Mario RANZINGER

Mario Ranzinger is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of History under the supervision of Assoc. Prof Andrea Binsfeld.

• 09.2022-03.2024: Universität der Bundeswehr München – Specialist Planner for Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• 10.2014-07.2018: Heidelberg University – Master in Geoarchaeology (M.Sc.); Thesis: Regensburg und seine Holzversorgung in Antike und Mittelalter. Ein Methodenansatz zur Bestimmung von Holzprovenienzen anhand von ICP-MS Analysen
• 10.2010-02.2014: Bamberg University – Bachelor in Medieval and Post-Medieval Archaeology & Digital Geoarchaeology (B.A.)

The PhD-project has the title “Resources and Provenance – How did Logistics and Landscapes develop in Late Antiquity and the Early Medieval Era?”. The main focus of the research will be the reconstruction of the resource management during the Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages in the greater Luxembourg area. The investigations will prioritize the influence of wood supply on industry and society, as well as its impact on human-environment relationships, with a particular emphasis on sites related to brick and ceramic production or construction.

Apart from that, since 2012, Mario is also involved in the inter- and multidisciplinary TERRA project, which investigates the terraced landscape near Ramosch (CH) in the Lower Engadine.

Main research areas:

• Human-Environment Interactions
• Resource Management
• Geoarchaeology
• Archaeology of the Late Antiquity and Medieval Archaeology
• Terraced Landscapes

Within the last years, Mario worked both in academia and the private sector. Some of the most relevant positions in the last years were:

• 05.2020-11.2024: Deutsche Bahn AG – (Senior) Consulting Engineer in Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• 06.2019-06.2020: TAUBER Spezialtiefbau GmbH & Co. KG – Geophysicist in Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• 11.2019-12.2019: University of Zurich – Researcher in the “TERRA”-project
• 08.2019-08.2019: Bamberg University – Lecturer “Geophysical Field School in Augst (augusta raurica)”
• 10.2018-04.2019: Heidelberg University – Researcher in the project “Land unter? – Hochwasser und Hochwasserschutz am Oberrhein” (DE) & “Roman and Early Medieval research at the Zullestein site” (Hesse, DE)

A list of publications can be found on ORBilu (see link under the section “Profile”). Additionally, Mario participates in public outreach programs to teach children at schools about archaeology and he promotes job opportunities for archaeologists in career information events at different universities.

• Since 2012: Member of the Scholarship Program “Max-Weber-Programm” from the Free State of Bavaria (Germany)
• Since 2024: Commission Member of the selection board for the scholarship of the “Max-Weber-Programm” (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes) of the Free State of Bavaria (Germany)