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Dr Hajnalka Herold

Senior Lecturer in Historical Archaeology

H.Herold@exeter.ac.uk

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Overview

I am an archaeologist with two principal fields of interest, the study of the early Middle Ages in Europe and beyond (c. 400–1100 CE), and the archaeometric and experimental analysis of pottery from various geographical and chronological backgrounds.

I have been PI of the recent Leverhulme-funded project ‘Glass Networks: Tracing Early Medieval Long-Distance Trade, c. 800–1000 CE’ as well as of a series of projects investigating post-Roman to medieval landscape transformations in the Erlauf Valley, Austria, funded by the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society for Medieval Archaeology, and the County of Lower Austria. My earlier research, funded, among others, by the Austrian Science Fund and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, has included the study of élite settlements in central Europe from the 9th and 10th centuries CE, with a particular focus on connections to the Carolingian and Byzantine worlds; the investigation of aspects of the archaeology of the Avar Khaganate and its relation to former Roman sites; as well as the examination of connections between the production technology of early medieval ceramic artefacts and the identity of their producers/users.

Through my research and teaching, I aim to contribute to making medieval archaeology and the study of medieval heritage more international in various regions of Europe and beyond. While prehistoric archaeology frequently tackles questions on a large geographical scale and views the past as part of a common human heritage, archaeology of historical periods, including the Middle Ages, is often focused on one present-day country or smaller region. Medieval archaeology is necessarily diverse and has its regional characteristics; however, I am convinced that by promoting a supra-regional perspective much can be gained for the subject area, both in terms of research results and relevance for present-day society. In my view, medieval heritage should become a part of our common human history, as opposed to national approaches of (often conflicting) narratives. This can be facilitated by an intensive exchange between researchers from different backgrounds as well as by connecting research results from various regions and different schools of thought.
 

Selected indicators of esteem

  • Member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council – AHRC Peer Review College (since 2014)
  • Reviewer/selection panel member for European Commission; German Science Fund (DFG); Irish Research Council; Italian Science Fund; Fulbright Commission; REF equivalent of the Czech Republic; Czech, Polish, and Hungarian Science Funds; Austrian Academy of Sciences; Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Central European University; German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development
  • External roles: Society of Antiquaries of London (Fellow since 2015, member of the Fellowship Committee since 2022); International Sachsensymposion (member since 2016); MERC – Medieval Europe Research Community (Committee member 2015–2020); Society for Medieval Archaeology, United Kingdom (Council member 2015–2018); Austrian Society for Medieval Archaeology (Council member since 2022); European Association of Archaeologists – EAA 2020 conference (Scientific Committee member); Journal Dissertationes Archaeologicae (Editorial Board member since 2022)
  • Reviewer for publishing houses Brill, Routledge, Equinox, Medieval Institute Publications/Arc Humanities Press, BAR Publishing, Sidestone Press, and journals Antiquity, Archaeometry, Medieval Archaeology, Journal of Urban Archaeology, STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research, Archaeologia Austriaca, Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), United Kingdom (since 2014)


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Research

My research focuses on two main topics

  • Archaeology of the early Middle Ages in Europe and beyond (c. 400–1100 CE)
  • Archaeometry and experimental archaeology of pottery from various chronological and geographical backgrounds


Selected projects and publications

1) Glass Networks: Tracing Early Medieval Long-Distance Trade, c. 800–1000 CE
This recent project has analysed early medieval glass beads with chemical and archaeological methods, in order to develop a novel perspective on European long-distance trade networks and interconnectedness. Early medieval raw glass production mainly took place in Mediterranean and Near Eastern centres. Each produced glass with distinct chemical compositions, which was circulated to various regions, including Europe. Small-scale raw glass production also existed in north-western Europe. While the study of glass in the Mediterranean has received considerable attention, the potential of glass circulation networks to transform our understanding of trade and communication routes in Europe has yet to be fully utilised. This project has investigated glass beads from central Europe (Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic), along the long-distance trade route postulated in this region, and will combine this new data with available results on glass from the Mediterranean and north-western Europe, in order to link these territories, and trace Europe-wide distribution networks. The project has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2018-224).


2) Post-Roman to Medieval Landscape Transformations in the Erlauf Valley, Austria (5th to 11th Centuries CE)
This current project investigates, by systematic fieldwalking survey and targeted geophysical survey, the open rural settlement types and strategies adopted prior to the renaissance of a strong urbanism in a core zone of central Europe, the Erlauf Valley (Austria), in order to study two transformations of the 5th to 11th centuries relevant to large parts of Europe: the end of Roman rule and Frankish colonisation. The study region provides excellent opportunities for investigating these phenomena, as it was part of the Roman province Noricum until 488 CE, and subsequently variously impacted upon by Germanic groups and Avars, until it became part of the ‘East-Land’, an area colonised by the Carolingians in the Danube Basin in the 9th century, and colonised again by the Ottonians in the late 10th to 11th centuries. The project has been funded by the Society of Antiquaries of London, the Society for Medieval Archaeology, and the County of Lower Austria.


