News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
From 28.02. – 06.03.2022 a workshop and training program in Environmental Archaeology will take place, with online lectures in Archaeological Science and practical courses in Archaeobotany (macro-remains and micro-remains), and Physical Anthropology to be held in Gaziantep/Turkey. The course will provide students with an introductory comprehension of some of the key sub-disciplines of bioarchaeology and […]
Modern archaeology is increasingly reliant on digital technology, from the documentation of finds and features – often directly in the field – through subsequent analyses and up to the resulting publications. This is, of course, quite wonderful, but this trend also presents archaeologists with previously unexpected challenges. Under the title “Archaeo-Informatics: Challenges in Digital Archaeology”, […]
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The Archaeo-Informatics 2022 will be held hybrid at the institute of the German Archaeological Institute Istanbul and online on ZOOM. Online Participation Archaeo-Informatics 2022: Challenges in Digital Archaeology, 23. – 25.11.2022 Registration Linkhttps://dainst-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoduGvrz8iEtLnB9bC5N_KXR6-qlLuTLGL Evening Lecture, 24.11.2022What Does it Mean to Be ‚Critical‘ When it Comes to Digital Data and Documentation in Archeology and Heritage Studies? […]
The 3rd seminar of the 6th Research Network “Building, Building Economy and Building Sites” was held online between November 19th and 20th, 2021 and focused on resources-related topics brought together under the title “From Extraction to Re-Use: The Economics of Construction Resources”. Besides the members of the DAI Istanbul Research Network, four guest speakers accepted […]
Next Tuesday, 08 February at 19:00 (17:00 CET), our colleagues Andreas Schachner and Dominique Krüger will present a lecture at The British Institute at Ankara about “Assyrians, Hittites and Romans in Boğazköy / Ḫattuša”. Graphic: Britsh Institute at Ankara The lecture will take place on Zoom. For more information please visit the following website https://biaa.ac.uk/event/online-lecture-about-assyrians-hittites-and-romans-in-bogazkoy-battusa
The study of the Early Neolithic (ca. 9,600 to 8,000 BC) in south-eastern Turkey (between the Euphrates and the Tigris) can look back on the results of numerous excavations from almost six decades of archaeological fieldwork. Our understanding of the transition from hunter-gatherer to productive societies (Neolithization) has been influenced by discoveries at early Neolithic […]
2nd Meeting of the 6th Research Network at DAI Istanbul, 5th & 6th March 2021 Throughout human history, a building or a built environment has always been the stage for social interaction. The builders’ thoughts and decisions affect the building, and, vice versa, the building, its aesthetics and function affect the thoughts and decisions of […]
Dear Guests, Regarding the increasing number of covid infections, we changed our library regulations. From now on, the library, as well as the building, can only be accessed with a FFP2/ N95 mask. (Photo: M. Ubben) For all access conditions and further information, please consult our visitor regulations here:
D-DAI-IST-4137, Photographer and date are unknown The monthly photo that we selected from our archive shows preparations being made for some field photography. The photographer, who may have accidentally released the shutter button, recorded this wonderful moment. Documentation of archaeological sites by photography gradually replaced the picturesque engravings of the ruins drawn by 19th-century travellers […]
