Ludwig Husty is the district archaeologist for the Straubing-Bogen district. He studied Prehistory and Early History, Classical Archaeology and German and Comparative Folklore at the universities of Salzburg, Munich, and Kiel, completing his doctoral thesis on a Neolithic topic. His research and publications focus on the Neolithic period and the later Metal Ages. Since 2011, he has served as Deputy Chairman of the “Gesellschaft für Archäologie in Bayern e.V.” (Society for Archaeology in Bavaria).