
Dr.
Christoph Schwall
, M.A.associated
RG »Prehistoric Phenomena«
Contact
Email: christoph.schwall(at)oeaw.ac.at
Telephone: +43 1 51581-6124
Location: Georg-Coch-Platz 2 | 1010 Vienna
Research Projects
- Milling Technologies and Procurement Systems
- New Approach for Golden Treasures
- Y-chromosomal haplotypes in prehistoric horses to elucidate domestication, early human land settlement, migration waves and warlike operations
- Across Arabia
- Kalba – Chert and Copper Resources of a Prehistoric Settlement
Publications
Journal Publication (19)
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Çilingiroğlu, Çiler; Schwal, Christoph; Sezgin, Ece; Çakırlar, Canan (2023) Kababurun: Investigations of an Eastern Aegean Village in the Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age Transition. Anatolian Studies, First view, Bd. 73, S. 1-24.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Kevin Lidour, ; Mark J. Beech, ; Daniel Eddisford, ; Carl S. Phillips, ; Christoph Schwall, et al. [..] (2023) A Bronze to Iron Age Fishing Economy at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates),. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Bd. 33 (1), S. 1-19.RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Brandl, Michael; Börner, Mario; Lindauer, Susanne; Deckers, Katleen et al. [..] (2023) The 2021 field season at Kalba: results of the excavations and geo-archaeological surveys. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bd. 52, S. 305-321.RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Thanheiser, Ursula; Börner, Mario; Horejs, Barbara (2023) The Crop is on Fire: Evidence of Subsistence Strategies from Late Chalcolithic Çukuriçi Höyük. Turkish Journal of Archaeological Science / Arkeoloji Bilimleri Dergisi, Bd. 2023, S. 107–135.
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Numrich, Moritz; Schwall, Christoph; Lockhoff, Nicole; Nikolentzos, Kostas; Konstantinidi-Syvridi, Eleni et al. [..] (2022) Portable laser ablation sheds light on Early Bronze Age gold treasures in the old world: New insights from Troy, Poliochni, and related finds. Journal of Archaeological Science, Bd. 149, S. 105694.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Börner, Mario; Brandl, Michael (2022) Report on the 2021 Austrian Archaeological Expedition at Kalba (K4). Annual Sharjah Archaeology, Bd. 20, S. 56–74.Website RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Ch.; Brandl, M.; Börner, M.; Deckers, K.; Lindauer, S. et al. [..] (2022) Kalba: new insights into an Early Bronze Age trading post on the Gulf of Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bd. 51, S. 329–352.RIS ENW BIB
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Cveček, Sabina; Schwall, Christoph (2022) Ghost Children: Delayed Personhood and Culturespecific Models of Infancy in Western Anatolia. Praehistorische Zeitschrift, Bd. 97 (2), S. 544–570.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Librado, Pablo; Khan, Naveed; Fages, Antoine; Kusliy, Mariya A.; Suchan, Tomasz et al. [..] (2021) The origins and spread of domestic horsesfrom the Western Eurasian steppes. Nature, Bd. 2021, S. 1-24.
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Schwall, Christoph; Börner, Mario; Meyer, Cornelius (2021) Preliminary report on the 2019 Austrian fieldwork at Kalba (K4). Annual Sharjah Archaeology, Bd. 19, S. 32-41.RIS ENW BIB
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Rom, Jakob; Haas, Florian; Stark, Manuel; Dremel, Fabian; Brecht, Michael et al. [..] (2020) Between Land and Sea: An Airborne LiDAR Field Survey to Detect Ancient Sites in the Chekka Region/Lebanon Using Spatial Analyses. Open Archaeology, Bd. 6/1 (de Gruyter), S. 248-268.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Brandl, Michael; Gluhak, Tatjana Mirjam; Milić, Bogdana; Betina, Lisa et al. [..] (2020) From near and far. Stone procurement and exchange at Çukuriçi Höyük in western Anatolia. Journal of Lithic Studies, Bd. 7 (3), S. 1-25.
