Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

Paul Klostermann

Position: PhD student

Contact:

paul.klostermann@nhm.at
Phone: 01/52177-239

Education

2022 – current, University of Vienna
PhD student at Doctoral School of Evolution and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences
Funding by ERC Synergy project HistoGenes

2019-2021 University of Durham
MSc (Hons.) Human Bioarchaeology and Palaeopathology

2017-2019 University of Vienna
Courses in BSc programme Biology. Major in Physical Anthropology and MA programme Prehistoric Archaeology and Historical Archaeology

2013-2017 University of Vienna
BA Prehistory and Historical Archaeology

Research Experience

05/2021-4/2022
Technical and research assistant for HistoGenes project at NHM Vienna

Osteological analysis on skeletal collection from Early Medieval Austria

10/2021-02/2022
Anthropologist at Inst. for Medieval Research, Austrian Acad. of Sciences

Osteological analysis on Early Medieval remains from Vienna

Activity reconstruction of Archer burials

Commercial Archaeology

01-03/2023 Freelance Anthropologist
Osteological analysis of section of Early Medieval Avar Cemetery in Achau, Austria,

04-09/2021 Anthropologist and field archaeologist at Novetus GmbH

Archaeological excavations (Historical to Neolithic Period)

Osteological analysis of human remains from Early Medieval Period.

Exhumation and Documentation of Friars crypt at Rochuskirche, Vienna

06/2019 Freelance Anthropologist for PannArch assoc.

excavation, documentation and analysis of Bronze Age burial from Müllendorf, Austria

2017 Freelance anthropologist for Stadtarchäologie Wien

Osteological Analysis of commingled remains from Stephansplatz Vienna, High Medieval Period

Osteological Analysis of soldier burials from Napoleonic battlefield north of Vienna.

2017, 2018 Field archaeologist for Archnet GmbH

Research articles

Binder, M., Doneus, M., Klostermann, P., Özyurt, J., Strang, S., Tobias, B., Zagajsek, K., (2023), Das Gräberfeld von Obereggendorf (NÖ) – Erste interdisziplinäre Einblicke in eines der größten awarenzeitlichen Gräberfelder Ostösterreichs, Beiträge zur Mittelalterarchäologie in Österreich 39/2023.

Olga Spekker, Orsolya Anna Váradi, András Szekeres, Heidi Yoko Jäger, Albert Zink, Margit Berner, Doris Pany-Kucera, Liesa Strondl, Paul Klostermann, Levente Samu, Kitty Király, Zsolt Bereczki, Erika Molnár, György Pálfi, Balázs Tihanyi, (2022), A rare case of calvarial tuberculosis from the Avar Age (8th century CE) cemetery of Kaba–Bitózug (Hajdú-Bihar county, Hungary) – Pathogenesis and differential diagnostic aspects, Tuberculosis, Volume 135, 2022.

Lazaridis I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A. …Klostermann, P.,… Rohland, N., Pinhasi. R., Reich, D., (2022), The genetic history of the Southern Arc: a bridge between West Asia and Europe, Science.

Lazaridis I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A. …Klostermann, P.,… Rohland, N., Pinhasi. R., Reich, D., (2022), A genetic probe into the ancient and medieval history of Southern Europe and West Asia, Science.

Lazaridis I., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Acar, A. …Klostermann, P.,… Rohland, N., Pinhasi. R., Reich, D., (2022), Ancient DNA from Mesopotamia suggests distinct Pre-Pottery and Pottery Neolithic migrations into Anatolia, Science.

Berner, M., Eggers, S., Klostermann, P., Koger, R., Sauer, W., (2022), Ovambo human remains in the Natural History Museum Vienna - Viktor Lebzelter’s anthropological collection from Southern Africa, in: Annalen des NHM Wien, Serie A 123, p. 5-32.

Paraman, L., Ugarković, M., Scheifinger, J., Rembart, L., Oberndorfer, D., Visković, E., Schintlmeister, L., Klostermann, P., Binder, M., Steskal, M. (2019). Report on New Excavations in Ancient Trogir. The 2018 Croatian–Austrian Mission. Jahreshefte des Österreichischen Archäologischen Institutes, 88, 387-459.

Conference Papers

Özyurt Jasmin, Strang, Sheridan, Klostermann, Paul, Jana Pfneiszl, Tobias, Bendeguz, Horvath, Jeanette, Binder, Michaela, (2023), Nicht schon wieder ein awarenzeitliches Gräberfeld!, Neue Erkenntnisse anhand interdisziplinärer Erforschung des neu entdeckten Gräberfeldes von Achau., in: Nowotny (ed.) Beiträge zum Tag der Niederösterreichischen Landesarchäologie 2019. Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, 2019.

Heiß, K., Klostermann, P., Niaghi, D., Portschy, J., and Reicher, L., (2018) Conference Reports. Genes, Isotopes, and Artefacts: How should we interpret the movements of people throughout Bronze Age Europe? 13–14 December 2018, Vienna. The European Archaeologist 59: 33-34.