3) Between the Carolingian West and the Byzantine East: fortified élite settlements of the 9th and 10th centuries CE in central Europe
This recent project has investigated fortified élite settlements of 9th- to 10th-century central Europe, situated in the border region of the Carolingian and Byzantine spheres of influence. An important aspect of this research has been to reflect upon, and go beyond, current national narratives of the investigated period, to develop interpretative frameworks for the entire central European region and to contextualise these results in a wider European perspective. The analysis of excavations from Gars-Thunau in Lower Austria constituted the starting point of these investigations. The large-scale excavations at this site, spanning almost four decades, represent a prestige project of the Department of Prehistoric and Medieval Archaeology of the University of Vienna. The project has been funded by the Austrian Science Fund (project P21256) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.


4) Trade and technology transfer in central and south-eastern Europe in the Carolingian and Ottonian period: archaeometry and experimental archaeology of pottery
Projects on this theme have analysed high-quality ceramic wares (e.g. polished yellow ceramics, graphite containing ceramics) and lower-quality pottery from centres of the the Carolingian and Ottonian period (9th to 10th centuries CE) in central and southeastern Europe. Samples have been investigated from e.g. Zalavár (Hungary), Mikulčice, Uherské-Hradiště, Břeclav-Pohansko (Moravia, Czech Republic), and Pliska (Bulgaria). Applied archaeometric methods include petrographic thin section analysis, X-ray fluorescence analysis, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis. The results suggest that while preferences concerning the culturally accepted appearance of ceramic vessels, especially of high-quality pottery, may have been shared at a supra-regional level, the exchange of actual ceramics only occurred within particular regions (e.g. Moravia).


5) Aspects of the archaeology of the Avar Khaganate: the site of Zillingtal in context
The final publication of the 7th- to 8th-century CE settlement, and of the pottery from the 797-grave cemetery, at Zillingtal (Austria) was completed in this project, including the contextualisation of the results within the broader field of early medieval central Europe. Particular use was made of archaeometric ceramics analysis (petrographic thin sections and X-ray diffraction analysis) and experimental archaeology, providing new insight into the organisation of early medieval economy. In addition, novel contributions were made to the understanding of the re-use of Roman ruins, and of age/gender-specific patterns in the deposition of grave goods. Additional publications in English make results accessible to a wider audience.


6) Technological traditions in early medieval eastern Austria
Archaeological and archaeometric analysis (petrographic thin sections) of 7th- to 9th-century CE ceramics was carried out in this project from two groups of sites, one associated with an ‘Avar’ and the other with a ‘Slavic’ population. The analysis revealed that the inhabitants of all these sites shared complex technological traditions, and are thus, contrary to long-standing previous opinion, unlikely to have represented two unrelated population groups. The investigations embraced English and French-speaking theoretical approaches to material culture and thus bring a novel perspective into the early medieval archaeology of central Europe.


7) Early and high medieval settlements in Hungary
These projects comprised establishing a chronological framework for early and high medieval (6th to 12th centuries CE) settlements, as well as reconstructing settlement patterns and production dynamics in the regions under study. Investigated sites included Örménykút in south-eastern Hungary, Karos and Zemplénagárd in north-eastern Hungary, and Alsóbogát and Vörs in south-western Hungary. In some regions, these projects represented the first attempt to provide an in-depth analysis of early medieval settlements.


8) Pottery production and distribution in the prehistoric and Roman periods in central and south-western Europe
In addition to the analysis of medieval artefacts, I have also investigated prehistoric and Roman-period ceramics from different geographical and chronological contexts using methods of archaeometric ceramics analysis. Sites of origin include Hallstatt (Upper Austria, early Iron Age), Hoyas del Castillo (Pajaroncillo, Cuenca, Spain, Bronze Age), Schwarzenbach (Lower Austria, La Tène period), Franzhausen (Lower Austria, late neolithic period – early Bronze Age), and Halbturn (Burgenland, Austria, Roman period). These investigations identified various complex production and distribution systems both in the prehistoric and the Roman periods.

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Supervision

I am happy to supervise research students for PhD/MPhil/MRes degrees in the following areas

  • late antique and early medieval archaeology (400–1100 CE)
  • archaeometric analysis of ceramic finds from any geographical and chronological background
  • experimental archaeology of pottery

Funded studentships are available for UK and international students – please consult the University of Exeter's Postgraduate Funding Database at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/postgraduate/money/fundingsearch/ and/or send me an email (for the email address see the Overview tab).

Currently, I am looking for a strong candidate for a PhD project on the theme of 'Ceramics archaeometry in early medieval central Europe, 8th–10th centuries CE'. Please email me if you are interested in this opportunity.

