Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
Mgr. Andrej Vrtel, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Vrtel
I.2 - Name
Andrej
I.3 - Degrees
Mgr., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1975
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts, Gondova 2, 811 02
I.7 - Position
Associate professor
I.8 - E-mail address
andrej.vrtel@uniba.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5394
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Historical sciences
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0003-2009-5636

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
History-Archaeology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Institute of Archaeology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
II.b - Year
2010
II.c - Study field and programme
Archaeology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
Archaeologist The Municipal Monument Preservation Institute in Bratislava 2004-2011
Assistant Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts 2011-2024
Associate Professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Arts 2024-

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
German language course State language school 2004-2006
Holder of the Certificate of professional competence to carry out archaeological excavation Ministry of Culture 2006

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Field Research Methodology I Archaeology I Historical Sciences
Field Research Methodology II Archaeology I Historical Sciences
The Hallstatt Period in Europe Archaeology II Historical Sciences
The La Téne Period Archaeology I Historical Sciences
The La Téne Period in Europe Archaeology II Historical Sciences
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
2
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
0
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
7
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
13
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Seminar on the La Téne Period Archaeology I Historical Sciences
Death and Funeral in Cultural Context Archaeology I Historical Sciences
Material Culture 2 – Practical Training Archaeology I Historical Sciences
Seminar to the bachelor thesis Archaeology I Historical Sciences

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
35
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
10
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
5
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
3
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
232
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
102
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
19
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
16
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
3
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
0
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

VRTEL, Andrej: Keltské oppidum v Bratislave. In: ŠEDIVÝ, Juraj/ŠTEFANOVIČOVÁ, Tatiana (zost.): Dejiny Bratislavy, 1. Od počiatkov do prelomu 12. a 13. storočia. Brezalauspurc - na križovatke kultúr. Bratislava 2012, s. 164-180.

2

VRTEL, Andrej: Bemerkungen zum Katastrophenhorizont des Bratislavaer Oppidums. In: Waffen - Gewalt - Krieg/Beiträge zur Internationalen Tagung der AG Eisenzeit und des Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2015, s. 53-69.

3

VRTEL, Andrej/MARETTA, Robert G.: Poklad keltských mincí objavený v Bratislave roku 1776. Lokalizácia miesta nálezu. Historický časopis 66, 3, 2018, 409-427. (SCOPUS, CCC, AHCI, WoS. Scimago - History - Q1).

4

VRTEL, Andrej: The internal structure of late La Tène settlement of Bratislava. In: BLANCQUAERT, Geertrui/ MALRAIN, François (dir.): Évolution des sociétés gauloises du Second âge du Fer, entre mutations internes et influences externes. Actes du 38e colloque international de l´AFEAF, Amiens, 29 mai - 1er juin 2014. Revue archéologique de Picardie, n° spécial 30, 2016, s. 333-342.

5

VRTEL, Andrej: Neskorolaténsky objekt 115/09 na nádvorí Bratislavského hradu. In: Archeologie barbarů 2010/Archäologie der Barbaren 2010. Olomouc 2011, s. 265-277.

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

VRTEL, Andrej: Keltské mincovníctvo a Bratislava. Bratislava: Veda, 2024.

2

VRTEL, Andrej: Technologické aspekty mincovníctva bratislavského keltského oppida. Slovenská archeológia 70/1, 2022, s. 105-118. (WoS, SCOPUS. Scimago - Archaeology - Q2).

3

VRTEL, Andrej: Metódy archeologického odkryvu. Vysokoškolská učebnica. Bratislava: Stimul, 2024.

4

MARETTA Robert G./VRTEL, Andrej. Historická záhrada na Mýtnej ulici v Bratislave. Muzeológia a kultúrne dedičstvo 7, 1, 2019, s. 111-121. (SCOPUS, WoS. Scimago - Museology - Q1).

5

VRTEL, Andrej. In: Bratislava versus Zemplín. Ein und dasselbe Modell? In: FICHTL, Stephan et al. (dir.): Les agglomérations ouvertes de lˈEurope celtique (IIIe – Ier s. av. J.-C.). Strasbourg 2019, s. 411-420.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

VRTEL, Andrej: Bemerkungen zum Katastrophenhorizont des Bratislavaer Oppidums. In: Waffen - Gewalt - Krieg/Beiträge zur Internationalen Tagung der AG Eisenzeit und des Instytut Archeologii Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, 2015, s. 53-69.


[o3] 2021 - Schönfelder, M. : Absolute Chronologie der Spätlatènezeit: Fragen und Anregungen aus einem berregionalen Ansatz. - In: Die chronologie der vorrömischen eisen- und frühen Kaiserzeit in Mittel- und Südosteuropa: probleme und perspektiven . - Chisinau-Berlin : BONS OFFICES S.R.L, 2021 ; S.127.

2

VRTEL, Andrej: The internal structure of late La Tène settlement of Bratislava. In: Actes du 38e colloque de l´AFEAF/Revue archéologique de Picardie, n° spécial 30, 2016, s. 333-342.


