Šprajc – Podiplomska šola ZRC SAZU

Red. prof. dr. Ivan Šprajc

Znanstveni svetnik na Inštitutu za antropološke in prostorske študije ZRC SAZU, redni profesor za arheologijo.

ZRC SAZU, Novi trg 2, 5. nadstropje, soba št. 500, Ljubljana.
01 4706 497
sprajc@zrc-sazu.si
sreda 10.00 - 12.00

Izobrazba:

Univerzitetna diploma iz arheologije in etnologije (Univerza v Ljubljani, 1982)
Magisterij iz zgodovine in etnozgodovine (Nacionalna šola za antropologijo in zgodovino, Mehika, 1989)
Doktoraj iz antropologije (Nacionalna avtonomna univerza v Mehiki, 1997)

Terensko delo:

Arheološka izkopavanja najdišča Nahualac, Mehika, 1 mesec (1986);
Etnologija Tzotzilov, San Pedro Chenalhó, Chiapas, Mehika, 2 meseca (1986);
Konceptualna povezava med Venero, dežjem in koruzo v Mezoameriki, 2 meseca (1989);
Delimitacija arheoloških najdišč, Mehika, 3 meseci (1992), 2 meseca (1993), 2 meseca (1994);
Arheološko rekognosciranje v jugovzhodnem Campecheju, Mehika, 3 meseci (1996), 3 meseci (1998), 2 meseca (2001), 3 meseci (2002), 3 meseci (2004), 2.5 meseci (2005), 3 meseci (2007), 2.5 meseca (2013), 2.5 meseca (2014);
Meritve orientacij v mezoameriški arhitekturi, 1 mesec (1989), 1 mesec (1991), 2 meseca (2010), 2 meseca (2011), 2 meseca (2012), 2 meseca (2013), 1 mesec (2015).

Raziskovalni interesi:

Arheologija Mezoamerike;
Arheoastronomija, kozmologija, religija;
Astronomija in arhitektura, orientacije;
Arheološki terenski pregledi;

Gostujoči profesor, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Španija (2006);

Drugo:

Podpredsednik, European Society for Astronomy in Culture (SEAC);
Član uredniškega odbora knjižne zbirke Studia Humanitatis, Ljubljana;
Član uredniških odborov revij: Anthropological Notebooks, Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, International Journal of Euro-Mediterranean Studies, Arqueología Mexicana

Izbrane publikacije:

Šprajc, I. 2016. Lunar alignments in Mesoamerican architecture. Anthropological Notebooks XXII (3): 61–85.
Šprajc, I. 2016. Astronomy and power in Mesoamerica. V: Michael A. Rappenglück, Barbara Rappenglück, Nicholas Campion, Fabio Silva, ur., Astronomy and power: How worlds are structured, BAR International Series 2794, Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, str. 185-192.
Šprajc, I. 2015. Pyramids marking time: Anthony F. Aveni’s contribution to the study of astronomical alignments in Mesoamerican architecture. V: Anne S. Dowd in Susan Milbrath, ur., Cosmology,calendars, and horizon-based astronomy in ancient Mesoamerica, Boulder: University Press of Colorado, str. 19-36.
Šprajc, I. in P. F. Sánchez Nava, 2015. Orientaciones astronómicas en la arquitectura de Mesoamérica: Oaxaca y el Golfo de México. Prostor, kraj, čas 8. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
Sánchez Nava, P. F., in I. Šprajc, 2015. Orientaciones astronómicas en la arquitectura maya de las tierras bajas. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Arqueología, Serie Logos).
Šprajc, I. 2015. Astronomical correlates of architecture and landscape in Mesoamerica. V: Clive L. N. Ruggles, ur., Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, New York: Springer, str. 715-728.
Šprajc, I. 2015. Alignments upon Venus (and other planets) – identification and analysis. V: Clive L. N. Ruggles, ur., Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, New York: Springer, str. 507-516.
Šprajc, I., ur. 2015. Exploraciones arqueológicas en Chactún, Campeche, México. Prostor, kraj, čas 7, Ljubljana: Založba ZRC.
Sánchez Nava, P. F., in I. Šprajc, 2013. Equinoxes in Mesoamerican architectural alignments: prehispanic reality or modern myth? V: Ivan Šprajc and Peter Pehani, ur., Ancient cosmologies and modern prophets: Proceedings of the 20th Conference of the European Society for Astronomy in Culture, Anthropological Notebooks XIX, supplement, Ljubljana: Slovene Anthropological Society, str. 319-337.
Šprajc, I., C. Morales-Aguilar, in R. D. Hansen, 2009. Early Maya astronomy and urban planning at El Mirador, Peten, Guatemala. Anthropological Notebooks 15 (3): 79-101.
Šprajc, I. 2005. More on Mesoamerican cosmology and city plans. Latin American Antiquity 16 (2): 209-216.
Šprajc, I. 2004. Astronomical alignments in Río Bec architecture. Archaeoastronomy: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture 18: 98-107.
Šprajc, I., W. J. Folan, in R. González Heredia, 2005. Las ruinas de Oxpemul, Campeche: su redescubrimiento después de 70 años en el olvido (1934-2004). Los Investigadores de la Cultura Maya 13, vol. I: 20-27. Campeche: Universidad Autónoma de Campeche.
Šprajc, I. 2002-2004. Maya sites and monuments in SE Campeche, Mexico. Journal of Field Archaeology 29 (3-4): 385-407.
Šprajc, I. 2001. Orientaciones astronómicas en la arquitectura prehispánica del centro de México. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Científica 427).
Šprajc I. 2000. Astronomical alignments at Teotihuacan, Mexico. Latin American Antiquity 11 (4): 403-415.
Šprajc, I. 2000. Astronomical alignments at the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan, Mexico. Archaeoastronomy 25 (Journal for the History of Astronomy, suppl. to vol. 31): S11-S40.
Šprajc, I., F. García Cruz, in H. Ojeda Mas, 1997. Reconocimiento arqueológico en el sureste de Campeche, México: informe preliminar. Mexicon 19 (1): 5-12.
Šprajc, I. 1996. La estrella de Quetzalcóatl: El planeta Venus en Mesoamérica. México: Editorial Diana.
Šprajc, I. 1996. Venus, lluvia y maíz: Simbolismo y astronomía en la cosmovisión mesoamericana. México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (Colección Científica 318) (ponatis: 1998).
Šprajc, I. 1993. The Venus-rain-maize complex in the Mesoamerican world view: part I. Journal for the History of Astronomy 24 (parts 1/2, No. 75): 17-70.
Šprajc, I. 1993. The Venus-rain-maize complex in the Mesoamerican world view: part II. Archaeoastronomy 18 (Journal for the History of Astronomy, Supplement to Vol. 24): S27-S53.