Nadezhda Karastoyanova

(Senior Assistant, Dr, archaeozoologist)

phone: (+359 2) 9885116, ext. 718; e-mail:

Born: 7 March 1984, Dupnitsa.
Foreign languages: English, French.

Education:

2018 — PhD on theme of research: ‘Development of hunt and animal husbandry in Eastern Balkans: The role of wild and domestic species in paleoeconomyand changes in natural environment from Late Neolithic to Late Chalcolithic period’. Advisor: Prof. Dr Nikolai Spassov; National Museum of Natural History — BAS, Sofia

2011 — MA degree in Archaeology, on theme ‘Late Neolithic faunal remains from a pit deposit excavated near Sarnevo, Stara Zagora region, in Southeast Bulgaria’; New Bulgarian University, Sofia

2009 — Bachelor degree in Archaeology, on theme ‘Archaeological documentation of hill-top sites’; New Bulgarian University, Sofia

Palaeontology and Mineralogy Department

Experience in excavations

Participation in the excavations of the following sites in Bulgaria:

Since 2006: Paleolithic site cave Kozarnika, head of excavations N. Sirakov and J.-L. Guadelli

Since 2006: Paleolithicsite cave Redaka II, head of excavations A. Guadelli, J.-L. Guadelli

Since 2006: Late antiquity fortress near Gorno Novo Selo, Chirpan, head of excavations B. Dumanov

2007: Antiquity site — necropolis Apolonia Pontica (Kavacite, Sozopol), head of excavations K. Panajotova, M. Nedev, A. Petrova

2007: Late Neolithic site — Gradeshnica, Vraca, head of excavations B. Atanasov

2009—2010: Late Neolithic, Late Iron age, Roman period pit site near Sarnevo, Stara Zagora, head of excavations K. Bacvarov, P. Leshtakov

2009—2011: Chalcolithic settlement Varhari, head of excavations Y. Boyadziev, K. Boyadziev

2010: Tell Targovishte (Chalcolithic), head of excavations K. Bacvarov

2011: Late Iron age necropolis, Delyan (near Dupnitsa), head of excavations A. Bakamska

2012: Apolonia Pontica excavation project, island St Kirik. Balkan heritage field school. Paticipation as a supervisor

2013: Chalcolithic settlement Yunatzite, head of excavations Y. Boyadziev, K. Boyadziev

2014—2015: Participation as a deputy head of excavations in Tracian Necropolis from I millennium BC between villages Dren and Delyan. Head of the excavations Ph. Mihaylov

Participation as an archaeozoologist in excavations

2012: archaeozoological analysis of faunal remains from ancient medieval capital Pliska — Palace complex — east. Head of excavations V. Grigorov

2012—2013: archaeozoological analysis of faunal remains from late chalcolithic settlement Petko Karavelovo. Head of excavations A. Chohadziev

2013: archaeozoological analysis of faunal remains from Late Neolithic pit deposits in Kapitan Andreevo. Head of the excavations V. Nikolov

2013: archaeozoological analysis of faunal remains from Late Chalcolithic settlement Hotnitza. Head of the excavations S. Chohadziev

2012—2013: archaeozoological analysis of faunal remains from Late Chalcolithic settlement Ivanovo. Head of the excavations S. Venelinova

2014—2015: archaeozoological analysis of faunal remains from Late Neolithic settlement in area of Chavdar Cheshma, Simeonovgrad

2009: Participation in surface surveys in the territory of river Struma valley — ARCITEC project (Archaeological and interdisciplinary technologies for documentation and interpretation of cultural heritage), head of project B. Atanasov

2014: Participation in surface surveys in the territory of Chirpan and Stara Zagora valley. Project SARCUS — AIR. Head of the project: B. Dumanov

2016: Participation in surface surveys in the territory of Tran, Pernik. Head of the project: Ph. Mihaylov

Participation in symposiums and projects

‘Late Neolithic faunal remains from a pit deposit excavated near Sarnevo, Stara Zagora region, in Southeast Bulgaria’ in Visegrad, Hungary, May 2011

