Ivan Mikulčić ( Croatian: Ivan Luka Mikulčić;

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: Иван Микулчиќ) was a prominent archaeologist from

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Mikulcic was born on March 25, 1936, in the then

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

in the

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town of Indjija to a Croat family. He graduated in archeology from the Faculty of Philosophy at the

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in 1958, and in 1965 he defended his doctorate. He worked later in the museums in Stip, Bitola and Skopje, and since 1969 he was teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy at the

University of Skopje The Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje ( mk, Универзитет „Св. Кирил и Методиј“ во Скопје) is the oldest and largest public university in North Macedonia. It is named after the Byzantine Christia ...

. In 1969 he received the title of assistant, then associate professor (1974) and full professor (1979). He retired in 2000. Mikulčić has also been the head of the Institute of Art History and Archeology in Skopje for 10 years, as well as the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy there. With his efforts a department of archeology was established with a special program within the mentioned Institute, where he was the organizer of the postgraduate training in

archeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

. Mikulcic focused his active field and office research on the archaeological heritage of North Macedonia and more broadly in the Balkans, working mainly on the Ancient period, but also has good research results in the study of Prehistory and the Middle Ages. Professor Mikulicic died in June 2020 in

Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...

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* Academic staff of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje People from Vojvodina Macedonian historians University of Belgrade alumni Croatian expatriates in North Macedonia 1936 births 2020 deaths {{NorthMacedonia-bio-stub

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