Katharina Rebay-Salisbury is a prehistoric archaeologist with a research focus on the European Bronze and Iron Ages. She directs the research group ‘Prehistoric Identities’ at the Austrian Archaeological Institute. In 2015, she was awarded the ERC Starting Grant for her project, “The Value of Mothers to Society: Responses to Motherhood and Child-Rearing Practices in Prehistoric Europe.” Her current project investigates gendered mobility and temporality at Late Bronze Age cemeteries in Austria and contributes to improving the bio-archaeological investigation of cremated human remains.