Reinhard Jung
Priv.-Doz. Dr.
Reinhard Jung
Priv.-Doz. Dr.
- Group Leader
- RG »Mediterranean Economies«
- +43 1 51581-6163
- reinhard.jung(at)oeaw.ac.at
- Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna
Research Projects
- »The Bronze Age People of Syracuse (Sicily)«
- »War and Peace between Mycenaean Greece and Bronze Age Italy«
- »Punta di Zambrone: A Fortified Bronze Age Settlement on th Tyrrhenian Coast of Calabria«
- »Pottery of the 13th to 11th Centuries BCE on Cyprus and the Connections between the Aegean and Cyprus«
- »Studies on the New Mycenaean Palace of Ayios Vasileios in Laconia«
- »Kontopigado: A Mycenaean Industrial Area South of Athens«
Research interests
- Prehistoric archaeology in the Mediterranean region (Greece, Italy, Syria, Cyprus) and in Southeast Europe with a focus on the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age - including conducting archaeological excavations.
- Mycenaean Greece (Mycenaean pottery, bronze production, political and social structure, external contacts)
- Elaboration and networking of relative and absolute chronological systems between Italy, the Aegean and the Levant
- Bronze and Early Iron Age exchange of goods and migration
- Interdisciplinary cooperation with various archaeometric disciplines, including material analysis (pottery, metals, biofacts) and dating (14C)
- Comparative evaluation of archaeological and written sources to gain historical insights
- Processing of archaeological find materials in museums and magazines
Publications
- Vessel use at the Mycenaean palace of Ayios Vasileios, Laconia, using organic residue analysis. / Spiteri, Cynthianne; Kardamaki, Eleftheria; Becher, Julia et al.
In: Praehistorische Zeitschrift, Vol. 100, 30.10.2024, p. 1https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pz-2024-2029/html-26. - Rezension: Rupert Gebhard, Rüdiger Krause, Bernstorf: Archäologisch- naturwissenschaftliche Analysen der Gold- und Bernsteinfunde vom Bernstorfer Berg bei Kranzberg, Oberbayern. Bernstorf-Forschungen 1, Abhandlungen und Bestandskataloge der Archäologischen Staatssammlung 3, Frankfurter Archäologische Schriften 31. Archäologische Staatssammlung München – Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Landesamt für Digitalisierung, Breitband und Vermessung, München 2016. 319 Seiten, Abbildungen in Farbe, Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-927806-43-6. / Jung, Reinhard.
In: Archaeologia Austriaca, Vol. 101, 27.12.2017, p. 333-349.
- Χρονολογία comparata. Vergleichende Chronologie von Südgriechenland und Süditalien von ca. 1700/1600 bis 1000 v. u. Z. / Jung, Reinhard; Deger-Jalkotzy, Sigrid (Editor of Series).
Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2006. 286 p. (Veröffentlichungen der Mykenischen Kommission 26).
- Dating the Early Mining and Settlement Activities at Ada Tepe: Contributions to the Absolute and Relative Chronology. / Popov, Hristo; Jung, Reinhard; Weninger, Bernhard et al.
Searching for Gold. Resources and Networks in the Bronze Age of the Eastern Balkans. ed. / Reinhard Jung; Hristo Popov. Wien, 2024. p. 19–135 (Oriental and European Archaeology; Vol. 31). - Untersuchungen zur Herkunft des mykenischen Goldes mittels mobiler Laserablation und ICP-Massenspektrometrie. / Numrich, Moritz; Pernicka, Ernst; Jung, Reinhard et al.
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, 2019. p. 230-233. - Push and Pull Factors of the Sea Peoples between Italy and the Levant. / Jung, Reinhard; Driessen, Jan (Editor).
An Archaeology of Forced Migration. Crisis-induced Mobility and the Collapse of the 13th c. BCE Eastern Mediterranean. Louvain-la-Neuve, 2018. p. 273–306 (Aegis: actes de colloques). - ‘Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno’: The Mycenaean Palace System. / Eder, Birgitta; Jung, Reinhard; Ruppenstein, Florian (Editor) et al.
