Sascha Mauel (samau@web.de ) ESR Fellow, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Interests Archaeological Textile Research
Textile tools & handicraft technologies
European Bronze Age Studies
Trading connections, cultural interactions & innovations
Education Current: Post-graduate - PhD programme
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Project title: Cultural Interactions & Textile Technologies in the Bronze Age Balkans .
2002-2010: Graduate - mag.art. Degree (magister artium/Extended Research Master) (180 ECTS)
University of Copenhagen, Denmark (120 ECTS): Prehistoric Archaeology
Free University Berlin, Germany (merit: 60 ECTS): Prehistoric Archaeology
Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (merit: 5 ECTS ): Prehistoric Archaeology, Maritime Archaeology
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (merit: 10 ECT S ): Environmental Archaeology
2001-2002: Elective module - SOCRATES/Erasmus Study Abroad (60 ECTS)
Free University Berlin, Germany (merit: 60 ECTS): Archaeometry, Archaeozoology, Classical Archaeology, Near Eastern Archaeology, Prehistoric
Archaeology, Modern Greek Language
1999-2002: Undergratuate - BA Degree (Bachelor of Arts) (120 ECTS)
Publications Mauel, S. (forthcoming). New Analysis of the Bronze Age Textile Tools from Kastanas, with special Regard to the Processing of Flax .
Conjoint proceedings of the first and second International FLAX Network Workshops (24-26 November 2009 and 21-26 April 2010).
Mauel, S. (submitted). Summarizing Results of a New Analysis of the Textile Tools from the Bronze Age Settlement of Kastanas, Central
Macedonia.
Aegean Conference (21-26 April 2010), held at the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research (CTR), University of
Copenhagen. Aegeaum 31, Liège.
Mauel, S. (2009). Die Spinnwirtel und Webgewichte der bronze- und eisenzeitlichen Siedlung von Kastanas. Zur Textilproduktion
Nordgriechenlands im 2. vorchristlichen Jahrtausend.
Extended Research Master’s Thesis. Limited edition printed by Grafisk , Academic Support Center (ASC), The Faculty Building Service. The
Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. 421 Pages (incl. tables, figures and abstracts in German, Danish, English and Greek).
Mauel, S. ( 2009). Fem segl og fem dolke af flint - Nyvangsfundet, forsvundet og genfundet .
In: N. B. Thomsen et al. (eds.) ’Fund & Fortid ’ vol. 2009, no. 3. Quarterly newsletter for Society of Danish Amateur Archaeologists ( SDA ), Farum.
15-17.
Mauel, S. (2009). Depotfundet fra Nyvang – forsvundet … og genfundet.
In: N. P. Stilling et al. (eds.) ’Søllerødbogen ’ vol. 2009. Published by Historisk-topografisk Selskab for Søllerød Kommune in collaboration with
Rudersdal Museer. 207-212.
Mauel, S. (2008). Zur Mehrdeutigkeit der durchbohrten Femur- und Humeruscapiti des bronzezeitlichen Monkodonja. Einige begünstigende
Überlegungen bezüglich deren Funktion als Spinnwirtel.
In: U. Mannering, E. B. Andersson Strand & M. Gleba (eds.) ’Archaeological Textile Newsletter ’, International Journal, vol. 46. The Danish National
Researchers Foundation’s Centre of Textile Research , Copenhagen. 22-28.
Mauel, S. (2008). Nogle overvejelser om, hvordan silken kom til Europa.
In: O. Thirup Kastholm, H. Lyngstrøm & E. Brinch Petersen (eds.) ’Roser fra Betonslummen – 19 arkæologiske essays ’. The 3rd essay publication
of the Departments of Archaeology at the SAXO Institute , University of Copenhagen. 41-45.
Presentations & course participations August 23-25 , 2010 : Participation in the Textile Production Workshop in Lejre, Denmark.
Practical introductions into different aspects of textile production, based on knowledge from the Roman world and from Roman Iron Age. Held at the
Historical Archaeological Research and Communication Centre "Land of Legends" (Sagnlandet), organised by the Dress-ID and the study group 6
Experimental Archaeology in collaboration with the International FLAX Network, the EU Culture Programme "Education and Culture DG", and the
Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research (CTR).
June 29-30, 2010 : Spinning and weaving in Northern Greece during the Bronze and Iron Age. Archaeological evidence from the
toumba of Kastanas, Central Macedonia. ’ The 2nd cross-disciplinary workshop of the International FLAX Network ’ , organised by
the University of Copenhagen, held at Sonnerupgaard Manor, Denmark .
April 21-26, 2010 : Textile Production at the Bronze Age Settlement of Kastanas, Central Macedonia. Summarizing Results of a New
Analysis of the Textile Tools. ’KOSMOS. Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age’, The 13th International Aegean
Conference , held at the Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research (CTR), University of Copenhagen ,
Denmark .
