contact: quirinus_lie@yahoo.com

Research interests

• Bronze Age archaeology
• Tell and tell-like settlements
• Internal organization and social structure of prehistoric communities
• Landscape archaeology and site–environment relationships
• Non-invasive archaeological methods (geophysics, remote sensing)
• Interdisciplinary approaches in archaeology

Biography

Marian Adrian Lie is a Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy, Iași Branch, a position he has held since 2019. He completed his BA and MA studies in Archaeology and Classical Studies at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and is currently a PhD candidate at Universität zu Köln, where his research focuses on Bronze Age tell settlements and their internal organization. His research centers on Bronze Age communities in the Carpathian Basin, with particular emphasis on tell and tell-like settlements, spatial organization, and social dynamics. His work integrates modern, interdisciplinary approaches, including landscape analysis, geophysical prospection, and the study of settlement structure. He is involved in international research projects, notably a project funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), which investigates the development, internal organization, and social structure of a complex Bronze Age tell settlement at Toboliu (Bihor County, Romania). He has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences (Barcelona, Miskolc, Tübingen, Suceava, Iași), contributing to current debates on prehistoric settlement systems and social organization.

Selected publications

Articles

Gogâltan, Fl., Găvan, Al., Lie, M., Fazecaș, G., Cordoș, C., Kienlin, T. L., 2020, Exploring the Bronze Age Tells and Tell-like Settlements from the Eastern Carpathian Basin. Results of a Research Project, in Blanco-González, A., Kienlin, T. L. (eds.), Current Approaches to Tells in the Prehistoric Old World, Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 73–96.

Găvan, A., Lie, M., 2020, “A casting mould uncovered in the Bronze Age tell settlement from Toboliu. Notes on the origin and distribution of socketed chisels”, in Ziridava, Arad, pp. 157–168.

Găvan, A., Lie, M., Kienlin, T. L., 2020, “Preliminary report on the 2019 excavation undertaken on the outer settlement of the tell from Toboliu (Bihor County)”, in Crisia, Oradea, pp. 59–74.

Lie, M., Cordoș, C., Găvan, Al., Fazecaș, G., Kienlin, T. L., Gogâltan, Fl., 2018, “An overview of the Bronze Age tell-settlement in Toboliu (Bihor County, Romania)”, in Gesta VII/2, Miskolc, pp. 63–76.

Lie, M., 2019, “A new archaeological site found at Toboliu Râtu Alceului”, in Crisia XLIX.

Lie, M., 2019, “Bronze Age stone battle-axes of Poiana type”, in Ziridava 33.