Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael Doneus (Department chair)
ORCID: 0000-0001-5091-0094
Research Interests
Landscape archaeology and archaeological prospection
Further information
Website of the Aerial Photography Archive
Michael Doneus on Research Gate
Michael Doneus on Google Scholar
Contact
Contact information and courses at the University of Vienna
Curriculum Vitae
Education & Academic Carreer
2019 | Professeur invité du labex TransferS (École normale supérieure et Collège de France) |
Since 2014 | Head of the Department for Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna |
2012-2013 | Director of the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS) |
Since 2011 | Professor for landscape and environmental archaeology at the Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna |
2010-2017 | Deputy-Director and Key-Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and virtual Archaeology (archpro.lbg.ac.at) |
2009-2011 | “Vertragsdozent” at the Department for Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna. |
2009 | Habilitation at the Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna. |
1999 | Ph.D., Department for Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeology, University of Vienna (Dissertation: “Die Keramik der mittelneolithischen Kreisgrabenanlage von Kamegg, NÖ”. |
2013-2015 | Director of the aerial archive at the Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna. |
1992 | Master of Philosophy at the Department of Prehistorical and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna |
1986-1992 | Study of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology and study of Classical Archaeology at University of Vienna. Selected lectures at the Institutes of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and Geodesy at the Technical University of Vienna. |
Awards
2013 | Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 2013 Honors & Award Recipient |
2013 | Best paper award at the XXIVth CIPA International Symposium: Recording, Documentation and Cooperation for Cultural Heritage, 9 February 2013, INSA Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France |
2007 | Tewkesbury Fellowship der Universität Melbourne, Faculty of Engineering, Australien |
2006 | Best Paper Award: “Digital terrain modeling for archaeological interpretation within forested areas using full-waveform laserscanning.” CIPA-VAST-EG-EPOCH-EuroMed Joint Event, Nikosia, Zypern, 30.10.-04.11.2006 |
1999 | Best Poster Award: “Anaglyph Images – Still a Good Way to look at 3D Objects?” XVII. CIPA-Symposium, Recife, Brasilien |
University Teaching
Doneus: Teaching @ UNIVIE
Selected Projects
| since 2004 | Aerial reconnaissance in the area of Mazara del Vallo / Sicily (in cooperation with the community of Mazara del Vallo and Sopraintendenza di Trapani). |
| 2004-2005 | Photogrammetrical rectification and aerial archaeological interpretation of all Middle Neolithic circular ditch systems in Lower Austria (in cooperation with ZAMG) |
| 2004-2006 | „Die Kelten im Hinterland von Carnuntum“. Aerial archaeology as a basis for landscape archaeology in the Leitha region (Austrian Science Fund). |
| 2004-2006 | IP 404001 – GIS-based georeferencing of all aerial photographs of the aerial archive at the department for Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeology. |
| 2004-2007 | Basic research on aerial archeology in alpine regions as part of the project: „Prähistorische und antike Verkehrswege in den Ostalpen – zur Dokumentation und Rekonstruktion archäologischer Siedlungs-, Wirtschafts- und Verkehrsstrukturen mit Hilfe eines Katasters archäologischer Fundstätten (KAFAlp)“. (Austrian Academy of Sciences. Head of project: Prof. O. Urban). |
| 2006-2008 | „LiDAR-supported prospection in woodland“ (Austrian Science Fund). |
| 2007 | Aerial archaeological interpretation and mapping of the „canabae legionis” in Carnuntum. (cooperation: County of Lower Austria). |
| 2008 | Aerial archaeological interpretation and mapping of the „civil town” in Carnuntum. (cooperation: County of Lower Austria). |
| 2009 | Luftbildarchäologische Kartierung des römischen Straßensystems im Großraum Carnuntum. Finanzierung: ÖAW. |
| since 2010 | Cooperative projects with the LBI ArchPro and its partner organizations in: England (Stonehenge), Norwegen (Larvik / Vestfold), Schweden (Birka und Uppåkra), Deutschland (Breitenbach und Stubersheim), and Austria (Carnuntum, Halbturn, St. Anna, Kreuttal). Finanzierung: LBG und Partnerinstitutionen. |
| 2011 | In Kooperation mit dem Center for Nordic Studies (Dr. Alexandra Sanmark) und UFG Wien (Dr. Natascha Mehler): ALS-Scans in Shetland im Rahmen von „The Assembly Project – Meeting-places in Northern Europe AD 400-1500“. Finanzierung: Natural Environment Research Council, England. |
| 2012-2014 | P24116-N23: Automated georeferencing and orthorectification of archaeological aerial photographs. Finanzierung: FWF |
| 2013-2015 | Partner in: Functions of an Egyptian town - Case study of Tell el-Dabá; FWF P25804. Principal Investigator: Irene Forstner-Müller, ÖAI. |
| 2014-2016 | Partner in: P26368 Stone monuments and Stone Quarrying in the Carnuntum - Vindobona Are. Principal Investigator: Gabrielle Kremer, ÖAI. |
| 2016-2018 | Prospecting Boundaries: Archaeology along the Mazaro, Sicily. FWF P28410. |
| 2017-2019 | Iron-Age-Danube (EU - Interreg) |
| 2020-2022 | Danube's Archaeological Elandscapes (EU - Interreg) |
International Conferences
| since 1991 | Presentation of papers and posters (integrated prospection, aerial archaeology, archiving, photogrammetry, GIS, digital documentation of cultural heritage, digital documentation of excavations and airborne laserscanning) on workshops and conferences in Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Rumania, USA. |