Conference review: Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA), Houston, Texas – June 1st-6th 2023
Detailed report about the SPP’s contriubutions at the 2023 SAfA in Houston.
Chipped Stones: What they are and how they can help understand Göbekli Tepe
Usually if we talk about Göbekli Tepe then we talk about monumental buildings, iconic T-shaped pillars or sophisticated pieces of art. Only rarely do other so-called small finds, for example […]
Taş Hanım
Every find that archaeologists make by digging in the ground is actually a tiny piece of a big story. It is also possible to dig through an archive just like […]
Bronzezeitliche Almen, Klimaveränderungen und Umweltarchive auf dem Dachsteinplateau
Autor:innen: Kerstin Kowarik, Kerstin P. Hofmann, Daniel Brandner, Valentina Laaha, Roman Scholz In dem interdisziplinären Projekt „Alpine Interdependenzen“ erkunden Forscherinnen und Forscher der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts und […]
The Chipped Stones of Göbekli Tepe: A short teaser
Next week we will introduce you to one of the most numerous find categories at Göbekli Tepe: chipped stones. As this is quite a comprehensive topic we decided to split […]
ClaReNet: Projektwoche im Archäologischen Museum Frankfurt
von Caroline von Nicolai Wie bestimmen Numismatikerinnen und Numismatiker Münzen? Und wie lernt ein Computer, welche Münze welche ist? Wie kann man Münzen abgießen, also mit Gips kopieren? Rund um […]
Library of the DAI Istanbul closed
Dear Readers, Our library will be closed between 26.06.-31.08.2023. We wish you a nice time during the summer. Thank you for your understanding.
Otto Rubensohn and the excavations of the DAI in Paros (1898–1899)
On June 17, 1898, 125 years ago, a young Jewish German archaeologist arrived at Parikia, the capital of the island of Paros, after an exhausting 13-hour voyage from Piraeus. His […]
Book of the Month – May 2023
The book we would like to introduce this month is fresh from the press „Kirkbride at Çatalhöyük: The Çatalhöyük slides of Diana Kirkbride-Helbaek from 1963 (ed. by Moritz Kinzel)“. It […]
Meet the Chipped Stones Team
Chipped stones usually make up the majority of finds at Stone Age sites and are typically used to reconstruct past daily life activities. They are also suitable for relative dating […]
Archive und Datenbanken – Propylaeum-VITAE in der Lehre
von Sandra Schröer-Spang Wozu braucht es Archive in der archäologischen Forschung, wie recherchiert man Archivalien, wie wertet man sie aus und wie geht man mit Archivalien um? Im Sommersemester 2023 […]
DAInsight 2023 | Kulturgüterschutz Digital: Präventivtechnologien und schnelle Hilfe im Notfall
In der DAInsight-Reihe online wird am 20. Juli zum Thema „Kulturgüterschutz Digital“ diskutiert.
Publication: Archäologisches Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Praxis
The research data management of SPP 2143 provides an overview of data curation within the programme.
Publikation: Archäologisches Forschungsdatenmanagement in der Praxis
Das Forschungsdatenmanagement des SPP 2143 gibt einen Überblick in die Datenkuratierung innerhalb des Programms.
Eva-Maria Czakó (1918–2012) – the first and only female photographer at the DAI Athens
Eva-Maria Czakó (19.12.1918–16.6.2012) was the first and remains the only female photographer at the DAI Athens. When the Institute was reopened after the Second World War, she worked as a […]
