archaeology

Archaeology

Exploring Social Metabolism: Insights from the 2nd TransPergMicro Milestone Workshop in Istanbul

Bernhard Ludwig

The 2nd Milestone Workshop of the TransPergMicro project, held on January 10-11, 2025 at the Orient-Institut in Istanbul, brought together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to explore the concept of social metabolism in historical contexts. The event was intended as a further ‘milestone’ in advancing our understanding of material and energy flows between societies and their environment, with a particular emphasis on the project’s research focus, i.e., the Pergamon Micro-Region between the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods.

 P04 Publications EN

Contribution on Central Sudan by C. Magnavita in the Oxford Handbook of Islamic Archaeology

Johanna Sigl

In view of the paucity of research, the Islamic archaeology of the Central Sudan and Sahel remains one of the less well known of the African continent. While this also applies to the material legacy of the past six centuries, it is particularly sites and remains from the early period of Islamic influence in the region that are virtually unexplored. […]

 P07 Publications EN

Report on the archaeological and geological science research in Ethiopia by the project ‚Routes of Interaction‘, 2018-2019

Johanna Sigl

The project »Routes of Interaction« is a collaboration between the Sanaa Branch of the Orient-Department, the Department of Earth Sciences – Physical Geography of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Egyptian Museum – Georg Steindorff, Leipzig University. Embedded into the SPP Programme of the DFG »Entangled Africa«, field work has been carried out since 2018. […]

 Allgemein EN

Wavy Line and Herringbone

Ann-Katharin Bahr

Ceramic processing must be flexible, able to adapt to the conditions of excavation and object. At the same time, the records of those working on this find genre from different regions should be comparable. Done to speed up and standardize the ceramic recording on site, the elaboration of the catalogue was successfully completed. […]