Tradition and Innovation in the Mycenaean Palatial Polities. Proceedings of an International Symposium held at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology, Aegean and Anatolia, Vienna, 1–2 March 2013. Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2015. (Mykenische Studien). - Δώσ΄ μου φωτιά. Woher kamen die Brandbestattungsriten der spätbronzezeitlichen Ägäis? / Jung, Reinhard; Laffineur, Robert (Editor); Tomas, Helena (Editor).
Between the Aegean and Baltic Seas: Prehistory Across Borders. Bronze and Early Iron Age Interconnections and Contemporary Developments between the Aegean and the Regions of the Balkan Peninsula, Central and Northern Europe. Liège, 2007. p. 215-230 (Aegaeum 26). - LH IIIC Middle Synchronisms across the Adriatic. / Jung, Reinhard; Deger-Jalkotzy, Sigrid (Editor); Zavadil, Michaela (Editor) et al.
LH IIIC Chronology and Synchronisms II: LH IIIC Middle. International Workshop. Wien, 29.-30. Oktober 2004. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2007. p. 203-220 (Veröffentlichungen der Mykenischen Kommission 28). - Goldene Vögel und Sonnen: ideologische Kontakte zwischen Italien und der postpalatialen Ägäis. / Jung, Reinhard; Alram-Stern, Eva (Editor); Nightingale, Georg (Editor).
Keimelion. Elitenbildung und elitärer Konsum von der mykenischen Palastzeit bis zur homerischen Epoche. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2007. p. 219-255 (Veröffentlichungen der Mykenischen Kommission 29). - The European Bronze Age from a Greek Perspective? / Jung, Reinhard; Maraszek, Regine.
Actes du XIVème Congrès de l'UISPP, Université de Liège, Belgique, 2–8 septembre 2001. Section 11. L’âge du bronze en Europe et en Méditerranée. Oxford, 2005. p. 115–118 (British Archaeological Reports International Series 1337).
- The external contacts of Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age on the basis of the ceramic evidence. / Jung, Reinhard; Mommsen, Hans; Pedrazzi, Tatiana et al.
The Decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond. Nikosia: Astrom Editions, 2023. (Studies in Mediterranean Archaeology). - Breakers of Chains im Mittelmeerraum. / Jung, Reinhard; Hansen, Svend (Editor); Krause, Rüdiger (Editor).
Die Frühgeschichte von Krieg und Konflikt. Beiträge der vierten internationalen LOEWE-Konferenz vom 7. bis 9. Oktober 2019 in Frankfurt/M./ The Early History of War and Conflict. Bonn: Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, 2023. p. 179–242 (Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 383). - Production Regions and Technology of Pottery at Punta di Zambrone: NAA and Petrography in a Combined Approach. / Fragnoli, Pamela; Mommsen, Hans; Jung, Reinhard et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 321–343 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Introduction. / Jung, Reinhard; Jung, Reinhard (Editor); Horejs, Barbara (Editor of Series).
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 13–33 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Coastal Landscapes at Punta di Zambrone (Capo Vaticano, Calabria) and their Suitability for Harbour Facilities during the Bronze Age. / Romano, Paola; Ermolli, Elda Russo; Ruello, Maria Rosaria et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 55–66 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Provenance Determination of Bronze Age Grinding Stones from Punta di Zambrone. / Gluhak, Tatjana M.; Schwall, Christoph; Jung, Reinhard et al.
