Claus Ahrens (archaeologist)
Claus Ahrens (born July 2, 1925 in Bremen - Vegesack ; † November 30, 1998 ) was a German prehistorian .
Ahrens received his doctorate in 1966 at the University of Hamburg with the thesis Prehistory of the Pinneberg district and the island of Helgoland . In the same year he became director of the Helms Museum in Hamburg and remained in the position until his early retirement due to illness in 1986. In 1970 he was one of the founding members of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony . From 1982 to 1988 he was President of the Association of European Open Air Museums (AEOM).
Under his leadership, the Helms-Museum became the central archaeological research center in Hamburg in 1972, in which the collections previously spread over several museums were brought together. With two exhibitions he designed, Saxony and Anglo-Saxons in 1978 and Early High Cultures in Northern Europe in 1981 , he made the museum internationally known. But towards the end of his tenure, he also had to cope with defeats in museum policy, such as the split of the open-air museum on Kiekeberg from the Helms Museum. As a practical archaeologist, he examined, among other things, row cemeteries and Ketzendorf and other places as well as the Hollenstedt Castle .
Publications (selection)
- Prehistory of the district of Pinneberg and the island of Helgoland (= publications of the State Office for Pre- and Early History in Schleswig. The pre- and early-historical monuments and finds in Schleswig-Holstein. 7, ZDB -ID 503391-3 ). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1966 (at the same time: Hamburg, University, dissertation, from February 21, 1966).
- Prehistoric hiking destinations in the Harburg area (= publications by the Hamburg Museum for Archeology and the History of Harburg - Helms Museum. 31). Christians, Hamburg 1976, ISBN 3-7672-0407-X .
- Reconstructed prehistoric times. Archaeological open-air museums in Europe. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1990, ISBN 3-529-01838-4 .
- The early wooden churches of Europe (= writings of the Archaeological State Museum. 7). Theiss, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1397-6 .
literature
- Hans-Joska Pintschovius: List of writings Claus Ahrens. In: Hammaburg. Neue Episode 10, 1993, ISSN 0173-0886 , pp. 333-336.
- Ralf Busch : Claus Ahrens (1925-1998). In: Archäologisches Nachrichtenblatt . 4, 1999, pp. 219-220.
- Sonja Schäfer: Ahrens, Claus . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 7 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-8353-3579-0 , p. 13 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Claus Ahrens in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Hamburger Abendblatt: Professor Claus Ahrens died on December 12, 1998.
- ^ Association of European Open Air Museums ( Memento from July 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ahrens, Claus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prehistorian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen - Vegesack |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1998 |