Lavender in Antiquity: Insights from Written Sources and Archaeological Evidence.

Agne Civilyte is a senior researcher and archaeologist based in Vilnius, Lithuania, affiliated with the Lithuanian Institute of History and serving as a professor at Klaip?da University.
Her academic work focuses on European prehistory, particularly the Bronze Age, with a strong emphasis on archaeometallurgy, including the study of metal composition, resource provenance, and the broader environmental and societal implications of early technologies.
She completed her PhD in Archaeology at the University of Heidelberg, where she also earned her MA (cum laude), following a BA from Vilnius University. During her doctoral studies, she participated in international excavations in Turkey and Greece, gaining valuable field experience that later informed her own excavations and research leadership in Lithuania.
Over the course of her career, she has directed several major research projects as a principal investigator, many of them funded by international foundations and research councils. Her professional activities combine research, teaching, and academic leadership. She has supervised PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers and has taught at both national and international levels, including as a Fulbright Scholar at the University at Buffalo in 2021, where she delivered graduate-level courses on European archaeology.
From 2018 to 2024, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Lietuvos Archeologija, contributing significantly to the development of archaeological scholarship in the region. Her research interests include Bronze Age societies, technological and social transformations in prehistory, cultural identity, and interdisciplinary approaches that connect archaeology with sustainability, environmental studies, and resilience. She is an active participant in international academic networks, conferences, and editorial boards.
Fluent in multiple languages, including Lithuanian, English, German, Polish, Italian and French, she engages effectively with diverse scholarly communities and continues to contribute to advancing archaeological research in a global context.