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, 2021. p. 289-301. - The Settlement of Punta di Zambrone in its Local and Mediterranean Context during the Recent Bronze Age. / Jung, Reinhard; Pacciarelli, Marco; Jung, Reinhard (Editor) et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 67–112 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - The Absolute Chronology of the Recent Bronze Age at Punta di Zambrone. / Weninger, Bernhard; Capriglione, Cristina; Jung, Reinhard et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 135–156 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Human Remains from the Filling of the Bronze Age Fortification Ditch of Punta di Zambrone (Italy). / Kanz, Fabian; Cemper-Kiesslich, Jan; Großschmidt, Nora et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 257–266 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Ancient DNA from Punta di Zambrone: Minute Traces of 3000-year-old DNA or ‘Much Ado About Nothing’? / Cemper-Kiesslich, Jan; Kralj, Petra; Jung, Reinhard et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 267–276 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Domesticate Animal Herding and Procurement Strategies, and the Childhood Origin of the Human Mandible (SP1) from the Bronze Age Site of Punta di Zambrone, Calabria, Italy: a Laser Ablation Sr Isotope Study. / Pike, Alistair W. G.; Cooper, Matthew J.; Forstenpointner, Gerhard et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 277–288 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - The Metal Finds from Punta di Zambrone and Other Sites, and the Bronze Age Metal Supply in Southern Calabria. / Jung, Reinhard; Mehofer, Mathias; Pacciarelli, Marco et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 345–395 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Neutron Activation Analysis of Aegean and Aegeanising Ceramics from Roca Vecchia and the Circulation of Pottery in Southern Italy. / Jung, Reinhard; Guglielmino, Riccardo; Iacono, Francesco et al.
Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 459–490 (Oriental and European Archaeology). - Networks and Cultural Contacts to the Aegean / Мрежи и културни контакти с Егея. / Horejs, Barbara; Jung, Reinhard; Alexandrov, St (Editor) et al.
Gold & Bronze. Metals, Technologies and Interregional Contacts in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age / Злато & Бронз. Метали, технологии и междурегионални контакту на територията на Источните Балкани през бронзовата епоха. Sofia, 2018. p. 233–239. - Warriors and Weapons on the Central and Eastern Balkans / Вòнин и оръжия в Централните и Источните Балкани. / Jung, Reinhard; Alexandrov, Y (Editor); Dimitrova, H (Editor) et al.
Gold & Bronze. Metals, Technologies and Interregional Contacts in the Eastern Balkans during the Bronze Age / Злато & Бронз. Метали, технологии и междурегионални контакту на територията на Источните Балкани през бронзовата епоха. Sofia, 2018. p. 241–251. - Greece and Southern Italy 1250–1050 BCE: Manifold Patterns of Interaction. / Jung, Reinhard; Pacciarelli, Marco; Fotiadis, M. (Editor) et al.
Έσπερος/Hesperos – The Aegean Seen from the West. Proceedings of the 16th International Aegaean Conference, University of Ioannina, Department of History and Archaeology, Unit of Archaeology and Art History, 18–21 May 2016. Leuven, Liège, 2017. p. 185-204 (Aegaeum 41). - Le relazioni egee degli insediamenti calabresi e del basso Tirreno durante l’età del Bronzo. / Jung, Reinhard; Cicala, Luigi (Editor); Pacciarelli, Marco (Editor).
Centri Fortificati della Calabria dalla protostoria all’età ellenistica. Atti del convegno (Napoli 2014). Neapel, 2017. p. 51-68. - Archaeometric Studies on Plain Ware Composition and Manufacturing Techniques. / Jacobs, Arianne; Borgers, Barbara; Makarona, Christina et al.
Alassa. Excavations at the Late Bronze Age Sites of Pano Mantilaris and Paliotaverna 1984–2000. ed. / Sophocles Hadjisavvas. Nikosia, 2017. p. 539–558. - Chronological Problems of the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Italy. / Jung, Reinhard; Lachenal, C (Editor); Mordant, Th (Editor) et al.
Le Bronze moyen et l’origine du Bronze final en Europe occidentale (XVIIe–XIIIe siècle av. J.-C.). Colloque international de l’APRAB, Strasbourg, 17 au 20 juin 2014. Strasbourg, 2017. p. 621–642 (Mémoires d’Archéologie du Grand-Est 1). - Weapons and Metals – Interregional Contacts between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age. / Mehofer, Mathias; Jung, Reinhard; Fischer, P. (Editor) et al.
