HEAS Member Katerina Douka Awarded Consolidator ERC Grant
HEAS Team Leader Katerina Douka was recently awarded a Consolidator ERC grant. ERC Consolidator Grants are awarded to exceptional mid-career…
HEAS Member Michaela Schauer awarded the Internationaler Philippika-Preis 2023
HEAS member Michaela Schauer was awarded the International Philippika Prize for her PhD on the 25th October 2024. More information…
HEAS member Gerhard Weber starts a new FWF Project to study the 3D morphology of human postcanine teeth
HEAS member Gerhard Weber starts a new FWF Project to study the 3D morphology of human postcanine teeth. Petra Simkova…
20th anniversary of the Laboratory for scanning electron microscopy at the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS), University Vienna, 14.11.2024, 15:00
Organisation: Dr. Ing. Mathias Mehofer, VIAS, University Vienna In the year 2004 the scanning electron microscopy laboratory was funded at…
HEAS members So Jung Han and Martin Kuhlwilm publish study of the evolutionary history of bonobos
In a new study in Current Biology, HEAS members So Jung Han and Martin Kuhlwilm together with an international team,…
HEAS Member Pere Gelabert receives a ERC Starting Grant for studying human-carnivore interactions through the Paleolithic
Caves have long served as critical habitats for both humans and carnivores during the Pleistocene. Traditionally, research has focused primarily…
HEAS Member Katerina Douka featured in ‘Die Presse’
HEAS Member Katerina Douka was recently interviewed by ‚Die Presse‘ on her work identifying previously unclassified tooth and bone samples…
HEAS members publish new study on how mammals with distant evolutionary ties but similar ecological roles evolved comparable inner ear shapes.
A new study by HEAS members Nicole Grunstra, Philipp Mitteroecker and Anne Le Maître, published in Nature Communications, showed clear…
HEAS Member Gerhard Weber’s research cited in New Scientist article on brain evolution
Gerhard Weber recently had his publication on ‚Quantum Leaps in Human Biocultural Evolution and the Relationship to Cranial Capacity‘ cited…
- Oktober 14 @ 10:30 - 12:00
HEAS Seminar Series – Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Human Evolution and the Palaeolithic, Marta Mirazon Lahr from the University of Cambridge will give a talk on Multiple transitions in the evolution of modern huma...
- Oktober 21 @ 10:30 - 12:30
HEAS Seminar Series – Ancient Genomics
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics Cosimo Posth from University of Tübingen will give a talk on Archeogenomics of European Hunter-Gatherers on the 21st October 2024 at 10:30 CEST....
- Oktober 28 @ 12:30 - 13:30
HEAS Seminar Series – Archaeological Science
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Archaeological Science, Alexander Stagl and Michaela Binder from Novetus GmbH will give a talk on ‘Archaeological Sciences in Commercial Archaeology: Status...
- November 8 @ 10:00 - 11:30
HEAS Talks – Cesare de Filippo
We are looking forward to welcoming Cesare de Filippo to Vienna for a HEAS Talk on Analysis of 100 Million Base-Pairs of Sima De Los Huesos taking place online and in-person on the 8th November at 10:...
- November 18 @ 10:30 - 12:00
HEAS Seminar Series – Ancient Genomics
As part of the HEAS Seminar Series in Ancient Genomics, Verena J. Schünemann from Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM), Universität Zürich will give a talk on ‘Past Pandemics and One Heal...
HEAS WELCOMES OUR FIRST JUNIOR INTERN DR BHAVNA AHLAWAT
28. November 2024
Bhavna Ahlawat is our first Junior Intern and is visiting HEAS currently working on exciting new research concerned with biomolecules from ancient Indian sites. I am a molecular biologist specializing in ancient DNA and population genetics, focusing on different archaeological [...]
HEAS Excursion to Hallstatt’s Prehistoric Salt Mine: A Journey Through Time
7. Oktober 2024
On Friday, October 4th, 2024, 17 members of the Human Evolution and Archaeological Science (HEAS) research network from the University of Vienna set off for a remarkable two-day excursion to Hallstatt, a UNESCO World Heritage Site famous for its prehistoric [...]
Roman Cuisine: A Vegan and Organic Feast? Our Kinderuni Session on Ancient Diets
26. Juli 2024
Authors: Dominik Hagmann and Nisa Iduna Kirchengast Description: In this blog post, we, Dominik and Nisa, reflect on our Kinderuni session „Römisches Essen: alles bio und vegan? Mit der Archäologie der antiken Ernährung auf der Spur“ (Roman Food: All Organic [...]
The first 'Geoarchaeology in Vienna' Workshop
4. April 2024
Authors: Thomas Beard, Valentina Laaha, Doris Jetzinger At the beginning of this year, from the 11th to the 12th of January 2024, the first ‘Geoarchaeology in Vienna’ workshop took place at the University of Vienna, generously funded by HEAS. [...]
A Bell Beaker workshop in Vienna
20. April 2023
Blog post by Eve Derenne and Karina Grömer On March 21, 2023, members of two partner institutions from the HEAS network — the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science and the Natural History Museum Vienna — co-organised a workshop titled ‘Interweaving [...]
Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Approach: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles. By Karina Grömer
14. Dezember 2022
For decades, textile remains from archaeological contexts have come more and more into the focus of archaeological research. Recently, the book Ancient Textile Production from an Interdisciplinary Approach: Humanities and Natural Sciences Interwoven for our Understanding of Textiles, edited by [...]
Review of the 10th Radiocarbon & Archaeology Conference (Zürich, 11-14th September). T. Higham
11. Juli 2022
The 10th Radiocarbon and Archaeology conference was held at the ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich), in parallel with the 24th Radiocarbon conference. The meeting got underway on Sunday 11/09, with a series of workshops at the Hönggerberg ETH [...]