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IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 1201: Overcoming Borders between Disciplines, III: Connecting History, Archaeology, and Biology by Means of Digital Tools

Wednesday 7 July 2021, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:The Anthropological & Archaeological Database of Sepultures (THANADOS), Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Organiser:Stefan Eichert, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Moderator/Chair:Mária Vargha, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest
Paper 1201-aTHANADOS: The Anthropological and Archaeological Database of Sepultures
(Language: English)
Stefan Eichert, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Index terms: Anthropology, Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Computing in Medieval Studies
Paper 1201-bBioarchaeology Meets Digital Humanities: The Arpadian Age Burial Ground of Oberleiserberg
(Language: English)
Nina Brundke, Institut für Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie, Universität Wien
Index terms: Anthropology, Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Computing in Medieval Studies
Paper 1201-cIntegrating Written, Cartographic, and Archaeological Prospection Data from a Landscape Perspective
(Language: English)
Roland Filzwieser, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Computing in Medieval Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies
Abstract

Our session unites the scholarly disciplines of Archaeology (also Bioarchaeology), Anthropology, and Digital Humanities. It will discuss archaeological data deriving from Early medieval cemeteries in Austria and related artefacts as well as their analogue and digital documentation. We will introduce our Digital Project THANADOS to the public, which creates an online repository of the aforesaid data and thus enables new research questions and in-depth comparison. Therefore, we transgress borders between academic disciplines with our digital approach, especially because of the fact that we do interact strongly with the sector of software engineering in our research.