With the rise of Urnfield Cultures (14th–11th c. BC), metal exchange networks spread across Europe due to unequal resource distribution. The MeTEx project investigates copper exchange between Central Europe's metal-producing and consuming regions. It explores…

The emergence and spread of cremation cemeteries ̶ so-called urnfields ̶ across Europe represent one of the most significant trans-cultural phenomena of the Bronze Age. While this funerary practice was a shared supra-regional trait across the Danube-Carpathian…

The research project uses various interdisciplinary methods to investigate the metal circulation in the Bronze Age societies in the western and central Balkans. The focus is on the exploitation of the local copper deposits, especially in Eastern Serbia, and the…

This project seeks to explore and analyze the karst caves containing evidence of human activity during the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC). The collaboration between geologists, speleologists, and archaeologists will provide fresh insights into the morphology and…

The aim of this project is to take an innovative and explorative approach to understanding of the past in the Balkans by assembling the results of cross-border and diachronic archaeological research with the use of responsive, wide-ranging visualization tools.

The research project uses various interdisciplinary methods to investigate the metal circulation in the Bronze Age societies in the western and central Balkans. The focus is on the exploitation of the local copper deposits, especially in Eastern Serbia, and the…

In this project, the technological background of the Bronze and Iron Age metal finds from the Republic of North Macedonia is examined using archaeological and archaeometallurgical methods. The analytical results provide the first evidence of the raw materials used…

The aim of Cremation Bronze Age Burials (CBAB) is the coordinated assessment of Late Bronze Age cremation burials in the (14th–9th century BC) in Europe based on a common, accessible database.

The expansion of the early Urnfield culture and in particular the so-called Baierdorf-Velatice complex between eastern Austria and northern Croatia is the focus of this project. In cooperation with the Institute of Archeology in Zagreb, the finds from this period…

The Stillfried hillfort represents one of the most important archaeological sites in Eastern Austria. A main phase of use dates back to the late Urnfield period (900–750 BC), when the plateau (23 hectares) was fortified by a mighty rampart with a ditch in front.…

The main focus of this project lies on the pits with animal and human remains, which were discovered in the long-term excavations of the Stillfried site dating from the late Urnfield period. With the help of numerous scientific methods, these special findings with…