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Neuerscheinungen in Archäologie |
 25 Years Have Passed. Grave - Man - Environment. Jaeger, Mateusz; Tomczyk, Jacek; Wrzesiski, Jacek. Englisch. 2026. 456 S. 205 ill., 27 tabels. EUR 98,00. ISBN: 978-3-447-39825-1  Harrassowitz Verlag
„25 Years Have Passed“ represents another volume in the Funeralia-series, which is the result of many years of academic conferences devoted to the study of humans, their environment, and funerary practices. This publication in particular is the outcome of the 25th conference, which was attended by archaeologists, physical anthropologists, historians, and representatives of numerous other disciplines whose shared field of research is death and its cultural contexts. The book as a whole is distinctly interdisciplinary in character, combining archaeological evidence with biological, environmental, and cultural perspectives. The collected contributions offer a wide-ranging exploration of key research problems: from transformations of funerary practices in prehistory, through the social and symbolic meanings of burial sites, to the application of modern analytical methods such as isotopic studies and digital documentation of human remains. Particular attention is given to case studies, which illuminate the relationships between humans and their environment, as well as the complexity of social and cultural bonds. The volume thus represents not only a collection of individual studies but also a dynamic and multifaceted reflection on the past, in which death becomes a starting point for reconstructing the lives, practices, and worldviews of past communities. |
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Archaeology in Africa: Why the Past Matters. Forssman, Tim. Englisch. 2026. 34 fb. Abb., 9 sw. Abb. 23,5 x 15,5 cm. EUR 139,09. CHF 153,50 ISBN: 978-3-032-13364-9 |
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Im Garten der Klio. Festschrift für Monika Frass. Hrsg.: Breitwieser, Rupert; Hofeneder, Andreas; Matuszewski, Rafa?. 2026. 454 S. 60 Abb., 4 Tabellen. EUR 120,00. ISBN: 978-3-447-39772-8 Harrassowitz Verlag
Von spartanischen Gemeinschaftsmahlen über sportliche Wettkämpfe, dem wirtschaftlichen Nutzen sowie der Funktion römischer Gärten bis zur Rolle der Vorkoster, von antiken Hexen zu einsamen Herrschern, vom Kaufverhalten bis zur Geldgier: Das wissenschaftliche Œuvre der Salzburger Althistorikerin Monika Frass ist ebenso vielfältig wie originell. Mit ihren wegweisenden Studien und ihrem langen Wirken als Forscherin und Lehrerin hat sie das Feld der Historischen Anthropologie der Antike im deutschsprachigen Raum auf kaum vergleichbare Weise bearbeitet, geprägt und damit entscheidende Impulse für die Erforschung antiker Lebenswelten gesetzt.
Die zu ihren Ehren herausgegebene Festschrift vereint 26 Beiträge von Freund:innen, Kolleg:innen, Schüler:innen und Weggefährt:innen. Die Aufsätze, die zeitlich von der mykenischen Epoche bis ins 21. Jahrhundert reichen, behandeln zentrale Fragen der Alltags-, Sozial-, Kultur-, Wirtschafts-, Umwelt-, Sport-, Geschlechter- und Medizingeschichte sowie quellenkundliche und rezeptionshistorische Aspekte. Sie spiegeln die Vielfalt und Breite des wissenschaftlichen Schaffens der Jubilarin wider und zeigen anschaulich, dass Alte Geschichte nie nur Vergangenheit ist.
