Dr.

Viola C. Schmid

RG »Quaternary Archaeology«

Contact

Telephone: +43 1 515816137

Location: Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna

Biographical sketch

Studies of Pre- and Protohistory at the Universities of Vienna and Tübingen. 2013 Master's degree and 2019 PhD degree with »magna cum laude« in joint doctoral programme at the Universities of Tübingen and Paris Nanterre. 2019 researcher at the University of Geneva. From 2020 to 2021 short employment at the ÖAI. From 2021 to 2022 postdoctoral fellow at Leiden University. Since October 2022 postdoctoral fellow at the ÖAI. Active teaching at the Universities of Tübingen and Vienna.

Detailed Biography

Research Projects

»Time of Essential Change - The South African Middle Stone Age During MIS 5«

Research interests

Prehistoric archaeology in Africa and Europe
Gain in knowledge about human evolution in the Pleistocene in a wide-ranging context
Excavations and research of Palaeolithic and Mesolithic as well as Middle and Later Stone Age sites
Population dynamics, knowledge transfer and interconnectedness of prehistoric societies
Development of technological systems of hunters and gatherers
Analysing of finds from old collections

Publications

Journal Publication (24)

Schmitsberger, Oliver; Schmid, Viola C.; Fuhrich, Ingmar (2024) KG Kohfidisch, MG Kohfidisch (Fundbericht Mittelpaläolithikum Csaterberge für 2020/21). Fundberichte aus Österreich, Bd. 60, S. 118.
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Sifogeorgaki, Irini; Huisman, Hans; Karkanas, Panagiotis; Schmid, Viola C.; Dusseldorp, Gerrit L. (online: 2023) Sand, hearths, lithics and a bit of bioturbation: Site formation processes at Umhlatuzana rockshelter, South Africa. Geoarchaeology, Bd. 2023, S. 1-26.
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Maier, Andreas; John, Robin; Linsel, Florian; Roth, Georg; Antl-Weiser, Walpurga et al. [..] (2023) Analyzing Trends in Material Culture Evolution—a Case Study of Gravettian Points from Lower Austria and Moravia. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology (6, 15 (2023)), S. 1-27.
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Sifogeorgaki, Irini; Schmid, Viola C.; Os, Bertil van; Fratta, Vi; Huisman, Hans et al. [..] (2023) Two methods on one stone: Integrating visual and analytical techniques to clarify raw material categories of lithic assemblages of Umhlatuzana rockshelter (South Africa). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Bd. 48, S. 1-14.
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Schmid, Viola C.; Schmitsberger, Oliver; Einwögerer, Thomas (2021) Erster Nachweis mittelpaläolithischer Steintechnologie im Burgenland (Österreich). Eine techno-typologische Analyse der Oberflächenfunde vom Csaterberg. Archaeologia Austriaca, Bd. 105, S. 51-85.
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Schmitsberger, Oliver; Brandl, Michael; Schmid, Viola C. (2021) Ressourcen der Neandertaler im Burgenland (Österreich). Die Csaterberge bei Kohfidisch als Limnosilizit-Rohmaterialquelle vom Mittelpaläolithikum bis in die Kupferzeit. Archaeologia Austriaca, Bd. 105, S. 11-50.
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Porraz, Guillaume; Parkington, John E.; Schmidt, Patrick; Bereiziat, Gérald; Brugal, Jean-Philippe; Dayet, Laure; Igreja, Marina, Miller, Christopher E.; Schmid, Viola C.; Tribolo, Chantal; Val, Aurore; Verna, Christine; Texier; Pierre-Jean (2021) Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): emerging technologies and symbols. Peer Community Journal Section: Archaeology, Bd. 1, S. 33.
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Tafelmaier, Y.; Beutelspacher, T.; Schmid, V. C.; Toniato, G. (2021) Neuuntersuchung der altsteinzeitlichen Fundstelle Brillenhöhle im Achtal. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg (2020), S. 65-67.
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Starkovich, B. M.; Cuthbertson, P.; Kitagawa, K.; Thompson, N.; Konidaris, G. E. et al. [..] (2021) Minimal Tools, Maximum Meat: A Pilot Experiment to Butcher an Elephant Foot and Make Elephant Bone Tools Using Lower Paleolithic Stone Tool Technology. Ethnoarchaeology (2021), S. 1-30.
