German Society for Prehistory and Early History

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The German Society for Prehistory and Early History e. V. (DGUF) with around 700 members is Germany's largest association in the field of prehistory and early history , in which citizens interested in archeology as well as scientists are united , and it is the only nationwide association for prehistory and early history, the accepts personal members.

Name and founding history

The demands for social changes of the 1968 student movement also reached the subject of prehistory and early history. Some students came together in the “Schleswig Circle” to improve communication between the institutes, to strengthen the interdisciplinary cooperation between archeology and the neighboring sciences and thus to bring new impulses into prehistory and early history. The title of the journal published by the Schleswig District was “Information sheets on neighboring sciences in prehistory and early history”, which appeared from 1970 to 1976.

The initial spark for the foundation of the DGUF - German Society for Prehistory and Early History came from outside: At the beginning of 1969, Bolko Freiherr von Richthofen made a nationwide appeal to the universities to re-establish the “ Society for German Prehistory ”, a successor organization to von Gustaf Kossinna founded Mannusgesellschaft , which was significantly involved in the national orientation of German prehistoric research at the time of National Socialism . Startled by this announcement, members of the “Schleswiger Kreis” spontaneously called for a founding meeting. The aim was to occupy the name so that it could no longer be used by third parties. 17 students and younger scientists from the institutes in Cologne, Marburg and Freiburg i. Br. The "German Society for Pre- and Early History e. V. ”and entered on October 27, 1969 in the register of associations at the Bonn District Court . The association, which was then re-founded by Bolko von Richthofen, changed to the name “Society for Pre- and Early History (Bonn)”, the revived Mannus magazine was discontinued in 1994 after 24 issues.

Goals and Activities

The DGUF sees itself as an independent association of prehistory and early historians and as part of civil society. It also represents the interests of archeology vis-à-vis established institutions and politicians, and also participates in the development of regulations and legislative procedures at European level. Open-mindedness towards new developments in archeology, autonomy towards the antiquity associations established at the beginning of the 20th century and a critical approach to the history of its own subject have characterized the DGUF since its foundation in 1969.

The DGUF sees itself as a forum for the exchange of ideas and cooperation in all areas of prehistory and early history, from the protection of cultural landscapes to archaeological and historical issues to specialist political issues. The company sees a further task in bringing archaeological issues out of the technical discussion into the public. So she has z. In the run-up to elections, for example, questions were repeatedly asked of the parties standing for election in " election test stones " [4] in order to make voters' different positions on publicly relevant topics of archeology and monument preservation clear. Most recently, election test stones were developed on the occasion of the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 14, 2017.

Bringing archaeological concerns out of the specialist discussion to the public, clarifying study and professional issues are topics that are primarily dealt with by the DGUF within German archeology. As a further consequence of the endeavor to achieve an interdisciplinary archeology that also has an impact on the specialist public, the DGUF-Zotero working group was active in 2012-14, setting up the publicly accessible literature database "Archeology DGUF" based on the Zotero open software (" crowdsourcing ").

The promotion of young archaeologists is also a concern of the DGUF. It grants students discounts on membership fees as well as reductions or waivers of fees for annual meetings. It publishes handouts for students of archaeological subjects with information on everyday study life and participation in conferences and offers young archaeologists the opportunity to present their theses in the journal Archaeological Information . A member of the scientific advisory board takes care of student matters in particular.

In order to achieve its goals, the DGUF maintains, in addition to case-by-case cooperation with external partners, some permanent, also formally agreed partnerships. It is a member of the umbrella organization " German Association for Archeology (DVA)". In 2018 it agreed on a European level - each based on a "Memorandum of Understanding" - a permanent cooperation with the " European Association of Archaeologists (EAA)" and the international professional association " Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA)".

structure

The board of directors elected every two years represents the company. Diane Scherzler MA currently holds the chair. The board is supported by a scientific advisory board. Working groups can be set up for special tasks and interests; The working group for the protection of cultural property is currently active and advocates better protection of archaeological monuments. He draws attention to the problem of missing certificates of origin for antiquities, participated in the 2015 Cultural Property Protection Act , issues handouts and calls for the appropriate and professional application of the UNESCO cultural property protection convention for Germany as well. In addition, a new professional association working group was established in 2017 to prepare the 2017 annual conference on the topic of establishing a professional association for archaeologists. This has now been dissolved again, as a separate archaeological professional association was founded in Germany as a result of the conference with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists . Instead, the "Archeology Profession" working group was created. B. January to May 2018 led a debate forum on the profession of archeology in terms of content and organization.

Publications

In 1972 the first issue of the company's own journal “ Archäologische Informations ” appeared. A special element of this journal is its openness to interdisciplinary topics and the "forum" in which controversial topics can be dealt with in articles that are discussed with one another. The journal has been published in "Platinum Open Access" since 2013. All of the articles that have appeared since the journal was founded are now also available in digitized form. Since 1987 the DGUF has also published a series of publications, the “ Archäologische reports ”, which are also published in Open Access. In August 2016, the DGUF signed the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge . In 2017, the DGUF launched a new series of monographs entitled " Archaeological Sources ", which is also accessible via Open Access.

