Teaching
The involvement of the Aguntum Department in teaching at the Department of Archaeology is based on the research topics covered. Mainly practice-orientated teaching projects are carried out on features and finds, whereby the current discussion of methods and theory is also integrated.
Information on the teaching excavations in the summer semester 2026
Theory and practice of archaeological field research
The lecture Theory and Practice of Archaeological Field Research is offered every semester. This serves as preparation for first-year students for practical field archaeological research during the Department of Archaeology's teaching excavations. A teaching excavation takes place as a block course in Aguntum, for which the on-site infrastructure of the Curatorium Pro Agunto ("Excavation House") can be used. The combination of excavation house, museum and archaeological park in one and the same place offers ideal conditions for the requirements of the teaching excavation.
Working on features and finds
- Methods, possibilities and limits in the evaluation of "old excavations"
- Summer School: Roman Pottery in the Adriatic: Production, Typology and Distribution (in cooperation with the University of Verona and the RGZM Mainz)
- Archaeological Deposits I
- Archaeological Deposits II
- Roman imported pottery in the Austria Romana
- Roman imported pottery in the Alpine region
Architecture
- Functional analysis of Roman thermal baths - heating and water supply
- Architecture and function of Roman fora
- Use of buildings and space in archaeological features
- Buildings in archaeological findings. Interpretation and reconstruction
- Roman town fortifications
- Domus and villa - living in the cities of the Imperium Romanum
Methods of Archaeological Studies
- Teaching excavations in the BA and MA programmes
- Field archaeological research
- Archaeological Documentation I
- Ethnoarchaeology
Final theses
Theses on the Municipium Claudium Aguntum include both archaeological and scientific analysis of the features and finds. Students are offered a professional environment with cooperation partners within and outside the institute, whereby the supervision of theses is individually tailored to the thematic focus.
Current theses
- N. Obinger, The craftsmen's quarter of Aguntum (Master's thesis; Supervision: M. Auer)
- H. Winding, The micromorphological evaluation of the sewer at Decumanus I Sinister (BA thesis; Supervision: S. Cereda/M. Auer)
- S. Tembler, A rock crystal deposit from the merchant forum of Aguntum (BA thesis; Supervision: M. Auer)
Previous theses
Bachelor
- V. Zdjelar, wall painting from room 260 at the Aguntum Forum (Innsbruck 2020; supervision: U. Töchterle/M. Auer)
- F. Häberling, Conservation and reconstruction of Roman wall panelling from Aguntum (Innsbruck 2020; Supervision: U. Töchterle/M. Auer)
- L. Zetzmann, A Roman cereal find from the town of Aguntum (East Tyrol) - Archaeobotanical analyses (Innsbruck 2021; Supervision: K. Oeggl)
- Ch. Angerer, Terra Sigillata from room 289 in Aguntum (Innsbruck 2022; Supervision: M. Auer)
- L. Madreiter, Municipium Claudium Aguntum: Analysis of the features and finds from rooms 271 and 275 at the Merchants' Forum (Innsbruck 2025; Supervision: M. Auer)
Master / Magister
- W. Klimesch, House I: Finds from a residential building in Aguntin. Excavation campaigns 1991 and 1992 (Innsbruck 1995; Supervision: E. Walde)
- J. Rückl, Die Wandmalerei aus dem Atriumhaus von Aguntum, Lienz, Osttirol (Innsbruck 2003; Supervision: E. Walde/M. Tschurtschenthaler)
- M. Auer, Observations on the time of origin of the town wall of Aguntum (Innsbruck 2006; supervised by E. Walde/M. Tschurtschenthaler)
- C. Brandlechner, Die Wandmalereifunde aus dem Osttrakt im Atriumhaus von Aguntum (Innsbruck 2008; Supervision: E. Walde/M. Tschurtschenthaler)
- O. Defranceschi, Municipium claudium Aguntum monetae imperii romani MCMXCI-MMVII (Innsbruck 2008; Supervision: E. Walde/M. Tschurtschenthaler)
- S. Wagner, Mineralogical-crystallographic and micro-computed tomographic investigations on archaeological finds (iron nails and glasses) from Aguntum, Dösach (East Tyrol) (Innsbruck 2021; Supervision: P. Tropper/B. Krüger)
Dissertation