Katarina Batur PhD candidate


Institution: Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar
Country: Croatia
e-mail: batur.katarina@gmail.com

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Katarina Batur graduated from the Department of Archaeology of the University of Zadar in 2015. The same year she enrolled in the PhD programme Archaeology of the Eastern Adriatic, at the same University. She is actively involved in a number of maritime and nautical archaeology projects in Croatia, working also on the inventory and preliminary conservation of the underwater archaeological finds.

 

Contact

Address: Mile Gojsalić 19, 23 000 Zadar, Croatia
tel.: +38523323108
Mob.: +385977946037
e-mail: batur.katarina@gmail.com


EDUCATION

  • December 2015 – present: 
    University of Zadar, PhD program “Archaeology of the Eastern Adriatic”
  • October – September 2015: 
    Visiting scholar at Texas A&M University, Anthropology Department, Nautical Archaeology Program
    The aim of the visit was to improve level of knowledge in conservation of material from underwater sites and to develop skills in drafting ship lines and ship structures. Professional training was supported by the Women Divers Hall of Fame Cecelia Connely Meomorial Graduate Scholarship in Underwater Archaeology.
  • October 2013 – September 2015: 
    Masters Degree in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar
    Masters thesis: Raw Materials for Paint Production from the Late 16th century Gnalić Shipwreck (tutor: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi)
  • February – April 2015: 
    University of Malta, Department of Classics and Archaeology
    Masters thesis research supported by Erasmus+ scholarship: Raw Materials for Paint Production from the Late 16th Century Gnalić Shipwreck.
  • October 2010 – October 2013: 
    Bachelors Degree in Archaeology, Department of Archaeology, University of Zadar
    Bachelors thesis: Ship's equipment and cargo items from Gnalić shipwreck (tutor: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi)

FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE

  • June 2015: Excavation of 16th century ship in the bay of Suđurađ, island of Šipan
    Organization: University of Zadar, Texas A&M University
    Project directors: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi, Jose Luis Casaban
  • November 2012; May 2015: Underwater Excavations of Roman boat in Kaštel Sućurac – Trstenik, bay of Kaštela
    Organization: University of Zadar, Texas A&M University
    Project director: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi, David Ruff
  • October – December 2014: European project HERA – Renovation of walls in city of Zadar
    Excavations of Gates of Emperor Augustus, Zadar
    Organization: Archaeological Museum (Zadar), VEKTRA d.o.o.
    Project director: Maja Grgurić
  • September 2014, July 2015: Tureta fortification and religious complex in the area of church of Our Lady of Tarac, island of Kornat
    Excavations of the 5th century church, fortress and underwater research of inlet near Tarac.
    Organization: University of Zadar
    Project directors: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi, doc. dr. sc. Tomislav Fabijanić
  • June – July 2012; July – August 2013; June – August 2014; August – October 2015: 
    Project Gnalic shipwreck - Mirror of the Renaissance World
    Excavation of 16th century merchant ship sunk near islet of Gnalić in Pašman Channel.
    Organization: University of Zadar, Texas A&M University.
    Project directors: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi, dr. sc. Filipe Castro.
  • May 2011; May 2012; May 2013; May 2014: Project Cissa antiqua
    Terrestrial excavations of Roman settlement and underwater excavations of the boat and port structures in bay of Caska, island of Pag.
    Organization: University of Zadar, Camille Jullian - French national institute for scientific research (CNRS)
    Project directors: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi, dr. sc. Giulia Boetto
  • June 2013: Terrestrial excavations of Liburnian and Roman necropolis in Nadin
    Organization: University of Zadar
    Project directors: prof. dr. sc. Brunislav Marijanović, doc. dr. sc. Dario Vujević
  • September 2012: Underwater research and terrestrial excavations of villa in Roman settlement Colentum, island of Murter
    Organization: University of Zadar, Archaeological Museum in Šibenik
    Project directors: doc. dr. sc. Irena Radić Rossi, mr. sc. Željko Krnčević
  • May 2012: Terrestrial excavation of Neolithic settlement Barice - Benkovac
    Organization: University of Zadar
    Project directors: prof. dr. sc. Brunislav Marijanović, doc. dr. sc. Dario Vujević
  • May 2011: Excavations of medieval church and graveyard in Pakoštane - Crkvina
    Organization: University of Zadar
    Project directors: doc. dr. sc. Karla Gusar, doc. dr. sc. Dario Vujević

