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Petra Schneidhofer Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information Name: Schneidhofer Petra Date of Birth: 27.08.1980 Place of Birth: Linz, Austria Nationality: Austria

Adress: Geblergasse 22/20 1170 Wien Mobile: +43 650 990 6337 Email: [email protected] Homepage: http://ic-archpro.univie.ac.at/research/dissertation-topics/petra- schneidhofer/

Main Areas of Research

 Geoarchaeology  Landscape Archaeology  Virtual Archaeology  Geophysical prospection  Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction

Education

 2011-2016: PhD focusing on Geoarchaeology and Geophysical Prospection, Initiative College – ArchPro at the Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VIAS), University of Vienna, Austria  2010-October 2011: MSc in Geoarchaeology with distinction, University of Reading, United Kingdom  2010: Magistra phil. in Prehistory and Early History with distinction, University of Vienna, Austria

Employment

10/2014 – current Researcher Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology 09/2011 – 09/2014 Research assistant Initiative College for Archaeological Prospection at VIAS 3/2010 – 6/2010 Teaching assistant (Survey, digital recording and stratigraphy) Institute of Pre- and Early History of the University of Vienna 12/2009 – 3/2010 Research assistant (Digital recording, GIS, 3D laserscanning) VIAS 07/2007 – 10/2007 and 02/2008 – 11/2008 Research assistant (Digital recording, GIS, 3D laserscanning) VIAS 03/2006 – 06/2007 Project assistant (Commercial excavations) Association Archäologie Service, Krems 03/2002 – 02/2006 Site assistant and local site director (Commercial excavations) Austrian Heritage Agency

Awards

 2014: Short-term grant abroad (KWA) from the University of Vienna to study for an invited research stage at the Archaeological department of the University of Reading, UK  2011-2014: Initiative College for Archaeological Prospection PhD funding from the University of Vienna  2010 – 2011: NERC – National Environmental Research Council sponsorship for MSc in Geoarchaeology  2008 – 2009: ESF – Studienabschlußstipendium: Research grant from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research and the European Social Fund  2007: Auslandssemester: Semester abroad at the archaeological department, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, funded by the mobility program ERASMUS of the European Union

Selected research and work experience

Geoarchaeology: Project contributions including sedimentological analyses, in-situ geophysical measurements, geochemical analyses, pollen analysis and micromorphology

2013 Viking Age burial mound Rom Mellem, Norway Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Vestfold fylkeskommune, Norway 2013 Viking age site Berg-Hummerbakken, Norway Ludwig-Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology 2012-today Prehistoric salt mine Hallstatt, Austria Natural History Museum, Vienna and University of Reading 2012 Viking Age site Gokstad, Norway VIAS – Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science

Geophysical prospection: Project contributions including ground penetrating radar and magnetometry surveys

2014 Bronze Age settlement Akrotiri, Greece VIAS – Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science 2013 Roman town Carnuntum, Austria ZAMG - Central agency for meteorology and geodynamics 2013 Yarnbury henge, Yorkshire Dales, United Kingdom VIAS – Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University of Bradford, United Kingdom 2012-2013 Viking age sites Vestfold , Norway ZAMG - Central agency for meteorology and geodynamics

Virtual Archaeology: Project contributions including terrestrial laser-scanning, 3D visualisation and GIS analyses & interpretation 2013 Viking Age burial mound, Rom Mellem, Norway Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, Vestfold fylkeskommune, Norway 2012 Bronze Age settlement, Monte Cimino, Italy University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2010 Viking Age burial mounds (the king’s mounds) Gamla Uppsala, Sweden VIAS – Vienna Institute of Archaeological Science and Institute of Pre- and Early History of the University of Vienna 2009 Neolithic burial monument, Duggleby Howe, United Kingdom VIAS - Vienna Institute of Archaeological Science and archaeological department, University of Bradford, United Kingdom 2009 Natural port basin from the Viking Age, Avaldsnes and Haugesund, Norway VIAS – Vienna Institute of Archaeological Science and Institute of Pre- and Early History of the Unsiversity of Vienna 2008-2010 Early Iron Age cemetery, Hallstatt, Austria Natural History Museum, Vienna

