Brigitte Haas-Gebhard

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Brigitte Haas-Gebhard (born August 21, 1963 in Schweinfurt ) is a German medieval archaeologist and head of the Middle Ages / Modern Age department at the Munich State Archaeological Collection .

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Haas-Gebhard graduated from high school in Schweinfurt and then studied the subjects Prehistory and Early History , Classical Archeology and Ancient History in Würzburg and Munich . She received her doctorate in 1988 in Würzburg with a thesis on an early medieval burial ground near Dittenheim, district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia .

After brief employment at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg in 1988/1989 , she became head of the Middle Ages / Modern Age department at the State Archaeological Collection in Munich in 1989. She is married to Rupert Gebhard and they have four children together.

Research in the State Archaeological Collection

Haas-Gebhard is dedicated to a number of special projects at the State Archaeological Collection:

  • Grenade project : origin, distribution and processing of grenades in the early Middle Ages. In collaboration with the Technical University of Munich and the Center de recherche et de restauration des musées de France. 1st partial aspect published in Arch. Korr. 4, 2009 (2010),
  • Project Mummies : Scientific possibilities and ethical aspects when dealing with human remains in collections. In cooperation with the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institute for Pathology at the Klinikum Bogenhausen.
  • Women in Arms project : Investigations into gender-specific grave equipment in early medieval Bavaria. In cooperation with the University of Regensburg and the State Anthropological Collection.
  • Project Deformed Skulls : Traces of Female Mobility in the Early Middle Ages. In cooperation with the State Collection for Anthropology and the Historical Museums of the City of Regensburg. Funded u. a. from the Volkswagen Foundation.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigitte Haas-Gebhard, An early medieval burial ground near Dittenheim (D). Europe médiévale Volume 1. Editions Monique Mergoil, Montagnac 1998. 236 pages, 34 illustrations, 117 plates.
  2. ↑ Review of the work , accessed on March 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Projects in the State Archaeological Collection , accessed on March 21, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Haas-Gebhard, Brigitte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haas, Brigitte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medieval archeologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt