Prof. Dr. Thomas Stöllner

Thomas Stöllner holds the Chair for Pre- and Protohistory at the Ruhr University Bochum in Germany and directs the Research Department and the Department of Mining Archaeology at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM). His main area of research is the social and economic development of mining communities throughout pre- and protohistory with a focus on mining, the archaeometry of mining, and the archaeology of technology and social interrelations with the aid of studies in settlements and graveyards.

His research spans from Old World archaeology, including Central and Eastern Europe, to the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Central Asia, as well as South America.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-3632


Books by Thomas Stöllner

ResourceScapes in the Iranian Highlands

Soils, Water, Wind and Minerals as Factors of Appropriation and Integration

Edited by Kristina A Franke, Thomas Stöllner, Nima Nezafati, Moslem Mishmastnehi & Martin Kehl | Forthcoming

The Iranian highlands are characterized by very special resource conditions: although being dominated in large parts by aridity, the presence of ecological niches and specific weather phenomena, along with rich deposits of minerals and raw…









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