Videos by Dominik Hagmann
The field of Classical Archaeology focuses on the Greek and Roman cultural area from the Bronze A... more The field of Classical Archaeology focuses on the Greek and Roman cultural area from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity. Currently, in Austria, it can only be studied as a bachelor's degree at the University of Vienna. The main focus is ancient material legacy, ranging from inconspicuous pottery sherds to monumental structures.
This asset is a supplementary video abstract created to advertize the bachelor's and master's degree programs in Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna in 2020. The video abstract was produced in collaboration with Julia Kopf and aimed to provide additional - and visually appealing -information and insights about the program.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.152 14 views
In 2018 and 2019, a pit was discovered in the area of the Roman farmhouse of Molino San Vincenzo ... more In 2018 and 2019, a pit was discovered in the area of the Roman farmhouse of Molino San Vincenzo (Tuscany), the contents of which opened up an entirely new aspect in the history of the use of this site, since the artifacts found were exclusively from the much older Etruscan period. A focus of the lecture is the presentation of the first results in the field of virtual and findings processing as well as reproductions of ancient finds using 3D printing methods.
The pre-COVID-19 in-presence talk in Vienna (Austria) was held together with G. Schörner, H. Schörner, and N. Kirchengast, and each presenter focused on a particular topic. The part on digital archaeology by the presenter was held virtually from Chicago, Il (USA).
Held on 2020-01-28 at the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna. 27 views
This video is the extended cut of a documentary contribution of selected aspects of the history o... more This video is the extended cut of a documentary contribution of selected aspects of the history of the subject of Classical Archaeology, which has existed at the University of Vienna since 1869, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary in 2019.
The video project was accomplished together with K. Klein and H. Schörner.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.155 23 views
Talk held at the conference "Tag der Niederösterreichischen Landesarchäologie" on November 19, 20... more Talk held at the conference "Tag der Niederösterreichischen Landesarchäologie" on November 19, 2020
Using digital methods extensive and diverse data stocks can be generated within the scope of archaeology. Using that data can actively contribute to the protection of historic monuments, as the example of Oberndorf an der Melk shows, or can preserve highly detailed replicas of the archaeological sites virtually, as seen in the case of Petzenkirchen. However, it is of highest importance of dealing with various forms of best practice guidelines during every step of the workflow related to digital data to guarantee sustainable data.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7240365 25 views
The Roman province of Noricum (mostly today's Austria) was part of the Roman Empire from 15 BC to... more The Roman province of Noricum (mostly today's Austria) was part of the Roman Empire from 15 BC to AD 488. Archaeologists continuously study specific areas of this province, mainly particular sites at the so-called Danube limes. Eventually, this practice resulted in enhanced knowledge of these specific sites, while, on the contrary, our archaeological knowledge about the rural settlement in the Roman province's hinterland remained understudied. This inadequate knowledge of rural settlement concerns mainly the section located in today's Lower Austria. Therefore, the dissertation project "Roman Rural Landscapes in Noricum: Archaeological Investigations on Roman Settlement in the Hinterland of Northern Noricum" by Dominik Hagmann deals with the archaeological settlement activities of the ripa Norica's hinterland and studies ancient settlement in a precisely defined area of investigation in the north of the former Roman province of Noricum.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7181618 30 views
Papers by Dominik Hagmann
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2024
A human double burial combined with a horse interment, discovered in 2004 in the eastern cemetery... more A human double burial combined with a horse interment, discovered in 2004 in the eastern cemetery of the Roman town of Ovilava (today Wels/AUT), has been the subject of a comprehensive interdisciplinary study. This burial was remarkable for two reasons: firstly, the arrangement of the two individuals, with individual 1 having an arm around individual 2, and secondly, the presence of equine skeletal remains in the same burial pit directly below the human remains. Based on this finding, an initial assessment suggested a mixed-sex pair buried together with a horse. The horse burial was interpreted as an indicator of an early medieval date. The position of the two human skeletons suggested that a male and female individual had been buried together. A thorough examination of both the human and horse skeletons disproved these initial interpretations. Radiocarbon dating of the human and horse skeletons dated them to the Roman period. In addition, ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of the human remains corrected the earlier sex assumption, revealing that the individuals were two biological females who were first-degree relatives. The age difference of 15 to 25 years between the two suggests a probable motherdaughter relationship. Thus, the application of scientific methods confirmed a rare, combined human-horse burial from Roman antiquity and established the first genetically documented mother-daughter burial from this period in present-day Austria.
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Journal of Open Humanities Data, Jan 29, 2024
This paper offers a detailed overview of the archeological data from the "Roman Rural Landscapes ... more This paper offers a detailed overview of the archeological data from the "Roman Rural Landscapes in Noricum" (RRLN) project. It focuses on the less-explored northern and northeastern rural regions of Roman-period Noricum (c. 16/15 BC to 488 AD). The University of Vienna's PHAIDRA system was employed for the long-term archiving of selected new archeological data, adhering to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. The project adopted an innovative digital archeology approach, combining open geodata with various unstructured datasets within a Geographic Information System (GIS) framework. Accordingly, this method aimed to deepen our understanding of Roman rural landscapes in a specific Area of Interest (AoI). The paper highlights the selective preservation of crucial archeological data in a specialized repository and also promotes open science to improve the discoverability and usability of data related to Roman-period objects.
