Mag. Dr. Günther Karl Kunst
Academic Curriculum Vitae
2012 - 2014 | part-time eployment at the Institute for Cutural History of the Antiquities, Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW), Project (FWF) P 22903 "Kult und Ritual im Heiligtum des Jupiter Heliopolitanus" (Co-applicant). |
2011 | temporary deputy-head of the VIAS |
2001 | PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), Palaeontology, University of Vienna |
1994 - ongoing | Employed at the VIAS, Archaeozoology |
1992 | Master (Mag. rer. Nat.), Palaeontology, University of Vienna |
1984 - 1993 | Excavations in numerous palaeolothic cave- and open-land-sites (Austria, Italy Switzerland) |
1982 - 1992 | Studies of Earth Sciences, major: Palaeontology |
Aside: free-lancing work as archaeozoologist
Projects
2012 - ongoing | scientific work on animal remains from the Oymaağaç - Nerik Project (DFG and FU Berlin) in Oymaağaç (Turkey). |
2004 - ongoing | scientific work on animal remains from Tell el-Dab'a (ÖAI -Cairo, Egypt). |
1992 - 1994 | Work on the animal remains from the Apollo-cave (Switzerland), reassembling of two cave-bear skeletons, collaboration in the follow-up project of the FWF-Project Nr. 7920. |
1987 - 1992 | Collaboration, FWF-Project Nr. 6514 "Evolution und Chronologie des Höhlenbären" and FWF-Project Nr. 7920 "Paläontologische, sedimentologische und archäologische Untersuchungen in der Gamssulzenhöhle (Totes Gebirge)" |
Main Research 2011-2016
· Spatial/ functulan distribution of animal remains in complex archaeological situations ("bonescapes", especially around buildings): Austria (Carnuntum), Egypt (Tell el-Dab'a) and Turkey (Oymaağaç/Nerik)
· Animal remains in cult and ritual: Carnuntum-Mühläcker, burial grounds of Halbturn and Franzhausen, tempel contexts in Tell el-Dab'a and Oymaağaç, Kartause Mauerbach, Tingwall (UK).
· Butchery studies: especially in the Austria Romana and the Medieval and Early Modern times in Austria and the above mentioned Oriental sites.
Expert activities/ peer reviews
· International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
· Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien
· Beiträge zur Archäozoologie und prähistorischen Anthropologie
Teaching
2011 | University of Klagenfurt (Einführung in die Umweltgeschichte) |
1994 - heute | lecturer for Archaezoology at the University of Vienna: |
Geschichte ( Umweltgeschichte, bis 2006)
Urgeschichte und Historische Archäologie (seit 2004)
Paläontologie (1994-2012)
· Naturwissenschaftliche Methoden (Bio- und Geoarchäologie)
· Archäozoologie
· Einführung in die Archäozoologie I und II
· Übungen zur Archäozoologie I und II
· Einführung in die Archäozoologie mit Bestimmungsübungen; Archäozoologische Feldmethoden - Präparations, Schlämm- und Bergungstechnik
· Archäozoologische Feldmethoden
· Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie I
· Archäozoologische Bestimmungsübungen
Supervision of students within the ERASMUS-Programme
2012 | Guest lecturer at the University of Uppsala (Sweden) |