Open Access Journal: Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology Supplements - Българско е-Списание за Археология Supplementa

[First posted in AWOL 25 July 2018, updated 31 August 2025] 

Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology Supplements - Българско е-Списание за Археология Supplementa
ISSN: 2603-3216

Supplements to Be-Ja are separate  volumes that are submitted to the Editorial Board as a print-ready copy for electronic publication (according to the Be-JA guidelines). They include: awarded PhD dissertations that have been approved for publishing; conference proceedings with their own editors/editorial boards who are responsible for the content and quality of the published material; monographs, whose authors should provide evidence for successful peer-review (positive evaluations and recommendation for publishing) and overall editing.

Due to the specific procedure of acceptance of the supplements, the articles published there are not indexed (i.e. included in the Web of Science and ERIH PLUS platforms). The publication of supplements are only formally approved by the Be-JA editorial.  The responsibility for the publications’ quality stays with the editors of the conference proceedings, and respectively, the reviewers recommending a monograph and/or a PhD thesis to be published in the Be-JA supplements’ series.  The administrative matters are negotiated with the Executive Board of ABA. The manuscripts are submitted to the editorial address of Be-JA.

Археологическо проучване на късноримско селище в землището на с. Боримечково, общ. Лесичово, обл. Пазарджик | Archaeological excavations of a Late Roman settlement near the village of Borimechkovo, Lesichovo Municipality, Pazardzhik Region

Vol. 12 (2025)

Сирма Александрова. Археологическо проучване на късноримско селище в землището на с. Боримечково, общ. Лесичово, обл. Пазарджик (Бе-СА Supplementa 12), София 2025, ISBN 978-619-93124-0-7

Sirma Alexandrova. Archaeological excavations of a Late Roman settlement near the village of Borimechkovo, Lesichovo Municipality, Pazardzhik Region (Be-JA Supplements 12), Sofia 2025, ISBN 978-619-93124-0-7

Докторантска конференция 80 години от рождението на доц. д-р Стефка Ангелова

Vol. 11 (2024)

Румяна Колева, Елена Пенчева, Чавдар Кирилов (ред.). Докторантска конференция 80 години от рождението на доц. д-р Стефка Ангелова (Бе-СА Supplementa 11), София: АБА, ISBN 978-619-90156-0-5

Настоящият сборник включва доклади, изнесени на проведената през 2022 г. докторантска конференция, посветена на 80 години от рождението на доц. д-р Стефка Ангелова. В конференцията взеха участие докторанти и млади учени от СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“, Националния археологически институт с музей към Българска академия на науките и Регионален исторически музей – София. С тази конференция младите ни колеги отдадоха почит към делото на доц. д-р Стефка Ангелова, дългогодишен преподавател и ръководител на катедра „Археология“ в Историческия факултет на СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“, както и един от създателите на специалност „Археология“ в същия факултет. Конференцията бе повод и ние, нейните колеги, ученици и приятели, да си спомним и им разкажем повече за нея. Към сборника включихме и няколко записани спомени за нея, които се надяваме да допълнят представата за човека, за колегата и приятеля, за учителя на много от настоящите им преподаватели, доц. д-р Стефка Ангелова, такава каквато остана завинаги в умовете и сърцата ни. Преводите на английски на част от абстрактите и резюметата, както и езиковата редакция на всички преводи, са дело и принос на нейната дъщеря Тодора Янева, на която изказваме сърдечна благодарност.

