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Arnold, Patrick et al.: Ancient DNA and dating evidence for the dispersal of hippos into central Europe during the last glacial

Patrick Arnold, Doris Döppes, Federica Alberti, Andreas Füglistaler, Susanne Lindauer, Christian Hoselmann, Ronny Friedrich, Irka Hajdas, Marc Dickinson, Frank Menger, Johanna L.A. Paijmans, Love Dalén, Daniel Wegmann, Kirsty E.H. Penkman, Axel Barlow et al. (2025): Ancient DNA and dating evidence for the dispersal of hippos into central Europe during the last glacial, in: Current Biology, Volume 35, Issue 19
Dr. Susanne Lindauer Dr. Ronny Friedrich Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl

Stepanov, I. et al.: First insights into the origin of iron in eastern Cilicia during the Iron Age, using osmium isotope and trace element analysis

Ivan Stepanov, Hüseyin Öztürk, Michael Brauns, Ernst Pernicka, Nurullah Hanilci, Ümit Güder (2025): First insights into the origin of iron in eastern Cilicia during the Iron Age, using osmium isotope and trace element analysis. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 34 (6): 771-793
Dr. Ivan Stepanov Dr. Michael Brauns Prof. Dr. Ernst Pernicka

Berger, D. et al.: Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE

Daniel Berger, Valentina Matta, Nicola Ialongo, Heide W. Nørgaard, Gianfranca Salis, Michael Brauns, Mads K. Holst, Helle Vandkilde, 2025: Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE. Published in PLOS One
Dr. Daniel Berger Dr. Michael Brauns

Rose, T. et al.: Comment on “Limitations in using the Cu isotopic composition of minerals from ancient copper mines for archaeometric purposes – a case study” by P. A. Penanes, M. Costas-Rodríguez, M. Moldovan, J. I. García Alonso and F. Vanhaecke, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2023, 38, 1611

Thomas Rose, Andreas Wittke, Sabine Klein: Comment on “Limitations in using the Cu isotopic composition of minerals from ancient copper mines for archaeometric purposes – a case study” by P. A. Penanes, M. Costas-Rodríguez, M. Moldovan, J. I. García Alonso and F. Vanhaecke, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2023, 38, 1611. In: J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2025

Orschiedt, J. et al.: The Upper Palaeolithic “Neuessing” skeleton from Mittlere Klause Cave in Bavaria: anthropological examination, radiocarbon dating and isotope analyses

Jörg Orschiedt, Corina Knipper, Susanne Lindauer, Ronny Friedrich and George McGlynn: "The Upper Palaeolithic “Neuessing” skeleton from Mittlere Klause Cave in Bavaria: anthropological examination, radiocarbon dating and isotope analyses" Praehistorische Zeitschrift, 2025
Dr. Corina Knipper Dr. Susanne Lindauer Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Legrand, M. et al.: Alpine ice core record of large changes in dust, sea-salt, and biogenic aerosol over Europe during deglaciation

Michel Legrand, Joseph R McConnell, Susanne Preunkert, David Wachs, Nathan J Chellman, Kira Rehfeld, Gilles Bergametti, Sophia M Wensman, Werner Aeschbach, Markus Oberthaler, Ronny Friedrich: Alpine ice core record of large changes in dust, sea-salt, and biogenic aerosol over Europe during deglaciation, PNAS Nexus, 2025;, pgaf186
Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Berger, D.: Weit gereistes Metall

Daniel Berger, 2025: Weit gereistes Metall, Archäologie in Deutschland, 3/2025, 24–27
Dr. Daniel Berger

Lindauer, S. et al.: Reservoir Effects from Shells of Tell Abraq, Sharjah Emirate, UAE

Susanne Lindauer, Marc Händel, Peter Magee: Reservoir Effects from Shells of Tell Abraq, Sharjah Emirate, UAE. In: Radiocarbon 1-13. Published online by Cambridge University Press, 2025
Dr. Susanne Lindauer

Williams, R.A. et al.: From Land’s End to the Levant: did Britain’s tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean?

R. Alan Williams, Mariacarmela Montesanto, Kamal Badreshany, Daniel Berger, Andy M. Jones, Enrique Aragón, Gerhard Brügmann, Matthew Ponting and Benjamin W. Roberts: From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean? in: Antiquity, Vol.99, Issue 404. Published online by Cambridge University Press, 2025 May 7
Dr. Daniel Berger

Scerri, E.M.L. et al.: Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands

Scerri, E.M.L., Blinkhorn, J., Groucutt, H.S. et al. Hunter-gatherer sea voyages extended to remotest Mediterranean islands. Nature (2025)
Dr. Susanne Lindauer

Bebchuck, T. et al.: Tree-Ring Stable Isotopes Reveal a Hydroclimate Shift in Eastern England Around 4.2 ka Ago

Tatiana Bebchuk, Otmar Urban, Tito Arosio, Alexander Kirdyanov, Ronny Friedrich, Natálie Pernicová, Josef Čáslavský, Mirek Trnka, Alis Franсis, Mark Macklin, Jan Esper, Ulf Büntgen: Tree-Ring Stable Isotopes Reveal a Hydroclimate Shift in Eastern England Around 4.2 ka Ago. In: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 52, Issue 7
Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Zvara, E. et al.: Biochemostratigraphy of the Eger floodplain (Southern Germany) – detection and quantification of heavy metal contamination and paleoenvironmental conditions: the basic dataset

Ema Zvara, Snježana Pejdanović, Birgit Schneider, Ella Quante, Sara Saeidi g.a., Diego Volosky, Tobias Lauer, Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons, Sven Marhan, Ellen Kandeler, Christian Poll, Yvonne Oelmann, Harald Neidhardt, Susanne Lindauer, Ronny Friedrich, Lukas Werther, Peter Frenzel, Peter Kühn, Christoph Zielhofer: Biochemostratigraphy of the Eger floodplain (Southern Germany) – detection and quantification of heavy metal contamination and paleoenvironmental conditions: the basic dataset, under: www.sciencedirect.com
Dr. Ronny Friedrich Dr. Susanne Lindauer