Research students

PhD/MPhil/MRes students

  • Dóra Szabó – Household archaeology of 5th- to 6th-century AD settlements in central Europe (PhD, first supervisor, AHRC SWW DTP Studentship) – Dóra won the 2019 John Hurst Award of the Medieval Settlement Research Group (United Kingdom) for her research.
  • Teodóra Polyák – Ceramics archaeometry in early medieval eastern Austria (PhD, Exeter supervisor, Exeter-Cranfield Studentship)
  • Clara Freer – Functionality of bronze-age pottery (PhD, second supervisor)
  • Stephen Armstrong – An exploration in the cultural diversity within southwest Britain during the late Roman/early medieval period (PhD, second supervisor, Collaborative Studentship)
  • Barbara Klessig – Experimental archaeology of 4th- to 8th-century AD textile production in Gotland, Sweden (MPhil, second supervisor)
  • Leah Moradi – Human and animal depictions on objects from early Anglo-Saxon graves in the light of theories of material culture (MA by Research, first supervisor)
  • Sarah Stainer – From tinners to antiquarians: an archaeological analysis of the evidence for medieval and later attitudes toward prehistoric features on southern Dartmoor (MPhil, second supervisor)
  • Robert Waterhouse – The landscape archaeology of islands in physically and culturally remote zones (MPhil, second supervisor)
  • Carlos Salgado Ceballos – Ceramic production and circulation in Colima, Mexico, AD 500–1000 (PhD, second supervisor, CONACyT Studentship)
  • Jacqueline Veninger – Norman colonialism and Welsh identities (PhD, second supervisor)


Supervised MA/MSc and BA/BSc Dissertation topics

  • A study of the training area used by the Machine Gun Corps at Elveden Estate, near Thetford
  • Millefiori beads in Viking-age Scandinavia
  • Viking-age glass beads from Gotland, Sweden
  • Experimental archaeology of Viking-age glass beads
  • Viking-age ship burials in the British Isles and Norway
  • Silver armrings in Viking-age hoards from northern England
  • Women warriors in Viking society: an assessment of archaeological and written sources
  • Viking Warrior Women: the presence and positions of Norse women in warfare
  • Pagan apotropaic objects and their incorporation into the Christian world in conversion-period England
    Winner of the Geoff Egan Prize of the Finds Research Group, United Kingdom, awarded in recognition of extraordinary potential in the field of finds research in the post-Roman to modern periods.
    Shortlisted for the John Hurst Prize of the Society for Medieval Archaeology for the best Undergraduate Dissertation in Medieval Archaeology in the United Kingdom.
  • Analysing the differences between funerary and living costume in Anglo-Saxon Berkshire
  • Pennies for pendants: A discussion of the piercing of coinage for ornamentation in early medieval England
  • An examination of the artistic motifs on the Staffordshire Hoard and a comparison to contemporary items
  • Human depictions on Anglo-Saxon metalwork
  • Costume in life and death: An analysis of brooches in Anglo-Saxon Norfolk
  • A survey and comparison of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in East Anglia and Wessex
  • Public perceptions of the early medieval period in England and Wales: What are they and how have they come about?
  • Roman and Romano-British pottery in early medieval grave contexts at Ipplepen, Devon
  • Calcium carbonate tempers in pre-medieval pottery in England: an experimental approach
  • The fall of the Western Roman Empire: an archaeological and historical perspective
  • The contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme to the archaeology of the Roman period in Somerset
  • A comparative study of experimental pottery using clays from the surroundings of three iron-age settlements in Southwest Britain
  • Decoration tools and their application: a comparison between three selected regions in early neolithic Europe and North Africa
  • An experimental approach to neolithic and bronze-age cooking methods in western Europe
  • Experimental archaeology of Near Eastern faïence objects
     

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Publications

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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 |

2023

  • Herold H. (2023) Archäometrische Analysen latènezeitlicher Keramik von Schwarzenbach-Burg, Niederösterreich (Archaeometric Analysis of La Tène Period Ceramics from Schwarzenbach-Burg, Lower Austria – in German with a summary in English), Forschungen in Schwarzenbach. Die Forschungen in den Jahren 1992–2008, Archaeolingua, 225-233.
  • Herold H. (2023) Frühmittelalterliche Siedlungen – Forschungsstand, Fragen, Perspektiven 1969 und heute (Early medieval settlements – research approaches, questions, perspectives in 1969 and today – in German), Die Tagung „Burgen und Siedlungsarchäologie des Mittelalters“ in Wien 1969 – Ein Meilenstein in der Genese der Mittelalterarchäologie als Fachzweig in Europa (The conference „Archaeology of medieval castles and settlements“ in Vienna in 1969: a milestone in the development of medieval archaeology in Europe), Austrian Society for Medieval Archaeology, 24-29.
  • Herold H. (2023) Review of 'Die Karolingerzeit in Pannonien'. (Monographien des Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Band 145). By Bela Miklos Szoke. Mainz: Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum 2021, Medieval Archaeology, volume 67, no. 1, pages 226-226, DOI:10.1080/00766097.2023.2204736.

2022

  • Gaisbauer I, Gutjahr C, Herold H, Hofer N, Huber EH, Kaltenberger A, Kraschitzer J, Kühtreiber K, Lehner M, Scharrer-Liška G. (2022) Handbuch zur Terminologie der mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Keramik in Österreich (Handbook of Medieval and Post-medieval Ceramics Terminology in Austria – in German). 2nd revised edition, Berger Press.

