Mgr. Daniel Bursák

Department: Department of natural sciences and archaeometry
Job: Archaeologist
Telephone Number: +420 257 014 407
e-mail: bursak@arup.cas.cz
Specialization: Iron Age and Roman period (ca. 500 BC – 400 AD), mainly through research on settlements, origin, significance and technology of metalworking, external lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology, Charles University in Prague
Projects:
LUABA22049 Oppidum Závist in the 21st Century – New questions and methods for research and education
CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004593 Ready for the future: understanding long-term resilience of the human culture (RES-HUM)
GA23-07764S Social and technological change along the Amber Road in the third century BC. Multi-isotopic and aDNA analysis of La Tène cemeteries in Moravia
R300022301, regionální spolupráce The Celts in northern Pilsen territory, preventive protection of archaeological heritage
GAČR 18-20096S Mobility of materials and life cycles of artefacts: archaeometry of metals and glass of the La Tène and Early Roman period (member of the team)

Biography

Studied Prehistoric and Medieval Archaeology (M.A.) at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Currently, Daniel continues in a Ph.D. program of the same University. During the study of Iron Age settlements, he discovered the potential of archaeometry – the study of archaeological findings using natural sciences and statistical evaluation.

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