Paul
Klostermann
PhD student
Education
2022
– current, University of Vienna
PhD student at Doctoral School of Evolution and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences
Funding by ERC Synergy project HistoGenes
2019-2021 University of Durham
MSc (Hons.) Human Bioarchaeology and Palaeopathology
2017-2019 University of Vienna
Courses in BSc programme Biology. Major in Physical Anthropology and MA programme Prehistoric Archaeology and Historical Archaeology
2013-2017 University of Vienna
BA Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
PhD student at Doctoral School of Evolution and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences
Funding by ERC Synergy project HistoGenes
2019-2021 University of Durham
MSc (Hons.) Human Bioarchaeology and Palaeopathology
2017-2019 University of Vienna
Courses in BSc programme Biology. Major in Physical Anthropology and MA programme Prehistoric Archaeology and Historical Archaeology
2013-2017 University of Vienna
BA Prehistory and Historical Archaeology
Research
Experience
05/2021-4/2022
Technical and research assistant for HistoGenes project at NHM Vienna
Technical and research assistant for HistoGenes project at NHM Vienna
Osteological
analysis on skeletal collection from Early Medieval Austria
10/2021-02/2022
Anthropologist at Inst. for Medieval Research, Austrian Acad. of Sciences
Anthropologist at Inst. for Medieval Research, Austrian Acad. of Sciences
Osteological analysis on Early Medieval remains
from Vienna
Activity reconstruction of Archer burials
Commercial Archaeology
01-03/2023
Freelance Anthropologist
Osteological analysis of section of Early Medieval Avar Cemetery in Achau, Austria,
Osteological analysis of section of Early Medieval Avar Cemetery in Achau, Austria,
04-09/2021
Anthropologist and field archaeologist at Novetus GmbH
Archaeological excavations (Historical to Neolithic
Period)
Osteological analysis of human remains from Early Medieval Period.
Exhumation and Documentation
of Friars crypt at Rochuskirche, Vienna
06/2019 Freelance Anthropologist for PannArch assoc.
06/2019 Freelance Anthropologist for PannArch assoc.
excavation,
documentation and analysis of Bronze Age burial from Müllendorf, Austria
2017 Freelance
anthropologist for Stadtarchäologie Wien
Osteological Analysis of commingled remains from Stephansplatz
Vienna, High Medieval Period
Osteological Analysis of soldier burials from Napoleonic battlefield north of Vienna.
2017,
2018 Field archaeologist for Archnet GmbH
Research articles
Binder, M.,
Doneus, M., Klostermann, P., Özyurt, J., Strang, S., Tobias, B., Zagajsek, K., (2023), Das Gräberfeld von
Obereggendorf (NÖ) – Erste interdisziplinäre Einblicke in eines der größten awarenzeitlichen Gräberfelder Ostösterreichs,
Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich 39/2023.
Olga Spekker, Orsolya Anna Váradi, András
Szekeres, Heidi Yoko Jäger, Albert Zink, Margit Berner, Doris Pany-Kucera, Liesa Strondl, Paul Klostermann,
Levente Samu, Kitty Király, Zsolt Bereczki, Erika Molnár, György Pálfi, Balázs Tihanyi, (2022), A rare case of calvarial tuberculosis
from the Avar Age (8th century CE) cemetery of Kaba–Bitózug (Hajdú-Bihar county, Hungary) – Pathogenesis and differential
diagnostic aspects, Tuberculosis, Volume 135, 2022.
Lazaridis I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A.
…Klostermann, P.,… Rohland, N., Pinhasi. R., Reich, D., (2022), The genetic history of the Southern Arc:
a bridge between West Asia and Europe, Science.
Lazaridis I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A. …Klostermann,
P.,… Rohland, N., Pinhasi. R., Reich, D., (2022), A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern
Europe and West Asia, Science.
Lazaridis I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A. …Klostermann,
P.,… Rohland, N., Pinhasi. R., Reich, D., (2022), Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and
Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia, Science.
