Expertise & Labs
Luminescence Dating Lab
Head: Michael Meyer
Expertise: OSL and IRSL multi- and single-grain dating of sediments, rock surface dating, EMCCD-based 2D luminescence imaging
Traceo Lab and Resource Archaeology
Head: Aydin Abar
Expertise: Mining Archaeology, Mineral Resources in Pre-/History, Traceology
Conservation, Heritage Science
Head: Ulrike Töchterle
equipment: iron desalination, digital microscope Keyence VHX-6000, Accessories for various exposure methods
Materials Science Lab
Head: Mathias Mehofer
Expertise: Metallurgy of copper based metals, iron and precious metals, Experimental Archaeology, SEM-EDS, Metallography, pXRF analyses, Bronze Age, Medieval Ages, method development
Geodesy
Head: Lukas Winiwarter, Gerald Hiebel
equipment: Terrestrische Laserscanner, Drohnengestützte Laserscanner, Photogrammetrie, KI-Hardware
Alpine Archaology & History of Resources
People: Aydin Abar, Elisabetta Mottes, Georg Neuhauser, Joachim Pechtl, Caroline Posch, Peter Trebsche
Equipment: Equipment for excavations and field surveys in various settings (extended excavations, high mountain archaeology, mine and cave excavations)
Paleoecology and Pollen-based vegetation modelling
Head: Laurent Marquer
Expertise: Pollen analysis, pollen-based land-cover reconstruction, microcharcoal and charcoal analyses for past fire activity, and archaeobotanical studies of human–environment interactions.
Microarchaeological Laboratory
Persons: Mónica Alonso Eguiluz, Susanna Cereda, Isabella Prackwieser, Marie-Claire Ries, Peter Trebsche
Equipment: Petrographisches Mikroskop, Binokular Archäobotanik, Brot Schleif- und Poliermaschine, Schlämm- und Flotationsstationen, Gesteinssäge, Vakuumschrank