WG Communities, Peoples, Mobility
Die Macht der Gürtel. Niederösterreich als Kontaktzone der Bronzegussindustrie im 8. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Main areas of research
Academic education
2015 - 2017
Doctoral studies in Prehistory and Early History at University of Innsbruck as part of a DOC team project (Austrian Academy of Sciences scholarship).
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy / Dissertation topic: „Räumliche und zeitliche Struktur des prähistorischen Bergbaus in der Region Kitzbühel – Charakterisierung einer alpinen bronzezeitlichen Bergbaulandschaft anhand von archäologischen Befunden, Geländeanalysen und überregionalen Vergleichen“ .
2002 - 2010
Studies in Prehistory and Early History, University of Vienna.
Degree: Master of Philosophy (Mag. phil.) / Title of the master’s thesis: „Bronzezeitliche Funde aus dem Hallstätter Salzbergwerk – Christian von Tusch-Werk, Alter Grubenoffen, Westvortrieb, Grabungsjahre 1996-1999. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Holzfunde“.
Professional Experience in Research and Museum Education
2024-2025
Archaeologist at the Keltenmuseum Hallein, Head of Dürrnberg Research and Curator of the Archaeological Collection.
2023-2024
Research Associate in the project “Celts across the Alps – Kelten beiderseits der Alpen”.
GIS mapping, cataloguing, and scientific analysis of La Tène culture burial finds in Austria and Italy – University of Vienna.
2022–2023
Grant-funded project:
Head of the EU LEADER project “Archaikweg”.
Conceptualisation and implementation of an archaeological-historical educational trail in cooperation with the Stilfserjoch National Park, the Prad Tourist Association, and the municipalities of Stilfs and Prad am Stilfserjoch in South Tyrol.
2021
Organizer of the international workshop “Alpenkupfer im Vinschgau – Alpine Copper in the Vinschgau” for the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum, in cooperation with the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS) of the Universität Wien and the Südtiroler Landesmuseum Bergbau
- Editor of the conference proceedings Alpenkupfer 3 – Beiheft „Der Anschnitt“, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (in preparation).
- Editor of the conference companion volume Geo.Alp 17 – Zeitschrift des Naturmuseums Südtirol: https://www.natura.museum/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GeoAlp17_DigitaleVersion.pdf
2019-2021
Grant-funded project:
Head of the project “Alpenkupfer im Vinschgau – Struktur des prähistorischen Bergbaus und Siedlungswesens im Ortlergebiet” at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum.
Responsible for directing surveys and excavations as well as the analysis of ores, slags, and bronze objects. Funded by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the Office for Archaeology South Tyrol.
2019
Grant-funded project:
Head of the IPERION CH project „Technological research of Avar Age belt parts from the historical Moson County”
in cooperation with the Hansági Museum, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and MTA Atomki.
2017–2018
Implementation of the permanent exhibition “Der Einstieg – Bergbau und Siedlungen am Ortler” on the archaeology and history of mining and smelting in the municipalities of Stilfs and Prad am Stilfserjoch in the Vinschgau Valley.
2016–2018
Research Associate in the project “Contacts Across the Alps. Investigations of belt sets of the Bieringen type”. Documentation of Merovingian-period belt fittings, sampling for geochemical analyses, and GIS mapping of belt finds from the 7th century AD in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. Project leader: Bendeguz Tobias, Institute of Archaeology – University of Innsbruck.
2015–2018
Research Associate in the project “Der Seewinkel im Frühmittelalter”.
Excavation and documentation of the Avar-period cemetery of Podersdorf, surveys and artefact documentation in the Seewinkel region, Burgenland. Project leader: Bendeguz Tobias, Institute of Archaeology – University of Innsbruck.
2011–2014
Grant-funded project:
DOC-team project “Räumliche und zeitliche Struktur des Bergbaureviers Kitzbühel: Eine archäologische, historische und archäobotanische interdisziplinäre Studie” – doctoral fellowship of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
- Head of the archaeological project “Räumliche und zeitliche Struktur des prähistorischen Bergbaus in der Region Kitzbühel – Charakterisierung einer alpinen bronzezeitlichen Bergbaulandschaft anhand von archäologischen Befunden, Geländeanalysen und überregionalen Vergleichen” at the Universität Innsbruck. Direction of surveys and excavations within the framework of this project. Subsequent writing-up of results as part of the doctoral dissertation at the research centre HiMAT of the Universität Innsbruck.
2007–2010
Inventorying and cataloguing as well as archaeometric and typological analysis of prehistoric finds from the Hallstatt salt mine – Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.