“Sea Peoples” Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th–11th Centuries BCE. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2017. p. 389–400 (Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean). - The Sea Peoples after Three Millennia: Possibilities and Limitations of Historical Reconstruction. / Jung, Reinhard; Fischer, P. (Editor); Bürge, T. (Editor).
“Sea Peoples” Up-to-Date. New Research on Transformations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the 13th–11th Centuries BCE. Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2017. p. 23–42 (Contributions to the Chronology of the Eastern Mediterranean). - Vorwort der Herausgeber/Preface of the Editors. / Meller, Harald; Hahn, Hans Peter; Jung, Reinhard et al.
Rich and Poor – Competing for Resources in Prehistoric Societies. 8th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 22–24, 2015 in Halle (Saale). Halle: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2016. p. 11-15. - »Friede den Hütten, Krieg den Palästen!« In the Bronze Age Aegean. / Jung, Reinhard; Meller, Harald (Editor); Hahn, Hans Peter (Editor) et al.
Rich and Poor – Competing for Resources in Prehistoric Societies. 8th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 22–24, 2015 in Halle (Saale). Halle (Saale): Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2016. p. 553–576 (Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle). - A Minoan Statuette from Punta di Zambrone in Southern Calabria. / Jung, Reinhard; Pacciarelli, Marco; Alram-Stern, E. (Editor) et al.
Metaphysis. Ritual, Myth and Symbolism in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 15th International Aegean Conference, 22–25 April 2014. Aegaeum 39. Leuven, Liège, 2016. p. 29–36 (Aegaeum). - Archaeological and Environmental Impact of the 4.2 cal BP Event in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean. / Jung, R.; Weninger, B.; Meller, H. (Editor) et al.
2200 BC – A Climatic Breakdown as a Cause for the Collapse of the Old World? 7th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 23–26, 2014 in Halle (Saale). Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 12. Halle (Saale), 2015. p. 205–234. - Preface of the Editors. / Risch, Roberto; Meller, Harald; Arz, Helge Wolfgang et al.
2200 BC – A Climatic Breakdown as a Cause for the Collapse of the Old World? 7th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 23–26, 2014 in Halle (Saale). Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 12. Halle (Saale), 2015. p. 9-23. - Before Sampling: Systematic Procedures of Macroscopic Pottery Classification within the Punta di Zambrone (VV) Research Project. / Fragnoli, Pamela; Capriglione, Cristina; Jung, Reinhard et al.
Archaeometry. Comparing Experiences. Neapel, 2014. p. 117–136 (Quaderni del Centro Studi Magna Grecia 19). - Η προϊστορική Όλυνθος. Μια Τούμπα της Εποχής του Χαλκού ανάμεσα στα Καρπάθια και στο Αιγαίο. / Horejs, Barbara; Jung, Reinhard; Stefani, E. (Editor) et al.
A Century of Research in Prehistoric Macedonia 1912–2012. International Conference Proceedings, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, 22–24 November 2012. Thessaloniki, 2014. p. 299–302. - The Time around 1600 BCE in Southern Italy: New Powers, New Contacts and New Conflict. / Jung, Reinhard; Meller, H. (Editor); Bertemes, F. (Editor) et al.
1600 – Cultural Change in the Shadow of the Thera-Eruption? 4th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 14–16, 2011 in Halle (Saale). Halle (Saale), 2013. p. 235–251 (Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte 9). - Das mykenische Griechenland und seine Kontakte zu anderen europäischen Regionen. / Jung, Reinhard; Piotrovski, J. (Editor).
Bronzezeit – Europa ohne Grenzen. 4.–1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Ausstellungskatalog / Бронзовый век – Европа без границ. Четвертое – первое тысячелетия до н. е. Каталог выставки. St. Petersburg, 2013. p. 182–188. - Die absolute Chronologie der Schichten des Prähistorischen Olynth. / Hänsel, Bernhard; Horejs, Barbara; Jung, Reinhard et al.