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Peer Community Journal, Dec 14, 2023
The Go!Digital 3.0 project IUENNA—an acronym for “openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN ... more The Go!Digital 3.0 project IUENNA—an acronym for “openIng the soUthErn jauNtal as a micro-regioN for future Archaeology”—adopts a comprehensive open science methodology and concentrates on the archaeological micro-region of the Jauntal/Podjuna Valley in Carinthia, Austria. Key case studies include the Hemmaberg/gora svete Heme site and its associated locations: Globasnitz/Globasnica/Iuenna, Jaunstein/Podjuna, and St. Stefan/Šteben. The Hemmaberg site is among the most extensively researched Late Antique hilltop settlements—dating from the 4th to the 6th century AD—and serves as a primary research focus. This site moreover functions as a crucial reference point for early Christianity in the Southeast Alpine region and boasts a rich array of features: at least five early Christian churches, burials, auxiliary structures, and notable landmarks like the Gothic pilgrimage church of St. Hemma and Dorothea. Despite more than a century of research—initially launched by citizen scientists in the early 20th century and later expanded by various actors—the Hemmaberg site is just one element in a broader cultural landscape. This landscape spans from prehistoric times to the early Middle Ages and encapsulates the diverse Jauntal Valley. IUENNA is a collaborative effort in digital archaeology and digital humanities: It involves a diverse set of stakeholders, including the State Museum for Carinthia (kärnten.museum), the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI) at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage (ACDH-CH) at the ÖAW, the Austrian Federal Monuments Authority (BDA), and the archaeological service company ARDIG. The project marks a novel initiative in Austrian Classical studies by providing a robust model for the active and sustainable long-term archiving of digital archaeological data. IUENNA consequently involves digitizing all available archaeological records and organizing them into an inclusive, hierarchical digital folder structure. Furthermore, all digital assets will also be augmented with metadata. This data management strategy holds the potential to serve as a blueprint for future archaeological projects, both in Austria and beyond. Data accessibility is ensured through its online presence in the ARCHE repository (A Resource Centre for the HumanitiEs) of the ACDH-CH. A web-mapping application will also be available. This paper serves two purposes: It not only outlines IUENNA’s conceptual framework but also opens the floor for scholarly discourse aimed at the project’s conceptual refinement.
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Anthropological Review, 2023
In historic and prehistoric populations, the sex ratio can often only be determined based on bioa... more In historic and prehistoric populations, the sex ratio can often only be determined based on bioarchaeological analyses of cemeteries. In this context, a so-called female deficit has been described, which clearly contrasts the sex ratio typical of recent populations. The present study aims to analyze the sex ratio in the eastern cemetery ('Gräberfeld Ost') of the Roman town Ovilava. This site is located beneath today's city of Wels in Upper Austria (AUT), in the northwestern region of Noricum. Spatial as well as chronological aspects of the sex ratio were considered. A total of 111 individuals older than 15 years could be included in the analysis. Radiocarbon dating allowed a chronological classification of the burials. In addition, a spatial analysis of the cemetery was carried out using a geoinformation system. For the whole sample, a sex ratio of 200.0 and a marked female deficit were recorded. Considering the individual age classes and the periods separately, an apparent female surplus emerged among individuals younger than 20 years (sex ratio = 62.5). With increasing age class, the proportion of females reduced dramatically; among the over 40-yearolds, the sex ratio was 370.0. There was also an apparent female deficit in the Early Roman and Imperial Roman Periods but an almost balanced sex ratio in the early Middle Ages. Furthermore, the sex proportion varied between the cemetery areas. Consequently, a female deficit occurs mainly during Roman times and in specific areas of the burial ground.
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In this paper, we aim at the enhanced theoretical and methodological application of digital archa... more In this paper, we aim at the enhanced theoretical and methodological application of digital archaeological find processing using 3d-data, augmented and virtual reality, as well as synthetic data, particularly paying attention to the careful handling, virtual reconstruction, and scientific communication of the material culture. A carrot amphora served as an example for our case study: the fragments (partially assembled rim, handle, body, and foot) were excavated in 1973 at the vicus of the auxiliary camp of Augustianis (today Traismauer in Lower Austria/AUT) at the so-called Danube Limes in former Noricum. Three scaled 3d-models of the sub-objects were made using 3d-photogrammetry (image-based modeling/IBM), afterward virtually joined together, and missing parts were added digitally to obtain a complete reconstruction of the amphora. For this purpose, a Nikon DSLR, the proprietary IBM software Agisoft Metashape, and the free and open-source software (FOSS) Blender were used. The platform Sketchfab served as a medium for quick viewing, annotation, and sharing of the 3d-models. Furthermore, polymer 3d-prints were made of the amphora's rim using polylactic acid (PLA) as material and fused deposition modeling (FDM) as a rapid prototyping method. Our approach subsequently discusses the possibilities and limitations of working with such 'synthetic material culture' for daily archaeological work. The availability of multiple 3d-models, rendered images, and 3d-prints provide a real added value for research and science-to-science/public communication. Nevertheless, the total working time of > 8 hours makes the presented method currently not yet comparable to traditional analog find processing in terms of costs. However, the advancing technical development regarding smart devices and mobile apps could lead to the expectation that paper and pencil could soon be replaced by a digital documentation method for processing archaeological artifacts by default.
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Acta Carnuntina, 2023
The military sites directly along the Danube River at the so-called Roman Limes are the subject o... more The military sites directly along the Danube River at the so-called Roman Limes are the subject of ongoing scientific research regularly. However, the sites of the rural hinterland, mainly in today's Lower Austria, are much less known. To address this unsatisfactory imbalance in the state of research, the archaeological settlement activities in a study area between the military centers on the Roman Danube frontier (Arelape/Pöchlarn, Favianis/Mautern an der Donau, Augustianis/Traismauer) and the ancient municipium Aelium Cetium/St. Pölten were treated in detail regarding landscape and settlement archaeology during the dissertation "Roman Rural Landscapes in Noricum." Selected results of the project, completed in 2021, and findings directly connected to it are presented in this article, thus providing new insights into the rural settlement in the Limes hinterland.
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Human Biology and Public Health, 2023
Background: Growth and finally body height are influenced by various intrinsic and extrinsic fact... more Background: Growth and finally body height are influenced by various intrinsic and extrinsic factors. During the last decades the well documented secular trend of increase in body height slowed down. Overweight and obesity rates increased worldwide from childhood onwards. An association between rising obesity rates and the slowdown of the secular trend in body height might be assumed. Aims: This study focuses on patterns of associations between childhood weight status, socioenvironmental factors, and adolescent body height. It is hypothesized that higher weight during childhood enhances developmental tempo and linear growth, and results in higher body height during adolescence. Sample and methods: In a longitudinal study, the body height, body weight, and Body mass index (BMI) of 1506 randomly selected Viennese children were documented at the age of six, ten, and fifteen years. Weight status according to sex and age and age-specific BMI percentiles were determined. The association between weight status and body height was analyzed. A history of migration and the socioenvironmental background, based on specific characteristics of the residential area, have been included in the analysis. Results: A marked positive association between weight status during childhood, male sex, socioenvironmental factor, the background of migration, and body height at the age of six and ten years could be documented. At the age of fifteen years, however, only male sex and BMI at age ten years were significantly positively associated with height. Conclusion: High weight or obesity during childhood enhances growth during childhood, but no significant associations between weight status and height were observable during adolescence. Take-home message for students Body weight and BMI are significantly associated with body height during childhood and prepubertal age. An enhanced developmental tempo caused by overnutrition can be assumed as a trigger factor of linear growth during childhood, resulting in higher body height during the prepubertal phase. However, during adolescence, no significant associations between Body mass index and height are observed.
