Contact: bilavschi@arheo.ro / bilaskus@gmail.com

Research Interests

• Medieval archaeology and history
• Medieval agrarian economy
• Rural landscapes and settlement organisation
• Agricultural landscape archaeology
• Byzantine and medieval ceramics
• Bioarchaeology and interdisciplinary approaches

Short biography

George-Aurelian Bilavschi is a Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, where he has been active since 2002. He currently holds the position of Scientific Researcher II and serves as Head of the Department of Medieval History and Archaeology. He obtained his PhD in History from the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, with a dissertation focusing on agricultural tools in medieval Moldova, under the supervision of Prof. Victor Spinei. His research focuses on medieval archaeology and history, with particular emphasis on agrarian economy, rural organisation, and the dynamics of agricultural landscapes in the Eastern Carpathian region. Throughout his career, he has been involved in numerous national and international research projects, both as project coordinator and team member, contributing to the development of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of medieval societies. His work combines archaeological fieldwork with historical analysis and interdisciplinary research, including bioarchaeological studies and broader approaches to medieval communities.

Selected publications

Books

Bilavschi, G. (2016). Unelte agricole din Moldova medievală. Brăila: Editura Istros a Muzeului Brăilei „Carol I”. ISBN: 978-606-654-222-7.

Edited books

Halperin, Ch. J., Spinei, V., Bilavschi, G. (eds.) (2007). Russian and Mongols. Slavs and the Steppe in Medieval and Early Modern Russia. București: Editura Academiei Române.

Aparaschivei, D., Bilavschi, G. (eds.) (2018). Studia Romana et Mediævalia Europænsia. Brăila: Istros.

Aparaschivei, D., Bilavschi, G., Pîrnău, L. (eds.) (2020–2025). Varia archaeologica (vols. I–V). Cluj-Napoca: Mega.

Articles

Bilavschi, G. (2013). Dinamica economiei agricole din Moldova oglindită în izvoarele veacurilor XIV–XVII. Arheologia Moldovei, XXXVI, pp. 119–151.

Bilavschi, G. (2014). Spațiul rural și agricultura – elemente organice ale economiei medievale. Arheologia Moldovei, XXXVII, pp. 135–155.

Bilavschi, G. (2015). O analiză a vieții agricole în spațiul est-carpatic în secolele XI–XIII. Arheologia Moldovei, XXXVIII, pp. 69–94.

Bilavschi, G. (2019). Farming and trading in medieval Moldova: the circulation of products based on historical sources. Arheologia Moldovei, XLII, pp. 67–86.

Bilavschi, G. et al. (2024). The diversity of archaeological animal and plant remains discovered at 18th–19th century sites in Iași. Diversity, 16.