2021

  • Herold H. (2021) Review of 'Byzantinische Goldschmiedearbeiten im Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum.' (Kataloge Vor- und Fruhgeschichtlicher Altertumer, Band 42). Edited by Mechthild Schulze-Dorrlamm. Mainz: Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum 2020, Medieval Archaeology, volume 65, pages 203-203.
  • Herold H. (2021) Review of 'Die Erdburg von Borsod. Ein Komitatszentrum aus der Zeit der ungarischen Staatsgrundung.' (Monographien des Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, Band 148). By Maria Wolf. Mainz: Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum 2020, Medieval Archaeology, volume 65, pages 188-189.
  • Herold H. (2021) Strongholds and early medieval states, The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300, Routledge, 139-154.
  • Morrison KD, Hammer E, Boles O, Madella M, Whitehouse N, Gaillard M-J, Bates J, Vander Linden M, Merlo S, Yao A. (2021) Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization, PLoS One, volume 16, no. 4, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0246662. [PDF]

2020

  • Herold H. (2020) Review of Von Vindobona zu Wienna – Archäologisch-historische Untersuchungen zu den Anfängen Wiens. Edited by Sabine Felgenhauer-Schmiedt. Vienna: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Mittelalterarchäologie, 2019, Medieval Archaeology, volume 64(2), pages 402-402.

2019

  • Herold H. (2019) Post-Roman to Medieval landscape transformations in the Erlauf Valley, Austria (5th–11th centuries AD) a Mick Aston Grant report, Society for Medieval Archaeology Newsletter, volume 61-1, pages 1-2.

2018

  • Herold H. (2018) Review of Die Rus’ im 9.–10. Jahrhundert. Ein archäologisches Panorama. (Studien zur Siedlungsgeschichte und Archäologie der Ostseegebiete. Band 14.) Edited by Nikolaj A. Makarov. Mainz: Wachholtz Murmann Publishers, 2017, Medieval Archaeology, volume 62:2, pages 426-428.
  • Herold H. (2018) Settlements of the Avar Khaganate, Antaeus, Communicationes ex Instituto Archaeologico Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae, Budapest, volume 35-36, pages 187-203.
  • Herold H. (2018) Pliska – Dünnschliffanalysen gelber Keramik und anderer frühmittelalterlicher Keramikarten aus einem Geheimgang des »Krum- Palastes« und von benachbarten Fundstellen [Pliska – Thin-Section Analysis of Yellow Pottery and Other Early Medieval Pottery Groups from a Secret Passage of »Krum’s Palace« and Neighbouring Sites], Lebenswelten zwischen Archäologie und Geschichte – Festschrift für Falko Daim, Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) Press, 919-933.

2017

  • Herold H, Christie N. (2017) Review of La Rocca, M C and Majocchi, P (eds) 2015: Urban Identities in Northern Italy, 800–1100 ca. Turnhout: Brepols, Medieval Archaeology, volume 61, no. 2, pages 453-453.

2016

  • Herold H. (2016) Review of Gerds, M & Wolf, M 2015, Das Gräberfeld des frühmittelalterlichen Seehandelsplatzes von Groß Strömkendorf, Lkr. Nordwestmecklenburg; Die Menschen und ihre Lebensumstände Groß Strömkendorf - Reric. Teile 1 & 2, Wiesbaden, Reichert, Medieval Archaeology, volume 60, no. 2, pages 414-414.
  • Herold H. (2016) Review of Androshchuk, F 2014, Viking Swords. Swords and Social Aspects of Weaponry in Viking Age Societies, Stockholm: Historiska, Medieval Archaeology, volume 60, no. 2, pages 414-415.
  • Herold H. (2016) Review of Biermann, F., Machacek, J. and Schopper, F. (eds) An Thaya und Notte im Mittelalter, Bonn: Habelt, 2015, Medieval Archaeology, volume 60, no. 1, pages 183-184.
  • Herold H. (2016) Spätantike und Frühmittelalter: eine technologische Kontinuität? Analysen zu Funden aus Michelstetten, Niederösterreich (Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages: a technological continuity? Analysis of finds from Michelstetten, Lower Austria - in German), Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam: Ünnepi kötet Tomka Péter 75. születésnapjára – Studies in honour of Péter Tomka on his 75th birthday, Lekri Group Kft, 277-309.
  • Herold H, Christie N. (2016) Defining and Understanding Defended Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Structures, Roles, Landscapes and Communities, Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Defended Communities of the 8th-10th Centuries, Oxbow, xix-xxviii.
  • Herold H. (2016) The Natural Environment, Anthropogenic Influences and Supra-Regional Contacts at 9th- to 10th-Century Fortified Elite Settlements in Central Europe, Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Defended Communities of the 8th-10th Centuries, Oxbow, 107-120.
  • Herold H, Christie N. (2016) Fortified Settlements in Early Medieval Europe: Defended Communities of the 8th-10th Centuries, Oxbow, DOI:10.2307/j.ctvh1dh3x.

