Contact: barbara.kriletic@inantro.hr
Work Experience
2025 – present: Research assistant, Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb
Education
2024 – PhD Programme in Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2021 – Master’s degree in Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2020 – Master’s degree in Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2016 – Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
2016 – Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Research Work
Research Projects
2022 – 2026: Bones, Isotopes and Genes: Health, Diet and Mobility of Ancient Croatian Populations (ANCIENTROMANS) – project funded by the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ IP-2022-10-8558)
Archaeological Excavations
2021: Excavations of the medieval cemetery at Bribir – Štale (Vinodol Municipality, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County), conducted by the Institute of Archaeology
2015: Systematic excavations at the site Tar – Stancija Blek (Municipality of Tar-Vabriga / Torre-Abrega, Istria), conducted by the Institute of Archaeology in cooperation with the Poreč Heritage Museum
2014 – 2015: Archaeological excavations at Crikvenica – “Igralište” and field research of the archaeological heritage of Rab Island, carried out within the research project Roman Economy in Dalmatia: Production, Distribution and Demand in the Light of Pottery Workshops (RED project, IP-11-2013-3973), funded by the Croatian Science Foundation
Laboratory and Bioarchaeological Analyses
Since 2016, actively engaged in bioarchaeological analyses of human skeletal remains from archaeological contexts of numerous Croatian sites within the Laboratory for Evolutionary Anthropology and Bioarchaeology at the Institute for Anthropological Research.
Selected Publications
Kriletić B, Vuković M, Carić M. A case of bipartite patella and vastus notch from Kneževići hillfort – Malo Libinje, Croatia. Journal of Bioanthropology, 1(1), 2021.
Kriletić B, Ivanušec D, Carić M, Novak M. The usual suspects: deciphering the epidemiology, variation of injuries and lifestyle in Late Medieval/Early Modern population from Đakovo. Arheološki radovi i rasprave, 22, 2023.
Research Interests
bioarchaeology, osteology, paleopathology, stable isotope analysis, diet and health of ancient populations.
Education and Professional Development
2025 – ICORB: The International Congress on Roman Bioarchaeology, Institute for Anthropological Research and Archaeological Museum in Zagreb