Conference Presentations

Klostermann, P., Berner, M., Pany-Kucera, D. Wilschke-Schrotta, K., Eggers, S. (2022) Adolescence in Early Medieval Central Europe, 14^th Annual SSCIP Meeting, Madrid (poster).

Klostermann, P., Pany-Kucera, D., Berner, M., Kirchengast, S., Tobias, B., (2022), Indicators of Physical Activity in Early Medieval Individuals Buried with Archery Artifacts from Vienna, Austria, PPA Vilnius 2022, (short presentation).

Tobias, B., Berner, M., Pany-Kucera, D., Eggers, S., Klostermann, P., Koger, R., Hofmanova, Z., Wang, K., Daim, F., Pohl, W. (2022), How archaeology and anthropology can build on aDNA analyses of entire cemeteries, EAA Budapest. (presentation)

Pany-Kucera, D., Klostermann, P., Özyurt, J. Berner, M. (2022), Bury me where my arrow falls. New considerations on Early Medieval burials with composite bows excavated in modern-day, Vienna, Austria. EAA Budapest. (presentation)

Klostermann, P., (2020), Chew On This: Correlation of coca use and Chagas disease, Durham student poster conference. (poster)

Szameit, E., Portschy, J., Klostermann, P., (2019), (Univ. Vienna): Eine frühmittelalterliche Nekropole in Iffelsdorf an der Naab (Stadt Pfreimd/Oberpfalz, Bayer), Prague. (presentation)

Binder, M., Klostermann, P., Paraman, L., Ugarković, M., Steskal, M., (2018) Non-adults burials from a Byzantine period cemetery in Trogir, Croatia, Poster presentation, 22^nd Paleopathology Association Meeting, Zagreb. (poster)

Osteological Reports

Klostermann, P., (2021) Osteologische Untersuchung der menschlichen Überreste aus der Gruftöffnung Rochuskirche 2021.

Klostermann, P., and Strang, S., (2021) Osteologische Untersuchung der menschlichen Skelettreste aus der Grabung Obereggendorf 2021.

Klostermann, P., and Binder, M., (2017), Anthropologische Auswertung der menschlichen Skelettreste aus dem napoleonischen Schlachtfeld, Seestadt Aspern, Cluster Ost II, Obj. 1, In: Martin Penz (2017) Bericht zur archäologischen Maßnahme Wien 22, Seestadt Aspern 2017 – Cluster Ost II.

2021
Neron, France
Middle Tennessee University, DPAA
repatriation, Crash site, US-American bomber, WWII

Novetus GmbH
Various sites in Eastern Austria
Bronze Age, Roman, Medieval

2020
Oxford Archaeology

Trinity burial ground, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Cemetery, Industrial

2019
Tutor Iffelsdorf, mun. Pfreimd, Bavaria, Germany

University of Bamberg, University of Vienna
Early medieval age, cemetery

INRAP Saint-Dizier, France

Late Antiquity – Early Medieval cemetery
Oberpetersdorf, Austria,
University of Maryland, Universität Wien, DPAA
repatriation, Crash site, US-American bomber, WWII

2018
Iffelsdorf, mun. Pfreimd, Bavaria, Germany

Early medieval age, cemeteryUniversity of Bamberg
Schwarzach b. Nabburg, Bavaria, Germany
University of Vienna tutor
Early medieval age, Slavic settlement

2017
Alte Post, Vienna, Austria

Urban archaeology. Roman – Modern

2016
Hainburg, Sonderschule, Austria

Modern, Old estate with burials

Hainburg, Volksschule, Austria
Medieval /Modern churchyard

Engelhartstetten, Austria
Medieval /Modern

Trautmannsdorf, Austria
Renaissance fortification, Modern

Bruck a. d. Leitha, Austria
Church and churchyard. Medieval /Modern

2015
Lenzing, Attersee, Austria

Neolithic, Copper Age
Field school

2014
Unterloisdorf, Austria
Neolithic, Copper Age

Schloßberg, Linz, Austria
Latène Age, Roman Period
Field school

Insternships & Volunteering

07/2021
Volunteer Archaeologist in recovery excavation of WWII service men for DPAA through Middle Tennessee University, France

07/2019
Intern Archaeologist in recovery excavation of WWII service men for DPAA through University of Vienna in cooperation with University of Maryland, Austria

04-05/2019
Internship at Anthropology Department, NHM Vienna
Osteological analysis on Ovambo human remains from Namibia
Assess taphonomy of remains to assist provenance research of colonial context.

2016-2018
Internship at Bioarchaeology Lab, Austrian Archaeological Institute
Osteological analysis of nonadult remains from Middle Byzantine Trogir, Croatia
Osteological analysis of Late Antique remains from Globasnitz, Austria

07/2017
Internship Anatomical-pathological collection, Narrenturm, NHM Vienna