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Alojz Benac

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Alojz Benac
Born(1914-10-20)20 October 1914
Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austro-Hungary
Died6 March 1992(1992-03-06) (aged 77)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Ljubljana University
Known forResearch on Prehistory of the Balkans
Director of Centre for Balkan Studies, Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeology
InstitutionsUniversity of Sarajevo
Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Alojz Benac (Plehan, Derventa, October 20, 1914 – Sarajevo, March 6, 1992).[1] was a Bosnia-Herzegovinian archaeologist and historian.

He worked in the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1947 to 1967[2] (in the role of Director from 1957 to 1967). He then left to assume a professorship in archaeology and ancient history in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo[3] (1968–78). He later became the founder and first Director of the Centre for Balkan Studies,[4] within the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ANUBiH),[5] of which he was General Secretary from 1971 to 1977 and President from 1977 to 1981[1][6]

Benac focused his research on prehistory within the Western Balkans,[7] and undertook numerous systematic archaeological excavations on sites including Arnautovići (Visoko), Crvena Stijena[8] (Montenegro), Hrustovača in Hrustovo (Sanski Most), Obre I and II[9] (Kakanj), Zecovi (Prijedor), Zelena Pećina[10] in Blagaj (Mostar) and others.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "BH-LEKSIKON - Alojz Benac". Archived from the original on 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. ↑ Lozny, Ludomir R (Ed.) Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past p.405 New York: Springer
  3. ↑ Lozny, Ludomir R (Ed.) Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past p.407 New York: Springer
  4. ↑ Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina "Centar za balkanološka ispitivanja" Archived 2013-10-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Bosnian)
  5. ↑ Lozny, Ludomir R (Ed.) Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past p.409 New York: Springer
  6. ↑ Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina "Former Presidents" Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Lozny, Ludomir R (Ed.) Comparative Archaeologies: A Sociological View of the Science of the Past p.406 New York: Springer
  8. ↑ "THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE OF CRVENA STIJENA (RED ROCK CAVE)". Living in Montenegro :). 26 March 2014.
  9. ↑ Obre II – Neolitsko naselje butmirske grupe na Gornjem polju (1971)
  10. ↑ Commission to Preserve National Monuments "The archaeologial site of Zelena pećina" Archived 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine, 21 November 2007
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