Barbara Armbruster

Previous and current scientific and/or professional activities

PeriodPosition or categoryInstitution
1996-2000research fellow Archäologisches Landesmuseum Schleswig, Germany
2000-2007chargée de recherche première classeCentre National de Recherche Scientifique, université de Toulouse Le Mirail
1998post-graduate grant of the Burgundy RegionUniversité 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)