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Background The marked spatial differences in the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity rates... more Background The marked spatial differences in the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity rates within cities are mainly due to environmental characteristics of individual intracity areas. This is the first analysis of spatial differences in the prevalence of overweight/obesity among children in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Subjects and methods In the medical-record-based study, the weight status of 1611 Viennese school children of lower socioeconomic backgrounds at the ages of six, ten, and 15 years from 46 randomly selected public secondary schools were included. Medical data have been obtained at schools by trained members of the Medical school authority. Besides effects of sex and background of migration, associations between weight status and the natural as well as social environments of the residential and school districts were analyzed. Since the 23 political districts of Vienna differ markedly in socioeconomic and environmental characteristics, a comparison between the districts was carried out.
Results Especially high overweight and obesity rates were found for the socially disadvantaged areas of the 10th, 12th, and 15th political district of Vienna. Children living and attending schools in better-off districts had lower rates of overweight and obesity, despite their low social status. The most important factors influencing overweight and obesity were parameters of the social environment and characteristics of the residential area of the children. Significant associations between the body mass index and unemployment rates, average monthly income, the educational level of the district population, the proportion of migrants in the district, and sociodemographic cluster areas could be observed. This was equally true for girls and boys, as well as children with or without a migrant background.
Conclusion In general, socially disadvantaged, inner-city areas showed extremely high prevalence rates of obesity.
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Seventeen scientists met for this year’s conference on Auxology held at Krobielowice castle, Pola... more Seventeen scientists met for this year’s conference on Auxology held at Krobielowice castle, Poland, to discuss growth and public health concerns. The regulation of growth is complex and besides metabolic and endocrine components including hypothalamic releasing factors, growth hormone and multiple downstream effectors, comprises the full spectrum of the psychosocial, economic and emotional environment including signaling dominance, competence, prestige, or subordination and indulgence, all of this being sensitive to urban or rural lifestyle, the political climate and with marked plasticity throughout history. New statistical techniques (St. Nicolas House Analysis) are presented for analyzing anthropometric variables for public health concerns. The impact of spatial differences on developmental tempo, growth in height, and the prevalence of childhood obesity are discussed as well as the impact of social mobility on obesity, and the benefits of the biopsychosocial status when getting along with socio-economic disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Human Biology and Public Health, 2021
In 2007, for the first time worldwide, more people lived in urban conurbations than in rural sett... more In 2007, for the first time worldwide, more people lived in urban conurbations than in rural settlement structures. This advancing urbanization has dramatically altered the living situation, the use of space, as well as human behavior along with the health situation and disease burden. This process began in Europe as early as the 19th century, while developing and emerging countries in particular are currently exposed to increasing urbanization. The burden of disease is clearly altered by living in a confined space, by environmental pollution in urban areas, the impossibility of producing food oneself, and being lost in an anonymous crowd. While city air made people “free” in medieval times, it often makes them “sick” today. Obesogenic environments represent a special problem in urban areas. A lack of physical activity, adverse dietary habits, and stressful and unsafe neighborhoods increase the risk of becoming overweight and obese in urban centers. Recently, modernization in rural areas and an adaptation to urban habits there increase the obesity rates in rural areas in high-income as well as low- and middle-income countries, too. Within cities, marked spatial differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity occur. In Vienna, Austria, overweight and obesity rates during childhood and adolescence differ markedly between the individual Viennese districts. Highest overweight and obesity rates occur in districts characterized by a low socioeconomic status.
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Interdisciplinaria Archaeologica, 2018
Based on a case study, the paper analyses the possibilities of social media as a tool for science... more Based on a case study, the paper analyses the possibilities of social media as a tool for science communication in the context of information and communication technology (ICT) usage in archaeology. Aside from discussing the characteristics of digital archaeology, the social networking sites (SNS) Twitter, Sketchfab, and ResearchGate are integrated into a digital research data dissemination tool. As a result, above-average engagement rates with few impressions were observed. Compared with that, status updates focusing on actual fieldwork and other research activities gain high numbers of impressions with below-average engagement rates. It is believed that most of the interactions are restricted to a core audience and that a clearly defined social media strategy is obligatory for successful research data dissemination in archaeology, combined with regular posts in the SNS. Additionally, active followers are of highest importance.
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Susanne Blumesberger, Andreas Ferus, Christian Kaier, Gertraud Novotny (Hrsg.), Repositorien in Österreich – Status quo und (zukünftige) Herausforderungen, Jul 2018
Im Allgemeinen sind archäologische Daten durch eine Vielzahl an Daten-typen und Dateiformaten gep... more Im Allgemeinen sind archäologische Daten durch eine Vielzahl an Daten-typen und Dateiformaten geprägt, die unterschiedliche Inhalte speichern. Hier spannt sich der Bogen etwa von Texten und tabellarisch erfassten quantitativen Daten über Objektfotografien bis hin zu Vektorgrafiken sowie den immer beliebteren 3D-Modellen. Diese ausgeprägte Diversität ist der Anwendung verschiedener Methoden und der Um-setzung vielfältiger Ansätze in der archäologischen Forschung geschuldet. So generieren archäologische Surveys (Oberfächenfundaufsammlungen) andere Daten als Ausgra-bungen, luftbildarchäologische Maßnahmen oder geophysikalische Prospektionen. Je nach Projekt kommen zudem noch zahlreiche nachträglich digitalisierte, d.h. ursprüng-lich analog angefertigte Ressourcen hinzu, die ihrerseits abermals sehr heterogene In-formationen abbilden können. Die Herausforderung in der Langzeitarchivierung dieser inhomogenen Datensätze liegt unter anderem im Vorhandensein eines Repositoriums, das die verschiedenen Datentypen effektiv aufnehmen und zudem innerhalb des Ar-chivs sinnvoll in Beziehung zueinander setzen kann. Diese Voraussetzungen sind im System PHAIDRA der Universität Wien gegeben, weswegen es dadurch möglich ist, komplexe archäologische Datensätze dort nachhaltig verfügbar zu machen. Abstract: Archaeological data are characterized by a variety of data types and file formats that store different kinds of information respectively contents. This spectrum ranges from texts and tables to object photographs, vector graphics and the increasingly popular 3D models for example. This diversity of archaeological data is due to the use of different methods and various approaches in archaeology. Depending on the individual project, numerous digitized and heterogeneous datasets are added as well. Among others, one of the main challenges in long-term data archiving and data dissemination in archaeology is to handle this inhomogeneous information within a repository. In this article it will be shown that the system PHAIDRA at the University of Vienna enables researchers to make complex archaeological datasets available in a sustainable way.
