Dr. Johannes Reich

Johannes Reich studied Prehistoric and Provincial Roman Archaeology at the Universities of Bern and Kiel and received his PhD from the University of Bern. His doctoral research was conducted within the ERC Synergy project EXPLO (Exploring the Dynamics and Causes of Prehistoric Land Use Change in the Cradle of European Farming) and focused on prehistoric shore settlements in the southwestern Balkans. He is currently a scientific collaborator and scientific diver at the Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern. His research interests include prehistoric shore settlements, chronology, underwater archaeology and digital documentation methods. He has carried out underwater archaeological fieldwork in Switzerland, North Macedonia and Albania and has contributed to research on prehistoric settlement chronologies and the investigation of waterlogged archaeological sites.