Thorsten Jakobitsch
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. | BSc
Thorsten Jakobitsch
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. | BSc
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Archaeological Sciences – Bioarcharchaeology Lab
- +43 1 51581-4114
- thorsten.jakobitsch(at)oeaw.ac.at
- Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna
Biographical sketch
Studied crop science at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. Since 2018 employee in the archaeobotany laboratory of the ÖAI. Carrying out botanical analyses of large remains and wood residue analyses in various projects, in particular at the Neolithic lakeside settlements at Attersee and Mondsee. 2020 to 2023 PhD student at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna and DOC scholarship holder of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, successful completion in March 2023.
Research Projects
- PhD Studies: »Maintenance or cultivation? Woodland management strategies in the late Neolithic pile dwellings of Lakes Mondsee and Attersee and in surrounding settlements«
- »Grave goods and cremation fuel from a Hellenistic and Roman cemetery: Reconstructing the burial rituals and vegetation of Tenos island«
Research interests
- Analyse von Pflanzengroßresten
- Holzanalysen und Holzkohleanalysen
- Analyse von Pflanzenresten in Tierkot
- Landwirtschafts- und Vegetationsgeschichte
Publications
- Food offerings and firewood: Integrated archaeobotanical analyses of seed/fruit and wood charcoal remains from a Hellenistic-Roman Cemetery on Tinos Island, Cyclades. / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Angelopoulou, Anastasia.
In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 57, 01.09.2024. - Mensch-Umwelt-Verhältnis in historischen Gesellschaften | Environment and Human Impact in Historical Societies. / Heiss, Andreas G; Defant, Sarah; Festi, Daniela et al.
In: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut Jahresbericht | Austrian Archaeological Institute Annual Report, No. 2023, 30.05.2024, p. 129–139. - How animal dung can help to reconstruct past forest use: A late Neolithic case study from the Mooswinkel pile dwelling (Austria). / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Dworsky, Cyril; Heiss, Andreas G et al.
In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Vol. 15, 04.02.2023, p. Article number: 20 (2023). - Wood use and forest management at the Late Bronze Age copper mining site of Prigglitz-Gasteil in the Eastern Alps — a combined anthracological, archaeological, and palynological approach. / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Wiesinger, Silvia; Heiss, Andreas G et al.
In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Vol. 46, 11.10.2022, p. 103673. - Mensch-Umwelt-Verhältnis in historischen Gesellschaften | Environment and Human Impact in Historical Societies. / Heiss, Andreas G; Festi, Daniela; Galik, Alfred et al.
In: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut Jahresbericht | Austrian Archaeological Institute Annual Report, No. 2021, 26.09.2022, p. 113-121. - Food and farming beyond the Alpine lake zone: the archaeobotany of the Copper Age settlements of Lenzing-Burgstall and Ansfelden-Burgwiese in Upper Austria, and an early occurrence of Triticum spelta (spelt). / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Heiss, Andreas G; Kowarik, Kerstin et al.
In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Vol. 31, 01.01.2022, p. 123–136. - Dig Out, Dig In! Plant-based diet at the Late Bronze Age copper production site of Prigglitz-Gasteil (Lower Austria) and the relevance of processed foodstuffs for the supply of Alpine Bronze Age miners. / Heiss, Andreas G; Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Wiesinger, Silvia et al.
In: PLoS ONE, Vol. 16, No. 3, 24.03.2021, p. e0248287.
- Food and Farming beyond Alpine Lake Dwellings — Archaeobotanical Evidence from the Late Neolithic Settlements Lenzing–Burgstall and Ansfelden–Burgwiese (both Upper Austria). / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Heiss, Andreas G; Kowarik, Kerstin et al.
Program and Abstracts. Lecce: Università del Salento, 2019. p. 90-91.
- Makroreste Seewalchen. / Heiss, Andreas G.; Jakobitsch, Thorsten.
Die Pfahlbaustationen Seewalchen I und Weyregg II im Attersee/OÖ. Projekt „Zeitensprung“ 2015–2017. ed. / Alfred Weidinger; Cyril Dworsky; Jutta Leskovar; Henrik Pohl; Helena Seidl da Fonseca. Linz: OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, 2026. p. 63–68 (Studien zur Kulturgeschichte von Oberösterreich). - Pflanzengroßreste Weyregg. / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Heiss, Andreas G.
Die Pfahlbaustationen Seewalchen I und Weyregg II im Attersee/OÖ. Projekt „Zeitensprung“ 2015–2017. ed. / Alfred Weidinger; Cyril Dworsky; Jutta Leskovar; Henrik Pohl; Helena Seidl da Fonseca. Linz: OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, 2026. p. 249–254 (Studien zur Kulturgeschichte von Oberösterreich). - Lichenometric dating of rock surfaces in ancient quarries: A case study in Tinos Island (Greece). / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Anevlavi, Vasiliki.
ASMOSIA XIII. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity, Vol. I-II. ed. / Sabine Ladstätter; Walter Prochaska; Vasiliki Anevlavi. Vol. 2 Wien: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2025. p. 43-50 (ASMOSIA XIII. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Stones in Antiquity,). - Archäobotanische und anthrakologische Untersuchung zweier Erdproben vom Hemmaberg. / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Heiss, Andreas G; Eitler, Josef (Editor) et al.
Das Gipfelplateau des Hemmabergs: Bruch – Wandel – Kontinuität. Ergebnisse des FWF-Projekts Cult Continuity at the Summit of Hemmaberg (P29452-G25). Klagenfurt: Landesmuseum für Kärnten, 2022. p. 679–689. - Kultkontinuität am Gipfel des Hemmabergs? Die Pflanzenreste. / Heiss, Andreas G; Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Ladstätter, Sabine (Editor).
Wissenschaftlicher Jahresbericht des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts 2020. Wien: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 84-85. - Maintenance or Cultivation? Waldnutzung und Landwirtschaft der neolithischen Pfahlbausiedlung Mooswinkel am Mondsee. / Jakobitsch, Thorsten; Ladstätter, Sabine (Editor).
Wissenschaftlicher Jahresbericht des Österreichischen Archäologischen Instituts 2020. Wien: Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut an der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2021. p. 87.