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Schwall, Christoph; Jasim, Sabah Abboud (2020) Assessing Kalba: new fieldwork at a Bronze Age coastal site on the Gulf of Oman (Emirate of Sharjah, UAE). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bd. 50, S. 321-332.RIS ENW BIB
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Lužnik-Jancsary, Nika; Horejs, Barbara; Klein, Michael; Schwall, Christoph (2020) Integration and workflow framework for virtual visualization of cultural heritage. Revisiting the tell of Çukuriçi Höyük, Turkey. Virtual Archaeology Review, Bd. 11 (23), S. 63-74.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Kopetzky, Karin; Genz, Hermann; Schwall, Christoph; Rom, Jakob; Haas, Florian et al. [..] (2019) Between Land and Sea: Tell Mirhan and the Chekka regional survey. Preliminary report of the survey and the first excavation season (2016-2018). Ägypten und Levante, Bd. 29, S. 105-124.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Milić, Bogdana; Brandl, Michael (2019) Der prähistorische Umlandsurvey, in: F. Pirson, Pergamon – Bericht über die Arbeiten in der Kampagne 2017. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2018 (2), S. 148-150.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2017) Der prähistorische Umlandsurvey, in F. Pirson, Pergamon - Bericht über die Arbeiten in der Kampagne 2015. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2016, Bd. 2, S. 170-172.RIS ENW BIB
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Schneider, Steffen; Schlöffel, Marlen; Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara; Schütt, Brigitta (2017) First stratigraphic evidence and absolute dating of a Bronze Age settlement in the Bakırçay valley in western Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (12), S. 316-322.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Gluhak, Tatjana Mirjam; Schwall, Christoph (2015, online: 2014) Provenance analyses of the volcanic rock grinding stones from the greek colony Selinunte, Sicily (Italy) – Constraints and Possibilities. Archaeometry, Bd. 57 (2), S. 246-268.DOI RIS ENW BIB
Book/Monograph (2)
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Grasböck, Stefan; Bratschi, Tina; Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2023) Çukuriçi Höyük 5. Stratigraphie und Architektur der frühen Bronzezeit. In Reihe: Oriental and European Archaeology 26, hrsg. v. Horejs, Barbara; Wien: ÖAW (508 Seiten).Download RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph (2018) Çukuriçi Höyük 2. Das 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. in Westanatolien und der Ostagäis.; Wien: ÖAW (818 Seiten).RIS ENW BIB
Conference Contribution: Publication in Proceedings (5)
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Numrich, Moritz; Pernicka, Ernst; Jung, Reinhard; Schwall, Christoph; Huber, Jasmin et al. [..] (2019) Untersuchungen zur Herkunft des mykenischen Goldes mittels mobiler Laserablation und ICP-Massenspektrometrie. In: Herm, C.; Merkel, S.; Schreiner, M.; Wiesinger, R. (Hrsg.), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2019. Jahrestagung an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Institut für Naturwissenschaften und Technologie in der Kunst, 11.-14. September 2019. Metalla Sonderheft 9; Wien, S. 230-233.RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2018) Permanent or Seasonal? Evidence of Settlements in Late Chalcolithic Western Anatolia. In: Horejs, B.; Schwall, Ch.; Müller, V.; Luciani, M.; Ritter, M. et al. [..] (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 25th-29th April 2016, Vienna; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, S. 57–68.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Numrich, Moritz; Pernicka, Ernst; Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2018) Untersuchungen zur Herkunft bronzezeitlicher Goldobjekte mittels mobiler Laserablation und Massenspektrometrie. In: Glaser, L. (Hrsg.), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2018, 20.-24. März 2018, DESY, Hamburg, Deutschland, S. 99-102.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2018) Interaction as a Stimulus? Çukuriçi Höyük and the Transition from Late Chalcolithic Period to Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia. In: Dietz, S.; Mavridis, F.; Tankosić, Ž.; Takaoğlu, T. (Hrsg.), Communities in Transition: The Circum-Aegean Area in the 5th and 4th Millennia BC. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 20 In Reihe: Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 20; Oxford: Oxbow, S. 530-537.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2015) New Light on a Nebulous Period – Western Anatolia in the 4th Millennium BC: Architecture and Settlement Structures as Cultural Patterns?. In: Hansen, S.; Raczky, P.; Anders, A.; Reingruber, A. (Hrsg.), Neolithic and Copper Age between the Carpathians and the Aegean Sea. Chronologies and Technologies from the 6th to the 4th Millennium BCE In Reihe: Archäologie in Eurasien 31, hrsg. v. Hansen, S.; Bonn, S. 457-474.RIS ENW BIB
Contribution in Collection (10)