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Tutela & Restauro 2016.2019 – Notiziario della Soprintendenza archeologia belle arti e paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Firenze e le province di Pistoia e Prato, 2020
Molino San Vincenzo is a rural settlement in northern Tuscany, located near Empoli in the municip... more Molino San Vincenzo is a rural settlement in northern Tuscany, located near Empoli in the municipality of Montespertoli. The 'Molino San Vincenzo' site occupies a cultivated field in the Pesa valley on the lower slopes on the left side of the river. The previous features and finds of Molino San Vincenzo can be interpreted as the remains of a rural settlement from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD. The paper gives an overview of the final archaeological investigations at the site in 2017-2019.
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The paper describes an archaeological experiment which was conducted during the course "Experimen... more The paper describes an archaeological experiment which was conducted during the course "Experimental Archaeology" held at the Department of Prehistory and Historical Archeology at the University of Vienna from June 30th to July 2nd 2017. The aim of the experiment was to provide new insights on handling cooking pits which formed an integral part of prehistoric cooking technology.
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Fundberichte aus Österreich (FÖ) , 2020
Using geographic information systems (GIS) for the digital recording of archaeological material c... more Using geographic information systems (GIS) for the digital recording of archaeological material culture and dissemination of the gained data is increasingly the focus of various activities of the Federal Monuments Office in Austria (BDA). For Lower Austria, the first steps were taken from May to November 2018 on behalf of the Department of Archeology of the BDA concerning a GIS-supported recording of archaeological find zones. // Die digitale Erfassung und Dissemination der archäologischen materiellen Kultur in einem Geografischen Informationssystem (GIS) ist in Österreich zunehmend im Fokus verschiedener Aktivitäten des Bundesdenkmalamtes. Für Niederösterreich erfolgten von Mai bis November 2018 erste Schritte im Auftrag der Abteilung für Archäologie des BDA hinsichtlich einer GIS-gestützten Erfassung archäologischer Fundzonen.
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Videos by Dominik Hagmann
This asset is a supplementary video abstract created to advertize the bachelor's and master's degree programs in Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna in 2020. The video abstract was produced in collaboration with Julia Kopf and aimed to provide additional - and visually appealing -information and insights about the program.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.152
The pre-COVID-19 in-presence talk in Vienna (Austria) was held together with G. Schörner, H. Schörner, and N. Kirchengast, and each presenter focused on a particular topic. The part on digital archaeology by the presenter was held virtually from Chicago, Il (USA).
Held on 2020-01-28 at the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.
The video project was accomplished together with K. Klein and H. Schörner.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.155
Using digital methods extensive and diverse data stocks can be generated within the scope of archaeology. Using that data can actively contribute to the protection of historic monuments, as the example of Oberndorf an der Melk shows, or can preserve highly detailed replicas of the archaeological sites virtually, as seen in the case of Petzenkirchen. However, it is of highest importance of dealing with various forms of best practice guidelines during every step of the workflow related to digital data to guarantee sustainable data.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7240365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7181618
Papers by Dominik Hagmann
Subjects and methods In the medical-record-based study, the weight status of 1611 Viennese school children of lower socioeconomic backgrounds at the ages of six, ten, and 15 years from 46 randomly selected public secondary schools were included. Medical data have been obtained at schools by trained members of the Medical school authority. Besides effects of sex and background of migration, associations between weight status and the natural as well as social environments of the residential and school districts were analyzed. Since the 23 political districts of Vienna differ markedly in socioeconomic and environmental characteristics, a comparison between the districts was carried out.
Results Especially high overweight and obesity rates were found for the socially disadvantaged areas of the 10th, 12th, and 15th political district of Vienna. Children living and attending schools in better-off districts had lower rates of overweight and obesity, despite their low social status. The most important factors influencing overweight and obesity were parameters of the social environment and characteristics of the residential area of the children. Significant associations between the body mass index and unemployment rates, average monthly income, the educational level of the district population, the proportion of migrants in the district, and sociodemographic cluster areas could be observed. This was equally true for girls and boys, as well as children with or without a migrant background.
Conclusion In general, socially disadvantaged, inner-city areas showed extremely high prevalence rates of obesity.
This asset is a supplementary video abstract created to advertize the bachelor's and master's degree programs in Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna in 2020. The video abstract was produced in collaboration with Julia Kopf and aimed to provide additional - and visually appealing -information and insights about the program.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.152
The pre-COVID-19 in-presence talk in Vienna (Austria) was held together with G. Schörner, H. Schörner, and N. Kirchengast, and each presenter focused on a particular topic. The part on digital archaeology by the presenter was held virtually from Chicago, Il (USA).
Held on 2020-01-28 at the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.
The video project was accomplished together with K. Klein and H. Schörner.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25365/phaidra.155
Using digital methods extensive and diverse data stocks can be generated within the scope of archaeology. Using that data can actively contribute to the protection of historic monuments, as the example of Oberndorf an der Melk shows, or can preserve highly detailed replicas of the archaeological sites virtually, as seen in the case of Petzenkirchen. However, it is of highest importance of dealing with various forms of best practice guidelines during every step of the workflow related to digital data to guarantee sustainable data.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7240365
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7181618
Subjects and methods In the medical-record-based study, the weight status of 1611 Viennese school children of lower socioeconomic backgrounds at the ages of six, ten, and 15 years from 46 randomly selected public secondary schools were included. Medical data have been obtained at schools by trained members of the Medical school authority. Besides effects of sex and background of migration, associations between weight status and the natural as well as social environments of the residential and school districts were analyzed. Since the 23 political districts of Vienna differ markedly in socioeconomic and environmental characteristics, a comparison between the districts was carried out.
Results Especially high overweight and obesity rates were found for the socially disadvantaged areas of the 10th, 12th, and 15th political district of Vienna. Children living and attending schools in better-off districts had lower rates of overweight and obesity, despite their low social status. The most important factors influencing overweight and obesity were parameters of the social environment and characteristics of the residential area of the children. Significant associations between the body mass index and unemployment rates, average monthly income, the educational level of the district population, the proportion of migrants in the district, and sociodemographic cluster areas could be observed. This was equally true for girls and boys, as well as children with or without a migrant background.
