Elisabeth Weissensteiner

Elisabeth Weissensteiner
- Student Assistant
- RG »Prehistoric Phenomena«
- e.weissensteiner(at)univie.ac.at
- Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna
Biographical sketch
2019–2022 Bachelor Course; since 2022 Master Course in Prehistory and Historical Archaeology; since 2024 Master Course in Digital Humanities, University of Vienna. 2022–2023 project staff at »The Glass Bead Network: Classification of early medieval beads from Vienna-Csokorgasse using AI,« led by Dr. Bendeguz Tobias, ÖAW-IMAFO. 2022–2023 project staff at »Unearthing Qurayyah,« led by Prof. Marta Luciani, University of Vienna. 2021–2023: tutor for various courses at the University of Vienna: Practical Aspects of Experimental Archaeology, Training Excavation Qurayyah, Saudi Arabia, Training Excavation Százhalombatta-Földvár, Hungary, and Thesis Seminar. In 2023, one-month study visit at Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, funded by a travel grant from the University of Vienna. Participation in excavations in Austria, France, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, and Serbia.
Currently, I am a study assistant for Prof. Katharina Rebay-Salisbury, University of Vienna, and working on my master's thesis, »Neolithic Stamps: Impressions of Neolithic Minds, Southeast Europe and Beyond,« under the supervision of Prof. Barbara Horejs, ÖAW-ÖAI.
Research interests
- Neolithic and Bronze Age in SE-Europe and SW-Asia
- Stamps, Seals and Sealings
- Experimental Archaeology
- Digital Visualization and Reconstruction