Ями и ямни комплекси в Древна Тракия | Pits and pit complexes in Ancient Thrace

Vol. 10 (2023)

Румяна Георгиева, Милена Тонкова (ред.) Ями и ямни комплекси в Древна Тракия (Бе-СА Supplementa 10), София: АБА, ISBN 978-619-90156-9-8

Настоящият сборник включва доклади, изнесени на проведения през 2009 г. „Дискусионен форум“, посветен на ямите и ямните комплекси в Тракия. Той беше иницииран от катедра „Археология“ на Нов български университет с активното участие на доц. д-р Петър Балабанов и гл. ас. д-р Живко Узунов, като събра участници от Националния археологически институт с музей при БАН, от Института по тракология при БАН (сега Център по тракология „Проф. Александър Фол“ към Института за балканистика при БАН), от катедра „Археология“ при Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“ и от музеи в София и страната, както и много студенти. Докладите от тази конференция впоследствие бяха многократно редактирани, някои от тях обновени през 2015 г. или пренаписани по-късно, а други – обнародвани в различни издания.
Макар и със закъснение сборникът „Ями и ямни комплекси в Древна Тракия” е предложен за печат, тъй като проблемът за характера и функцията на ямните комплекси в Тракия, чийто брой нараства с всяка изминала година, продължава да е актуален. Книгата има пъстър облик, който се дължи на разнообразието от разработените от авторите теми: за открити в селищен и погребален контекст ями, за човешки останки, намерени в ямни комплекси и за проблемите на интерпретацията на тези специфични археологически обекти. Независимо че научният апарат на включените в сборника статии не отразява в еднаква степен състоянието на проучванията, представените текстове са актуални и имат приносен характер. Нещо повече – неговото съдържание се вписва изцяло в полемиката върху т.нар. обредни ями и предлага различни решения за възможното им предназначение.

Cemeteries from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Gladno Pole locality, near Vratsa

Vol. 9 (2023)

Vladimir Staykov, Anani Antonov, Chavdar Kirilov. Cemeteries from Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Gladno Pole locality, near Vratsa (Be-JA Supplements, vol. 9), Sofia, ISBN 978-619-90156-8-1

Филови четения. Балканска археология | Filov Symposium. Balkan archaeology

Vol. 8 (2021)

Доклади от международна докторантска конференция 17–20 ноември 2017 г., София

ISBN 978-619-90156-7-4

Proceedings of the international postgraduate conference Sofia, 17–20 of November 2017

Филови четения. Балканска археология | Filov Symposium. Balkan archaeology

Vol. 7 (2019)

Доклади от международна докторантска конференция 17–20 ноември 2016 г., София

ISBN 978-619-90156-6-7

Proceedings of the international postgraduate conference Sofia, 17–20 of November 2016

Филови четения. Проучване на културно-историческото наследство | Filov Readings Cultural-historical Heritage Research

Vol. 6 (2018)

Доклади от докторантска конференция, 16-17 декември 2015 г., София

ISBN 978-619-90156-5-0

Proceedings of the postgraduate conference, Sofia, 16-17 of December 2015

Могилен некропол от римската епоха край град Стралджа, Ямболско | Tumular Necropolis of the Roman Period near Straldzha, Yambol Region

Vol. 5 (2016

ISBN 978-619-90156-4-3

Филови четения. Културно-историческото наследство: проучване и опазване | Filov readings. Cultural-historical heritage: research and protection

Vol. 4 (2015)

Доклади от докторантска конференция, 15-16 декември 2014 г., София

ISBN 978-619-90156-3-6

Proceedings of the postgraduate conference, Sofia, 15-16 of December 2014

Проучвания на културно-историческото наследство: предизвикателства и перспективи | Investigations of the cultural heritage: challenges and perspectives

Vol. 3 (2014)

Доклади от втора докторантска конференция, 28 – 29 ноември 2013 г., София

ISBN 978-619-90156-2-9

Proceedings of The Second Postgraduate Conference, Sofia, 28-29.11.2013

Геофизични методи в археологията. Оптимизиране на методиката за проучване на надгробни могили | Geophysical methods in archaeology. Optimization of technique for prospection of burial mounds

Vol. 2 (2013)

ISBN 978-619-90156-1-2

Landscape, Material Culture and Society in South East Bulgaria

Vol. 1 (2011)

 

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Corpus Nummorum Thracorum

[First posted in AWOL 25 January 2016, updated 29 July 2020]

