pôvodu z Ludaníc, okr. Topoľčany. In: Zborník SNM C – Archeológia 16, 2006, 311–314.
  • J. Šuteková: B. Hänsel – E. Studeníková (Hrsg.): Zwischen Karpaten und Ägäis. Neolithikum und ältere Bronzezeit. Gedenkschrift für Viera Němejcová-Pavúková. Internationale Archäologie, Studia honoraria Bd. 21, Rahden/Westf, Leidorf 2004 (Annotation). Archeol. Rozhl. 2005 – 4, 837–840.
  • T. König – J. Šuteková: Nové nálezy z Bernolákova - poloha Panské lúky. In: Zborník SNM 99 – Archeológia 15, 2005, 225–234.
  • J. Šuteková: Špecifiká pohrebného rítu v eneolite (so zreteľom na pohrebiská v oblasti Karpatskej kotliny). In: I. Cheben – I. Kuzma (ed.): Otázky neolitu a eneolitu našich krajín – Skalica 2004, Nitra 2005, 321–334.

Other activities

  • 2019/2020 - Local Working Committee/Local organizing Committee of World Archaeological Congress, Prague, July 2020 (https://www.wac-9.org/committees/)
  • member of the European association of archaeologists
  • member and since 2011 committee member of the Slovak Archaeological Society at Slovak Academy of Sciences, executive editor of journal Informátor of SAS pri SAV, Nitra (2015-2018)
  • executive editor of peer-reviewed journal Musaica archaeologica (established 2016), Journal of Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, Department of Archaeology, Bratislava (https://fphil.uniba.sk/en/musarch/) 
  • member of editorial boards: Informátor SAS pri SAV, Nitra; Praehistorica, Institute of prehistory and protohistory, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague (till 2018); Zborník SNM Archeológia (till 2015)

Research fellowships and internships 
  • 2019: Olomouc (Czech), Erasmus+, Palacký University, Department of Archaelogy (1 week)
  • 2013: Vienna (Austria), Action Austria-Slovakia, Research scholarship for post-doctoral candidates, University Vienna, Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology (6 months)
  • 2009: Ljubljana (Slovenia), Erasmus, University Ljubljana, Department of Archaelogy (1 week)
  • 2006: Vienna (Austria), Action Austria-Slovakia, short-term research fellowship, University Vienna, Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory (1 month)
  • 2003: Zagreb (Croatia), SAIA-SCTS, research fellowship within master study, 3 months (University in Zagreb, Faculty of Arts, Department of archaeology)

Exhibitions
  • 2018-2020: Life in Bratislava in 4,000 B.C. Journey with us to back to the Copper Age, Archeological Museum of the Slovak National Museum, temporary exhibition, creator: Jana Mellnerová Š., co-author: Anna Bajanová
  • 2018: Obraz osídlenia Liptova v praveku a včasnej dobe dejinnej. Liptovské múzeum v Ružomberku, permanent exhibition, author: Simona Sliacka, co-author: Jana Mellnerová Š., Lucia Benediková
 
Activities for the public (selected)
  • 2019: The Memory of Water – Archeology Hidden in Dams. Public lecture related to the exhibition Liquid Horizons, venue: Art galery tranzit.sk, Bratislava (http://sk.tranzit.org)
  • 2018-2019: Food in Early Prehistory. Lecturing on archaeological presentation activities for the public, Kupecká osada Krumbenowe, Český Krumlov, CZ (Sept. 2018); Cesta za históriou, Liptovská Mara-Havránok, Liptovský Mikuláš, SK (July 2019).