Image archives
The creation of the UNIDAM Database has given the Diathek and Photothek the character of an archive.
The slide library and photo library are available on request. Please contact Ms Denise Hohenbühel and Mr Ralf Pausz (Room A 1.09).
Research and excavation archives
The Institute's various research programmes have resulted in a series of archives which contain the scientific documentation (plans, drawings, photos, diaries) of these projects and are available for further research.
Velia archive
The Velia Archive contains the documentation of the Institute of Classical Archaeology's excavations in Velia since 1989 as well as - in part or in copies - those of the excavations from 1970 - 1988.
Palmyra Archive
The Palmyra archive contains the documentation of the excavations since 1996 as well as - partly in copy - those of the excavations since 1981.
FACEM. Provenance analyses of ancient pottery in the Mediterranean region
FACEM (Fabrics of Ancient CEramics in the Mediterranean) iis an interdisciplinary project for the study of Greek, Punic and Roman pottery. The study collection and online reference database (www.facem.at) anchored at the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna with thousands of physically and digitally available ceramic samples from completed and ongoing (international) research projects primarily aims to determine the origin and distribution of ceramic finds.
Research archive of the Department of Early Christian Archaeology
A habilitation, two FWF projects and three as yet unprinted dissertations (Asamer, Laubenberger and Rasmussen) have resulted in a virtually complete database on Roman intermediate gold glasses, which is constantly being updated and used for upcoming publications. There are more than 500 objects with ambivalent (portrait), so-called pagan (e.g. mythological), Jewish and Christian depictions (scenes from the Old and New Testaments, images of Christ and saints) as well as inscriptions.
An FWF project on the late antique-early Christian mosaics in Bulgaria has resulted in documentation primarily on the town of Sandanski and its surroundings, which also includes a good image database.
An excavation documentation (floor plan, section and elevation) as well as true-to-scale photographs of the more than 300 graffiti and inscriptions on plastic film are available for a late antique cave church, the Paul's Grotto, in Ephesus, which has been under investigation since 1996.
Archive of ancient representations of foreign peoples
The archive was set up in the years 1986-1994 as a research project for research purposes. It was financed by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 1986-1987; 1989-1990; 1992-1994.
Limyra-Archive
The Limyra Archive contains the documentation of the excavations of the Institute of Classical Archaeology in Limyra since 1969 as well as documents on the cultural landscape of Lycia. The Limyra Archive was taken over by the Austrian Archaeological Institute in 2008.