Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology

Recent papers from Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology

1. At the onset of the Late Gravettian: An updated chronology and stratigraphy for the multi-layered Gravettian open-air site Grub-Kranawetberg I (Austria)Journal of Archaeological Science Reports · 2026
2. Earliest fossil record of pollen-foraging megachiline beesPalaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2026
3. Bone retouchers and end-scrapers side by side at Bushman Rock Shelter: Exploring a ca. 100,000-year-old technological imbrication in southern AfricaJournal of Human Evolution · 2026
4. Marble for the Emperor—The Cover Slab of the Sarcophagus of Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral, GermanyHeritage · 2026
5. Nature restoration legislation, implementation, and enforcement: status, challenges, and solutions for the RestoceneRestoration Ecology · 2026
6. Beyond the Item: Digitising Biographies and Itineraries of Cultural Heritage Objects in the Natural History Museum Vienna and beyond, the bITEM ProjectJournal on Computing and Cultural Heritage · 2026
7. The pattern of settlement occupation during the bronze age in eastern Serbia: A key study of the Banjska Stena and Popovica sitesStarinar · 2025
8. The Early Bronze Age grave from the site of Svinjaricka cuka, South-Eastern Serbia: New data on burial customs and cultural interactions of the early bronze age in the Central BalkansStarinar · 2025
9. Wind(ow) of change: The end of the Middle Stone Age and the beginning of the Later Stone Age at Umhlatuzana rockshelter showcasing concurrent technological and techno-economic shiftsQuaternary Science Reviews · 2026
10. Tracing social mechanisms and interregional connections in Early Bronze Age Societies in Lower AustriaNature Communications · 2025
11. Cross-crafting in standardized and customized metallurgy. Some examples from Bronze Age PolandWorld Archaeology · 2025
12. The use of transmission electron microscopy when investigating fossil angiosperm pollen: A review and suggestions for future applicationsReview of Palaeobotany and Palynology · 2025
13. Absolute dating of Bronze Age urn burials in the central Balkans: Cemeteries of copper-producing societies in eastern SerbiaRadiocarbon · 2025
14. A First Look at the Gravettian Open-Air Site Ollersdorf-Heidenberg (Austria): Recent Fieldwork and First Results on Stratigraphy, Chronology, Organic Preservation and Combustion ActivityJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology · 2025
15. Tracing social mechanisms and interregional connections in Early Bronze Age Societies in Lower Austria2025
16. Evidence for discrete ochre exploitation 35,000 years ago in West AfricaJournal of Archaeological Science · 2025
17. Pollen dispersal units of selected Orchidoideae and their morphological, ultrastructural, and chemical featuresReview of Palaeobotany and Palynology · 2024
18. Pollination Biology and Secondary Pollinators in Seven North American Aquilegia SpeciesInternational Journal of Plant Sciences · 2024
19. Classification in Sumerian cuneiform and the implementation of iClassifierJournal of Chinese Writing Systems · 2024
20. IUENNA – openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology: A «para-description»Peer Community Journal · 2023