Review article

Dubravka Sokač Štimac – Archaeology as Lifetime Achievement

Vinko Tadić

Abstract

This paper deals with life and work of Dubravka Sokač Štimac, a longtime archaeologist in the Museum of the Požega Valley, or Požega Town Museum. She has taken part and lead in experimental, systematic and safety excavations of prehistorical, ancient and medieval sites in the Požega Valley. She has also given presentations on archaeological artefacts found at sites in the Požega Valley at conferences in Bled, Zagreb, Osijek, Vinkovci, Vukovar, Požega, Velika, Zvečevo, Belgrade and Ohrid. The author has written 104 papers (original scientific paper, professional paper and review, newspaper articles etc.). Dubravka Sokač Štimac has been a museum adviser since 1987 and a directress of the Požega Town Museum from 1990 to 2004. She has organized numerous exhibitions at the Požega Town Museum. Moreover, she has been a subcontractor at Institute of Archaeology in Zagreb, a secretary of Matica Hrvatska in Požega, a secretary of Museum society of Slavonia and Baranja, and a commissioner for preservation of cultural monuments in the Požega Valley. She was retired in 2009. She has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Požega. In 1998, she was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the Effigy of Marko Marulić by a Croatian president Franjo Tuđman. Dubravka Sokač Štimac cooperated with Požega mayors, Franciscans in Požega, Đuro Kokša, the bishop, Antun Škvorčević, the first bishop of Požega, and other eminent citizens. She plays a significant role in cultural history of Požega and its area.

Keywords

Dubravka Sokač Štimac; archaeology; Požega Valley; Požega Town Museum; cultural history; women’s history

Hrčak ID:

149519

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/149519

Publication date:

14.12.2015.

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