Jan Joost Assendorp
Jan Joost Assendorp (born October 8, 1949 in Enschede ) is a Dutch prehistoric archaeologist .
Life
Jan Joost Assendorp grew up in Zierikzee on the island of Schouwen-Duiveland in the Dutch province of Zeeland . In 1968 he passed his Abitur there and then studied history with a minor in prehistory at the University of Leiden . After graduating in 1971, he specialized in cultural prehistoric archeology at the University of Amsterdam and chose history and medieval archeology as minor subjects . In 1976 he obtained his doctoral examination and with it the qualification to teach as a history teacher at grammar schools. From 1976 to 1979 he took over the local management of a research project at the University of Leiden on the history of the Iron Age and Roman provincial settlement in the Meuse river landscape .
In 1980 Jan Joost Assendorp went to Hanover. There , experienced archaeologists were sought at the newly founded Institute for Monument Preservation (IfD), the predecessor of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation (NLD). After a short time in the inventory of monuments, Assendorp came to the IFD's Lüneburg branch. He took over the position of the provisional district archaeologist Wilhelm Gebers , who should concentrate on the major excavations in the Rullstorf settlement chamber . Organizationally, Assendorp was subordinate to the Lüneburg district government from 1996 and, after its dissolution in 2005, again to the NLD.
Jan Joost Assendorp's scientific focus is on settlement research from the Bronze Age , the funnel cup culture and the archeology of burial grounds from the later Roman Empire and the Migration Period . Examples of this are his excavations at Lake Hitzacker , the Neolithic settlement Pennigbüttel and the Saxon burial ground near Immenbeck and a humpback burial ground from the 4th and 5th centuries AD near Oedeme . In the last years of his career, Assendorp devoted himself to medieval archeology through excavations in the Lüne monastery and investigations into the town center in Bardowick .
Since 2001 Assendorp has been teaching at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Hamburg for the practical training of students during excavations. He is a member of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony and served on the main committee for several years. He is also a member of the scientific advisory board of the Sandbostel Camp Foundation and a member of the board of directors of the Hitzacker Archaeological Center . In 2015 Assendorp retired. He was followed by Mario Pahlow as district archaeologist .
Fonts (selection)
- District of Soltau-Fallingbostel in the series of guides to archaeological monuments in Germany , published by Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Rheinisches Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege , 1984
- Did constant dripping undermine the stone? Grave C of the seven stone houses partially collapsed. In: Archeology in Lower Saxony . Vol. 17. Oldenburg 2014, pp. 144–147.
- with Henning Haßmann , Mario Pahlow: The gold treasure of Oedeme, Lüneburg district in: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony , 4/2016, pp. 186–188
literature
- Henning Haßmann: District archaeologist Jan Joost Assendorp: Retirement after 35 intensive years in Reports on the Preservation of Monuments in Lower Saxony , 1/2015
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Current personal details in the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation at the Association of State Archaeologists from March 27, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Assendorp, Jan Joost |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch prehistoric archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Enschede |