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Dr. Kerstin Kowarik is a postdoctoral researcher at the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI) within the Department of Prehistory & West Asian/Northeast African Archaeology, focusing on the 'Prehistoric Identities' research group. Her work centers on human-environment interactions, risk management strategies, and prehistoric dietary patterns in Alpine regions.
Education includes a doctorate from the University of Vienna (2016) on prehistoric salt mine supply structures in Hallstatt. She has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Vienna and the Natural History Museum Vienna, studying resource use and natural hazard management in the Alps.
Key research projects include 'Sozialökologische Studien zu Mensch-Umwelt-Interaktionen im Dachsteingebirge' and 'Mining and Dining - Prehistoric Miners’ Foodways.' Her publications explore Bronze Age activities in high-altitude regions, paleoparasitology, and early agricultural practices.
Her research employs bio- and geoarchaeological methods, GIS analysis, and interdisciplinary sedimentary archive studies. No specific awards are listed, though her work contributes to understanding long-term human-environment dynamics.
