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A very short overview of the beginnings of metal smelting – copper, tin, and iron – from the pers... more A very short overview of the beginnings of metal smelting – copper, tin, and iron – from the perspective of fuel use and fire management. In German.
The monumental city gates of Megiddo, Hazor and Gezer are assumed to have been built by Solomon a... more The monumental city gates of Megiddo, Hazor and Gezer are assumed to have been built by Solomon at the time of Israel's united monarchy. This talk looks at the evidence and tries to come to a conclusin how the various phases at these tells ought to be dated. With a longish excursion into the basics of chronology and the various dating methods. In German.
This talk summarizes Graham Connah's "Ancient Civilzations". How and why did chiefdoms evolve int... more This talk summarizes Graham Connah's "Ancient Civilzations". How and why did chiefdoms evolve into states? Seven examples from tropical Africa are used to evaluate six theories and to conclude that Carneiro's from 1970 probably is the best. In German.
How is tin bronze different from copper and what are its properties and advantages? Where did the... more How is tin bronze different from copper and what are its properties and advantages? Where did the first tin come from and how was it discovered? In German.
The use of milk from domesticated ruminants began in the Near East around the 8.2-event and was p... more The use of milk from domesticated ruminants began in the Near East around the 8.2-event and was part of the Neolithic Package from the beginning of its spread. In German.
About the timing and speed of the spread of maize cultivation to Central and North America.
Why the wave of advance model is wrong and inappropriate for prehistoric migration, especially th... more Why the wave of advance model is wrong and inappropriate for prehistoric migration, especially the Linearbandkeramik in Central Europe.
On the applications of isotope techniques in archaeology.
Middle Neolithic ceramics. With a very unorthodox hypothesis about the end of the Linearbandkera... more Middle Neolithic ceramics.
With a very unorthodox hypothesis about the end of the Linearbandkeramik in the Northern Rhineland.
Overview of scientific methods for ceramics analyses in archaeology. In German.
On trace analyses in copper and bronze artefacts, the Stuttgart database and its applications and... more On trace analyses in copper and bronze artefacts, the Stuttgart database and its applications and limits.
A very short overview of the beginnings of metal smelting – copper, tin, and iron – from the pers... more A very short overview of the beginnings of metal smelting – copper, tin, and iron – from the perspective of fuel use and fire management. In German.
The monumental city gates of Megiddo, Hazor and Gezer are assumed to have been built by Solomon a... more The monumental city gates of Megiddo, Hazor and Gezer are assumed to have been built by Solomon at the time of Israel's united monarchy. This talk looks at the evidence and tries to come to a conclusin how the various phases at these tells ought to be dated. With a longish excursion into the basics of chronology and the various dating methods. In German.
This talk summarizes Graham Connah's "Ancient Civilzations". How and why did chiefdoms evolve int... more This talk summarizes Graham Connah's "Ancient Civilzations". How and why did chiefdoms evolve into states? Seven examples from tropical Africa are used to evaluate six theories and to conclude that Carneiro's from 1970 probably is the best. In German.
How is tin bronze different from copper and what are its properties and advantages? Where did the... more How is tin bronze different from copper and what are its properties and advantages? Where did the first tin come from and how was it discovered? In German.
The use of milk from domesticated ruminants began in the Near East around the 8.2-event and was p... more The use of milk from domesticated ruminants began in the Near East around the 8.2-event and was part of the Neolithic Package from the beginning of its spread. In German.
About the timing and speed of the spread of maize cultivation to Central and North America.
Why the wave of advance model is wrong and inappropriate for prehistoric migration, especially th... more Why the wave of advance model is wrong and inappropriate for prehistoric migration, especially the Linearbandkeramik in Central Europe.
On the applications of isotope techniques in archaeology.
Middle Neolithic ceramics. With a very unorthodox hypothesis about the end of the Linearbandkera... more Middle Neolithic ceramics.
With a very unorthodox hypothesis about the end of the Linearbandkeramik in the Northern Rhineland.
Overview of scientific methods for ceramics analyses in archaeology. In German.
On trace analyses in copper and bronze artefacts, the Stuttgart database and its applications and... more On trace analyses in copper and bronze artefacts, the Stuttgart database and its applications and limits.