 

PERSONAL SKILLS

  • Language Skills: Croatian (mother tongue), English (C1), Italian (A2);
  • Classical languages: Latin
  • Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, Photoshop, AgiSoft – Photoscan, Autodesk Maya (basics)

SUMMER SCHOOLS / TRAINING / WORKSHOPS

  • Ars Nautica – Seafaring Through the Ages, 1st course workshop of the project AdriaS – Archaeology of Adriatic Shipbuilding and Seafaring (Dubrovnik, 7th -14th June 2015) 
  • Breaking the surface: 6th International Interdisciplinary Field Training of Marine Robotics and Applications (30th September – 6th October 2013; 5th October – 12th October 2014)
  • DAN BLS - D Provider (14th May 2014)
  • Colentum: first Croatian summer school of archaeology (16th – 30th September 2012)

 

PARTICIPATION IN PROJECTS

  • Organization of the exhibition in ZadArt Gallery “Architectura navalis Adriatica: Traditional Boats of Croatian Adriatic” (29th November – 10th December 2014.)
  • Coordinator of the student project “ARBOR – Archaeology of the boats and ships”. Project is focused on studying Croatian traditional shipbuilding and gaining skills in making wooden boat models in diminished scale. (November – December 2014)
  • Participation in project S.I.P.A. - student’s initiative in underwater archaeology. (May 2011)

VOLUNTEERING

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

  • XXI. INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM: Building and Landscape from Prehistory to Medieval age – Archaeology and new technologies” (9th – 11th December 2015, Pula, Croatia)
    Irena Radić Rossi – Mate Parica – Katarina Batur:
    “The outcomes of the application of new technologies in the underwater archaeological research at the University of Zadar”
    Irena Radić Rossi – Katarina Batur:
    Breaking the Surface Workshop - An outstanding experience in underwater robotics and archaeological applications”
  • International Student Conference on Underwater Archaeology ANNONA 2015 (14th – 15th November 2015, Zadar; Croatia)
    “Raw Materials for Paint Production from the Late 16th Century Gnalić Shipwreck”
  • XX. INTERNATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SYMPOSIUM: Muses and Art from Prehistory to Late Antiquity (5th – 6th December 2014, Pula, Croatia)
    Irena Radić Rossi (Sveučilište u Zadru) - Mariangela Nicolardi (PhD Candidate, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) - Katarina Batur (master of archaeology, Sveučilište u Zadru):
    "New Results of the Archaeological and Historical Investigation of a 16th Century Shipwreck near the Islet of Gnalić”

 

 

SCHOOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

  • Rector’s award of the University of Zadar for accomplishments in academic year 2013. /2014. (March 2015)
  • Winner of Women Divers Hall of Fame / Cecelia Connelly Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Underwater Archaeology (March 2015). Scholarship intended for financing visit of Texas A&M University, College Station, USA from 15th October to 1st December 2015. The aim of the visit is to improve level of knowledge in conservation of the material from underwater sites and develop skills in drafting ship lines and ship structures.
  • Erasmus+ scholarship: exchange student at Department of Archaeology at University of Malta (30th January – 30th April 2015). Master thesis research: Raw Materials for Paint Production from the Late 16th Century Gnalić Shipwreck.
  • Grant award - City of Zadar (2011 – 2015)

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Arheologija broda u spomen na profesora Zdenka Brusića, Serillia , students magazine of archaeology department of University of Zadar, no. 8/9, year VIII/IX, Zadar, 2015.
  • Gagliana Grossa: Brodolom kod otočića Gnalića – ogledalo renesansnog svijeta, Scubalife, no 17, year V, 2014.
  • Brodolom kod Gnalića - Ogledalo renesansne Europe, Serillia , students magazine of archaeology department of University of Zadar, no. 6/7, year VI/VII, Zadar, 2013.


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Participation

Student Project ARBOR Workshop on ship models for nautical archaeology studies (student project)
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CISSA ANTIQUA Roman multi-stratified settlement and port in the bay of Caska at the island of Pag
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The Shipwreck of Gnalić - Mirror of Renaissance World Gagliana grossa, 1583
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