Der vorliegende Band präsentiert Beiträge der internationalen Konferenz „Bronze Age Metallurgy. Production-Consumption-Exchange“, welche im Mai 2019 in Wien stattfand. Diese Tagung wurde von der Abteilung für Prähistorie und Westasien/Nordostafrika-Archäologie, Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften und dem VIAS - Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, Universität Wien, anlässlich des 20-jährigen Bestehens des archäometallurgischen Labors des VIAS organisiert. Ziel der Veranstaltung war es, die aktuellen Forschungsergebnisse zur Kupferproduktion und -verwendung, zum Handel und Austausch von Rohstoffen sowie zu Legierungspraktiken in Mittel- und Südosteuropa zu diskutieren. Insgesamt wurden 19 Tagungsbeiträge präsentiert, die über neue Resultate zur bronzezeitlichen Metallurgie in den Gebieten des heutigen Österreich, Bosnien-Herzegowina, Kroatien, Ungarn, Deutschland, Italien, Nordmazedonien, Polen, Serbien, Slowenien und der Schweiz berichten. Neun davon werden in diesem Band vorgestellt, sie bieten einen ausgezeichneten Überblick über die neuen Erkenntnisse zur bronzezeitlichen Metallurgie auf dem Balkan und in den angrenzenden Regionen und erweitern damit das Verständnis über metallurgische Prozesse während der Bronzezeit bedeutend. This volume presents contributions from the international workshop ‘Bronze

Age Metallurgy: Production – Consumption – Exchange’ held in Vienna in

May 2019. The conference was organised by the former Institute for Oriental

and European Archaeology (now Department of Prehistory and West Asian/

Northeast African Archaeology, Austrian Archaeological Institute) of the

Austrian Academy of Sciences and VIAS (Vienna Institute for Archaeological

Science, University of Vienna) on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of

the Archaeometallurgical Laboratory at VIAS. The main goal was to gather

renowned experts in Bronze Age mining archaeology and archaeometallurgy

and to discuss recent developments and results concerning the production

and use of copper, trade and exchange of raw materials and alloying practices

in areas of central and southeastern Europe. Altogether, 19 conference papers were presented, reporting on research achievements and new results on Bronze Age metallurgy in the territories of present-day Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Germany,

Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Nine of

these are presented in this volume; they provide an excellent overview of

the new results on Bronze Age metallurgy in the Balkans and most of the

neighbouring regions. The results of new analyses, excavations and systematic

studies presented here extend our understanding of metallurgical processes

at regional and supra-regional levels during the Bronze Age.

Production ‒ Consumption ‒ Exchange. Proceedings of the Workshop “UK-Gespräche” at the Austrian Academy of Sciences:

20th Anniversary of the Archaeometallurgical Laboratory at VIAS, University of Vienna, May 2019

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Bronze Age Metallurgy

The idea for this booklet is closely related to the research focus on Balkan archaeology of the OREA Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and its various collaboration partners. Thanks to the financial support of the Innovation Fund of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, it has been possible to realize the Visualizing the Unknown Balkans project over the last two years. The present booklet aims to set out a physical paper-based summary accompanying a digital 3D movie produced within the framework of the Innovation Fund project. The fragmentation of modern-day archaeology on the Balkans, its high impact on the European past and its scientific attractiveness constitute our starting point for turning a new spotlight on Balkan archaeology for a broader audience.

Visualizing the complex and multi-level research results of interdisciplinary teams represents one of the challenges in state-of-the-art archaeology these days. In explaining and disseminating the outcome of excavations and fieldwork, we could have realized various initiatives for a scientific and broader public. Open-days for guests and press conferences during the excavations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Serbia have attracted lots of media attention since 2018. Our new results have been presented in lectures at the Austrian embassies in Belgrade and Sarajevo as well as in lectures held at several international scientific congresses. Recently excavated objects and finds from Svinjarička Čuka (Serbia) were presented in an exhibition and its accompanying catalogue at the Schallaburg in Lower Austria in 2020.

Implementing this multi-level visualization approach was only possible due to the engaged support of many institutions. We are thankful to all the Serbian authorities, especially the Serbian Ministry of Culture and Heritage and our collaboration partners at the Institute of Archaeology in Belgrade. The Ministry for Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Zenica-Doboj Canton supported our investigations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We would also like to thank the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina for providing help during the excavation in Bijeljina. We additionally thank the National Museum in Leskovac, the Museum of Mining and Metallurgy in Bor, the Museum of Semberija in Bijeljina and the Museum of the City of Zenica. We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Austrian Embassy in Belgrade, the ambassador Nikolaus Lutterotti and Sabine Kroissenbrunner as well as to the cultural attaché Adrien Feix

and the first secretary of the Austrian Embassy in Sarajevo, Nicola Hardwick.

The results presented here are based on ongoing research fieldwork in the Balkans, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF projects no. P32096-G25 and no. P32095-G25). We especially thank the Austrian Academy of Sciences and its Innovation Fund for supporting our initiative. We would like to thank the Austrian Academy of Sciences Press for supporting this publication, Angela Schwab for the layout of the present booklet, Irene Petschko for its organization, Felix Ostmann for the help with images/photos and Nicola Wood for the English editing. Finally, we thank each and every member of our excavation teams and all authors for sharing their expertise with us, namely Snježana Antić, Michael Brandl, Aleksandar Bulatović, Clare Burke, Aleksandar Kapuran, Bogdana Milić, Mathias Mehofer, Ognjen Đ. Mladenović, Irene M. Petschko and Lukas Waltenberger (in alphabetical order).

We hope that the present booklet supports the Visualizing of the Unknown Balkans, revives further interest and informs a broader audience about the continued attractiveness of Balkan archaeology. 

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Mario Gavranović

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