Barbara Armbruster
Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities
| Period | Position or category | Institution |
| 1996-2000 | research fellow | Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig, Germany |
| 2000-2007 | chargée de recherche première classe | Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, université de Toulouse Le Mirail |
| 1998 | post-graduate grant of the Burgundy Region | Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France |
Area of scientific activity
Archaeometallurgy
Gold and bronze working from the Early Bronze Age to the Early Medieval period in Europe and Eurasia
Ethnoarchaeology
Experimental archaeology
Analyses of tool marks
Domain of specializations
Studies of the technological aspects of metalwork in general
Studies in tools and workshops of goldsmiths and bronze casters in Western Europe and Eurasia
Experimetal and ethnoarchaeological studies
Present Research Interests
Scythian gold from Siberia
Achaemenid gold from the Oxus treasure
Gold and bronze working in the Bronze Age and iron Age in Iberia
History of technology in metal working in the Atlantic Bronze Age (from Portugal to Scandinavia)
Stone tools for metalworking
Other Activities
Modern goldsmith, artistic metalwork
Supervising experience
Teaching at different universities and scinentific institutions (Moscow, Lisbon, Coimbra, Paris, Dijon, Bordeaux, Kiel, Brussels, Frankfurt, Berlin)