‘Human — animal relationships in prehistory: Principles of archaeozoological research‘, American research center in Sofia; June 2013

Archaeological and paleontological exploring of cave Manastira, Veliko Tarnovo: Head of the project: J.-L. Guadelli, A. Guadelli. French-Bulgarian project; June 2013

OF GAME AND MAN: An attempt to identify hunting weapons and techniques through use-wear analysis of faunal remains — PACEA/PPP-UMR 5199 CNRS, Bordeaux, France; December 2014

Participation as an explorer in ‘Explore Bulgaria’, project of National Geographic Channel; 2013—2016

Participation in ICAZ (International Conference of Archeozoology), Ankara 2018. Theme: ‘New numerous finds of Dama dama (L.) from the Neolithic of Bulgaria support the hypothesis of the autochthonous origin of the early Holocene Balkan population of the fallow deer’

Rewards

2014 — Honorary diploma for appreciable contribution as an explorer in series ‘Explore Bulgaria’, National Geographic Channel

2015 — Honorary diploma for appreciable contribution as an explorer in series ‘Explore Bulgaria’, National Geographic Channel

Specialisations

2011: specialisation in archaeozoology and paleontology in Bordeaux, France. Laboratory: PACEA, University of Bordeaux 1, UMR 5199

2014: specialisation in archaeozoology and paleontology in Bordeaux, France. Laboratory: PACEA, University of Bordeaux 1, UMR 5199

Most recent publications

Karastoyanova, N., Gorczyk, J., Spassov, N., 2020. The natural history of the fallow deer, Dama dama (Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria in prehistory and new evidence for the existence of an autochthonous Holocene population in the Balkans. — Intеrnational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 30 (5): 616—628. doi:10.1002/oa.2886

Карастоянова, Н., Чохаджиев, А., 2019. Ловът и скотовъдството през ранния халколит: остеологичен анализ на останки от бозайници в селищна могила Петко Каравелово. — Годишник на департамент Природни науки 2017, Нов Български Университет, София, с. 96—110.

Гуадели, А., Гуадели, Ж.-Л., Симов, Н., Карастоянова, Н., Митов, К., Крумов, И., Танева С., 2019. Средно- и къснопалеолитни отложения в пещера Редака II. — Aрхеологически открития и разкопки през 2018, 7—9.

Gorczyk, J., Karastoyanova, N., 2017. Faunal report. — In: Bacvarov, K., Tonkova, M., Katsarov, G. (eds) Archaeological rescue excavations for infrastructure projects, 1. Sarnevo. Pits from the Late Neolithic, the Early and Late Iron Age, and the Roman Period. Volume 1. The Late Neolithic pit field: 511—542. series.naim.bg/index.php/AREIP

Вайсов, И., Зидаров, П., Евлогиев, Й., Карастоянова, Н., 2016. Неолитно селище Извор (Обект 10В от междусистемна газова връзка България — Сърбия). — Археологически открития и разкопки през 2015, София, 82—85.

Spassov, N., Iliev, N., Karastoyanova, N., Chohadziev, S., 2015. The Remains of Wild and Domestic Animals from the Late Chalcolithic Tell Settlement of Hotnitsa (Northern Bulgaria). — Archaeologia Bulgarica, IXI, 2, 1—21.

Чохаджиев, А., Атанасов, А., Гюрова, М., Карастоянова, Н., 2015. Археологически разкопки на селищна могила Петко Каравелово, община Полски Тръмбеш. — Археологически открития и разкопки през 2014, София, 82—84.

Вайсов, И., Карастоянова, Н. и др., 2015. Мурсалево, Турската воденица (Пълно археологическо проучване). — Археологически открития и разкопки през 2014, София, 147—150.

Чохаджиев, А., Атанасов, А., Карастоянова, Н., 2014. Археологически разкопки на селищна могила Петко Каравелово, община Полски Тръмбеш. — Археологически открития и разкопки през 2013, София, 83—84.

Гуадели, А., Бояджиев, К., Карастоянова, Н. и др., 2014. Проучване на пещера Манастира, Великотърновско. — Археологически открития и разкопки през 2013, София, 29—31.

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