Dominika Oravkinová
- Eszter Melis
- Apr 12
- 2 min read
Dominika Oravkinová is an archaeologist with expertise in studying material culture from the Early and Middle Bronze Age in east-central Europe, focusing on eastern Slovakia and the Otomani–Füzesabony cultural complex. She holds a PhD from Comenius University, completed in collaboration with the Slovak Academy of Sciences (2018), where she currently works as a researcher. She aims to explore raw material sourcing, economic, production, and trade activities, which provide insight into the intra-site social organization.
She accomplished National Geographic Early Career Grant (2020–2021) along with implementing SAS Return Project Scheme for Parents Returning to Work grant (2023) and Slovak Scientific Grant Agency project (2024–2027). All addressed material culture studies in Early Bronze Age Slovakia, along with archaeological excavations and fieldworks, involving collaborators of diverse fields of expertise. As a team member, she participated in several other national projects focusing Early Bronze Age research. In 2019 she was awarded by Slovak Academy of Sciences prize for young scientists under 35 years, and in 2023 for Danubius Young Scientist Award. Since edition 2019, she has served as editor of the yearbook “Archeologické výskumy a nálezy na Slovensku”, a national summary of archaeological excavations and finds.
Currently, she is a team member of the international research project “Tracing Blood and Social Ties: Integrating aDNA, Isotope Analyses, and Kinship Studies in a Research on the Bronze Age Cemetery at Nižná Myšľa (Slovakia)”, funded by the National Science Centre in Poland (2024 – 2028). The ongoing project advances our understanding of prehistoric societies through a multidisciplinary investigation of the Nižná Myšľa cemetery, aiming to explore kinship, social structures, diet, and mobility within one of the key regions of Early Bronze Age Europe.
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