Conclusion In general, socially disadvantaged, inner-city areas showed extremely high prevalence rates of obesity.
Der Vortrag setzt sich, ebenso wie das zugehörige Poster, mit der Thematik der Digitalen Archäologie auseinander und behandelt dementsprechend die Umsetzung von Informations-und Kommunikationstechnologien auf der archäologischen Forschungs-und Lehrgrabung Molino San Vincenzo in der Toskana (Italien). Die materielle Kultur des Fundplatzes kann dabei als Überrest einer antiken Siedlung mittlerer Größe interpretiert werden. Die Präsentationen möchten, basierend auf der MA-Arbeit des Vortragenden, im Zuge dessen besonders die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der digitalen Dokumentation, Verarbeitung und Analyse digitaler Daten auf archäologischen Ausgrabungen aufzeigen und kritisch betrachten. Hierbei wird ein besonderer Schwerpunkt auf zwei Aspekte gelegt, nämlich einerseits den der Langzeitarchivierung digitaler Daten in einer technischen, andererseits den der Verfügbarkeit digitaler archäologischer Information in einer sozialen Dimension.
The experimental archaeological investigations deal with the production process (both in laboratory and field tests), the physical properties of the porridge puls during the cooking process, and an analysis of the sensory characteristics.
This thought-provoking roundtable will discuss approaches, concepts, and principles initially focused on environmental sustainability and waste management - such as the 5Rs ("refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle, rot") - in Austrian digital archaeology and long-term archiving. Such principles can be applied in various ways to minimize the impact of unnecessary digital data waste while reducing the risk of data loss. Measures inspired by the 5Rs may include "refusing" to store redundant data or "recycling" existing data on features and artifacts rather than constantly creating entirely new field archaeological data for research and education purposes. Furthermore (and much more provocatively), redundant, unused, erroneous, incomplete, or other "data waste" must also be considered. Under exceptional (?) circumstances, such useless data (e.g., intermediate results produced on an experimental basis), sometimes formalized as "digital muda" in economic business process management, may be allowed to "rot" (i.e., be deleted), at least for the sake of creating new digital storage space. In light of such considerations, the roundtable aims to address (but is not limited to) the following key questions: Can applying such posthumanist principles to digital archaeology contribute to sustainable long-term archiving in theory and practice? Can the 5Rs be used to minimize digital waste in long-term preservation? What is the role of long-term archived lean research data as a cultural heritage resource for future generations? Based on such guiding questions, interested participants will discuss the topic in a lively exchange of practical and theoretical case studies, thus contributing to the further development of digital archaeological methodology in sustainable data management.
All ground interventions were archaeologically accompanied and recorded, but complex and archaeologically relevant finds and features were not encountered during the activities. The work was carried out from 29.04.2022 to 10.05.2022. The section revealed several deposits and backfills in the area of the southeastern moat park, which was in two contexts and phases of the modern and recent past (18th to 21st cent. ) - on the one hand, various small-scale, recent, and highly limited earth displacements in the course of an allotment use of individual sections of the investigation area and, on the other hand, a larger-scale, older and extending over the entire moat earth displacement in the 18th century in the course of the drainage and subsequent backfilling of the original moat. The documented find material supports this thesis: In all stratification units, about the material found, obviously, objects were encountered, which were brought in as "secondary refuse," probably always for the purpose of waste disposal.
The survey was conducted under average surface visibility and weather conditions and covered an area of about 3.5 ha. The quality of the survey results can therefore be rated as "1 - very good". A total of 21 finds, exclusively pottery fragments, were collected on 17 lines.
The vast majority of the finds can be dated to the early modern period. They are loosely scattered over all the surveyed areas in the form of a thin veil of significant finds. Only in the western part of the area, two smaller clusters of artifacts can be observed, which can be located approximately at the level of the village of Atzelsdorf. It is very likely that the observed distribution pattern of the finds can be traced back to the practice of farmyard manuring, whereby a connection with the agricultural activities of the population of the (at least since the 13th century existing) settlement near Atzelsdorf is obvious. Therefore, it seems unlikely that previously unknown archaeological settlements or other structures can be found in the investigated area.
Therefore, the survey aimed to find and locate new archaeological sites, suspected sites, and areas with potential finds in the areas affected by the construction activities. In addition to a systematic survey, information was gathered from the federal site database, aerial photographs, historical maps, and literature research. The survey results led to a catalog of measures that will serve as a basis for further action on the identified archaeological sites/suspected sites and areas of potential finds.
The survey was carried out under good surface visibility and weather conditions and covered an area of about 10.4 ha on 256 survey lines with a total length of about 10 km. The quality of the survey results can therefore be rated as "1 - very good". A total of 18 finds, all ceramic fragments, were collected during the survey.
The vast majority of the finds can be dated as modern and recent. The distribution of artifacts can be characterized as a thin veil of significant finds loosely scattered over all the surveyed areas. Near the surveyed fields, some features can be considered old road structures according to the historical cadastral maps some of which can still be seen as features in recent aerial photographs. The observed distribution pattern of the finds can probably be traced back to the practice of farmyard manuring, whereby a connection with modern and recent agricultural activities of the population of Zistersdorf, which is about 2 km away, is obvious.
Surface finds were recorded during the archaeological prospection on 325 walked lines with a total length of approx. 13 km, whereby an area of more than 20.5 ha was recorded. A total of 13 finds, twelve ceramic fragments and one metal object were recovered, all of which can be dated to the modern period.
Two find concentrations can be seen in connection with already known find sites, in the remaining areas the find occurrence is to be evaluated due to the find distribution and the state of preservation of the recovered artifacts with high probability as a product of modern court stable fertilization, whereby a connection with modern and recent agricultural activities of the population from Loidesthal, spatially between 1 and 3 km distant, suggests itself. In the immediate vicinity of the survey areas, there are also features which, according to the Franziszeischen Kataster, are to be considered as old road structures and which are partly still visible as features in current aerial photographs.