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Keilschrifttafelfragmente aus Bo?azköy-?attu?a (Ankara-Çorum-Izmir). Bo?azköy-?attu?a?dan Çiviyaz?l? Tablet Fragmanlar? (Ankara-Çorum-?zmir). Alparslan, Metin. 2026. 100 S. 28 Tafeln. EUR 48,00. ISBN: 978-3-447-39773-5 Harrassowitz Verlag
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.Frühneuzeitliche Keramik aus der Dessauer Muldvorstadt (Archäologie in Sachsen Anhalt / Sonderband 35). Petzschmann, Ulf; Albrecht, Maria; Grimm, Gerald Volker; Kluttig-Altmann, Ralf; Rosmanitz, Harald; Wehner, Donat; Wilke, Detlef. Hrsg.: Meller, Harald.2026. 400 S. Abb. 29,7 x 21 cm. EUR 45,00. ISBN: 978-3-911693-10-3 |
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.Heuneburg I. Untersuchungen an zwei eisenzeitlichen Grabhügeln der Hohmichele-Gruppe im "Speckhau". Arnold, Bettina; Murray, Matthew L. Hrsg.: Krausse, Dirk.2026. 338 Abb, 67 Tabellen, 29,7 x 21 cm. EUR 69,00. ISBN: 978-3-7520-0921-7 L, Reichert
In 1999, an American team began excavation of an Early Iron Age burial mound in the “Speckhau” tumulus group near the internationally renowned Heuneburg hillfort on the upper Danube River in Baden-Württemberg as part of a research initiative focused on Early Iron Age mortuary practices. The results of three field seasons of excavation by the “Landscape of Ancestors” project in two 20-meter diameter burial mounds are presented in this publication. There are hundreds of burial mounds in the vicinity of the Heuneburg, but until the “Landscape of Ancestors” project, no systematic investigations had been conducted in mounds under 50 meters in diameter. Such mounds provide an important source of information about how society was organized at a critical time in the evolution of social complexity in the region, which was increasingly connected with cultural developments in other areas of Europe. The project produced the first evidence for Early Iron Age mortuary activity predating the founding of the Heuneburg, beginning ca. 700 BCE and extending well into La Tène A.
Post-excavation innovations in materials analysis included the first use of CT-scan technology in the examination of fragile metal and organic grave goods that revealed previously unknown details of the technology used in manufacturing personal ornament and weapons as well as their precise placement in the grave. Other innovations included 3-D reconstruction of ceramic vessels to facilitate scientific analysis and visualization.
The material culture recovered from 21 inhumation graves links the “Speckhau” population with northern Italy, Britain and the Iberian Peninsula, indicating that such external connections were not limited to the elites in central chambers in the better-known mega-mounds of the region. This volume contributes to an ongoing reimagining of the Early Iron Age cemetery as a place of multiscalar activities with remarkably diverse individual and group expressions and materialities.
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.Im Herzen des Imperiums ? Archäologie der Ottonenzeit im mitteldeutschen Raum (Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 32). Tagung des Landesamtes für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt sowie des Instituts für Kunstgeschichte und Archäologien Europas der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle- Wittenberg im Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle (Saale), 10.?12. November 2022. Hrsg.: Biermann, Felix; Helten, Leonhard; Meller, Harald. Englisch;2026. 834 S. Abb. 29,7 x 21 cm. EUR 99,00. ISBN: 978-3-911693-00-4 |
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Archäologie in Niedersachsen Band 29/2026. Schwerpunkt: Kult und Ritual. Hrsg.: Archäologische Kommission für Niedersachsen e.V.2026. 180 S. 24 x 21,1 cm. EUR 12,90. ISBN: 978-3-7308-2330-9 |
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Die Waffenfunde aus der Königsgruft von Qa?na. Form, Funktion, Kontext und überregionale Einordnung. al Rawi, Ahmad al-Ali.2026. 147 Abb., 22 Tabellen, 14 Tafel. 30,5 x 23,5 cm. EUR 89,00. ISBN: 978-3-447-12577-2 Harrassowitz Verlag
The Levites in the book of Deuteronomy are portrayed in the cultic and social spheres of Israel. According to the prevailing interpretation of Israel`s cultic development, especially in the wake of cultic centralization, the Levites transitioned from their roles as local high place priests to that of the locally unemployed and impoverished. Utilizing ritual, sociological and anthropological criticism, and drawing from the portrayal of the Levites in and outside of Deuteronomy, James Douglas Wilson`s study considers an alternative perspective on roles and functions of the Levites within Israel`s gates. Its purpose is to demonstrate that these “rural” Levites did not entirely lose their local cultic roles, but that they may have been responsible for performing several social-level tasks which corresponded to their cultic roles based on their permanent duties in the sanctuary and their overall function as socio-cultic mediators and ritual specialists. Their roles are generally described in the Old Testament as “guard duty” and “manual labor,” but more specifically it is asserted here that the rural Levites performed local scribal duties associated with the triennial tithe and legal cases and performed ritual duties related to local meat consumption. |
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