gvidas.slah[at]vda.lt
Archaeologist
In 2007-2009 he studied history at Šiauliai University, followed by history with a specialization in archaeology at Klaipėda University, where he defended his bachelor's thesis in 2011. In 2011-2013 he studied Landscape Archaeology at Klaipėda University, where he obtained a Master's degree. 2013-2017 Doctoral student of History at Klaipėda University and Vytautas Magnus University. In 2018 he defended his PhD thesis "Identification of technological development of economy in the early holocene period grounding on the experimental-trasological investigation of the archaeological materials of the East Baltic region" (scientific supervisor prof. dr. (hp) Algirdas Girininkas). Since 2016 he has been working at the Telšiai Faculty and the Applied Research Centre of Cultural Heritage and Conservation of the VAA.
Research interests: Trasology and experimental archaeology.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Scientific articles
Satūnas, J., Girininkas, A., Rimkus, T., Daugnora, L., Grigienė, A., Stanšikaitė, M., Slah, G. Skuratovič, Ž., Uogintas D., & Žulkus, V. (2023). New 14C data of megafaunal remains from Lithuania – implications for the palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Middle Weichselian. Geological Quarterly, 67(3).
Butrimas, A., Rimkus, T., Slah, G. (2020). Amber discs with cross decoration from the eastern Baltic region. A research case study from the Daktariškė 5 Neolithic settlement, western Lithuania. In M. Bjørnevad-Ahlqvist, P. Bye-Jensen, The life biography of artefacts and ritual practice : with case studies from Mesolithic-Early Bronze Age Europe (35–46). Oxford: BAR Publishing.
Slah, G. (2019). Titnaginių grąžtelių gamybos ypatumai ir trasologinių tyrimų rezultatai [Features of flint drills production and the results of traceological investigations]. Eksperimentinė archeologija : Lietuvos materialaus paveldo rekonstrukcija, 3, 45–68.
Iršėnas, M., Rimkus, T., Butrimas, A., Slah, G. (2018). The Elks of Šventoji: Taking another Closer Look. Archaeologia Baltica, 25, p. 125–139.
Slah, G. (2017). Titnaginių mikrolitų gamyba, panaudojimas ir rekonstrukcija [Manufacture, utilization and reconstruction of flint microliths]. Eksperimentinė archeologija : Lietuvos materialaus paveldo rekonstrukcija, 1, 140–154.
Girininkas, A., Rimkus, T., Slah, G., Daugnora, L. (2017). Liungbių tipo dirbiniai Lietuvoje [Lyngby type artefacts in Lithuania]. Istorija, 105(1), p. 4–23.
Girininkas, A., Rimkus, T., Slah, G., Daugnora, L., Stančikaite, M., Zabiela, G. (2016). Lyngby type artefacts of Lithuania in the context of the Stone Age in Europe: Multidisciplinary study. Arheoloģija un etnogrāfija, XXIX, p. 13–30.
Rimkus, T., Slah, G. (2016). Experimental and Use-wear Examinations of Flint Knives: Reconstructing the Butchering Techniques of Prehistoric Lithuania. Archaeologia Lituana, 2016, 17, p. 77–88.
Butrimas, A., Iršėnas, M., Rimkus, T., Slah, G. (2016). Między Rzucewem a Šventoji: Dziedzictwo kultury wybrzeża Bałtyku – kultura rzucewska [From Rzucewo to Šventoji: heritage of bay coast (Rzucewo) culture]. In J. P. Dettlaff, Gmina Puck. Rytm życia, nowe perspektywy... (103–115). Bydgoszcz : BisMedium.
Slah, G. (2016). Nemunėlio Radviliškio paleolitinės radimvietės žvalgomieji tyrimai [The Field Evaluation at the Nemunėlio Radviliškis Palaeolithic Campsite]. Archeologiniai tyrinėjimai Lietuvoje 2015 metais, p. 71–72.
Slah, G. (2016). Tytuvėnėlių akmens amžiaus gyvenvietė [Tytuvėnėliai Stone Age settlement]. Archeologiniai tyrinėjimai Lietuvoje 2015 metais, p. 72–74.
Slah, G. (2013). Flint Artefact Manufacture Techniques at the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Settlements at Aukštumala in Lithuania, and Traceological Studies of them. In Frontier Societies and Environmental Change in Northeast Europe. Archaeologia Baltica, 20, p. 190–199.
Slah, G. (2013). Rectangular Bladelets Discovered at the Katra I Settlement in the Varėna District of Lithuania: Functional Analysis. Archaeologia Baltica, 20, p. 162–173.
Presentation publications and theses
Slah, G. (2015). Mesolithic flint axes in Lithuania: function and technology. In L. Campbell, 21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. Abstracts (579–580).
Slah, G. (2014). Typology Proved by Traseological and Experimental Archaeology Tests: “Unretouched Scrapers”. In Ö. Yilmaz, 20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists. Abstracts of the Oral and Postal Presentations (272).