February 5, 2010: Tenvægtene og vævevægtene fra bronze- og jernalderbopladsen Kastanas. Overvejelser vedrørende
tekstilproduktionen i Nordgrækenland i 2. årtusind f. Kr. MA thesis defence (viva voce) given on 5 February 2010 prior to the attainment of my
Extended Research Master's degree (mag.art.), awarded by the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Work experience Sept. 2007 – Sept. 2009: Rudersdal Museer, Vedbækfundene, Gammel Holte, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Education officer in museum didactics in a local archaeological museum , communicating Mesolithic hunter-gatherer societies in East Denmark.Oct. 2006 – April 2007: Οργανισµός Προώθησεις Ελληνικού Πολιτισµού, Athens/(Copenhagen) , Greece/ (Denmark).
Freelance translator (from Greek to German) for the Organisation for the Promotion of Greek Culture under the Greek Ministry of Culture , translating
text for a catalogue on "Mycenaean Greece" .March 2006 – Oct. 2006: EMAGINES Project, German Archaeological Institute, Athens , Greece.
Graduate assistant in the EMAGINES project. Digitising the old glass negatives of the photo archive. The project is a cooperation of the German
Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Forschungsarchiv für antike Plastik (University of Cologne), subsidised by the German Research Foundation
Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG). , Greece.
IT co-worker with the Milet Excavation Project . Maintaining the database applied for the archaeological finds from the excavation project.Sept. 2004 – July 2005: German Archaeological Institute, Athens , Greece.
Freelance co-worker in the photo archive , maintaining the invaluable and frail negatives from the 1870's and forth.
Archaeological fieldwork 2010: The Teleac Summer School , Alba Iulia , Romania.
Excavation assistant as a member of the Forging Identities project. Direction: Dr. Svend Hansen, Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological
Institute, Berlin (deputised by Dr. Nikolaus Boroffka).
2010: The Százhalombatta Archaeological Excavation Project , Százhalombatta, Hungary.
Excavation assistant as a member of the Forging Identities project . Direction: Dr. Magdolna Vicze, direction of the "Matrica" Museum,
Százhalombatta, and Dr. J oanna Sofaer, Deptatment of Archaeology, University of Southampton.
2005: The Kalydon Excavation Project , Evinochori , Greece.
Field director of the excavation sector at the East Gate. Direction: Dr.phil. Søren Dietz, The Danish Institute at Athens (by courtesy of the
archaeological authorities under the Greek Ministry of Culture).
2003: Excavations at Ancient Aegea , Vergina , Greece.
Assistant at the excavation of the Sanctuary of Eukleias. Direction: Dr. Chrysoyla Saatsoglou-Paliadeli, Department of History and Archaeology,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
2001 & 2003: The Kalydon Excavation Project , Evinochori , Greece.
Assistant at the excavation of the theatre and the re-exposure of the Sanctuary of Artemis Laphras . Direction: Dr.phil. Søren Dietz, The Danish
Institute at Athens (by courtesy of the archaeological authorities under the Greek Ministry of Culture).
2000: The Fröjel Discovery Programme , Fröjel, Sweden.
Assistant at the excavation of a Viking Age settlement and burial . Direction: Dr. Dan Carlsson, The Gotland University College.
2000: The 12th International Archaeological Summer Academy , Xanten, Germany.
Assistant at the excavation of a craftsmen’s area in a Roman colony . A course in topographic measurement was followed. Direction: Anne Ley,
M.A., The Archaeological Park Xanten (Colonia Ulpia Traiana) and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland.
Grants & scholarships 2010-2012: Marie Curie Fellowship ~121.000 A mobility research grant funding pre-doctoral research (PhD), awarded by the European Commission within the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) . 2 Ingeniør Svend G. Fiedler og Hustrus legat til fremme af botanisk og arkæologisk forskning See below [2008] for further information. 2008: Det Humanistiske Fakultets Rejsestipendium for Humanistiske Studerende
material and data in connection with the completion of a thesis.2008: Specialestuderendes stipendium til frit ophold i Det Danske Institut i Athens gæstelejlighed i Koukaki for thesis students, awarded in the form of a free stay at the Danish Institute in Athens.2008: Ingeniør Svend G. Fiedler og Hustrus legat til fremme af botanisk og arkæologisk forskning (DKK 8.000) 2006: Københavns Universitets Studenterfond granted by the Students Foundation at the University of Copenhagen, aiming at supporting diligent and talented students who are
economically disadvantaged.2006: Sydslesvigsk Udvalg af 5. Maj 1945 2006: Den Sønderjydske Fonds Sydslesvigske Studielegat (DKK 3.000) Grænseforeningen , aiming to support and promote the Danishness north and south of the German-Danish border.2006: Lektor Kirsten Langkildes Legat 2005: Ingeniør Holger Bjerrum Behrens og Karen Behrens f. Sørensens Mindelegat 2005: Statens Uddannelsesstøtte See below [2001] for further information. 2001-2002: SOCRATES/Erasmus Scholarship (DKK 8.000) 2001: Sydslesvigsk Kultursamfund
Schleswig, Germany.1999-2009: Statens Uddannelsesstøtte (SU)
Language skills German: mother tongue
Danish: fluent
English: very good
Modern Greek: good, Certificate of Attainment in Greek
Swedish & Norwegian: conversational
Contact mag.art. Sascha Mauel
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI
samau@web.de
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