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Pernicka, M. Numrich – Ch. Schwall – N. Lockhoff – K. Nikolentzos – E. Konstantinidi-Syvridi – M. Cultraro – B. Horejs – E. (2023) Untersuchungen mittels mobiler Laserablation und ICP-MS an Goldobjekten aus Troia und Poliochni. In: Pernicka, S. Klein – Ch. Berthold – D. Berger – E. (Hrsg.), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2023. Jahrestagung an den Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim, 28. März-1. April 2023, 21. Aufl.; Bochum, S. 66–68.Website RIS ENW BIB
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Galik, Alfred; Emra, Stephanie; Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2023) The archaeozoological remains from Late Chalcolithic Çukuriçi Höyük, on the western Anatolian coast. In: Pöllath, Nadja; Battermann, Nora; Emra, Stephanie; Goebel, Veronika; Paxinos, Ptolemaios et al. [..] (Hrsg.), Animals and Humans through Time and Space: Investigating Diverse Relationships. Essays in Honour of Joris Peters; Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, S. 139–148.RIS ENW BIB
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Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2022) Çukuriçi Höyük. Batı Anadolu'da Erken Tunç Çağı I Dönemi Metal Üretim Merkezi. In: Işıklı, Mehmet; Fidan, Erkan; Türker, Atila; Yılmaz, Mehmet Ali (Hrsg.), MÖ III. Binyılda Anadolu; Istanbul: Ege Yayınları, S. 209–224.RIS ENW BIB
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Gluhak, Tatjana M.; Schwall, Christoph; Jung, Reinhard; Pacciarelli, Marco (2021) Provenance Determination of Bronze Age Grinding Stones from Punta di Zambrone. In: Jung, R. (Hrsg.), Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Oriental and European Archaeology 17; Wien: ÖAW, S. 289-301.Website RIS ENW BIB
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Horejs, Barbara; Alram-Stern, Eva; Schwall, Christoph (2020) Prehistoric Phenomena., 8 Years of OREA – Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology. Annual Report 2020; Wien: ÖAW, S. 41-56.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2020) Social dynamics in Western Anatolia between 3000 and 2500 BC. In: Blum, St. W. E.; Efe, T.; Kienlin, T.; Pernicka, E. (Hrsg.), From Past to Present: Studies in Memory of Manfred O. Korfmann. Studia Troica Monographien 11; Bonn: Habelt, S. 109-119.RIS ENW BIB
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Alram-Stern, Eva; Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Milić, Bogdana; Röcklinger, Maria et al. [..] (2020) Prehistoric Phenomena. In: Horejs, B. (Hrsg.), OREA Annual Report 2019; Wien: Verlag der ÖAW, S. 33-43.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Gluhak, Tatjana Mirjam (2019) The volcanic rock grinding stones from Seliunte, Sicily (Italy): Archaeological evidence and geochemical provenance analyses. In: Anderson, T. J.; Alonso, N. (Hrsg.), Tilting at mills: The Archaeology and Geology of Mills and Milling Proceedings of the Colloquium Held at the Museum of Archaeology of Almería, Spain 5th-8th March 2014; Lleida, S. 213-222.RIS ENW BIB
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Alram-Stern, Eva; Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Brem, Gottfried; Wallner, Barbara (2019) Prehistoric Phenomena. In: Horejs, Barbara (Hrsg.), OREA Annual Report 2018; Wien: ÖAW, S. 33-41.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2017) Western Anatolian Impact on Aegean Figurines and Religion?., B. Horejs, Çukuriçi Höyük 1. Anatolian and the Aegean from the 7th to the 3rd Millennium BC. Oriental and European Archaeology 5; Wien: ÖAW, S. 53-77.RIS ENW BIB
Editorship (1)
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Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Müller, Vera; Luciani, Marta; Ritter, Markus et al. [..] (Hrsg.) (2018) Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 25th-29th April 2016, Vienna. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.DOI RIS ENW BIB
Book or Essay review (2)
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Schwall, Christoph (2022) Rezension zu: Refik Duru / Gülsün Umurtak, Bademağacı Höyüğü Kazıları I. Neolitik ve Erken Kalkolitik Çağ Yerleşmeleri. Excavations at Bademağacı Höyük I. The Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Settlements. Germania 99, S. 243–248.DOI RIS ENW BIB
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Schwall, Christoph (2018) Rezension zu Irina Gambashidze, Thomas Stöllner (Hrsg.), The Gold of Sakdrisi: Man‘s First Gold Mining Enterprise / საყდრისის ოქრო: კაცობრიობის პირველი ოქროს სამთო წარმოება. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum 211. VML Verlag Marie Leidorf,Rahden/Westfalen 2016, 174 Seiten, ca. 400 Farbabbildungen, Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-86757-011-4. Archaeologia Austriaca 102, S. 256-260.DOI RIS ENW BIB
Other Publication (1)
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Schwall, Christoph; Numrich, Moritz; Popov, Hristo (2019) Mykene. Agamemnons Schatz. Spektrum der Wissenschaft „Archäologie, Geschichte, Kultur“ (3/2019), S. 30-35.RIS ENW BIB
Research data collection (1)
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Cramer, A.; Schwall, C. (2023) 3D Models of Bead, Pendant and Softstone Vessel Fragments Found during the 2021 Excavations at Kalba (K4).DOI RIS ENW BIB