Berner, M., Eggers, S., Klostermann, P.,
Koger, R., Sauer, W., (2022), Ovambo human remains in the Natural History Museum Vienna - Viktor Lebzelter’s anthropological
collection from Southern Africa, in: Annalen des NHM Wien, Serie A 123, p. 5-32.
Paraman, L., Ugarković,
M., Scheifinger, J., Rembart, L., Oberndorfer, D., Visković, E., Schintlmeister, L., Klostermann, P., Binder,
M., Steskal, M. (2019). Report on New Excavations in Ancient Trogir. The 2018 Croatian–Austrian Mission. Jahreshefte des Österreichischen
Archäologischen Institutes, 88, 387-459.
Conference Papers
Özyurt Jasmin,
Strang, Sheridan, Klostermann, Paul, Jana Pfneiszl, Tobias, Bendeguz, Horvath,
Jeanette, Binder, Michaela, (2023), Nicht schon wieder ein awarenzeitliches Gräberfeld!, Neue Erkenntnisse anhand interdisziplinärer
Erforschung des neu entdeckten Gräberfeldes von Achau., in: Nowotny (ed.) Beiträge zum Tag der Niederösterreichischen
Landesarchäologie 2019. Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, 2019.
Heiß, K., Klostermann, P., Niaghi, D., Portschy, J., and Reicher, L., (2018) Conference Reports. Genes, Isotopes, and Artefacts: How should we interpret the movements of people throughout Bronze Age Europe? 13–14 December 2018, Vienna. The European Archaeologist 59: 33-34.
Heiß, K., Klostermann, P., Niaghi, D., Portschy, J., and Reicher, L., (2018) Conference Reports. Genes, Isotopes, and Artefacts: How should we interpret the movements of people throughout Bronze Age Europe? 13–14 December 2018, Vienna. The European Archaeologist 59: 33-34.
Conference Presentations
Klostermann, P., Berner,
M., Pany-Kucera, D. Wilschke-Schrotta, K., Eggers, S. (2022) Adolescence in Early Medieval Central Europe, 14th
Annual SSCIP Meeting, Madrid (poster).
Klostermann, P., Pany-Kucera, D., Berner, M., Kirchengast, S., Tobias, B., (2022), Indicators of Physical Activity in Early Medieval Individuals Buried with Archery Artifacts from Vienna, Austria, PPA Vilnius 2022, (short presentation).
Tobias, B., Berner, M., Pany-Kucera, D., Eggers, S., Klostermann, P., Koger, R., Hofmanova, Z., Wang, K., Daim, F., Pohl, W. (2022), How archaeology and anthropology can build on aDNA analyses of entire cemeteries, EAA Budapest. (presentation)
Pany-Kucera, D., Klostermann, P., Özyurt, J. Berner, M. (2022), Bury me where my arrow falls. New considerations on Early Medieval burials with composite bows excavated in modern-day, Vienna, Austria. EAA Budapest. (presentation)
Klostermann, P., (2020), Chew On This: Correlation of coca use and Chagas disease, Durham student poster conference. (poster)
Szameit, E., Portschy, J., Klostermann, P., (2019), (Univ. Vienna): Eine frühmittelalterliche Nekropole in Iffelsdorf an der Naab (Stadt Pfreimd/Oberpfalz, Bayer), Prague. (presentation)
Binder, M., Klostermann, P., Paraman, L., Ugarković, M., Steskal, M., (2018) Non-adults burials from a Byzantine period cemetery in Trogir, Croatia, Poster presentation, 22nd Paleopathology Association Meeting, Zagreb. (poster)
Klostermann, P., and Strang, S., (2021) Osteologische Untersuchung der menschlichen Skelettreste aus der Grabung Obereggendorf 2021.
Klostermann, P., and Binder, M., (2017), Anthropologische Auswertung der menschlichen Skelettreste aus dem napoleonischen Schlachtfeld, Seestadt Aspern, Cluster Ost II, Obj. 1, In: Martin Penz (2017) Bericht zur archäologischen Maßnahme Wien 22, Seestadt Aspern 2017 – Cluster Ost II.