Deutsch: Mit digitalen Methoden können im Rahmen der Archäologie umfangreiche und vielfältige Datenbestände erzeugt werden. Die Verwendung dieser Daten kann einen aktiven Beitrag zum Denkmalschutz leisten, wie das Beispiel von Oberndorf an der Melk zeigt, oder hochdetaillierte Nachbildungen der archäologischen Stätten virtuell aufbewahren, wie dies im Fall von Petzenkirchen der Fall ist. Es ist jedoch von größter Bedeutung, sich in jedem Schritt des Workflows im Zusammenhang mit digitalen Daten mit verschiedenen Formen von Best-Practice-Richtlinien zu befassen, um nachhaltige Daten zu gewährleisten.
Deutsch: Der ca. 4 km südlich von Krems an der Donau an den nordöstl. Ausläufern des Dunkelsteinerwalds gelegene Hügel „Göttweiger Berg“ mit einer Seehöhe von ca. 420 m beherbergt seit spätestens 1083 ein von Bischof Altmann von Passau gestiftetes Kloster, das im 18. Jahrhundert nach Plänen von Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt umgestaltet und in seine heutige, landschaftsprägende Erscheinungsform gebracht wurde. 2019 wurden hier geophysikalische Untersuchung des gesamten Stiftsareals mittels Georadar umgesetzt. Durch die gewonnenen Daten konnten nicht nur bauarchäologische Fragestellungen beantwortet, sondern zugleich eine Plangrundlage für potentielle, zukünftige Bauvorhaben und Erdbewegungen im Bereich des Stiftes geschaffen werden.
The characteristics of Roman settlement in the hinterland of certain parts of the former province of Noricum are hardly known for various reasons. Above all, this becomes clear in comparison with other areas of the Roman Empire, such as the provinces of Raetia or Britain. Because of that, the idea arose to start a state-of-the-art landscape archaeologcial research project regarding Roman rural settlement in the northern part of the former Roman province of Noricum in a selected study area as part of a dissertation called 'Archaeological Studies on Roman Settlements in the Hinterland of Northern Noricum' (RRLN). // German: Der Artikel behandelt das Dissertationsprojekt des Autors, welches die archäologischen Besiedlungsaktivitäten in einem genau definierten Untersuchungsgebiet im nördlichen (heute niederösterreichischen) Hinterland der ehemaligen römischen Provinz Noricum behandelt. Die Charakteristika der römerzeitlichen Besiedlung im Hinterland bestimmter Teile der früheren Provinz Noricum sind aus verschiedenen Gründen kaum bekannt. Vor allem wird dies im Vergleich mit anderen Gebieten des römischen Reiches, etwa den Provinzen Raetien oder Britannien, deutlich. Aus dieser Situation erwuchs die Idee, die Erforschung der ländlichen Besiedlungsaktivitäten im nördlichen Gebiet der ehemaligen römischen Provinz Noricum in einem ausgewählten Untersuchungsgebiet im Rahmen einer Dissertation zu behandeln. Die Grundzüge dieses PhD-Projektes „Roman Rural Landscapes in Noricum. Archäologische Untersuchungen zur römischen Besiedlung im Hinterland Nord-Noricums“ (RRLN) sollen darum im Folgenden kurz aufgezeigt werden.
English: This paper argues that only the most open approach to digital archaeology offers the possibility of dispelling the disadvantages of integrating information and communication technologies and archaeology, such as a digital divide or a digital dark age. In the sense of practicing open science and providing access to as much data as possible in archaeology it is proposed not only to pay attention exclusively to scientific/technical, but also inclusively to ‘social’ parameters. The paper aims to point out that an ‘inclusive digital archaeology’ is closely related to accessibility and that pure open science can only be reached by reducing the technical as well as the social barriers.
Webseite zum Projekt: rrl.univie.ac.at/forschung/ooe
English: This contribution aims to present the latest approaches of the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna for the study of rural areas in north-western Noricum and tries to illustrate the possibilities of non-destructive archaeological methods based on recently collected data. In addition to this methodological framework, the first results of two selected on- and off-site surveys in the Vöckla and Aiterbach valleys are presented. These results demonstrate the potential of a combined set of methods used to study rural life in Roman times, including the overarching issues of cultural exchange. Based on the observations presented in this volume, during the period between the 2nd and 4th century AD this exchange took place at specific locations only. Furthermore, these processes were limited to special functional categories of the archaeological material, mostly tableware (terra sigillata/Samian ware). These items were typically received from the western parts of the Roman Empire.
Project's webpage: rrl.univie.ac.at/forschung/ooe
English: This brief contribution wants to illustrate fist results of geomagnetic prospections, which were carried out as part of the "Modeling Roman Rural Landscapes" project by the Department of Classical Archeology at the University of Vienna. Based on the archaeological interpretation of the geophysical data several archaeolological sturctures were traced both at the sites of Albersdorf and at Oberaustall in the Aiterbach valley in Upper Austria. The data can provide valuable information about rural settlement in the area around the ancient city of Wels/Ovilava. The magnetogram shows intensely populated areas and clearly demarcated building remains. However, zones were also identified for which preservation of archaeological substance by recent soil interventions must be considered very unlikely.
Following this, this research aimed to reconstruct the production process of the local coarse and to identify local and regional trade wherein Augustianis was imbedded. First, a range of jars, flagons, bowls, and plates were identified typo-morphologically among the waste of two 4th or possibly 5th c. AD kilns, excavated in 1976 by Alois Gattringer. Second, a total of 50 samples were selected for ceramic thin section petrography, and their composition was compared with the local geology, in order to reconstruct the technology adopted by Roman potters. Third, the results were compared with studies on coarse ware from other Roman sites along the Danube River, including Mautern and Carnuntum, to gain insight Augustianis’ role in local and regional trade.
With the construction of the auxiliary camps and associated facilities, a not insignificant road system was also established. The associated linear features can be divided into interregional and intraregional connections: While the interregional roads connected northeastern Noricum with the adjacent areas of northwestern and southern Noricum as well as western Pannonia, the intraregional roads served various forms of traffic within the vicinity. Since only isolated features have survived as material sources, a large part of this transportation network has been reconstructed by simple least-cost analyses using open data and free and open source software (FOSS). Despite some limitations, the results presented in this paper indicate that the primary and original function of the transportation network in the study area may have been the regional and supraregional exchange of supplies and information between the military sites along the Limes and with the settlement of the hinterland. At the same time, the military stations mostly secured secondary roads at their starting and ending points at the Roman border. Later on, the road network may have played only a secondary role in connecting civilian settlements within the region.
The pre-COVID-19 in-presence talk in Vienna (Austria) was held together with G. Schörner, H. Schörner, and N. Kirchengast, and each presenter focused on a particular topic. The part on digital archaeology by the presenter was held virtually from Chicago, Il (USA).
