Michaela Schauer
TrAccHit
Trust and Accountability in Hittite Bureaucratic Networks, using archaeometry to investigate clay sealings, reference samples, pottery, and administrative organisation.
TrAccHit explores Hittite bureaucratic networks through archaeometric investigation of clay sealings from Hattusa. Using pXRF and complementary methods, the project examines raw materials, production patterns, craft practice, material procurement, and administrative organisation in Late Bronze Age Anatolia.
Contact: michaela.schauer@univie.ac.at
Stefano Biagetti
ERC CAMP project
A project developing geo-ethnoarchaeological methods for pastoral sites using chemical markers in sediments, geostatistical modelling, and complementary proxies.
CAMP studies long-term pastoral dynamics in drylands by connecting ethnographic and archaeological sediment chemistry. pXRF data are combined with robust spatial and geostatistical modelling to interpret anthropogenic sediments and past space use.
Contact: stefano.biagetti@upf.edu
Michaela Schauer
reCLAYm
A GFF-funded project developing a scalable, quality-controlled workflow for large pottery assemblages and trained citizen-science participation.
reCLAYm focuses on Early Neolithic Linearbandkeramik pottery from Asparn/Schletz in Lower Austria. The project combines pXRF analysis with a standardised citizen-science workflow to study production, provenance, and exchange while protecting analytical reliability and reproducibility.
Contact: michaela.schauer@nhm.at
Michaela Schauer
Standardising Portable X-ray Fluorescence for Archaeometry
FWF ESPRIT project addressing methodological challenges in archaeological pXRF, with emphasis on silicate materials, pottery, soils, experiments, and data-processing protocols.
This project provides the methodological foundation for the network by studying instrument behaviour, environmental and sample-treatment effects, and standardised statistical/data-processing protocols for archaeological pXRF. It is especially relevant to pottery, soils, and other silicate-rich archaeological materials.
Contact: michaela.schauer@nhm.at