[o3] 2019 - Strobel, K. : Pseudofakten und Ethnonationalismus am Beispiel der „Geschichte der Daker” : Ein Beitrag zur Dekonstruktion axiomatischer Geschichtsbilder und ihrer Folgen in der Archäologie und Numismatik des Donau- und Balkanraumes. - In: Arheologia Moldovei, 42, 2019 ; s. 66.

3

VRTEL, Andrej: Das Münzwesen im Oppidum von Bratislava. In: HUMER, Franz (Hrsg.): Legionsadler und Druidenstab. Vom Legionslager zur Donaumetropole. Bad Deutsch-Altenburg 2006, s. 184-189.


[o3] 2019 - Modl, D. : Das metallurgische Fundmaterial : Tüpfelplattenfragmente und Schlacken. - In: Neue Forschungen im römischen Heiligtum auf dem Frauenberg bei Leibnitz . - Wien : Phoibos, 2019 ; S. 171.

4

VRTEL, Andrej/MARETTA Robert G. Poklad keltských mincí objavený v Bratislave roku 1776. Lokalizácia miesta nálezu. Historický časopis 66, 3, 2018, s. 409-427.


[o3] 2021 - Militký, J. – Torbágyi, M. : The Hoard of Celtic Coins from Deutsch Jahrndorf (Austria, 1855) : Poklad keltských mincí z Deutsch Jahrndorfu (Rakousko, 1855). - In: Památky archeologické, č. 112, 2021 ; s. 299.

5

VRTEL, Andrej: Keltské oppidum v Bratislave. In: Dejiny Bratislavy, 1. Od počiatkov do prelomu 12. a 13. storočia. Brezalauspurc - na križovatke kultúr. Bratislava 2012, s. 164-180.


[o3] 2020 - Trebsche, P. : Siedlungen. - In: Keltische Münzstätten und Heiligtümer : Die jüngere Eisenzeit im Osten Österreichs (ca. 450 bis 15 v. Chr.) . - Wien : Verlag der osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2020 ; S. 108, 110, 135, 578.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

VEGA 1/0827/16 The beginnings of urban space formation in Bratislava. Deputy Project Manager. Project duration: 2016-2019.

2

VEGA 1/0523/22 Deposition of artefacts in prehistoric and protohistoric periods - new research opportunities. Deputy Project Manager. Project duration: 2022-2024.

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of the expert committee Expert-Methodological commission of The Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic – subcommission for archaeology 2012-2022
Member of the advisory board Monuments advisory board of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic 2016-2017
Member of the advisory board Archaeological advisory board of the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic 2022-
Member of the expert committee Commission for the approval of professional competence to carry out research in the field of cultural monuments 2022-
Commission secretary The Slovak-Croatian Commission for Humanities 2018-

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Hradec Králové, Philosophical Faculty Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 7.11.-11.11.2016 Erasmus+
Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts Křížkovského 10, 771 80 Olomouc, Czech Republic 16.3.-17.3.2017 Palacký University Olomouc mobility scheme
University of Hradec Králové, Philosophical Faculty Rokitanského 62, 500 03 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 11.11.-15.11.2019 Erasmus+
Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts Joštova 13, 662 43 Brno, Czech Republic 7.11.-8.11.2018 Mobility scheme of Masaryk University in Brno, internal development project No. 7
Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Arts Křížkovského 10, 771 80 Olomouc, Czech Republic 27.4.2022 Palacký University Olomouc mobility scheme

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

Co-organizer of the XIII. protohistorical conference Archaeology of the Barbarians, 19.-20.October 2017 in Bratislava (partner institutions: University of Hradec Králové, Philosophical Faculty and Institute of Archaeology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno).

https://fphil.uniba.sk/barbari/


Author or co-author of tens of field archaeological excavations in the Bratislava area, from which the most significant are: 


2008-2011: The Bratislava Castle (with B. Lesák and J. Kováč), discovery of early Roman architectural complex at the palace’s courtyard, large-area excavation of 835 m2; Annual Award of The Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic in the category “Discovery and find of the year 2009”.


2006-2007: Farská St. 1, Clarissine Church (with B. Lesák), excavation of fortification from the late La Tène period. 


2006-2007: Michalská St. 9, excavation of metallurgical workshop from late La Tène period and Great Moravian cemetery. 


2005-2007: Radničná St. 1, Apponyi Palace (with B. Lesák and M. Kvietok), besides other finds – Celtic pottery kiln and sacrificial shaft with a hoard of iron objects. 


2005: Main Square (with B. Lesák and M. Kvietok), multi-period archaeological site, besides other finds – a kiln with collection of completely preserved pottery from the Baden culture period.


Currently is the director of excavation within historical building at Ventúrska St. 6, settlement features from the Great Moravian and modern periods. 


During the long-term participation in the Sub-commission for Archaeology (part of Expert-Methodological commission of The Monuments Board of the Slovak Republic) was being an opponent of more than 100 field reports of archaeological excavations in Slovakia, mainly reviewing reports from excavations of urban spaces, castles, and sacral monuments. 

Date of last update
2024-10-20