Corpus Nummorum Thracorum

Corpus Nummorum Online is a web portal devoted to the ancient coins of lower Moesia, Thrace, Mysia and the Troad. This is a pilot project for assembling ancient Greek coinage by region and mint for the various purposes of research and cultural heritage preservation. The research database is based primarily on Berlin collections, which include coins from approximately 104 mints from the aforementioned regions in the Münzkabinett Berlin, as well as an extensive collection of plaster casts that were made from coins in various collections worldwide and deposited at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). These datasets will be further supplemented by digital museum catalogues and material from other sources. In line with the concept of public science, the portal also offers the possibility of augmenting the database by registering coins externally. The database makes it possible to sort individual coins systematically and group them by mints and types, as well as by dies that were used in the minting process. If needed, types can also be subdivided or arranged into larger groups, such as series or issues. All coins in the portal are scientifically described in both German and English. Standardised criteria for the description of coin images, both for coin types and individual specimens, have been developed (for the description guidelines, click here or use the Help button). As a collective endeavour of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, and the Big Data Lab of Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, the portal is being developed in close collaboration with other international initiatives for the typological presentation of Greek coins in the Semantic Web, such as the Online Greek Coinage project, which is under the patronage of the International Numismatic Council (https://www.greekcoinage.org/). All relevant database fields are linked to stable Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) of numismatic concepts (http://nomisma.org). Because the portal is funded through various external-grant projects, there is variation in the scope of the data and the depth of coverage, but the overarching goal remains consistent: to create type catalogues for each respective coinage.

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Online Catalogue of the sculptures in the Archaeological Museum of Salonica

Catalogue of the sculptures in the Archaeological Museum of Salonica
G. Despinis - T. Stefanidou-Tiveriou - E. Voutiras

The Archaeological Museum of Salonica holds one of the largest and most diverse collections of ancient sculpture in Greece. This is caused by the fact that the holdings of the collection derive from a wide geographical range. Most of the sculptures emerged in and around the city of Salonica, but objects found in various sites of the ancient landscapes of Macedonia and Thracia were also added to the Museum's inventory. Therefore it is possible to regard the collection as reasonably representative for the sculpture of the north-Aegaean area up to the Propontis to some extent. Chronologically the sculptures cover the complete range of ancient art, from the archaic period (2nd half of the 6th century BC) all the way up to the late antiquity (4th and 5th century AD). Therefore, in 1989, three professors of archaeology (G. Despinis, Th. Stefanodou-Tiveriou and E. Voutiras) initiated a research program in order to gather the complete collection of antiquities of the Archaeological Museum of Salonica, as well as to catalogue and publish it. Thanks to the active support of Ioulia Vokotopolou, the ephor in charge, the required permission from the central administrative bureau for the antiquity service (ΚΑΣ) was soon granted so that it was possible to tackle the project in 1990. Until 1998, the gathering and studying of the material was funded by a public research program. Additional financial assistance was rendered by the Cast Museum of the University of Salonica. The superintendents as well as the staff of the museum always helped benevolently. Since 1998, Prof. B. Schmidt-Dounas has also been working in the editorial department and the group of contributors has extended to doctoral candidates within the department of Archaeology in the University as well as to employees of the Archaeological Service.
The main goal of the project is to publish a scientific catalogue with all sculptures of the Archaeological Museum of Salonica. So far, four volumes are planned. The first was published in 1997, the second in 2003. The third volume is in preparation.

Meanwhile, the register, which is kept in the Cast Museum of the University of Salonica along with the photographical archive, contains about 1500 entries. The objects were newly measured, described and recorded. The sculptures were photographed from several different perspectives, whenever possible from all four sides. The information concerning their origin was systematically rechecked to the extent available.
Besides preparing the catalogue, it seemed useful to use a database, in order to make it easier to use the archive and to enable the connection with similar projects. This task was tackled in cooperation with the CoDArchLab. Consequently, the Arachne website made the part of the archive that was already published electronically available to an even wider public.

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