Maximilian Piniel, BA, MA

Contact

Universität Wien - Institut für Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie
Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, A-1190 Wien
Mail: maximilian.piniel@univie.ac.at

Profile

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.

Academic Career

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

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