Language Skills

 German:fluent (mother tongue)  English: fluent  French: fluent

IT-Skills

 Microsoft Office  Adobe Photoshop  Adobe Illustrator  Esri ArcGIS  RiscanPro  Geomagic  Agisoft Photoscan  Golden Software Voxler  APsoft  Rockworks

Publications

Schneidhofer, P., E. Nau, A. Hinterleitner, A. Lugmayr, J. Bill, T. Gansum, K. Paasche, S. Seren, W. Neubauer, E. Draganits, I. Trinks. Palaeoenvironmental analysis of large-scale, high-resolution GPR and magnetometry data sets: the Viking Age site of Gokstad in Norway, Archaeological and Anthropological Science (accepted).

Schneidhofer, P., Nau, E., Hinterleitner, A., Lugmayr, A., Bill, J., Gansum, T., Neubauer, W., Paasche, K. Geoarchaeology as essential supplement for large-scale, high-resolution archaeological geophysical prospection – the case study Gokstad in Norway, in: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Warsaw, Poland, 15.09.-19.06.2015, Forthcoming 2015 Sabatini,S., C. Sevara, M. Fera, J. Kainz, P. Schneidhofer. 2013. Tales from the Beech Forest: Laser Scanning Project at Monte Cimino (Italy) Hillfort 679-684, in: S. Bergerbrant, S. Sabatini (ed.) Counterpoint Essays in Archaeology and Heritage Studies in Honour of Professor Kristian Kristiansen, BAR International Series 2508, Oxford: Archaeopress

Schneidhofer, P., Cannell, R. 2013. Large scale, high resolution archaeological geophysical prospection: a source for palaeoenviromental reconstruction, in: W. Neubauer, I. Trinks, R. B. Salisbury and C. Einwögerer (ed.): Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection, Wien, Austria, 29.05.-02.06.2013,Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Schneidhofer, P. 2010. 3D recording at the stratigraphic excavation of Steinabrunn, in: Anreiter et al. (ed.) Mining in European History and its Impact on Environment and Human Societies: Proceedings for the 1st Mining in European History-Conference of the SFB-HIMAT, 12.–15. November 2009, Innsbruck: Innsbruck University Press

Schneidhofer, P. 2010. Die hallstattzeitliche Siedlung in Freundorf. Diplomarbeit, M.Phil., University of Vienna.

Schneidhofer, P. 2007. Drei hallstattzeitliche Gräber aus Inzersdorf an der Traisen, Niederösterreich, in Fundberichte aus Österreich 45: 281 – 305.

Oral Presentations and Posters

11th International conference on Archaeological Prospection, 15th – 19th September 2015, Warsaw, Poland, Presentation: Geoarchaeology as essential supplement for large-scale, high-resolution archaeological geophysical prospection – the case study Gokstad in Norway

CAA Computer applications & Quantitative methods in Archaeology international conference, 30th March - 3rd April 2015, Siena, Italy, Presentation: Interdisciplinary investigation of the burial mound at Rom in Vestfold County, Norway

CAA Computer applications & Quantitative methods in Archaeology international conference, 22nd -25th April 2014, Paris, France, Presentation: Landscape Tomography: Creating a work flow for 3D visualization of palaeoenvironmental information contained in large scale, high resolution GPR data sets

10th International conference on Archaeological Prospection, 29th May – 2nd June 2013, Vienna, Austria, Presentation: Large scale, high resolution archaeological geophysical prospection: a source for palaeoenviromental reconstruction

19th EAA Annual Meeting, European Association of Archaeologists, 4th-8th September 2013, Pilsen, Czech Republic, Presentation: Geophysical prospection as a landscape analysis tool

2nd Mining in European History Conference, 7th-10th November 2012, Innsbruck, Austria, Presentation: Site formation processes and mining operations in the prehistoric salt mine of Hallstatt, Austria

International Symposium of Archaeometry, 28th May – 2nd June 2012, Leuven, Belgium, Poster: Site formation processes and Mining operations at the prehistoric salt mine of Hallstatt, Austria.