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Höpfer, B. et al.: Cypriot copper in the Swiss ‘Hinterland’? New evidence for long-distance copper trade around 1400 BC from Möriken-Wildegg

Höpfer, B., Berger, D., Maise, C., Flück, M., Doppler, T., Cypriot copper in the Swiss ‘Hinterland’? New evidence for long-distance copper trade around 1400 BC from Möriken-Wildegg, Antiquity 99(408), 1550–1568.

Dr. Daniel Berger

Berger, D.: Spurensuche im Boden: Was die Geochemie über den Bergbau verrät

Berger, D., Spurensuche im Boden: Was die Geochemie über den Bergbau verrät, in: Hemker, C., Meißner, B. (Hrsg.), Zinn & Sein: Eine archäologische Spurensuche im Erzgebirge, 63–66.

Dr. Daniel Berger

Yanish, Y. et al.: An Egyptian Mummified Crocodile from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve (Ukraine): Archaeological and Morphological Considerations

Yanish, Y., Piombino-Mascali, D., Rosendahl, W., Chen, S., Oras, E. & Tarasenko, M. (2025): An Egyptian Mummified Crocodile from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve (Ukraine): Archaeological and Morphological Considerations.- Archaeologia Lituana, Vol. 26, p. 246–261
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl

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

Rosendahl, W. et al.: SaurierZeitReise Deutschland – 66 Entdeckungen vom Alpenrand zum Ostseestrand

Rosendahl, W., Hübner, T. & Spindler, F. (2025): SaurierZeitReise Deutschland - 66 Entdeckungen vom Alpenrand zum Ostseestrand.- 192 S.; Oppenheim

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl

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

Tian, Y. et al.: Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation using ancient DNA

Yijie Tian, István Koncz, Norbert Faragó, Corina Knipper, Ronny Friedrich, Deven N. Vyas, Levente Samu, Olga Spekker, Tamás Szeniczey, Tamás Hajdu, Balázs Gusztáv Mende, Péter Tomka, Ildikó Katalin Pap, Dávid Czigány, Rita Radzeviciute, Luca Traverso, Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, Paolo Francalacci, Bernd Schöne, Gábor Tóth, Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, Petrus le Roux, Kurt W. Alt, Zuzana Hofmanová, Walter Pohl, Johannes Krause, Tivadar Vida, Patrick J. Geary, Krishna R. Veeramah: Unveiling the complexity of post-Roman polity formation using ancient DNA, bioRxiv 2025.08.18.670760
Dr. Ronny Friedrich Dr. Corina Knipper

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

Panzer, S. et al.: Oncology in ancient Egypt: Systematic assessment of bone and soft tissue tumours on whole-body CTs of 45 mummies

Panzer, S., Wörtler, K., Paladin, A., Zesch, S., Rosendahl, W., van Schaik, K., Sutherland, L.M., Sutherland, J.D., Hergan, K., Thompson, R.C. & Zink, A. (2025): Oncology in ancient Egypt: Systematic assessment of bone and soft tissue tumours on whole-body CTs of 45 mummies.- Scientific Reports, Scientific Reports (2025) 15:21482
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Rosendahl

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