Held on 2020-01-28 at the Department of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.
The data sets were collected mainly by non- or micro-invasive methods and stratigraphic excavations, intensively using CAD and GIS programs in field and during post processing. Orthophotos and DSM/DEM data were obtained through Open Governmental Data and regional authorities as well as imagery gathered by UAVs. For a (nearly) entire digital documentation process, aside from Totalstations and Real-Time-Kinematic as well as Differential GNSS devices, image-based-modeling methods were used to create 3D models of small scale landscapes and the archaeological record by standard DSLR cameras and/or UAVs. All fieldwork was also recorded selectively using enhanced time-lapse and video documentation to capture the meta level of the single working processes digitally and therefore enabling further analysis as well as public relations.
All digital data was stored temporarily in an in house designed cloud service and online storage space, following highest privacy standards. Long term data archiving and distribution as well as permanent citability will be realized using an own online long term archiving service, which follows the Open Archival Information System reference model. The data sets get persistent addresses (currently HTTP and Handle, soon also DOI), structured metadata (i.a. Dublin Core and the Learning Object Metadata scheme) and will be indexed for search engines. Open access will be guaranteed by Creative Commons licenses (or similar free license models) for all archived data sets. Additionally, the system also serves as a spatial data infrastructure. All raw and all processed data shall be published as soon as possible but at the latest at the end of the actual projects, following archaeological best practices guidelines for data standards. Within this framework the project will actively contribute to guidelines for archaeological data standards. An user-friendly dissemination through interactive Web Mapping Applications will be provided, using commercial, freeware and open source solutions for comparison reasons.
German: Im Rahmen der geplanten Neustrukturierung der Außenbereiche des Schlosses Ulmerfeld beauftragte die Gemeinde Amstetten zusätzlich zur bauhistorischen Befundung der erhaltenen Befestigungsmauern die archäologische Untersuchung des äußeren und inneren Grabens. Fasst man die Grabungsergebnisse dieser Maßnahme zusammen, so lässt sich konstatieren, dass die heutige weite Grabenform auf anthropogene Um- und Ablagerungsprozesse im 20. Jahrhundert zurückzuführen sind, während die ursprüngliche Hangneigung eher jener am südlichen Ende des westlichen Grabens entsprochen hat, wo die Grabensohle mit 1,3 m Breite wesentlich enger ausfällt und die ursprüngliche Grabenform sich noch heute gut ablesen lässt.
Paper avaiable at http://www.verlag-berger.at/alle-produkte/fundberichte-aus-oesterreich/hauptbaende/detail/v/issn-0429-8926-20.html
Prior to a planned dry excavation for the construction of an excavation landfill at the quarry field "Koller X" near Markgrafneusiedl (district of Gänserndorf, parcel no.: 420/1, 419/1, 418/1 and 418/2), an archaeological survey with collection of finds took place on 08 May 2015 on behalf of the Federal Monuments Office. Already the extremely low number of finds makes the existence of archaeological structures in the survey area unlikely. Additional analyses, intended to reveal supposed concentrations or spatial relationships that might not have been detected with a purely visual interpretation, confirmed this initial impression. The overall find density of 0.019 objects/m² clearly suggests an off-site area based on previous considerations. The occurrence of medieval to modern pottery - one piece in all likelihood dates back to the 12th century - can be seen as remains of material deposition in the sense of secondary discard, given the present spatial distribution, to be associated with fertilization activities since the 12th century. The lack of any early historical finds makes a use of the investigation area before the emergence of the medieval settlement Markgrafneusiedl seem unlikely. Even after that, nothing in the documented spectrum of finds indicates that this area was used for anything more than agricultural purposes. The completely irregular and without any concentration distributed material, which shows a consistently high fragmentation, can in any case be regarded as typical for a soil that has been fertilized and plowed through for centuries, in which otherwise no archaeological structures can be assumed. The presented study thus shows how the intensified use of a precisely defined survey strategy, contextualized find evaluation, and intensive geostatistical analysis procedures can provide scientifically sound interpretations with regard to the falsification of archaeological sites ("off-" or "non-site-definition").
German: Im Vorfeld einer geplanten Trockenbaggerung für die Anlage einer Aushubdeponie am Abbaufeld “Koller X” bei Markgrafneusiedl (Bezirk Gänserndorf, Parz. Nr.: 420/1, 419/1, 418/1 und 418/2) kam es am 08. Mai 2015 im Auftrag des Bundesdenkmalamtes zu einem archäologischen Survey mit Fundaufsammlung. Bereits die äußerst niedrige Fundanzahl macht das Bestehen archäologischer Strukturen im Untersuchungsgebiet unwahrscheinlich. Zusätzliche Analysen, die vermeintliche Konzentrationen oder räumliche Zusammenhänge aufzeigen sollten, welche mit einer rein visuellen Interpretation vielleicht nicht erkannt worden wären, bestätigen diesen ersten Eindruck. Die Gesamtfunddichte von 0,019 Objekten/m² lässt nach bisherigen Überlegungen eindeutig auf ein Off-Site-Areal schließen. Das Vorkommen von mittelalterlicher bis neuzeitlicher Keramik – ein Stück reicht aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach bis in das 12. Jh. zurück – kann angesichts der vorliegenden räumlichen Verteilung als Überreste von Materialaufbringung im Sinne von secondary discard gesehen werden, die mit Düngemaßnahmen seit dem 12. Jh. in Zusammenhang zu bringen sind. Das Fehlen jeglicher frühgeschichtlicher Funde lässt eine Nutzung des Untersuchungsgebietes vor dem Entstehen der mittelalterlichen Siedlung Markgrafneusiedl unwahrscheinlich erscheinen. Auch danach weist im dokumentierten Fundspektrum nichts darauf hin, dass dieses Gebiet für mehr als nur landwirtschaftliche Zwecke genutzt wurde. Das vollkommen unregelmäßig und ohne jede Konzentration verteilte Material, welches eine durchgehend hohe Zerscherbung aufweist, kann jedenfalls als typisch für einen jahrhundertelang gedüngten und durchpflügten Boden angesehen werden, in welchem ansonsten keine archäologischen Strukturen anzunehmen sind. Die vorgelegte Untersuchung zeigt damit, wie durch den forcierten Einsatz einer präzise definierten Surveystrategie, kontextualisierter Fundauswertung und intensiver geostatistischer Analyseverfahren wissenschaftlich fundierte Interpretationen hinsichtlich der Falsifikation archäologischer Fundplätze geliefert werden können (“off-” bzw. “non-site-definition”).
