Cooperations
Research Partners
- Director of the Ietas excavation of the University of Zurich: Dr. Martin Mohr (former director: Prof. Dr. Christoph Reusser, Prof. em. Dr. Hans Peter Isler)
Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
- Director of the Parco archeologico di Himera, Solunto e Iato: Arch. Domencio Targia (former directors: Arch. Dott. Stefano Zangara, Prof. Ferdinando Maurici, Arch. Dott. Enrico Caruso, Dott.ssa Lucina Gandolfo, Dott.ssa Francesca Spatafora)
- Dr. Holger Baitinger, Dr. Gabriela Rasbach, Prof. Dr. Dieter Quast, RGZM/Leiza - Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (metal findings)
- Dr. Hedvig M C D Landenius Enegren, Copenhagen Centre for Textile Research (loom weight analysis)
- Dr. Andra Roppa, STARS project at the University of Padova “MedInte” (pottery analysis, chaine operatoire)
- Prof. Dr. Monica De Cesare, University of Palermo (loom weight analysis of Segsta)
Archaeological Sciences
Bioarchaeology
- Prof. Dr.med.vet. Gerhard Forstenpointner, Prof. Dr.med.vet. Gerald Weissengruber, Institute of Morphology, Unit on Archaeozoology and Comparative, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (archaeozoology)
- Prof. Dr. Ursula Thanheiser, VIAS - Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University of Vienna (archeobotany)
Microbiology
- Prof. Dr. Rosa Margesin, Dr. José A. Siles, Institute of Microbiology für Mikrobiologie, University of Innsbruck
Organic residue analysis
- Prof. Dr. Oliver Craig and Dr. Jasmine Lundy, BioArCh, Department of Archaeology, University of York
- Dr. Léa Drieu, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
- Prof. Dr. Richard P Evershed and Dr. Lucy Cramp, University of Bristol
- Prof. Dr. Cynthianne Spiteri, Università degli Studi di Torino
- Dr. Florinda Notarstefano, Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università del Salento
Neutron activation analysis
- Prof. Dr. Hans Mommsen, Helmholtz-Institut für Strahlen- und Kernphysik, University of Bonn
- Prof. Dr. Johannes H. Sterba, Center for Labelling and Isotope Production, TRIGA Center Atominstitut, TU-Wien
- Prof. Dr. Richard Posamentir, Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Tubingen
- Dr. Kai Riehle, Institute of Archaeologies, University of Innsbruck
Isotope analysis
- Prof. Dr. Alistair Pike, Department Archaeology, University of Southampton
Geosciences
- Prof. Dr. Laura Maritan, Marta Tenconi, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova (pottery analysis)
- Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Montana and Dr. Anna Maria Polito, Università degli Studi di Palermo (pottery analysis)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Meyer, Department of Geology, University of Innsbruck (OSL/single-grain optic stimulated luminescence dating)
- Dr. Erich Draganits, Department of Geology, University of Vienna (stone artefact anaylsis)
- Elena Tomasi, Department of Geology, University of Innsbruck (micromorphology)
- Prof. Dr. Peter Tropper, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University of Innsbruck (XRD/ X-ray diffraction of pottery)
MicroCT
- Dr. Gerald Degenhart, Medical University of Innsbruck, Universitätsklinik für Radiologie
Anthropological analysis
- Prof. Dr. George McGlynn, Archaeobiocenter - LMU München
Wood analysis
- Werner Schoch, Laboratory for ancient wood research
Experimental analysis
- Dr. Ulrike Töchterle, Institute of Archaeologies, University of Innsbruck (pottery)
- Hansjörg Kathrein, Töpferstudio Kathrein, Innsbruck (pottery)
Archaeology and Art
- Gerlinde Thuma, fine arts, painting, drawing, land art (http://www.gerlindethuma.at/work-copy/monte-iato/)