Dr.
Christoph Schwall
, M.A.associated
RG »Prehistoric Phenomena«
Contact
Email: christoph.schwall(at)oeaw.ac.at
Telephone: +43 1 51581-6124
Location: Dominikanerbastei 16 | 1010 Vienna
Research Projects
- Milling Technologies and Procurement Systems
- New Approach for Golden Treasures
- Y-chromosomal haplotypes in prehistoric horses to elucidate domestication, early human land settlement, migration waves and warlike operations
- Across Arabia
- Kalba – Chert and Copper Resources of a Prehistoric Settlement
Publications
Journal Publication (19)
- Lidour, Kevin; Beech, Mark J.; Eddisford, Daniel; Phillips, Carl S.; Schwall, Christoph et al. [..] (2023) A Bronze to Iron Age Fishing Economy at Kalbāʾ 4 (Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates). Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Bd. 34 (1), S. 44-62.
- Çilingiroğlu, Çiler; Schwall, Christoph; Sezgin, Ece; Çakırlar, Canan (2023) Kababurun: Investigations of an Eastern Aegean Village in the Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age Transition. Anatolian Studies, First view, Bd. 73, S. 1-24.
- Schwall, Christoph; Brandl, Michael; Börner, Mario; Lindauer, Susanne; Deckers, Katleen et al. [..] (2023) The 2021 field season at Kalba: results of the excavations and geo-archaeological surveys. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bd. 52, S. 305-321.
- Schwall, Christoph; Thanheiser, Ursula; Börner, Mario; Horejs, Barbara (2023) The Crop is on Fire: Evidence of Subsistence Strategies from Late Chalcolithic Çukuriçi Höyük. Turkish Journal of Archaeological Science / Arkeoloji Bilimleri Dergisi, Bd. 2023, S. 107–135.
- Numrich, Moritz; Schwall, Christoph; Lockhoff, Nicole; Nikolentzos, Kostas; Konstantinidi-Syvridi, Eleni et al. [..] (2022) Portable laser ablation sheds light on Early Bronze Age gold treasures in the old world: New insights from Troy, Poliochni, and related finds. Journal of Archaeological Science, Bd. 149, S. 105694.
- Schwall, Christoph; Börner, Mario; Brandl, Michael (2022) Report on the 2021 Austrian Archaeological Expedition at Kalba (K4). Annual Sharjah Archaeology, Bd. 20, S. 56–74.
- Schwall, Ch.; Brandl, M.; Börner, M.; Deckers, K.; Lindauer, S. et al. [..] (2022) Kalba: new insights into an Early Bronze Age trading post on the Gulf of Oman. Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bd. 51, S. 329–352.
- Cveček, Sabina; Schwall, Christoph (2022) Ghost Children: Delayed Personhood and Culturespecific Models of Infancy in Western Anatolia. Praehistorische Zeitschrift, Bd. 97 (2), S. 544–570.
- Librado, Pablo; Khan, Naveed; Fages, Antoine; Kusliy, Mariya A.; Suchan, Tomasz et al. [..] (2021) The origins and spread of domestic horsesfrom the Western Eurasian steppes. Nature, Bd. 2021, S. 1-24.
- Schwall, Christoph; Börner, Mario; Meyer, Cornelius (2021) Preliminary report on the 2019 Austrian fieldwork at Kalba (K4). Annual Sharjah Archaeology, Bd. 19, S. 32-41.
- Rom, Jakob; Haas, Florian; Stark, Manuel; Dremel, Fabian; Brecht, Michael et al. [..] (2020) Between Land and Sea: An Airborne LiDAR Field Survey to Detect Ancient Sites in the Chekka Region/Lebanon Using Spatial Analyses. Open Archaeology, Bd. 6/1 (de Gruyter), S. 248-268.
- Schwall, Christoph; Brandl, Michael; Gluhak, Tatjana Mirjam; Milić, Bogdana; Betina, Lisa et al. [..] (2020) From near and far. Stone procurement and exchange at Çukuriçi Höyük in western Anatolia. Journal of Lithic Studies, Bd. 7 (3), S. 1-25.
- Schwall, Christoph; Jasim, Sabah Abboud (2020) Assessing Kalba: new fieldwork at a Bronze Age coastal site on the Gulf of Oman (Emirate of Sharjah, UAE). Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Bd. 50, S. 321-332.
- Lužnik-Jancsary, Nika; Horejs, Barbara; Klein, Michael; Schwall, Christoph (2020) Integration and workflow framework for virtual visualization of cultural heritage. Revisiting the tell of Çukuriçi Höyük, Turkey. Virtual Archaeology Review, Bd. 11 (23), S. 63-74.