The company has had a website since 1997 and has been publishing the monthly DGUF newsletter since March 2012, to which non-members can subscribe free of charge. In addition, the company has been operating accounts on Twitter and Facebook since 2016, which serve the current exchange between the DGUF and interested parties on archaeological topics.

Annual meeting

Since 1970 the DGUF has organized an annual conference, each with a specific topic. The annual conference takes place on the three days after Ascension Day. The last annual meetings took place in Erfurt (2011), Dresden (2012), Erlangen (2013), Berlin (2014), Tübingen (2015), Berlin (2016), Mainz (2017) and Munich (2018). The society celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding at the annual conference from June 20 to 23, 2019 in the Koenig Museum in Bonn . The next annual conference is expected to take place as part of the German Archeology Congress in September 2020 in Kiel.

Prices

The DGUF awards two prizes, namely the German Archeology Prize and the German Study Prize for Archeology . The German Archeology Prize was launched in 1994 and has been awarded since 1999. The award is given to people who have made special contributions to German archeology within the meaning of the DGUF goals or who have committed themselves to greater awareness and anchoring of archeology in the public's awareness. Since the prize can only be awarded from the income from the funding assets, it is awarded at irregular intervals, roughly every three years.

In 2013, the DGUF awarded the German Study Prize for Archeology , established in the previous year, for the first time . This sponsorship award recognizes special scientific achievements or university political commitment by students. Reena was honored Perschke from Berlin for the work " excavations and demolitions to the megaliths of Carnac during the German occupation of Brittany (1940-1944) ". The 2014 award went to Alexander Weide for his work " On the Identification of Domesticated Emmer Wheat, Triticum turgidum subsp. Dicoccum (Poaceae), in the Aceramic Neolithic of the Fertile Crescent ", which provides a more precise description of the domestication of grain in the context of Neolithization becomes possible in the Fertile Crescent . The award was given in 2016 to Rashida Hussein-Oglü for her work " Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Grave Ceramics in Westphalia: Typological Classification and Chronology ". The following year, Johanna Brinkmann from the University of Kiel received the award. She was honored for her master's thesis with the title " Calculation of workload for bronze artifacts - Diachronic comparison of effort and value in Central Europe ". In 2019, Clemens Schmid MA (Univ. Kiel) was awarded the German Study Prize for Archeology for his work " A computer-based cultural evolution model for the dynamic expansion of European-Bronze Age burial customs ", which has already been published on GitHub.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Archeology" election test stones for the state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia on May 14, 2017. Retrieved on December 4, 2016 .
  2. ^ Literature database "Archeology DGUF". Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Information about the MoU at DGUF.de: The European Association of Archaeologists (EAA). Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
  4. ^ Information about the MoU on DGUF.de: The Chartered Institute of Archaeologists (CIfA). Retrieved September 29, 2018 .
  5. ↑ DGUF on the adoption of the Cultural Property Protection Act in June 2016. In: www.dguf.de. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Handouts from the DGUF working group "Protection of Cultural Property". In: www.dguf.de. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .
  7. ^ DGUF working group "Profession Archeology". Accessed March 10, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Archeology Online Editorial Office, DGUF: "A new culture of reading: The 'Archaeological Information' in Open Access". April 4, 2016, accessed December 4, 2016 .
  9. ^ M. Effinger, J. Reinhard & F. Siegmund: "All volumes of" Archäologische Informations "since 1/1972 now available in Open Access". October 21, 2016, accessed April 4, 2019 .
  10. ^ Archaeological Reports. In: www.dguf.de. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Berlin Declaration: Signatories. Max Planck Society, August 1, 2016, accessed December 4, 2016 .
  12. ^ Archaeological sources. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
  13. ↑ Welcome to the German Society for Pre- and Early History e. V.! Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Welcome to the DGUF newsletter. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Past meetings of the DGUF. In: www.dguf.de. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .
  16. ↑ International DGUF Conference 2018: Sharing Heritage - Participation in cultural heritage as a civil and human right , accessed on February 26, 2018.
  17. ↑ Perschke, R. (2014). Excavations and destruction of the Carnac megaliths during the German occupation of Brittany (1940–1944). Archaeological Information 37, 2014, 81-152. doi: 10.11588 / ai.2014.0.18196 .
  18. ^ Laudation: Halle, U. (2014). Laudation for the first award of the German Society for Pre- and Protohistory Study Prize to Reena Perschke. Archaeological Information 37, 2014, 77-80. Open Access: [1] .
  19. ^ Weide, A. (2015). On the Identification of Domesticated Emmer Wheat, Triticum turgidum subsp. dicoccum (Poaceae), in the Aceramic Neolithic of the Fertile Crescent. Archaeological Information 38, 2015, 381-424. Open Access: [2]
  20. ↑ 2016: German Study Prize for Archeology to Rashida Hussein-Oglü. In: www.dguf.de. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .
  21. ↑ 2017: German Study Prize for Archeology to Johanna Brinkmann. Retrieved September 8, 2017 .
  22. ↑ 2019: German Study Prize for Archeology to Clemens Schmid. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  23. ↑ A computer-based cultural evolution model for the spread dynamics of European-Bronze Age burial customs (GitHub, Sept. 2018). Retrieved June 26, 2019 .