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Schmid, V. C.; Tribolo, C.; Lorenzo Martinez, M.; Rasse, M.; Lespez, L. et al. [..] (2021) Middle Stone Age bifacial technology and pressure flaking at the MIS 3 site of Toumboura III, eastern Senegal. African Archaeological Review (2021), S. 1-33.
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Mayor, A.; Douze, K.; Bocoum, H.; Cervera, C.; Champion, L.; et al. [..] (2021) Évolutions techniques sur la longue durée dans la Falémé : résultats de la 23ème année du programme « Peuplement humain et paléoenvironnement en Afrique ». (2020), S. 149-218.
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Bataille, G.; Schmid, V. C.; Toniato, G.; Walter, R. (2020) Steinzeitliche Funde in der Unteren Köhnenbuchhöhle bei Blaubeuren. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg (2020), S. 79-82.
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Bader, G. D.; Bushozi, P.; Will, M., Schmid, V. C.; Val, A.; Blessing, M.; Schmidt, P.; Conard, N. J. (2020) Rediscovering the 1930s Kohl-Larsen collection from the Lake Eyasi basin, Tanzania. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Ur- & Frühgeschichte, Bd. 29, S. 93-103.
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Bataille, G.; Schmid, V. C.; Toniato, G.; Walter, R. (2020) Steinzeitliche Funde in der Unteren Köhnenbuchhöhle bei Blaubeuren. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg (2020), S. 79-82.
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Conard, N. J., Schmid, V. C., Bolus, M., Will, M. (2019) Lithic assemblages from the Middle Paleolithic of Geißenklösterle Cave provide insights on Neanderthal behavior in the Swabian Jura. Quartär, Bd. 66, S. 51-80.
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Schmid, V. C., Porraz, G., Zeidi, M., Conard, N. J. (2019) Blade technology characterizing the MIS 5 D-A layers of Sibudu Cave, South Africa. Lithic Technology, Bd. 44 (4), S. 199-236.
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Porraz, G., Val, A., Tribolo, C., Mercier, N., de la Peña, P., Haaland, M. M., Igreja, M., Miller, C. E., Schmid, V. C. (2018) The MIS5 Pietersburg at ‘28’ Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa. PLoS ONE, Bd. 13 (10), S. e0202853.
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Rots, V., Lentfer, C., Schmid, V. C., Porraz, G., Conard, N. J. (2017) Pressure flaking to serrate bifacial points for the hunt during the MIS5 at Sibudu Cave (South Africa). PLoS ONE, Bd. 12 (4), S. e0175151.
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Schmid, V. C., Parkington, J. E., Conard, N. J., Texier, P.-J., Porraz, G. (2016) The «MSA 1» of Elands Bay Cave (Western Cape Province, South Africa) in the context of the southern African Early MSA technologies. Southern African Humanities, Bd. 29, S. 153-201.
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Porraz, G., Schmid, V. C., Miller, C. E., Tribolo, C., Cartwright, C., Charrié-Duhaut, A., Igreja, M., Mercier, N., Schmidt, P., Mentzer, S., Valladas, H., N. J., Conard, Texier, P.-J., Parkington, J.E. (2016) A synthesis on the 2011 excavation at Elands Bay Cave: a place on the West Coast of South Africa. Southern African Humanities, Bd. 29, S. 33-68.
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Porraz, G.; Val, A.; Dayet, L.; de la Peña, P.; Douze, K.; Miller, C. E.; Murungi, M.; Tribolo, C.; Schmid, V. C.; Sievers, C. (2015) Bushman Rock Shelter (Limpopo, South Africa): a perspective from the edge of the Highveld. South African Archaeological Bulletin, Bd. 70, S. 166-179.
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Conard, N. J.; Schmid, V. C.; Will, M. (2015) Sibudu und die kulturelle Evolution des modernen Menschen. Archäologie in Deutschland, Bd. 31 (2015), S. 12-17.
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Conard, N. J., Bader, G. D., Schmid, V. C., Will, M. (2015) Bringing the Middle Stone Age into clearer focus. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Ur- & Frühgeschichte, Bd. 23 (2014), S. 121-128.
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Schmid, V. C.; P.-R., Nigst (2014) Die Steinartfakte der Repolusthöhle (Steiermark, Österreich). Schild von Steier, Bd. 26, S. 98-164.
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