Networks for researching Africa
The research networks TransArea Network Africa and Entangled Africa are finding new ways for researching the history of Africa […]
Netzwerke zur Erforschung Afrikas
Die Forschungsverbünde TransArea Network Africa (TANA) und Entangled Africa beschäftigen sich mit der Geschichte Afrika. […]
Geomagnetische Prospektionen in Falbygden, Südschweden
Auf der Hochebene von Falbygden, Västergötland in Südschweden befinden sich etwa 250 Gangräber, eine besondere Bauform jungsteinzeitlicher Großsteingräber. Eine derartige Konzentration von Ganggräbern ist nicht allein in Schweden einzigartig. Die […]
Workshop „Ding-Editionen: Vom Artefakt übers Corpus ins Netz“
Wissenschaftshistoriker und digital humanists treffen sich nur selten auf Workshops oder Tagungen. Wenn es dann auch noch um uralte Dinge und Editionen geht, die lange Zeit als verstaubt und einer […]
Newstead and Torwoodlee – both sides of the medal in the Locals – Native interaction?
The second part of the South-Scotland survey led us into the county Scottish Borders. Here, close to the town of Melrose lies the site of a Roman fort, and nearby an Iron […]
At the Northwestern Fringe of the Roman Empire
Our first destination in Scotland in this year’s survey tour was the Lowland-landscape of Ecclefechan and Middlebie. Here, the tabular eminence of Burnswark Hill has intrigued settlers at least from the […]
Navan Fort – a Flying Visit to a Sacred Landcape
Previous to our surveys in Dumfriesshire and Scottish Borders, Nina, Roman and me went for a flying visit to Northern Ireland. Colleagues from Queen’s University Belfast and the University of […]
South-Scotland Survey 2017 – Recap
23rd September – only two days left and Nina, Roman and me will head for a new survey campaign in South Scotland (and Northern Ireland). A good time to recap […]
News
A first action by the consortium was a mission to the Carthage Archives undertaken by Sophie Hachou, of the Ecole de Chartes, undertaken in September and October 2017 and financed […]
On the hunt, some 12.000 years ago: An aurochs bone with hunting lesion from Göbekli Tepe.
All archaeological finds of a site add to its history, but some can capture us with the underlying story. This is the case for an aurochs bone with an embedded […]
„What is so special about Neolithic special buildings?“ Session upcoming at EAA´s Annual Meeting in Maastricht
‘Special buildings‘ has become an often-used label in Near Eastern Archaeology for constructions deviating in architecture, elaborate inner fittings, finds and often also treatment after the end of use (intentional […]
A Short Note on a New Figurine Type from Göbekli Tepe
This text has been published originally (and in slightly different form) as a short contribution by Oliver Dietrich and Klaus Schmidt (†) in Neo-Lithics [external link] 1/17, 43-46. The most striking […]
Beginning social complexity during the Early Neolithic of Upper Mesopotamia: a view from Göbekli Tepe
This is the English version of a text published by Oliver Dietrich and Jens Notroff in the latest issue of Aktüel Arkeoloji [external link]. Our knowledge of the early Neolithic […]
What is the connection between Göbekli Tepe and…
Göbekli Tepe is often compared with other megalithic architecture. Stonehenge is an example here, others include the temples of Malta, the Taulas of Menorca, or the Moai of the Easter […]
What you get is … what you want to see: For example Göbekli Tepe on a 4th millennium seal print from Susa.
Recently, I stumbled upon a blogpost by Graham Hancock [external link]. I was looking for something completely different, i.e. the “fallout” of the rather unfortunate meteor theory proposed by two […]
