17/06/2026
Das Institut für Mittelalterforschung der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften lädt herzlich zu einem Workshop “Microhistories of Change: Mautern as an Interdisciplinary Case Study (400–1100)” im Rahmen des LAB: Interfaces between Medieval Studies and Sciences ein.
22th June 2026 – 10:00-17:00
23th June 2026 – 09:15-13:45
Seminar Room 8 + 9 | 5th floor
PSK, Georg-Coch-Platz 2,
1010 Wien
Abstract:
This workshop centers on the cemetery of Mautern (Burggartengasse/Kainzstraße). It explores questions of population continuity, local communities, and transformation in the Middle Danube region between Late Antiquity and the High Middle Ages—an era characterized by profound political, social, and climatic upheavals. The more than 400 already documented and genetically analyzed graves indicate continuous use of the site, which can only be partially documented by written sources. The aim of the lab’s interdisciplinary collaboration is to use this exemplary case to develop new perspectives on population continuity, both stabilizing and disruptive factors, and local as well as supra-regional interconnections.
Mautern as an Interdisciplinary Case Study (400–1100)