Klostermann, P., Pany-Kucera, D., Berner, M., Kirchengast, S., Tobias, B., (2022), Indicators of Physical Activity in Early Medieval Individuals Buried with Archery Artifacts from Vienna, Austria, PPA Vilnius 2022, (short presentation).
Tobias, B., Berner, M., Pany-Kucera, D., Eggers, S., Klostermann, P., Koger, R., Hofmanova, Z., Wang, K., Daim, F., Pohl, W. (2022), How archaeology and anthropology can build on aDNA analyses of entire cemeteries, EAA Budapest. (presentation)
Pany-Kucera, D., Klostermann, P., Özyurt, J. Berner, M. (2022), Bury me where my arrow falls. New considerations on Early Medieval burials with composite bows excavated in modern-day, Vienna, Austria. EAA Budapest. (presentation)
Klostermann, P., (2020), Chew On This: Correlation of coca use and Chagas disease, Durham student poster conference. (poster)
Szameit, E., Portschy, J., Klostermann, P., (2019), (Univ. Vienna): Eine frühmittelalterliche Nekropole in Iffelsdorf an der Naab (Stadt Pfreimd/Oberpfalz, Bayer), Prague. (presentation)
Binder, M., Klostermann, P., Paraman, L., Ugarković, M., Steskal, M., (2018) Non-adults burials from a Byzantine period cemetery in Trogir, Croatia, Poster presentation, 22nd Paleopathology Association Meeting, Zagreb. (poster)
Osteological Reports
Klostermann, P., (2021) Osteologische Untersuchung
der menschlichen Überreste aus der Gruftöffnung Rochuskirche 2021.Klostermann, P., and Strang, S., (2021) Osteologische Untersuchung der menschlichen Skelettreste aus der Grabung Obereggendorf 2021.
Klostermann, P., and Binder, M., (2017), Anthropologische Auswertung der menschlichen Skelettreste aus dem napoleonischen Schlachtfeld, Seestadt Aspern, Cluster Ost II, Obj. 1, In: Martin Penz (2017) Bericht zur archäologischen Maßnahme Wien 22, Seestadt Aspern 2017 – Cluster Ost II.
2021
Neron, France
Middle Tennessee University, DPAA
repatriation, Crash site, US-American bomber, WWII
Neron, France
Middle Tennessee University, DPAA
repatriation, Crash site, US-American bomber, WWII
Novetus
GmbH
Various sites in Eastern Austria
Bronze Age, Roman, Medieval
2020
Oxford Archaeology
Various sites in Eastern Austria
Bronze Age, Roman, Medieval
2020
Oxford Archaeology
Trinity
burial ground, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Cemetery, Industrial
2019
Tutor Iffelsdorf, mun. Pfreimd, Bavaria, Germany
Cemetery, Industrial
2019
Tutor Iffelsdorf, mun. Pfreimd, Bavaria, Germany
University of Bamberg, University of Vienna
Early medieval age, cemetery
Early medieval age, cemetery
INRAP
Saint-Dizier, France
Late Antiquity – Early Medieval cemetery
Oberpetersdorf, Austria,
University of Maryland, Universität Wien, DPAA
repatriation, Crash site, US-American bomber, WWII
Oberpetersdorf, Austria,
University of Maryland, Universität Wien, DPAA
repatriation, Crash site, US-American bomber, WWII
2018
Iffelsdorf, mun. Pfreimd, Bavaria, Germany
Iffelsdorf, mun. Pfreimd, Bavaria, Germany
Early medieval age, cemeteryUniversity of Bamberg
Schwarzach b. Nabburg, Bavaria, Germany
University of Vienna tutor
Early medieval age, Slavic settlement
Schwarzach b. Nabburg, Bavaria, Germany
University of Vienna tutor
Early medieval age, Slavic settlement
2017
Alte Post, Vienna, Austria
Alte Post, Vienna, Austria
Urban archaeology. Roman – Modern
2016
Hainburg, Sonderschule, Austria
Hainburg, Sonderschule, Austria
Modern, Old estate with burials
Hainburg, Volksschule, Austria
Medieval /Modern churchyard
Engelhartstetten, Austria
Medieval /Modern
