Archaeology by period / region

Fünf Jahre – Fünf Kaiser

Die dramatische Zeit vom Jubel um Nero bis zu Vespasians Triumph

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Die römische Geschichte der Jahre 66 bis 71 bietet alle Elemente eines klassischen Dramas: Tragisch Gescheiterte und triumphierende Helden, bedingungslose Treue und hinterhältigen Verrat, brutale Morde und ehrenhafte Selbstmorde. Das vorliegende Buch lässt dieses Drama auch durch zahlreiche Zitate antiker …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Vol. 7

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Volume 7 of "Beiträge zur Islamische Kunst und Archäologie" (BIKA) brings together contributions from the 10th and 12th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society. It focuses on reports on current research projects in the fields of Islamic art history and …

Die römischen Terrakottamasken in den Nordwestprovinzen

Herkunft – Herstellung – Verbreitung – Funktion

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This book deals with ca 500 Roman terracotta masks from the North-West provinces of the Roman empire. They date back to the first to third centuries and are here examined concerning their origin, production, places of production, circulation and function.

Archäologische Untersuchungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Thugga

Die Ausgrabungen südlich der Maison du Trifolium 2001 bis 2003

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This volume contains the results of the excavations that have been conducted by the Archaeological Institute at Freiburg University in cooperation with the Tunisian Institut du Patrimoine at the site of ancient Thugga between 2001 and 2003. The exemplary excavation …

Relief- und stempelverzierte nordafrikanische Sigillata des späten 2. bis 6. Jahrhunderts

Römisches Tafelgeschirr der Sammlung K. Wilhelm

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This study focuses on the wide range of vessel forms and decoration of the rare appliqué-decorated red slip ware from northern Tunisia, and especially the appliqué-, relief- and stamp-decorated sigillata made in the most imprtant mid and late Roman potteries …

Spätantikes Kleidungszubehör aus Nordafrika I

Trägerkreis, Mobilität und Ethnos im Spiegel der Funde der spätesten römischen Kaiserzeit und der vandalischen Zeit

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This study is the first to give a comprehensive account of extant dress accessories, especially brooches and belt buckles, from late ancient North Africa. In the first of two volumes, the findings dating from the latest period of Roman rule …

Der römische Militärplatz Submuntorium/Burghöfe an der oberen Donau

Archäologische Untersuchungen im spätrömischen Kastell und Vicus 2001 bis 2007

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The Roman site Submuntorium/Burghöfe is situated on a plateau of a promontory above the valleys of the rivers Danube and Lech, about 30 km north of the provincial capital of Augusta Vindelicum/Augsburg. It represents one of the most important military …

Fibeln und Gürtelzubehör der späten römischen Kaiserzeit aus Augusta Vindelicum/Augsburg

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For the first time ever is the large, manifold collection of late Roman brooches and belt fittings from the late third until the first half of the fifth century AD from the provincial capital Augusta Vindelicum/Augsburg documented and typologically analysed. …

Die Krise des 3. Jahrhunderts n. Chr. und das Gallische Sonderreich

Akten des Interdisziplinären Kolloquiums Xanten 26. bis 28. Februar 2009

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The present volume is based on an interdisciplinary colloquium of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne and the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures”. The aim was to examine the region quite different critical development of the 3rd Century in …

Grabbauten des 2. und 3. Jahrhunderts in den gallischen und germanischen Provinzen

Akten des Internationalen Kolloquiums Köln 22. bis 23. Februar 2007

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The present volume is based on an international colloquium held by the Institute of Archaeology of the University Cologne and the “Centre for Mediterranean Cultures”. Their aim was not only the review but also the completion of the research results …

The Sculptor’s Workshop

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Carved marble was a major part of the economy of Roman cities. The material was supplied by local and regional quarries but little is known of the workshops in which the carving was carried out. The Sculptor’s Workshop at Aphrodisias …

Die Kelten in Burgund

Historischer und archäologischer Überblick

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For Burgundy the Celtic past can be presented much better than for other regions – for two reasons. The high level of documented research gives us a great amount of detail for two exemplary sample sites, for Mont Lassois (Vix) …

Feinkeramik aus Knidos vom mittleren Hellenismus bis in die mittlere Kaiserzeit (ca. 200 v.Chr. bis 150 n.Chr.)

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During the time of Hellenism and of the Empire, the ancient city of Knidos was one of the most important manufacturing centers of fine tableware in the eastern Mediterranean. To date, Cnidian ceramics have only been partially researched. With the …

Das Poseidonheiligtum bei Akovitika in Messenien

Struktur und Entwicklungszusammenhang eines regionalen Zentrums. Ergebnisse einer Notgrabung 1969 und einer Nachuntersuchung mit Prospektion 2005

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Named after a suburb of the present city of Kalamata, the Poseidon sanctuary of Akovitika achieved considerable importance in the early Iron Age, even though it was surrounded by coastal swamps, which made staying there difficult. In light of this …

Die Akropolis von Athen im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit

Internationales Kolloquium vom 16. bis 17. Juni 2006 in Bonn

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In the Hellenistic and particularly the Roman Imperial period the Acropolis of Athens embodied the greatness of the “polis” in Classical times and must to an extent have attained a museum-like status. This volume represents the results of an International …

The Civil Basilica

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The volume is about the architecture and archaeology of the Civil Basilica of Aphrodisias, a huge public building built in the late first century AD. The book presents a detailed account of the Basilica's well-preserved remains and over hundred drawings …

Ehrenstatuen in der Spätantike

Chlamydati und Togati

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The book investigates the iconography and chronology of the late antique toga statue and the late antique Chlamys statue. Both types of honorific statuary can only be observed from the Theodosian period (late-4th century) onwards. The phenomenon will be explained …

Italische und nordafrikanische Lampen des 1. bis 5. Jahrhunderts

Römische Lampen der Sammlung K. Wilhelm

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In addition to some Italian picture lamps of the 1st century A.D., the main focus of K. Wilhelm's lamp collection is on 41 lamps of the middle and late imperial period produced in North Africa, as well as three singular …

Italische Terra Sigillata aus Iuvavum/Salzburg

Untersuchungen zur Siedlungs- und Handelsgeschichte des augusteischen vicus und des municipium Claudium Iuvavum

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Due to its large scale distribution and chronological relevance, Italian Terra Sigillata, which was produced in large quantities in Upper, Central and Southern Italy as well as Southern France, represents one of the most important archaeological sources for the early …

Gammertingen, St. Michael

Auswertung der archäologischen Ausgrabungen insbesondere unter herrschafts-, siedlungs- und landesgeschichtlicher Fragestellung

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Gegenstand der Auswertung sind die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in der in der Schwäbischen Kleinstadt Gammertingen gelegenen Michaelskapelle aus dem Jahr 1981. Die interdisziplinäre Auswertung erbrachte insbesondere wichtige Ergebnisse zur frühen Hochadelsentstehung, daneben auch zur Stadtentwicklung, aber auch zu übergeordneten Ereignissen der …