The Department for Bioarchaeology at the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI), Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Bioarchaeological research in Austria has largely been characterised by the lack of institutionalisation for nearly a century.In contrast to the long tradition of biological anthropology research facilities, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological positions only became established in a period from the 1970s till the early 1990s.Forming a cornerstone of the Austrian Archaeological Institute's integration process into the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the establishment of ÖAI's Department for Bioarchaeology in 2016 marks the first time in 40 years that such a bioarchaeological research unit has been successfully established as new.The department unites researchers in archaeobotany, archaeozoology and biological anthropology under the same roof, and is embedded into the research infrastructure of the country's largest non-university research institution.
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2999381737