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Current projects | October 2010 - | Project "Archaeobotanical and historico-cultural preparation of the topics bread and wine for the Federal Exhibition of Lower Austria in Asparn/Zaya 2013" Funding: Federal State of Lower Austria, Office of the Government of Lower Austria |  | | | | | | September 2010 - | Contributions to the project "Research at the urnfield culture mining settlement of Prigglitz-Gasteil". Project manager Peter Trebsche. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Late Bronze Age) and investigation of local environment and subsistence economy of the settlement. Finanzierung: Municipality of Prigglitz |  | | | | | | May 2010 - | Contributions to the project "Archaeobotanical analysis of the Hallstatt and La Tène settlement of Mitterretzbach". Project manager Marianne Kohler-Schneider. Part of the research project Archäobotanische Bearbeitung prä- und frühhistorischer Siedlungsbefunde aus Niederösterreich. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Iron Age), investigation of local environment and agriculture. Funding: Federal State of Lower Austria, Office of the Government of Lower Austria |  | | | | | October 2009 -
| Project "Archaeobotanical analysis of Bronze Age and Roman wells in western Styria" in the course of the construction of the Koralm line by the ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG. Identification of the waterlogged botanical macroremains and reconstruction of local vegetation and land use, in preparation for a follow-up project. Funding: ARGIS Archäologieservice OG |  | | | | | November 2008 -
| Contributions to the project "Archaeobotanical analysis of the temple area at the Celtic settlement Sandberg-Roseldorf". Project manager Marianne Kohler-Schneider. Part of the research project Archäobotanische Bearbeitung prä- und frühhistorischer Siedlungsbefunde aus Niederösterreich. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Late Iron Age), investigation of the sacrificial rites. Further contributor Anita Caneppele Funding: Association for Celtic Research Roseldorf, ÖFG Publications: Caneppele et al. (2010) |  | | | | | April 2008 -
| Contributions to the project "Botanical investigations at the Terrace House 2 at Ephesos". Project manager Ursula Thanheiser. Identification of charcoal from the supposed sacrificial pit at Terrace House 2, reconstruction of local wood use in the ritual context. Funding: Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Publications: Heiss & Thanheiser (in prep.) |  | | | | | | August 2000 - | Project "Anatomy of European and North American Woods". Development of an interactive identification key, mainly for the archaeobotanical user (see Wood identification ). Cooperations: Elena Marinova, Aurélie Salavert Funding: European Union (SYNTHESYS), Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Belgium (CAS) Publications: Heiss & Marinova (2009) |  | Past projects
| September 2010 - March 2011 | Contributions to the special exhibition "Hexen.Zauber" by the Prehistory Museum of Lower Austria and the Mistelbach Museum Centre. Project managers Sandra Sam and Hannes Etzlstorfer. Scientific supervision of the module "Three Colors: Green - The Magic of Plants". Funding: Federal State of Lower Austria, Office of the Government of Lower Austria Publications: Etzlstorfer et al. (2011) , Heiss (2011) , Heiss & Kohler-Schneider (2011) , Sam & Heiss (2011) | | | | July 2009 - July 2010
| Contributions to the international travelling exhibition "The Iceman - The oldest glacier mummy ". Project management MuseumsPartner studio exhibit . Compilation of the botanical contents for the interactive module "Scientific investigations" (cultivated crops in the Eneolithic, and of the Iceman in particular). Publications: Heiss (2010) | | | | April 2009 - March 2010
| Project "Seed morphology of the genus Nigella (Ranunculaceae)". Investigation of testa structures from all species of the genus, using light microscopy and SEM. Evaluation of the results under aspects of taxonomy, development biology and chorology. Funding: Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien (project number H-1888/2008 Publications: Heiss et al. (2011) | | | | November 2008 - February 2010
| Contributions to the project "Archaeobotanical analysis of the La Tène settlement area at Michelstetten, Lower Austria". Project manager Marianne Kohler-Schneider. Part of the research project Archäobotanische Bearbeitung prä- und frühhistorischer Siedlungsbefunde aus Niederösterreich. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Late Iron Age), reconstruction of the local environment and its agricultural use in prehistory. Funding: Federal State of Lower Austria, Office of the Government of Lower Austria, ÖFG Publications: Kohler-Schneider & Heiss (2010) | | | | January 2007 -
August 2008 | Contributions to the project "Botanical investigations at the municipium of Aelium Cetium (St. Pölten)". Project manager Ursula Thanheiser. Identification of charcoal from the necropolis at Europaplatz and from a supposed Mithras sanctuary at the Domplatz, reconstruction of local wood use. Funding: Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI)
Publications: Heiss et al. (2008) | | | | | February 2005 - August 2008 | Contributions to the project "The Elymian town on Monte Polizzo, Sicily, in the area of conflict between Greek colonies and Carthage: Archaeobotanical investigations at the excavations on Monte Polizzo, Prov. Trapani, western Sicily". Project manager Hans-Peter Stika. Part of the research project EOEC (Emergence Of European Communities). Identification of charcoal remains (Early Bronze Age to Middle Ages), reconstruction of local vegetation, climate, and forestry. Funding: Stanford University Publications: Stika & Heiss (2005), Stika et al. (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) | | | | July 2004 -
September 2006 | Contributions to the project "The plant remains from the Iceman's find spot". Project manager Klaus Oeggl. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Late Neolithic), reconstruction of local vegetation and climate, and the site's taphonomy. Funding: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (project number P16276) Publications: Heiss (2006c), Heiss & Oeggl (2005b), Heiss & Oeggl (2009), Oeggl & Heiss (2007) | | | | February 2004 -
September 2008 | Contributions to the project "The Pyre of Ulten/St. Walburg (South Tyrol)". Project manager Walter Leitner. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Late Iron Age), reconstruction of local vegetation during Iron Age, exploration of the sacrificial rites. Pivotal part of my Ph.D. thesis. Further contributors Hubert Steiner, Stefan Zohmann Funding: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (project number P16714) Publications: Heiss (2005b ; 2006a, 2006b, 2006d; 2007a, 2007b, 2007c, 2007d, 2008, 2009b, 2010), Heiss et al. (2005), Steiner & Heiss (2005) | | | | December 2001 -
November 2002 | Contributions to the project "The medieval plant remains from Castle Tyrol". Project manager Klaus Oeggl. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Middle Ages and modern times), reconstruction of the medieval castle's inhabitants' diet as well as the development of grassland in the Alps. Funding: Federal Museum of South Tyrol Publications: Oeggl & Heiss (2002) | | | | | September 2001 | Contributions to the project "Tomb of Alboin" (at Möchling, Carinthia) by the Institute of Archaeologies at the University of Innsbruck. Identification of the botanical macroremains (Middle Ages). |
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February 2002 | Contributions to the official expertise "Vegetation of the region 'Mühlauer Fuchsloch' and measures necessary for its maintenance" by order of the . Project manager
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. Survey and mapping of the wetland biotopes and their adjacent areas, drawing up of a mainenance concept. Further contributors
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, Katharina Munk, Peter Unterluggauer,
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. Funding: Municipality of Innsbruck Publications: Grabner et al. (2001) | | | | | January 2000 - December 2000 | Contributions to the project "Bronze Age copper mining from fahlores - mining archaeological and archaeometallurgical investigations in North Tyrol". Project manager Konrad Spindler (†). Identification of the botanical macroremains (Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age), assessment of the local environmental impact of prehistoric mining, and reconstruction of technical aspects of fire-setting. Funding: Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (project number P12049) Publications: Heiss (2001), Schatz et al. (2002), Heiss & Oeggl (2004, 2005a, 2008b) |
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