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German Culture History and Archaeology

Culture history, archaeological sites, and other information related to the past of the modern country of Germany.
  1. German Sites (12)

Archaologien: Otto-Friedrich-Universitat Bamberg
The University of Bamburg specializes in Medieval to early modern period excavations. In German.

Bodies of the Bogs
An article in Archaeology magazine, in conjunction with an exhibit at the Silkeborg Museum, when almost all of the bog bodies of northwestern Europe were gathered together in one place. Includes information about bog bodies from Denmark, the Netherlands, England, and Germany.

Deutsches Archaologisches Institut
The DAI is the premiere archaeological research center in Germany.

Franz Weidenreich [1873-1948]
German anatomist Franz Weidenreich is probably best known for his association with the Peking Man Homo erectus materials excavated from Zhoukoudien in the 1930s.

Gustaf Kossinna [1858-1931]
German archaeologist and ethnohistorian Gustaf Kossinna is widely perceived as being a tool of the megalomaniac Adolf Hitler.

Max Uhle [1856-1944]
German archaeologist and linguist Max Uhle is often said to be the father of Andean archaeology.

Paul Reinecke [1872-1958]
German archaeologist Paul Reinecke is best known for his chronology of the European Late Bronze Age, particularly the transition to Iron Age.

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