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This volume presents an interdisciplinary discourse on recent archaeological investigations at the ancient sites of Sikyon, Aigeira and Lousoi. These three Northern Peloponnesian poleis represent microregions which from the Geometric and Archaic periods onward participated in similar networks of exchange, albeit with different roles. In light of their geographical location on the southern coast of the Corinthian Gulf and in the mountainous hinterland, respectively, they offer insight into three...

Werner Finke spent over 30 years ethnographically documenting the everyday culture of the Kurds in Turkey. He traveled to the Kurdish regions almost every year and created a comprehensive multimedia documentation and an ethnographic collection for the Weltmuseum Wien. Apart from a few smaller presentations and a larger exhibition, his multimedia material has remained unseen to date. This publication accompanies the digital release of large parts of the collection. In addition to a biographical...

“eco.mont – Journal of Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management” was founded as a joint initiative of the Alpine Network of Protected Areas (ALPARC), the International Scientific Committee on Research in the Alps (ISCAR), the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Innsbruck. “eco.mont” offers a platform specifically for scientists and practitioners working in and on protected mountain areas in Europe and overseas. Target audiences of the journal are scientists from all...

Aus dem Vorwort von Christiane Wendehorst, Präsidentin der philosophisch-historischen Klasse der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften: The Austrian Academy of Sciences is committed to serving as a forum for interdisciplinary discussions. Thus, each division regularly extends invitations to members and guest speakers from other institutions to give lectures or contribute to panel discussions on a broad range of subjects. The present publication is largely based on the panel discussion...

Tilmann Vetter was a Full Professor of Buddhist studies at Leiden University from 1975 until his retirement in 2000. He was an internationally renowned scholar of Indian philosophy and Buddhism. His untimely death in 2012 prevented him from finishing several significant projects. This volume contains a partial reconstruction of materials relating to the planned revision of his book “The Ideas and Meditative Practices of Early Buddhism” (1988), as well as scripts and lecture manuscripts on...

This ISR-Research Report summarises the results of a research project in which the synthesised population register of the City of Vienna was evaluated with regard to its applicability in social sciences. For this purpose, several analyses were carried out on two central topics of urban research - the arrival city and ethnic segregation - at different levels of scale. The results of this report are therefore of interest for two reasons: Firstly, from a thematic perspective, they show recent...

Die Zeitschrift „Fundberichte aus Österreich“ (FÖ) berichtet alljährlich über das aktuelle archäologische und bauhistorische Geschehen in Österreich. Neben den obligatorischen Berichten zu archäologischen Maßnahmen und Funden sowie zu bauhistorischen Untersuchungen enthalten die FÖ auch Aufsätze zu Themen aus der archäologischen Denkmalpflege sowie ausführlichere Beiträge zu archäologischen Befunden und Fundkomplexen aus dem gesamten Bundesgebiet. Der neue Band der „Fundberichte aus...

Der vorliegende 174. Jahrgang umfasst – soweit nicht anders angegeben – den Berichtszeitraum 1. Jänner bis 31. Dezember 2024.

Unter „Monitoring“ versteht die Denkmalpflege zumeist eine Art „Frühwarnsystem“ zum Erhaltungszustand unterschiedlichster Denkmale. Archäologische Denkmale erfordern ein Monitoring ebenso wie Bau- und Kunstdenkmale. Nachvollziehbare Grundlagen zu schaffen, bleibt das erste Anliegen in Monitoringprozessen. Diese Ausgabe der ÖZKD beschreibt das Monitoring von freistehenden archäologischen Denkmalen „in Wind und Wetter“ ebenso wie von Landschaftsformationen, Gebäuden und prähistorischen...

Die zweisprachige internationale wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschrift „Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geo-graphischen Gesellschaft“ („Annals of the Austrian Geographical Society“) ist das wichtigste regelmäßig erscheinende Organ der „Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft“. Sie erscheint seit 1857 und ist die älteste noch existierende Fachzeitschrift geographischen Inhaltes im deutschen Sprachraum. Dabei werden neue Erkenntnisse aus allen Bereichen der Geographie, Kartographie und...

This important work offers a comprehensive analysis of the early Roman necropolis discovered in 2011 during preparatory work for the construction of a wind turbine in what is now Burgenland (Austria). The find complex, consisting of 31 inhumations and cremations, provides insights into unknown burial rituals and lifestyles of the pre-military Roman era. The graves document for the first time inhumations from the first half of the first century AD, deviating from urban Roman traditions. Grave...