2015

  • Herold H. (2015) Review of Messal, S., Glienke. Eine slawische Burg des 9. und 10. Jahrhunderts im östlichen Mecklenburg, Wiesbaden: Reichert & RGK DAI, 2015, Medieval Archaeology, volume 59, pages 397-398.
  • Herold H. (2015) Frühmittelalterliche Funde aus dem Gebiet des Leitha-Flusses, Niederösterreich: Archäologische und archäometrische Untersuchungen (Early Medieval Finds from the Region of the River Leitha, Lower Austria: Archaeological and Archaeometric Investigations – in German, with a summary in English), Die Leitha: Facetten einer Landschaft – Leitha: Facets of a landscape, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte (ÖGUF), 63-73, DOI:10.978.3902572/028_AOES3_2015_063-073_Herold.
  • Herold H. (2015) Gars-Thunau, Austria, Great Moravia and the Beginnings of Christianity, The Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 233-238.
  • Herold H. (2015) Review of Milo, P., Frühmittelalterliche Siedlungen in Mitteleuropa: Eine vergleichende Strukturanalyse durch Archäologie und Geophysik, Studien zur Archäologie Europas 21, Habelt: Bonn, 2014, Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Cracow, volume 49 (2014), pages 297-298.
  • Herold H. (2015) Insights into the Chronology and Economy of the Avar Khaganate and the Post-Avar Period: Pottery Production and Use in the Carpathian Basin from the Late 6th to the 10th Century AD, Acta Archaeologica Carpathica, Cracow, volume 49 (2014), pages 207-229.
  • Heinrich-Tamáska O, Herold H, Straub P, Vida T. (2015) Castellum, civitas, urbs: Zentren und Eliten im frühmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa – Centres and Elites in Early Medieval East-Central Europe, Verlag Marie Leidorf.
  • Herold H. (2015) Technological Traditions in Early Medieval Eastern Austria, Castellum, civitas, urbs: Zentren und Eliten im frühmittelalterlichen Ostmitteleuropa – Centres and Elites in Early Medieval East-Central Europe, Verlag Marie Leidorf, 329-344.
  • Herold H. (2015) Review of Dobat, A. S., Kongens Borge: Rapport over undersøgelserne under Projektet Kongens Borge 2007–2010. Højbjerg 2013, Fornvännen, Stockholm, volume 2014, no. 4, pages 295-297.

2014

  • Herold H. (2014) Review of Christie, N, Creighton, O, with Edgeworth, M and Hamerow, H, Transforming Townscapes: From Burh to Borough: The Archaeology of Wallingford AD 800–1400, London: The Society for Medieval Archaeology, 2013, European Journal of Archaeology, Leeds, volume 17, no. 4, pages 748-751.
  • Herold H. (2014) Review of Beug, H-J, Lüth, F, Schopper, F & Willroth, K-H (eds), Slawen an der unteren Mittelelbe: Untersuchungen zur ländlichen Besiedlung, zum Burgenbau, zu Besiedlungsstrukturen und zum Landschaftswandel, Wiesbaden: Reichert, 2013, Medieval Archaeology, Leeds, volume 58, pages 425-425.
  • Herold H. (2014) Archäometrische Analysen spätantiker Keramik aus Halbturn, Burgenland, Österreich (Archaeometric Analysis of Ceramics from the Late Antique Period from Halbturn, Burgenland, Austria – in German), Das kaiserzeitliche Gräberfeld von Halbturn, Burgenland: Intention, Abfall oder Zufall – naturwissenschaftliche Untersuchungen, Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) Press, 665-690.

2013

  • Herold H. (2013) The Avar Period Settlement and the Ceramic Finds from the Cemetery in Zillingtal, Burgenland, Eastern Austria, Stadt - Land - Burg: Festschrift für Sabine Felgenhauer-Schmiedt zum 70. Geburtstag, Verlag Marie Leidorf, 131-138.

2012

  • Herold H. (2012) Untersuchungen zur awarenzeitlichen Siedlung und zu den Keramikfunden aus dem awarenzeitlichen Gräberfeld von Zillingtal, Burgenland, Österreich (Investigations of the Avar Period Settlement and of the Ceramic Finds from the Avar Period Cemetery of Zillingtal, Burgenland, Austria – in German), Thesaurus Avarorum: Archaeological Studies in Honour of Éva Garam, Archaeological Institute of the Eötvös Loránd University, Hungarian National Museum and Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 733-741.
  • Herold H. (2012) Review of Gabriel, I, Kempke, T, Starigard/Oldenburg. Hauptburg der Slawen in Wagrien VI, Die Grabfunde, Einführung und archäologisches Material, Offa-Bücher 85, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2011 (Starigard/Oldenburg. The main castle of the Slavs in Wagrien VI, The graves, Introduction and finds – book in German), Medieval Archaeology, Leeds, volume 56, pages 389-389.
  • Herold H. (2012) Fortified Settlements of the 9th and 10th Centuries AD in Central Europe: Structure, Function and Symbolism, Medieval Archaeology, Leeds, volume 56, pages 60-84, DOI:10.1179/0076609712Z.0000000003.

