Maximilian Piniel, BA, MA

 

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Maximilian Piniel is a university assistant (Praedoc) at the University of Vienna. As a prehistorian and archaeobotanist, his research focuses on the material culture of the European metal ages and on the human-environment relationships of prehistoric societies. He completed his Bachelor and Master studies at the University of Vienna. In his doctorate, he is currently working on agriculture and plant diet during the Early and Middle Bronze Age on the Upper and Middle Danube.

 

Key Research Topics

  • Prehistoric Archaeology
  • Europe in the Bronze and Iron Ages
  • Archaeobotany
  • Prehistoric agriculture and diet

 

Publications

• Publications on u:cris
• Publications on GoogleScholar
• Publications on academia.edu
• Publications on ResearchGate

 

Highlights

Waltenberger, L., Bosch, M. D., Fritzl, M., Gahleitner, A., Kurzmann, C., Piniel, M., Salisbury, R. B., Strnad, L., Skerjanz, H., Verdianu, D., Snoeck, C., Kanz, F. and Rebay-Salisbury, K. 2023. More than urns: A multi-method pipeline for analyzing cremation burials, PLoS ONE 18 (8):e0289140. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289140.

Piniel, M. 2022. Die latènezeitliche Siedlung von Wiesen-Halbjoch, Burgenland. Archäologische Denkmalpflege Sonderband 3.

 

Curriculum Vitae

since September 2023: University Assistant (Praedoc), Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna

2022-2023: Site director at PannArch GmbH

 

Academic Education

2018-2022: MA, Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria

SoSe 2019: Erasmus semester at the Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

2014-2018: BA, Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria