Bendeguz Tobias
AG Gemeinschaften, Völker, Mobilität
ERC Projekt HistoGenes
Main areas of research: Early Medieval Archaeology, Late Antique and Byzantine weights, Avars, Early Medieval small finds, Archaeology of the Carpathian Basin and Alpine region, smithing and smithing tools.
Curriculum vitae
Academic education: | |
1995 – 2003 | Study of Prehistory and Early Medieval Archaeology and Egyptology at the University of Vienna. |
2003 | Master thesis: “Awarenzeitliche Tascheninhalte und Gürtelgehänge im Karpatenbecken” (Institute of Prehistory and Early Medieval Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria). |
2004 – 2008 | PhD Scholarship at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz (Germany). PhD thesis: „Frühmittelalterliche Gräber mit Beigabe von Schmiedewerkzeugen“. |
2009 – 2013 | Research Assistant at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz (Germany). Coordinator of the project: „Burgenbauer-Reiterkrieger. Die frühen Ungarn und das Deutsche Reich“. |
2013 – 2019 | Research Assistant at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Innsbruck, Austria. |
Excavations and documentations: | |
1996 – 2003 | Participation in many excavations of Prehistoric, Roman, Early Medieval and Medieval settlements and cemeteries in Austria. |
1998 – 2003 | Participation in five excavation and documentation campaigns at Tell el Dab’a, Egypt (under direction of Prof. M. Bietak, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Cairo). |
2004 – 2006 | Participation in excavations at the avar cemetery of Frohsdorf, Lower Austria. |
2004 – 2006 | Digital documentation of the Mycenaean drainage system of Tiryns (Greece). Project at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. |
2006 – 2008 | Participation in the digital documentation of the cave settlement site of Eski-Kermen (Crimea, Ukraine). Project at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz (Germany). |
2015 – 2019 | Excavation of Early Medieval cemetery in Podersdorf am See (Burgenland/Austria). |
Funded research projects: | |
2013 – 2016 | FWF-Project (No. P 25514): “Late Antique and Byzantine Weights in the Mediterranean Area” at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. |
2014 – 2015 | Funding by the young executive promotion program of the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck for the project: “Der Seewinkel in Frühmittelalter”, which is also funded by the county Burgenland. |
2016 – 2019 | FWF-Projekt (Nr. P 29388): „Contacts Across the Alps. Studies on Belt Sets of the Bieringen Type“ at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. |
2021 | Förderung der Magistratsabteilung 7 – Kultur, Wissenschafts- und Forschungsförderung der Stadt Wien für 2021 „Bogenschützen und Reiterkrieger. Wege aus einer präkonzeptionellen Vorstellungswelt“ |