2011

  • Herold H. (2011) The Fortified Hilltop Site of Gars-Thunau and the Settlements of the 9th and 10th Centuries AD in Lower Austria, Frühgeschichtliche Zentralorte in Mitteleuropa, Habelt, 519-528.
  • Herold H. (2011) Rezension über Grabolle, R, Die frühmittelalterliche Burg auf dem Johannisberg bei Jena-Lobeda im Kontext der Besiedlung des mittleren Saaletals, Langenweißbach: Beier & Beran, 2008 (Review of Grabolle, R, The Early Medieval Castle on the Johannisberg at Jena-Lobeda in the Context of the Settlement of the Middle Saale-Valley – book and review in German), HSoz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews. [PDF]
  • Herold H. (2011) Die Awarenzeit im Burgenland – Archäologische Forschungsergebnisse zur Siedlung und zum Gräberfeld von Zillingtal (The Avar Period in Burgenland: Archaeological Research Results on the Settlement and Cemetery of Zillingtal – in German), Burgenländische Heimatblätter, Eisenstadt, volume 73, pages 134-157, article no. 3.
  • Herold H. (2011) Archäologische und archäometrische Analysen der awarenzeitlichen Keramik von Zillingtal, Burgenland, Österreich (Archaeological and Archaeometric Analysis of the Avar Period Ceramics from Zillingtal, Burgenland, Austria – in German with a summary in Hungarian), Sötét idők falvai (Villages of the Dark Ages), Déri Museum, 193-208.

2010

  • Herold H. (2010) The Ceramic 'Tableware' of the Carolingian Period in Zalavár, South-West Hungary, Antaeus, Communicationes ex Instituto Archaeologico Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae, Budapest, volume 31-32, pages 155-172.
  • Gaisbauer I, Gutjahr C, Herold H, Hofer N, Huber EH, Kaltenberger A, Kraschitzer J, Kühtreiber K, Lehner M, Scharrer-Liška G. (2010) Handbuch zur Terminologie der mittelalterlichen und neuzeitlichen Keramik in Österreich (Handbook of Medieval and Post-medieval Ceramics Terminology in Austria – in German), Berger Press.
  • Herold H. (2010) Zillingtal, Burgenland – Die awarenzeitliche Siedlung und die Keramikfunde des Gräberfeldes (Zillingtal, Burgenland: The Avar Period Settlement and the Ceramic Finds of the Cemetery – in German), Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) Press. [PDF]

2009

  • Herold H. (2009) Rezension über Eggenstein, G, Börste, N, Zöller, H, Zahn-Biemüller, E (eds), Eine Welt in Bewegung – Unterwegs zu Zentren des frühen Mittelalters, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2008 (Review of Eggenstein, G, Börste, N, Zöller, H, Zahn-Biemüller, E (eds), A World in Motion: On the Way to Centres of the Early Middle Ages – book and review in German), HSoz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews. [PDF]
  • Herold H. (2009) Materielle Kultur – technologische Traditionen – Identität, Untersuchungen zur Archäologie des Frühmittelalters in Niederösterreich (Material Culture – Technological Traditions – Identity: Investigations of the Archaeology of the Early Middle Ages in Lower Austria – in German with a summary in English), Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters, Bonn, volume 37, pages 111-134.
  • Herold H. (2009) Archäometrische Untersuchungen frühmittelalterlicher Keramik aus Frohsdorf, Pitten und Erlach, Niederösterreich (Archaeometric Analysis of Early Medieval Ceramic Finds from the Sites of Frohsdorf, Pitten and Erlach, Lower Austria – in German with a summary in English), Dunkle Jahrhunderte in Mitteleuropa? Rituale und Moden – Zur Zusammenarbeit von Archäologie und Naturwissenschaften, Dr Kovač, 335-350.
  • Herold H. (2009) Archaeometric Analysis of Ceramics from Hallstatt, Kingdom of Salt: 7000 Years of Hallstatt, Natural History Museum Press, 144-147.

2008

  • Herold H. (2008) Frühmittelalterliche Prunkkeramik aus Mikulčice, Mähren – Archäometrische Analysen und ihre Interpretation (Early Medieval High-Quality Ceramics from Mikulčice, Moravia: Archaeometric Analysis and its Interpretation – in German), Das wirtschaftliche Hinterland der frühmittelalterlichen Zentren, Archaeological Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 299-311-428-429.
  • Herold H. (2008) Der Schanzberg von Gars-Thunau in Niederösterreich – Eine befestigte Höhensiedlung mit Zentralortfunktion aus dem 9.–10. Jahrhundert (The Schanzberg of Gars-Thunau in Lower Austria: A Hillfort with Central Place Function from the 9th–10th Centuries AD – in German with summaries in English and French), Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt, Mainz, volume 38, pages 283-299, article no. 2.
  • Herold H, Tarcsay K, Scharrer-Liška G. (2008) Rezension über Hauptmann, A, Pingel, V (eds), Archäometrie – Methoden und Anwendungsbeispiele naturwissenschaftlicher Verfahren in der Archäologie, Stuttgart: Schweizerbart, 2008 (Review of Hauptmann, A, Pingel, V (eds), Archaeometry: Methods and Case Studies of the Application of Scientific Methods in Archaeology – book and review in German), Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich, Vienna, volume 24, pages 272-275.
  • Herold H. (2008) Rezension über Wehner, D, Der frühgeschichtliche Seehandelsplatz Wolin und sein Umland – Eine Studie zu Zentrum und Peripherie, Studien zur Siedlungsgeschichte und Archäologie der Ostseegebiete 8, Neumünster: Wachholtz, 2007 (Review of Wehner, D, The Early Medieval Trading Site of Wolin and its Hinterland: A Study on Centre and Periphery – book and review in German), Archaeologia Austriaca, Vienna, volume 92, pages 159-160.
  • Herold H. (2008) Archäometrische Keramikanalysen in Hallstatt (Archaeometric Analysis of Ceramics from Hallstatt – in German), Salz-Reich - 7000 Jahre Hallstatt, Natural History Museum Press, 144-147.
  • Herold H. (2008) Archäometrische Analysen latènezeitlicher Keramik von Schwarzenbach-Burg, Niederösterreich (Archaeometric Analysis of La Tène Period Ceramics from Schwarzenbach-Burg, Lower Austria – in German with a summary in English), VIAVIAS, Vienna, volume 2, pages 24-30.