- Kopetzky, Karin; Genz, Hermann; Schwall, Christoph; Rom, Jakob; Haas, Florian et al. [..] (2019) Between Land and Sea: Tell Mirhan and the Chekka regional survey. Preliminary report of the survey and the first excavation season (2016-2018). Ägypten und Levante, Bd. 29, S. 105-124.
- Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Milić, Bogdana; Brandl, Michael (2019) Der prähistorische Umlandsurvey, in: F. Pirson, Pergamon – Bericht über die Arbeiten in der Kampagne 2017. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2018 (2), S. 148-150.
- Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2017) Der prähistorische Umlandsurvey, in F. Pirson, Pergamon - Bericht über die Arbeiten in der Kampagne 2015. Archäologischer Anzeiger 2016, Bd. 2, S. 170-172.
- Schneider, Steffen; Schlöffel, Marlen; Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara; Schütt, Brigitta (2017) First stratigraphic evidence and absolute dating of a Bronze Age settlement in the Bakırçay valley in western Turkey. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (12), S. 316-322.
- Gluhak, Tatjana Mirjam; Schwall, Christoph (2015, online: 2014) Provenance analyses of the volcanic rock grinding stones from the greek colony Selinunte, Sicily (Italy) – Constraints and Possibilities. Archaeometry, Bd. 57 (2), S. 246-268.
Book/Monograph (2)
- Grasböck, Stefan; Bratschi, Tina; Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2023) Çukuriçi Höyük 5. Stratigraphie und Architektur der frühen Bronzezeit. In Reihe: Oriental and European Archaeology 26, hrsg. v. Horejs, Barbara; Wien: ÖAW (508 Seiten).
- Schwall, Christoph (2018) Çukuriçi Höyük 2. Das 5. und 4. Jahrtausend v. Chr. in Westanatolien und der Ostagäis.; Wien: ÖAW (818 Seiten).
Conference Contribution: Publication in Proceedings (5)
- Numrich, Moritz; Pernicka, Ernst; Jung, Reinhard; Schwall, Christoph; Huber, Jasmin et al. [..] (2019) Untersuchungen zur Herkunft des mykenischen Goldes mittels mobiler Laserablation und ICP-Massenspektrometrie. In: Herm, C.; Merkel, S.; Schreiner, M.; Wiesinger, R. (Hrsg.), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2019. Jahrestagung an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Institut für Naturwissenschaften und Technologie in der Kunst, 11.-14. September 2019. Metalla Sonderheft 9; Wien, S. 230-233.
- Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2018) Permanent or Seasonal? Evidence of Settlements in Late Chalcolithic Western Anatolia. In: Horejs, B.; Schwall, Ch.; Müller, V.; Luciani, M.; Ritter, M. et al. [..] (Hrsg.), Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 25th-29th April 2016, Vienna; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, S. 57–68.
- Numrich, Moritz; Pernicka, Ernst; Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2018) Untersuchungen zur Herkunft bronzezeitlicher Goldobjekte mittels mobiler Laserablation und Massenspektrometrie. In: Glaser, L. (Hrsg.), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2018, 20.-24. März 2018, DESY, Hamburg, Deutschland, S. 99-102.
- Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2018) Interaction as a Stimulus? Çukuriçi Höyük and the Transition from Late Chalcolithic Period to Early Bronze Age in Western Anatolia. In: Dietz, S.; Mavridis, F.; Tankosić, Ž.; Takaoğlu, T. (Hrsg.), Communities in Transition: The Circum-Aegean Area in the 5th and 4th Millennia BC. Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 20 In Reihe: Monographs of the Danish Institute at Athens 20; Oxford: Oxbow, S. 530-537.
- Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2015) New Light on a Nebulous Period – Western Anatolia in the 4th Millennium BC: Architecture and Settlement Structures as Cultural Patterns?. In: Hansen, S.; Raczky, P.; Anders, A.; Reingruber, A. (Hrsg.), Neolithic and Copper Age between the Carpathians and the Aegean Sea. Chronologies and Technologies from the 6th to the 4th Millennium BCE In Reihe: Archäologie in Eurasien 31, hrsg. v. Hansen, S.; Bonn, S. 457-474.
Contribution in Collection (11)
- Schwall, Christoph; Brandl, Michael (2023) Kalba: Main results of the renewed fieldwork during the campaigns of2019-2022. In: Pascale El Fadi, Maureen Gannon, Kinan Al Shohof and Tareq Al Ghoul (Hrsg.), Advances in UAE Archaeology, Proceedings of Abu Dhabi’s Archaeology Conference 2022; Abu Dhabi: Zayed National Museum – Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi and Archaeopress., S. 147-155.
