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Numerous nationally and internationally effective publications in which our colleagues are involved attest to the expertise of our scientists.

Bebchuk, T., Krusic, P.J., Pike, J.H., Piermattei, A., Friedrich, R., Wacker, L., Crivellaro, A., Arosio, T., Kirdyanov, A.V., Gibbard, P., Brown, D., Esper, J., Reinig, F. and Büntgen, U. 2024: Sudden disappearance of yew (Taxus baccata) woodlands from eastern England coincides with a possible climate event around 4.2 ka ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 323

Bebchuk, T., Krusic, P.J., Pike, J.H., Piermattei, A., Friedrich, R., Wacker, L., Crivellaro, A., Arosio, T., Kirdyanov, A.V., Gibbard, P., Brown, D., Esper, J., Reinig, F. and Büntgen, U. 2024: Sudden disappearance of yew (Taxus baccata) woodlands from eastern England coincides with a possible climate event around 4.2 ka ago. Quaternary Science Reviews, 323
Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Al-Bashaireh, K. et al.: AMS radiocarbon chronology investigation of the West Church of Umm el‑Jimal, Northeast Jordan

Archaeological data shows that the population and settlements in northern Jordan reached a peak during the Late Roman and Byzantine Periods, where cities and rural sites flourished, and their inhabitants increased.
Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Kluge, T. et al.: Assessment of climate extremes at the regional scale during the last millennium using an annually resolved stalagmite record

Kluge, T., Holz, P., Neumann, T., Eiche, E., Schuh, M., Frank, N., Friedrich, R., Land, A., Trieloff, M., Schmitt, A.K., 2023, Assessment of climate extremes at the regional scale during the last millennium using an annually resolved stalagmite record, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 624, 118458.
Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Friedrich, R. et al.: Calibration of 14C dates using biological kinship

Friedrich, R., Massy, K. and Stockhammer, P.W. 2023: Calibration of 14C dates using biological kinship. In: Kinship, sex, and biological relatedness : the contribution of archaeogenetics to the understanding of social and biological relations : 15. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 6. bis 8. Oktober 2022 in Halle (Saale). [online] Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte. pp.101–110

Mittnik, A. et al.: Kinship, status, and mobility in the Bronze Age Lech Valley

Mittnik, A., Massy, K., Knipper, C., Friedrich, R., Krause, J., Stockhammer, P. W. (2023). Kinship, status and mobility in the Bronze Age Lech Valley. In H. Meller, J. Krause, W. Haak, & R. Risch (Eds.), Kinship, sex, and biological relatedness: the contribution of archaeogenetics to the understanding of social and biological relations: 15. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag vom 6. bis 8. Oktober 2022 in Halle (Saale) (pp. 195-217). Halle (Saale): Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt - Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte
Dr. Corina Knipper Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Schwab, R. et al.: Das eiserne Trägergestell: Material und Herkunft

Schwab, R., Bauvais, S., Brauns, M., Disser, A., Dillmann, Ph., Gassmann, G., Leroy: Das eiserne Trägergestell: Material und Herkunft, in Biel, Jörg und Keefer, Erwin (Hrsg.): Hochdorf X: Das bronzene Sitzmöbel aus dem Fürstengrab von Eberdingen-Hochdorf (Kr. Ludwigsburg), Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2023 (Forschungen und Berichte zur Archäologie in Baden-Württemberg, Band 20), S. 101–107.
Dr. Michael Brauns

Żabiński, G. et al.: Old wine into new wineskins? “Legacy data” in research on Roman Period East Germanic iron smelting

Żabiński, G., Gramacki, J., Gramacki, A., Stepanov, I., Woźniak, M. 2023: Old wine into new wineskins? “Legacy data” in research on Roman Period East Germanic iron smelting. Plos One
Dr. Ivan Stepanov

Russo, G. et al.: First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals

Russo, G., Milks, A., Leder, D., Koddenberg, T., Starkovich, B.M., Duvai, M, Zhao, J.-X., Darga, D. Rosendahl, W., Terberger, T. 2023: First direct evidence of lion hunting and the early use of a lion pelt by Neanderthals. Scientific Reports 13, 16405 (2023)
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl

Stepanov, I. et al.: Nabataean iron picks for copper mining from Nahal ‘Amram, Israel; Chemical, isotopic and production technology analysis

Stepanov, I., Avner, U., Brauns, M., Lockhoff, N., Eliyahu-Behar, A. 2023: Nabataean iron picks for copper mining from Nahal ‘Amram, Israel; Chemical, isotopic and production technology analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 51:104166 (2023)
Dr. Ivan Stepanov Dr. Michael Brauns

Eliyahu-Behar A. et al.: “A land whose stones are iron…” – Iron ore sources in the Southern Levant

Eliyahu-Behar A, Ben Dor Y, Brauns M, Shulman OA, Avni Y, Killebrew AE, Tirosh O and Yahalom-Mack N (2023) “A land whose stones are iron...”—Iron ore sources in the Southern Levant. Front. Environ. Archaeol. 2:1221130
Dr. Michael Brauns

Wintel, J. et al.: Isotopic Fingerprinting: A Promising Tool for Coffee Authenticity Checks

Wintel, J., Knipper, C., Spross, M., Friedrich, R., Schwarz, S. 2023: Isotopic Fingerprinting: A Promising Tool for Coffee Authenticity Checks. Proceedings 2023, 89, 31
Johannes Wintel Dr. Corina Knipper Mila Sproß Dr. Ronny Friedrich

Mester, Z. et al.: First direct dating of the Late Neanderthal remains from Subalyuk Cave in Northern Hungary.

Mester, Z., Coqueugniot, H., Tillier, A.-M., Rosendahl, W., Friedrich, R., Zink, A., Maixner, F., Dutour, O., Bereczki, Z., Gasparik, M., Pap, I. and Pálfi, G., 2023, First direct dating of the Late Neanderthal remains from Subalyuk Cave in Northern Hungary., Anthropologischer Anzeiger.
Dr. Ronny Friedrich