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Austrian Archaeological Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences
Dominikanerbastei 16
1010 Vienna, Austria
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Marc Händel
I am a Senior Researcher in Austrian Archaeological Institute (Department Prehistory & Western Asian/Northeast African Archaeology) Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The work tasks conducted by me and my team at the Austrian Archaeological Institute within the MAMBA project include re- resp. first assessment of the lithic and archaeofaunal materials from existing and potential new collections of Langmannersdorf in Austria, including a selection of suitable mammoth remains for sampling, as well as performing field investigations at the site. In addition, I am responsible for the geoarchaeological sampling and coordination of the geoarchaeological investigations at all three sites which include sedimentology, geochemistry, and thermoluminescence dating, and aim at palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.
Research interests
- Archaeology of open-air and cave sites of the Upper Palaeolithic in Central Europe in the context of Quaternary research
- Human adaptations to the dynamic climatic and environmental conditions during the last glacial cycle in Central and Eastern Europe
- Human-environment relations and landscape development in south-eastern Arabia from the Palaeolithic to the Iron Age
- Field work, documentation, stratigraphy, chronology, taphonomy, site formation
Main other research projects
- Pavlovian site of Krems-Wachtberg (Austria). Excavations took place from 2005-2015, but a wide range of analyses together with publications are still ongoing
- Last Glacial Maximum site Kammern-Grubgraben (Austria). Re-evaluation of the previous excavations as well as new excavations (since 2015) are being carried out in the scope of different projects
- “Comparing Upper Palaeolithic sequences across the Carpathians” includes extensive fieldwork in northeast Romania at sites dating between 30,000 and 12,000 years ago (e.g. Bistricioara-Lutărie III, Cotu Miculinți, Ceahlău-Scaune), as well as detailed lithic raw material analyses focusing on procurement and distribution of Cretaceous flint
- Palaeolithic record of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)