- Numrich, Moritz; Schwall, Christoph; Lockhoff, Nicole; Nikolentzos, Kostas; Konstantinidi-Syvridi, Eleni et al. [..] (2023) Untersuchungen mittels mobiler Laserablation und ICP-MS an Goldobjekten aus Troia und Poliochni. In: Klein, Sabine; Berthold, Christoph; Berger, Daniel; Pernicka, Ernst (Hrsg.), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2023. Jahrestagung an den Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim, 28. März-1. April 2023; Bochum, S. 66–68.
- Galik, Alfred; Emra, Stephanie; Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2023) The archaeozoological remains from Late Chalcolithic Çukuriçi Höyük, on the western Anatolian coast. In: Pöllath, Nadja; Battermann, Nora; Emra, Stephanie; Goebel, Veronika; Paxinos, Ptolemaios et al. [..] (Hrsg.), Animals and Humans through Time and Space: Investigating Diverse Relationships. Essays in Honour of Joris Peters; Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf, S. 139–148.
- Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph (2022) Çukuriçi Höyük. Batı Anadolu'da Erken Tunç Çağı I Dönemi Metal Üretim Merkezi. In: Işıklı, Mehmet; Fidan, Erkan; Türker, Atila; Yılmaz, Mehmet Ali (Hrsg.), MÖ III. Binyılda Anadolu; Istanbul: Ege Yayınları, S. 209–224.
- Gluhak, Tatjana M.; Schwall, Christoph; Jung, Reinhard; Pacciarelli, Marco (2021) Provenance Determination of Bronze Age Grinding Stones from Punta di Zambrone. In: Jung, R. (Hrsg.), Punta di Zambrone I. 1200 BCE – a Time of Breakdown, a Time of Progress in Southern Italy and Greece. Oriental and European Archaeology 17; Wien: ÖAW, S. 289-301.
- Horejs, Barbara; Alram-Stern, Eva; Schwall, Christoph (2020) Prehistoric Phenomena., 8 Years of OREA – Institute for Oriental and European Archaeology. Annual Report 2020; Wien: ÖAW, S. 41-56.
- Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2020) Social dynamics in Western Anatolia between 3000 and 2500 BC. In: Blum, St. W. E.; Efe, T.; Kienlin, T.; Pernicka, E. (Hrsg.), From Past to Present: Studies in Memory of Manfred O. Korfmann. Studia Troica Monographien 11; Bonn: Habelt, S. 109-119.
- Alram-Stern, Eva; Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Milić, Bogdana; Röcklinger, Maria et al. [..] (2020) Prehistoric Phenomena. In: Horejs, B. (Hrsg.), OREA Annual Report 2019; Wien: Verlag der ÖAW, S. 33-43.
- Schwall, Christoph; Gluhak, Tatjana Mirjam (2019) The volcanic rock grinding stones from Seliunte, Sicily (Italy): Archaeological evidence and geochemical provenance analyses. In: Anderson, T. J.; Alonso, N. (Hrsg.), Tilting at mills: The Archaeology and Geology of Mills and Milling Proceedings of the Colloquium Held at the Museum of Archaeology of Almería, Spain 5th-8th March 2014; Lleida, S. 213-222.
- Alram-Stern, Eva; Horejs, Barbara; Schwall, Christoph; Brem, Gottfried; Wallner, Barbara (2019) Prehistoric Phenomena. In: Horejs, Barbara (Hrsg.), OREA Annual Report 2018; Wien: ÖAW, S. 33-41.
- Schwall, Christoph; Horejs, Barbara (2017) Western Anatolian Impact on Aegean Figurines and Religion?., B. Horejs, Çukuriçi Höyük 1. Anatolian and the Aegean from the 7th to the 3rd Millennium BC. Oriental and European Archaeology 5; Wien: ÖAW, S. 53-77.
Editorship (1)
Book or Essay review (2)
- Schwall, Christoph (2022) Rezension zu: Refik Duru / Gülsün Umurtak, Bademağacı Höyüğü Kazıları I. Neolitik ve Erken Kalkolitik Çağ Yerleşmeleri. Excavations at Bademağacı Höyük I. The Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic Settlements. Germania 99, S. 243–248.
- Schwall, Christoph (2018) Rezension zu Irina Gambashidze, Thomas Stöllner (Hrsg.), The Gold of Sakdrisi: Man‘s First Gold Mining Enterprise / საყდრისის ოქრო: კაცობრიობის პირველი ოქროს სამთო წარმოება. Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Bergbau-Museum Bochum 211. VML Verlag Marie Leidorf,Rahden/Westfalen 2016, 174 Seiten, ca. 400 Farbabbildungen, Hardcover, ISBN 978-3-86757-011-4. Archaeologia Austriaca 102, S. 256-260.