archaeology and the history of diseases and pandemics (in German)

Structural Changes in Traffic as a Research Problem of Medieval Archaeology – the hypothesis of changes in traffics during the Staufian period
Based on written sources historian Thomas Szabó postulated major changes within traffic and transportation during the Staufian Period (12th/13th c.). He recognised changes in the ways of orientation, co…[Read more]

“Relics of a Merovingian Settlement near St.Martin’s Church at Gruibingen”
In the center of Gruibingen relics of settlement activities starting in merovingian period have been excavated and provide insights in the genesis of the village. The site is situated close to the church St. Martin where former excavations proofed the existence of rich…[Read more]

short notice on a medieval sunken floor house at Gingen/Fils

Archaeology and History of Spitzenberg castle (Kuchen, Kreis Göppingen). Results of a 1913 Excavation

In 1913 excavations by K.A. Koch recovered the walls of Spitzenberg castle near Kuchen at the northern rim of the Swabian Alb, which has been destroyed in 1311. The excavations just have been published in a short report. Some of the finds,…[Read more]

This is a report of excavations realized in 1996 in the center of the town of Geislingen an der Steige in Baden-Württemberg. Medieval and early modern remains of backyard activities have been recovered.

Archaeological finds from riverbeds are a common phenomenon and there has been a broad discussion on their interpretation. The main problem with this category of finds is the question whether they were deposited or accidentally lost. This article tried to scetch the situation at the small river Fils, a tributary of the Neckar at the Northern rim…[Read more]

This published by the publication ‘The Contingent’ https://contingentmagazine.org

In this piece Alicia writes about archeology as adventure, in the context of a long history of colonial exploration and exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian ‘wilderness’. https://adventureuncovered.com/stories/the-brown-bear-and-i-archeology-adventure-and-colonisation-in-the-canadian-wilderness/

The article is published in the official Journal of The Institute of Science and Technology (ISSN 2040-1868)

The act of classification has the widest implications for scholarship. Whatever the format, it involves the totality of our being. The use of our eyes indicates that decisions about whatever it is that we observe have already been made. Yet the interaction between the mechanical act of seeing and the mind or memory has rarely been registered. An…[Read more]

Some thoughts on Boris Eldagsen’s Image, well ‘photograph’, an AI generated image.

Review of the literature on pictograph sites in the Canadian Shield with specific reference to those found in the Lake of the Woods, in north-western Ontario, Canada.

This article argues that the analysis of a threedimensional image demanded a three-dimensional approach. The authors realise that discussions of images and image processing inveterately conceptualise representation as being flat, static, and finite. The authors recognise the need for a fresh acuteness to three-dimensionality as a meaningful – a…[Read more]

Essay on the NiCHE-Canada website: https://niche-canada.org/2023/10/30/what-is-a-heritage-river/

This article discusses four pictograph sites in the Lake of the Woods where the images were interpreted by several Indigenous peoples.

Interior design of medieval and modern pubs.

Durch die immer schneller voranschreitende Stadtentwicklung reichten Straßenbezeichnungen bald nicht längei aus, um sich ähnelnde Häuser zu unterscheiden. So musste ein Wirt sein Gasthaus den Einheimischen und Fremden kenntlich und attraktiv machen. Diese Kennzeichnung erfolgte mit diversen Hilfsmitteln, die sich im Laufe der Zelt entwickelten und…[Read more]

Computergestützte Methoden ermöglichen es, Informationen zv Raumnutzung und Bewegungsabläufen in architektonischen Strukturen zu gewinnen. Dies kann bei der Interpretation ergrabener Wirtshäuser hilfreich sein. Ein geeignetes Werkzeug hierfür ist die Space-Syntax-Analyse. So kann mit der angewandten Software UCL Depthmap 10 (Turner/Friedrich 2011…[Read more]

Destruction is an element of human behaviour that is universally present throughout our history. But what are the driving forces behind these violent acts? Can an underlying motivation be recognised in the archaeological record? This article focuses on the destruction and mutilation of monumental architecture and figurative works, and puts them…[Read more]