Gabriele Scharrer-Liška
The archaeological investigation of an early modern well/latrine filling in Hadersdorf am Kamp, Lower Austria, is carried out using archaeological-typological and scientific methods and aims to reconstruct a comprehensive historical picture of life in a rural market settlement of the early modern period in Lower Austria in a Central European perspective.
Especially, the extremely well-preserved bioarchaeological finds, among these also fish remains and remains of little pests are worth highlighting. Above all, in this case the preservation of subfossil plant remains is special for Central European conditions. The bioarchaeological finds allow to answer questions about the environment, nutrition and health, but also about disposal practices.
The project focuses on questions of
- everyday life and waste disposal practices in rural market settlements
- social and economic conditions of latrine users based on their material culture and the use of wild and cultivated plants as well as wild and domestic animals
- nutrition and health with regard to the use of plant and animal foods and the occurrence of certain entomological species
- trading along the river Danube and its tributaries with regard to animal and plant remains as well to artifacts
- early modern ceramic and glass chronology in Lower Austria
Team
Main Coordinator, Principal Investigator, Research, Ceramics, Metal Artifacts: Gabriele Scharrer-Liška
Archaeobotany: Michaela Popovtschak
Archaeozoology: Alfred Galik & Herbert Böhm
Archaeoentomology: Wolfgang Waitzbauer
Leather Artifacts: Gabriela Russ-Popa
Glass Artifacts: Kinga Tarscay