Trautmannsdorf, Austria
Renaissance fortification, Modern
Hainburg, Volksschule, Austria
Medieval /Modern churchyard
Engelhartstetten, Austria
Medieval /Modern
Trautmannsdorf, Austria
Renaissance fortification, Modern
Bruck a. d. Leitha, Austria
Church and churchyard. Medieval /Modern
Church and churchyard. Medieval /Modern
2015
Lenzing, Attersee, Austria
Lenzing, Attersee, Austria
Neolithic, Copper Age
Field school
Field school
2014
Unterloisdorf, Austria
Neolithic, Copper Age
Schloßberg, Linz, Austria
Latène Age, Roman Period
Field school
Insternships
& Volunteering
07/2021
Volunteer Archaeologist in recovery excavation of WWII service men for DPAA through Middle Tennessee University, France
Volunteer Archaeologist in recovery excavation of WWII service men for DPAA through Middle Tennessee University, France
07/2019
Intern Archaeologist in recovery excavation of WWII service men for DPAA through University of Vienna in cooperation with University of Maryland, Austria
Intern Archaeologist in recovery excavation of WWII service men for DPAA through University of Vienna in cooperation with University of Maryland, Austria
04-05/2019
Internship at Anthropology Department, NHM Vienna
Osteological analysis on Ovambo human remains from Namibia
Assess taphonomy of remains to assist provenance research of colonial context.
Internship at Anthropology Department, NHM Vienna
Osteological analysis on Ovambo human remains from Namibia
Assess taphonomy of remains to assist provenance research of colonial context.
2016-2018
Internship at Bioarchaeology Lab, Austrian Archaeological Institute
Osteological analysis of nonadult remains from Middle Byzantine Trogir, Croatia
Osteological analysis of Late Antique remains from Globasnitz, Austria
Internship at Bioarchaeology Lab, Austrian Archaeological Institute
Osteological analysis of nonadult remains from Middle Byzantine Trogir, Croatia
Osteological analysis of Late Antique remains from Globasnitz, Austria
07/2017
Internship Anatomical-pathological collection, Narrenturm, NHM Vienna
Internship Anatomical-pathological collection, Narrenturm, NHM Vienna
Anthropology
Ankerl Barbara
preparator
Berner Margit
staff scientist,
curator
Eggers Sabine
staff scientist, curator of the international osteological collection
Feigl Walter
associate scientist
Ganglberger Lara
employee
science communication PaSiN
Hassani Mohadesch
employee science communication PaSiN
Hofmann Gerhard
taxidermist
Koger Robin
associate scientist
Krauss Florentin
science communication PaSiN
Kreindl Katharina
employee science communication PaSiN
Lick Laura
staff scientist
Luftensteiner Katharina
project researcher "HistoGenes"
Marschler Maria
scientist
(Co-PI) LDDL project
Mörtlitz Lea
project researcher "HistoGenes ERCEA"
Nazemi Karen
science communication PaSiN
Novotny Friederike
project
researcher
Pany-Kucera Doris
staff scientist, co-curator and scientist in the ERC Synergy Grant
HistoGenes (OEAW)
Patzak Anatole
collection management PaSiN
Reichmann Wolfgang
photographer
Sawa Martina
science communication
PaSiN
Schattke Constanze
project researcher KolText: Folgeprojekt IV
Spannagl-Steiner Ute Michaela
scientific assistant
Stadlmayr Andrea
collection management, outreach coordinator, staff scientist (Co-PI) LDDL
Steinkellner Judith
administration PaSiN
Teschler-Nicola Maria
researcher OAP
Voglsinger Bettina
administrative assistant/library
Weinzinger Bernhard
preparator
Wiltschke-Schrotta Karin
Head of department
Winter Eduard
custodian PaSiN