Das Prähistorische Olynth. Ausgrabungen in der Toumba Agios Mamas 1994–1996. Die Grabung und der Baubefund. Rahden/Westfahlen, 2011. p. 201-381 (Prähistorische Archäologie in Südosteuropa 23). - Synchronisation of Kastanás and Thessaloníki Toumba at the End of the Bronze and the Beginning of the Iron Age. / Jung, Reinhard; Andreou, St; Weninger, B. et al.
LH IIIC Chronology and Synchronisms III: LH IIIC Late and the Transition to the Early Iron Age. Proceedings of the International Workshop at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, February 23rd and 24th, 2007.. Wien, 2009. (Veröffentlichungen der Mykenischen Kommission 30). - Absolute Chronology of the End of the Aegean Bronze Age. / Jung, Reinhard; Weninger, Bernhard; Deger-Jalkotzy, Sigrid (Editor) et al.
LH IIIC Chronology and Synchronisms III: LH IIIC Late and the Transition to the Early Iron Age. Proceedings of the International Workshop at the Austrian Academy of Sciences at Vienna, February 23rd and 24th, 2007. Veröff. Myken. Komm. 30. Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2009. - I “bronzi internazionali” ed il loro contesto sociale fra Adriatico, Penisola balcanica e coste levantine. / Jung, Reinhard; Borgna, E. (Editor); Cassola Guida, P. (Editor).
Dall’Egeo all’Adriatico: organizzazioni sociali, modi di scambio e interazione in età post-palaziale (XII–XI sec. a. C.). Rom, 2009. - Φονεύοντας με τον ίδιο τρόπο: Οι ειρηνικές επαφές για τον πόλεμο μεταξύ Ελλάδας και Ιταλίας κατά τη διάρκεια των όψιμων μυκηναϊκών χρόνων. / Jung, Reinhard; Moschos, Ioannis; Mehofer, Mathias et al.
Πρακτικά /Proceedings: Πολιτισμική αλληλογονιμοποίηση νότιας Ιταλίας και δυτικής Ελλάδας μέσα από την ιστορία / Cultural Cross Fertilization of Southern Italy and Western Greece through History. Patras, 2008. p. 85–107. - Apekte des mykenischen Handels und Produktenaustauschs. / Jung, Reinhard; Horejs, Barbara (Editor); Jung, Reinhard (Editor) et al.
Interpretationsraum Bronzezeit. Bernhard Hänsel von seinen Schülern gewidmet. Bonn: Rudolf Habelt, 2005. p. 45-70 (Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie 121).
- Punta di Zambrone I: 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. / Jung, Reinhard (Editor); Horejs, Barbara (Editor of Series); Schuh, Ulrike (Redacting Function).
Wien: Verlag der OeAW, 2021. 591 p. (Oriental and European Archaeology; Vol. 17). - Arm und Reich – Zur Ressourcenverteilung in prähistorischen Gesellschaften. 8. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 22. bis 24. Oktober 2015 in Halle (Saale) / Rich and Poor – Competing for Resources in Prehistoric Societies. 8th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 22–24, 2015 in Halle (Saale). / Meller, Harald (Editor); Hahn, Hans Peter (Editor); Jung, Reinhard (Editor) et al.
Halle: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, 2016. (Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle). - 2200 BC – A Climatic Breakdown as a Cause for the Collapse of the Old World? 7th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, October 23–26, 2014 in Halle (Saale). Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 12. / Meller, H.; Arz, H. W.; Jung, R. (Editor) et al.
Halle (Saale), 2015. 861 p.
- Book review of A. Bernard Knapp. The Archaeology of Cyprus from the Earliest Prehistory through the Bronze Age (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013, 640pp., 152 b/w figs., pbk, ISBN 978-0-521-72347-3). / Jung, Reinhard; Weiss-Krejci, Estella (Editor).
In: European Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 18, No. 2, 01.05.2015, p. 361-365.