Abstract and full book avaiable at http://www.verlag-berger.at/alle-produkte/fundberichte-aus-oesterreich/hauptbaende/detail/v/issn-0429-8926-20.html
The discovery of the continuation of a foundation wall made from sandstone (which was discovered in 2012 already) in the east-west direction was of high importance. Additionally, this foundation wall was disturbed by another more recent concentration of stones of varying sizes. Further, it was possible to identify a round-shaped furnace characterized by reddish earth and layers of charcoal in the praefurnium and the lower part of the mid-sized combustion chamber. This chamber was filled with a large amount of opus doliare and numerous fragments of pottery dating back to the Roman age as well.
The ancient pottery found during the campaign suggests a datation from the late republican age to the fifth century AD, giving an idea of the lively exchange of goods with the Mediterranean region.
A cumulation of metallurgical furnaces characterized by round-shaped reddish layers as well as slag fragments and a drainage feature consisting of multiple rows of river pebbles refilled with fragments of roman tiles and large pieces of cocciopesto can both be dated by glazed pottery to the modern era and show the complex history of the post-Roman site ‘Molino San Vincenzo.’
Anstatt aber nun bei DA, um diesen Begriff im Sinne eines terminologischen Stellvertreters für die verschiedenen Bezeichnungen zu verwenden, in taxonomischer Hinsicht über eine selbstständige archäologische Disziplin zu sprechen, entsteht bei genauerer Auseinandersetzung mit dieser Thematik der Eindruck, dass es sich bei DA vielmehr um die entsprechende Verortung des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses über die Anwendung von IKT innerhalb der jeweiligen archäologischen Fachdisziplin handelt.
Sobald verschiedene IKT in der archäologischen Arbeit in Theorie und Praxis reflektiert werden und interagierend Verwendung finden, ist im Bereich der jeweiligen Fachdisziplin DA als Komponente inhärent – dieser Umstand kann in variierendem Ausmaß in allen Fachdisziplinen (Klassische Archäologie, Ur- und Frühgeschichte etc.) beobachtet werden. Eine weitere Spezifikation, etwa hin zu einer »Digitalen Klassischen Archäologie«, ist jedoch nicht nötig, da eine solche im hier vorgestellten Konzept der DA bereits systemimmanent ist.
Ob zwischen DA und den »Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften« (vgl. z. B. Jannidis u. a. 2017) ein Konnex hergestellt werden kann, ist besonders davon abhängig, in welcher (forschungsgeschichtlich bedingten) Ausrichtung der jeweiligen Fachdisziplin DA ausgeübt wird. Dies ist beispielsweise in einem sozialwissenschaftlich orientierten archäologischen Fach der Fall, da hier diese Verbindung nicht hergestellt werden kann und vielmehr eine Relation zu den »Digitalen Sozialwissenschaften« gesucht werden muss.
DA kann aus einer solchen Sicht daher im weitesten Sinne auf einer Metaebene, die sowohl Theorie als auch Praxis betrifft, verortet werden – dieses holistische Konzept der DA dient so für die gesamte komplexe Auseinandersetzung mit IKT und Archäologie in der jeweiligen Fachdisziplin als wissenschaftlicher Rahmen.
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DEM von Österreich: Land Oberösterreich (CC-BY 3.0).
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The ASTER Digital Elevation Models (AST14DEM) V003 were retrieved from Earthdata Search, courtesy of the NASA Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC), USGS/Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, https://doi.org/10.5067/aster/ast14dem.003.
Zusatzdaten sind unter http://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:424705 und http://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:425665 verfügbar.
The present-day town of Mautern was built on the remains of the Roman fort "Favianis," the associated camp village, and its burial grounds. Since 2021, the military camp has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Danube Limes."
From the second half of the 1st century AD until the end of the 5th century AD, soldiers and their families, merchants, artisans, workers, enslaved people, and many others settled in and around Favianis. Even today, the massive late antique fortifications of the Roman camp in the town can still be visited.
"Roman Mautern" was located in the ancient Roman province of Noricum (or, in late antiquity, Noricum ripense) and thus on the northern border of the Roman Empire, today's Danube Limes. This flourishing border area is less understood as some "Cold War's Iron Curtain" but instead as a militarily and economically critical zone of interaction between the Roman Empire and the inhabitants of the lands to the north of it (the so-called Barbaricum). Along the Limes, Favianis was part of an extensive chain of different military stations (legionary camps for about 5000 soldiers, forts for about 500 to 1000 men, and watchtowers manned by a handful of soldiers) that were connected by roads.
Late antiquity and early Christianity are of particular importance in Mautern. One of the most important written sources of this period, the "Vita Sancti Severini" by Eugippius, describes the life and work of St. Severin, an early Christian missionary. He founded a monastery in Mautern and tried to alleviate the people's sufferings throughout northern Noricum during this crisis-ridden period characterized by poverty, war, hunger, and hardship.
Traismauer, ancient ‘Augustianis,’ was one of several Roman forts along the right bank of the Danube. With a chain of defensive buildings and the connecting Limes road, the Romans secured their northern border. Outstanding remains of this place are preserved to this day and were recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The exhibition presents the visitors with a holistic picture of the Roman settlement, showing well-known and several recent archaeological discoveries from Traismauer’s Roman period, researched by commercial archaeologists from companies like ARDIG and the Bundesdenkmalamt (Austrian Federal Monuments Authority).
But not only ‘treasures’ from Roman times can be visited in the rooms of Traismauer Castle. Dedicated Traismauer residents have searched for traces through the city and tracked down patterns on houses, squares, and nature. Furthermore, contemporary program booklets, original music scores by great composers such as Strauss and Ziehrer, and many other treasures that make the hearts of music lovers beat faster are on display.
Nach der Auftakttagung des Clusters im September 2021 an der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission in Frankfurt a. M. richtet das DAI Berlin die erste internationale Jahrestagung mit Vorträgen über antike und neuzeitliche Konzepte des Körpers, des Sterbens und des Todes aus. Die Konferenz wird hybrid durchgeführt: Die Vorträge können in Präsenz oder online
präsentiert und verfolgt werden.
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Messgeraet_2_Fleisch: Zahlenformat; Angaben in °C
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Kommentar: Standard