Branka Raunig

Branka Raunig (; 1 January 1935 – 13 June 2008) was a Bosnian archaeologist, prehistorian and museum curator.

Early life Raunig was born in Sarajevo on 1 January 1935. Her early life was spent in Kraljevo. From 1954 to 1958 she studied archaeology at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade. In 1963, Raunig moved to Museum of the Đakovo Region where she continued her work on the Japodi, with a focus on the Pounje area.

Excavations

During her career she led excavations and published widely on a number of important sites in the region, including: Crkvina Golubić, Vranduk, Pod, Gradina and Sojeničko and a site near Gradiška. She also supervised excavations which discovered a mosque there. Raunig was interested in many aspects of material cultures and made a study of ceramic material at the important site of Krčana where La Tene pottery was excavated. She studied prehistoric weapons excavated in the region. Whilst Raunig's main interest lay with Bosnian prehistory, she also worked on medieval sites.

Death Raunig died in Bihać of pneumonia on 13 June 2008.