Diether Kramer

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Diether Kramer (born January 22, 1942 in Graz ; † September 1, 2016 ) was an Austrian prehistoric and medieval archaeologist.

Life

From 1977, Kramer worked as a research assistant in the Department of Prehistory and Protohistory of the Universalmuseum Joanneum and worked there until 2007. In 1981 he received his doctorate at the University of Salzburg with the dissertation “From the Neolithic to the Roman Empire. Investigations into the oldest settlement history of Styria, with special consideration of the central Styrian hillside settlements ”. From 1998 to 2007 Kramer directed the Unit "Prehistory and Early History Collection" of the Joanneum. From 1988 until his death he was a member of the Historical State Commission for Styria and was a member of its standing committee from 1992 to 2006. From 2001 he was honorary professor for prehistoric archeology and medieval archeology at the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz .

In the course of his archaeological activities, which extended over several decades, he carried out excavations of various prehistoric hilltop settlements in Styria. For example, he carried out emergency excavations on the Kögelberg in 1984 with the archaeologist Gerald Fuchs . The Kögelberg idol was found here. He also carried out the subsequent excavation of the Kröllkogel, one of the princely graves of the necropolis of the Hallstatt- era settlement on the Burgstallkogel near Großklein .

Excavations in the area of ​​the city of Graz, for example in the courtyard of the main building of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, on Grazer Hauptplatz and on Karmeliterplatz , brought to light , among other things, medieval finds and graves of the urnfield culture . This led to a re-examination of the early history of Graz. In cooperation with the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz , he participated in the restoration of the Strettweg cult car .

In the course of his academic career, Kramer published more than 180 publications, including several monographs , and curated numerous exhibitions, such as “The King's Face” with the finds from the Kröllkogel. In addition to his research on prehistory and the early Middle Ages, Kramer was also involved in historical castle research. For example, he was a permanent member of the Comité of Château Gaillard and participated in the commission to determine the destruction of Croatia's cultural heritage in the course of the Yugoslav wars.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Deceased and resigned members of the HLK , website of the Historical State Commission for Styria
  2. ↑ Landesmuseum Joanneum: Annual Reports 1984, New Series 14, Graz 1985, p. 108 (section Reports: Department for Prehistory and Early History and Coin Collection ), PDF on ZOBODAT p. 112.
  3. ↑ G. Fuchs, D. Kramer: The Idol vom Kögelberg - the oldest human representation in Styria. In: Joanneum aktuell 1, 1985, pp. 6-7.
personal data
SURNAME Kramer, Diether
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian prehistoric and medieval archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH September 1, 2016