Karabalgasun – Stadt der Nomaden

Die archäologischen Ausgrabungen in der frühuigurischen Hauptstadt 2009–2011

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Archaeological research on settlemets of late nomadic tribes in eastern Central Asia is just at the beginning. Scientific research carried out in the Uygur capital Karabalgasun by the Mongolian-German-Orkhon-Expedition 2009-2011 has offered an excellent contribution to further understanding the process …

Climate and Settlement in Southern Peru

The Northern Río Grande de Nasca Drainage between 1500 BCE and 1532 CE

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The cultures thriving during the course of the millennia on the arid Peruvian South Coast between the valleys of Chincha and Yauca had a crucial impact on the history of the Central Andes in general. Important local cultures such as …

Die „Große Halle“ von Karakorum

Zur archäologischen Untersuchung des ersten buddhistischen Tempels der alten mongolischen Hauptstadt

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Die seit dem Jahr 2000 in der altmongolischen Hauptstadt Karakotum laufenden Ausgrabungen haben das althergebrachte Bild der Stadt und seiner Geschichte grundlegend revidiert. Dabei konzentrierte sich eines der zentralen Forschungsprojekte der Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen des Deutschen Archäologischen Institutes …

Ciudades Mayas del Noreste del Petén, Guatemala

Análisis urbanístico y conservación

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The book consists of three sections of contributions representing novel ideas focusing on the quantity, quality, and actual condition of the monumental built environment of the ancient Maya in the northeast of the department of Petén, Guatemala.
A special catalogue …

Dawn of Japan

Emperor Jimmu with his Gods and Warriors on Third-Century Bronze Mirrors

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In a richly illustrated study, the authors trace Jimmu Tenno, Japan’s legendary first emperor, on bronze mirrors of his own time.The mirrors, while steeped in mythology, tell the emperor’s historic deeds almost exactly as do the eighth-century legends in the …

Iconografía de la Cultura Tolita

Lecturas del discurso ideológico en las representaciones figurativas del Desarrollo Regional

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Unter den vorspanischen Kulturen Ecuadors ist die Kultur von Tolita für ihre detailreich ausgearbeiteten Figuren bekannt, die häufig Mischwesen darstellen. Mittels der Analyse solcher Darstellungen versucht Maria Fernanda Ugalde sich der Vorstellungswelt der Schöpfer jener Kunstwerke zu nähern und vorsichtige …

»Bubalin« und »Bovidien« in Südmarokko

Kontext, Klassifikation und Chronologie der Felsbilder im mittleren Draa-Tal

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This book deals with prehistoric rock art (petroglyphs) from the northern fringe of the Sahara, or more precisely from the area situated between the Western Anti-Atlas, the Jebel Bani and the Wadi Draa. In the main, the historico-cultural analysis of …

Tradition und Wandel

Untersuchungen zu Gräberfeldern in der Westlichen Han-Zeit (206 v. Chr. bis 9 n. Chr.)

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Just before the unification of the Chinese empire by the first emperor Qin Shihuangdi (221 bis 210 BC) China is determined by the antagonism of the two culturally very different states of Qin and Chu. With the erection of the …

In kaiserlichem Auftrag – Die Deutsche Aksum Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann

Band 2: Altertumskundliche Untersuchungen der DAE in Tigray/Äthiopien

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The second part of the series “In kaiserlichem Auftrag” has the subheading “Archeological Studies of the DAE in Tigray / Ethiopia”. In more than 25 articles, authors will discuss “Ethiopia mirrored in historic maps” (F. Haubold) and “Ethiopia 100 years …

In kaiserlichem Auftrag – Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition 1906 unter Enno Littmann

Band 3: Ethnographische, kirchenhistorische und archäologisch-historischeUntersuchungen

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Die Deutsche Aksum-Expedition von 1906 und deren umfangreiche mehrbändige Publikation von 1913 zählen unverändert zu den wichtigsten archäologischen Unternehmungen am Horn von Afrika. Die Reihe Forschungen zur Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts hat jüngst in bislang zwei Bänden …

La Grotte d’Ifri n’Ammar

Tome 2. Le Paléolithique Moyen

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Under a German-Moroccan cooperation, research into the early settlement history of eastern Morocco is taking place. One focus of this project is the archaeological excavations in the Ifri n'Ammar cave. The interaction of different disciplines in the processing of the …

Mongolian-German Karakorum Expedition

Vol. 1: Excavations in the Craftsman Quarter at the Main Road (= Bonn Contributions to Asian Archaeology, Vol. 2)

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Karakorum, the first capital of the Mongol empire, has, since 1998, been explored by archaeologists from the University of Bonn in an interdisciplinary and international cooperation project. This first multi-year study of a newly founded city in the Mongolian steppe …

Coins and Tokens from Ancient Ceylon

Ancient Ruhuna. Sri Lanka-German Archaeological Project in the Southern Province. Vol. 2. Ed. by H.-J. Weisshaar, S. Dissanayake and W. Wijeyapala

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Coins are a principal source to elucidate both the pattern of trade between Sri Lanka and the western world in late antiquity and the island’s monetary and economic history. The study first and foremost critically compiles and annotates the finds …