Michael Meyer

Prof. Dr. Michael Meyer serves as a Professor in the Department of History and Cultural Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, where he conducts research through the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology. His work focuses on European prehistory with particular emphasis on cultural transitions during antiquity.

His primary research domains include:

• Archaeology of Central Europe
• Celtic civilizations
• Germanic tribal societies
• Iron Age material culture
• Barbaricum frontier studies
• Battlefield archaeology methodologies

Meyer's investigations bridge archaeological evidence with historical linguistics to reconstruct socio-political dynamics in ancient Europe. His fieldwork emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches combining geospatial analysis with traditional excavation techniques to examine cultural interactions across Roman and non-Roman territories.