2007

  • Herold H. (2007) The 'Polished Yellow Ceramics' of the Carolingian Period (9th Century AD): Samples from Zalavár, South-West Hungary, Archaeometric and Archaeological Approaches to Ceramics. Papers presented at EMAC ´05, 8th European Meeting on Ancient Ceramics, Lyon 2005, Archaeopress, 137-144.
  • Herold H. (2007) Naturwissenschaftliche Analysen zur „polierten gelben Keramik“, Kapitel 8.7. (Archaeometric Analysis of the ‘Polished Yellow Ceramics’, Chapter 8.7. – in German), Schicksalsjahr 907 – Die Schlacht bei Pressburg und das frühmittelalterliche Niederösterreich, Archive of Lower Austria Press, 166-168.
  • Herold H. (2007) Herkunftsgebiete der verschiedenen Keramikgruppen von Gars-Thunau, Kapitel 5.4. (Provenance Regions of the Different Ceramic Groups of Gars-Thunau, Chapter 5.4. – in German), Schicksalsjahr 907 – Die Schlacht bei Pressburg und das frühmittelalterliche Niederösterreich, Archive of Lower Austria Press, 134-137.
  • Herold H. (2007) Die Besiedlung Niederösterreichs im Frühmittelalter (Lower Austria in the Early Middle Ages – in German), Schicksalsjahr 907 – Die Schlacht bei Pressburg und das frühmittelalterliche Niederösterreich, Archive of Lower Austria Press, 77-91.

2006

  • Herold H. (2006) Rezension über Macháček, J., Pohansko bei Břeclav – Ein frühmittelalterliches Zentrum als sozialwirtschaftliches System, Studien zur Archäologie Europas 5, Bonn: Habelt, 2007 (Review of Macháček, J., Pohansko bei Břeclav: An Early Medieval Centre as a Social-Economic System – book and review in German), Archaeologia Austriaca, Vienna, volume 90, pages 236-236.
  • Herold H. (2006) Quantitative Micromorphological Analysis of Ceramic Thin Sections Using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2006, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, 144-146.
  • Herold H. (2006) Frühmittelalterliche Keramik von Fundstellen in Nordost- und Südwest-Ungarn (Early Medieval Ceramics from Sites in North-Eastern and South-Western Hungary – in German with a summary in Hungarian), Hungarian National Museum Press.

2004

  • Herold H, Ulreich H. (2004) Dünnschliffuntersuchungen prähistorischer Keramik von Hoyas del Castillo, Pajaroncillo, Cuenca, Spanien (Thin Section Analysis of Prehistoric Ceramics from Hoyas del Castillo, Pajaroncillo, Cuenca, Spain – in German with summaries in English and Spanish), Anzeiger der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, volume 139, pages 85-99.
  • Herold H. (2004) Die frühmittelalterliche Siedlung von Örménykút 54 (The Early Medieval Settlement of Örménykút 54 – in German), Academy Press.
  • Herold H. (2004) Archaeological and Scientific Analysis of Early Medieval Ceramics in Austria – A Case Study: Zillingtal (Burgenland, Eastern Austria), Archäometrie und Denkmalpflege 2004, Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, 156-158.

2003

  • Stadler P, Herold H. (2003) Drei awarenzeitliche Brunnen und sonstige Siedlungsgruben von Brunn am Gebirge, Flur Wolfholz, Bezirk Mödling, Niederösterreich, und die Fundkeramik (The Wells and Other Settlement-Features from the Avar Period in Brunn am Gebirge-Wolfholz, District Mödling, Lower Austria, and the Ceramic Finds – in German), Antaeus, Communicationes ex Instituto Archaeologico Academiae Scientiarum Hungariae, Budapest, volume 26, pages 179-186.
  • Herold H, Petschick R. (2003) Herkunftsbestimmung frühmittelalterlicher Keramik und Rekonstruktion ihrer Brenntemperatur mittels Kombination von Röntgendiffraktionsanalyse, Tonprobennahme und Brennversuchen (Provenance Analysis of Early Medieval Ceramics and the Reconstruction of their Estimated Firing Temperature by Combination of X-Ray Diffraction Analysis, Clay-Sampling and Firing Experiments – in German), Berliner Beiträge zur Archäometrie, Berlin, volume 20, pages 31-47.
  • Herold H, Költő L. (2003) Ein frühmittelalterliches Hüttenlehm-Bruchstück mit eingeritztem Kreuzmotiv von der Fundstelle Alsóbogát – Csalánosi-dűlő (An Early Medieval Daub Fragment with Incised Cross Motive from the Site of Alsóbogát – Csalánosi-dűlő, South-Western Hungary – in German and Hungarian), A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei (Proceedings of the Museums of the County Békés), Békéscsaba, volume 24-25, pages 321-329.
  • Herold H. (2003) Experiments Related to Early Medieval Ceramics, (Re)konstrukce a experiment v archeologii ([Re]construction and Experiments in Archaeology), Hradec Králové – Břeclav, volume 4, pages 78-88.
  • Herold H. (2003) Die Keramik der Randgebiete des Awarischen Khaganats unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Siedlung und des Gräberfeldes von Zillingtal, Burgenland (The Ceramic Finds of the Periphery of the Avar Khaganate with a Special Emphasis on the Settlement and Cemetery of Zillingtal, Burgenland – in German), Archäologisches Nachrichtenblatt, Berlin, volume 8, pages 278-279, article no. 3.

