Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology

Apl. Prof. Dr. Roland Schwab

Fields of Interest

Archaeometallurgy (worldwide, metals, slag, technical cheramics)

European Iron Age

Scientific Activity

since 2022: head of the Archaeometry department of the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) in Mainz

2019 - 2022: scientific and managing director of the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie in Mannheim (Germany)

2015 - 2019: deputy director of the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie in Mannheim (Germany)

2010 - 2015: research fellow at the Curt-Engelhorn-Zentrum Archäometrie in Mannheim (Germany)

2007 - 2009: leader of the DFG research project „Rohstoffe und Recycling“

2005 - 2006: postdoctoral research fellow in the DFG research group „Der Aufbruch zu neuen Horizonten. Die Funde von Nebra, Sachsen-Anhalt, und ihre Bedeutung für die Bronzezeit Europas“

2000 - 2001: Restorer at the „Bayerischen Landesamt für Denkmalpflege“ in Munich (Germany)

Education

Since 2019: Apl. Professor at the faculty of science of the University of Tübingen

2015: Postdoctoral lecture qualification (habilitation) for Archaeological Sciences at the faculty of science of the University of Tübingen – associate professor (Privatdozent)

2004: doctorate program in Archaeometry at the department of materials science at the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Freiberg (Degree: Dr. rer. nat.)

1999: Degree (Diplom-Restaurator) in restoration of archaeological cultural objects at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin

Teaching

Archaeometallurgy

Chemistry for Archaeologists

Archaeometry & Geoarchaeology

Introduction to Archaeometry

Fieldwork

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Publications

Mittelstädt, K., Himmelmann, U., Bertholdt, Ch., Schwab, R. 2022, Slag characterization from the Roman vicus of Eisenberg (Germany), Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 14, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01614-2

 

Schwab, R., Brauns, M., Fasnacht, W., Katzev, S. W., Lockhoff, N., Swiny, H. W. 2022, From Cyprus, or to Cyprus? A pilot study with osmium isotopy and siderophile trace elements to reconstruct the origin of corroded iron billets from the Kyrenia shipwreck, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 42, 103365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103365