2002

  • Herold H. (2002) Rezension über Macháček, J, Studie k Velkomoravské keramice – Metody, analýzy a syntézy, modely, Brno: Ústav archeologie a muzeologie, Filozofická fakulta Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 2001 (Review of Macháček, J, Studies on Great Moravian Ceramics: Methods, Analysis and Synthesis, Models – book in Czech with a summary in German, review in German), Archaeologia Austriaca, Vienna, volume 86, pages 356-357.
  • Herold H. (2002) Die Keramik der awarischen Siedlungsreste von Brunn am Gebirge, Flur Wolfholz, Bezirk Mödling, Niederösterreich (The Ceramic Finds of the Avar Settlement Remains in Brunn am Gebirge-Wolfholz, District Mödling, Lower Austria – in German), Archaeologia Austriaca, Vienna, volume 86, pages 161-178.
  • Herold H. (2002) Die awarenzeitliche Keramik von Zillingtal im Burgenland, Österreich – Eine archäologische und naturwissenschaftliche Analyse (The Avar Period Ceramic Finds from Zillingtal in Burgenland, Austria: An Archaeological and Archaeometric Analysis – in German), Bodendenkmalpflege in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lübstorf, volume 50, pages 281-292.

2001

  • Herold H, Grömer K. (2001) Frühmittelalterliche Tonkessel als Geräte für textiles Handwerk? (Clay Cauldrons from the Early Middle Ages as Tools for Textile Crafts? – in German), Experimentelle Archäologie, Bilanz 2001, Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Nordwestdeutschland, Oldenburg, Beiheft, volume 38, pages 45-48.
  • Herold H. (2001) Experimente zur handgeformten awarenzeitlichen Keramik von Zillingtal, Burgenland (Experiments Related to the Hand-Modelled Ceramics of the Avar Period from Zillingtal, Burgenland – in German), Archäologie Österreichs, Vienna, Sonderausgabe, volume 12, pages 29-33.

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Biography

I completed my PhD in Prehistoric and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Vienna (Austria) in 2002, and my Diploma in Archaeology at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest (Hungary) in 1999. During my undergraduate and postgraduate years, I was a visiting student at the Universities of Sheffield (United Kingdom) and Vienna, as well as at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). After finishing my PhD, I joined the Vienna Institute of Archaeological Science (VIAS), University of Vienna, and was a Research Associate (2002-2009) and Project Leader (2009-2013) there until my appointment at the University of Exeter.

In 2010, I was awarded a Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany), which I spent at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg (Germany) and at the University of Oxford (United Kingdom). The research topic that I pursued during this 18-month fellowship was ‘The Archaeology of the Frankish Empire and its Successor States as a Basis for the Analysis of their South-Eastern Border Region’. Over 2003/04 and 2005, I held postdoctoral fellowships in ceramics archaeometry at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in the framework of the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships Programme.

Prior to joining Exeter, my teaching experience included positions as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Vienna (2003-2013), and as a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Graz (Austria, 2012), Freiburg (2011), Basel (Switzerland, 2009), and Budapest (2009 and 2005).

At Exeter, I have been Senior Lecturer in Historical Archaeology (since 2018), and Lecturer in Historical Archaeology (2013-2018).


Membership of Societies and Networks

  • Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (since 2015; member of the Fellowship Committee since 2022)
  • Society for Medieval Archaeology, United Kingdom (Council member 2015-2018)
  • Committee member for MERC – Medieval Europe Research Community (2015–2020)
  • Member of the International Sachsensymposion – Research network for the archaeological study of the Saxons and their neighbouring peoples (since 2016)
  • Austrian Society for Medieval Archaeology – ÖGM (Council member since 2022)
  • Medieval Settlement Research Group, United Kingdom
  • European Association of Archaeologists – EAA
  • LandCover6k – a working group of the PAGES (Past Global Changes) project
  • Medieval Central Europe Research Network – MECERN
  • Rethinking the Medieval Frontier Network, United Kingdom
  • Austrian Society for Prehistory and Early History – ÖGUF
  • Working Group Medieval and Post-medieval Ceramics in Austria
  • Commission for Archaeometry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences


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