Egon Gersbach

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Egon Gersbach (born October 26, 1921 in Säckingen ; † January 12, 2020 ) was a German prehistoric archaeologist and long-time excavator of the Heuneburg .

Life

Gersbach came to prehistory and early history through his father, Emil Gersbach , who is active in the field of local prehistory . After his studies and military service, he initially dealt with prehistoric archeology on the Upper Rhine , in particular the bell-cup culture . In 1950 he received his doctorate at the University of Freiburg with a dissertation on the prehistory of the High Rhine (finds and sites in the districts of Säckingen and Waldshut) . Until 1954 Gersbach was an employee of the State Office for Monument Preservation in Freiburg.

In 1952/53 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . From 1954 to 1958 Gersbach was a research assistant at the Prehistory Department of the University of Marburg and from 1958 to 1960 at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn . During this time he excavated in early Roman legionary camps in Neuss (1956) and in the legionary camp in Bonn (1958–1960). Since 1961 he has been a scientific advisor, since 1963 academic senior counselor at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Tübingen and a senior member of the excavation project 'Heuneburg' (overall project leader: Wolfgang Kimmig ), supported by the state of Baden-Württemberg and the DFG , through the Gersbach has become known.

The systematic excavations at the Celtic settlement Heuneburg , one of the oldest known settlements north of the Alps (on the Danube near Herbertingen, Sigmaringen district, Baden-Württemberg), he led from 1963 to 1977, then again during control excavations from 1978 to 1979. After that, too after his retirement, he dealt with the evaluation and publication of the previous results, which he began in 1962 with the “Heuneburg Studies” he published.

The Kartomat developed during his excavations at the Heuneburg , a mechanical (without power supply) field drawing machine based on the principle of a pantograph , contributed significantly to the rationalization of archaeological excavations. It is particularly common in southern German archeology, but is also used in other European countries. In 1997, based on this, ArcTron developed a digital version equipped with a 3D laser. (see Archaeoinformatics )

His textbook publication Excavation Today is a standard work of the techniques used in archaeological practice, which is not only widespread in archeology studies.

Egon Gersbach last lived in Tübingen . He was a member of the German Archaeological Institute .

Fonts

  • Prehistory of the High Rhine. Finds and sites in the districts of Säckingen and Waldshut (= Badische Fund reports. Special issue. 11, ISSN  0522-0025 ). 2 volumes (text and table volume). State Office for Prehistory and Protohistory, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1968–1969, (At the same time: Freiburg (Breisgau), university, dissertation, 1951).
  • The Heuneburg near Hundersingen on the Danube. (Herbertingen community, Sigmaringen district). A glimpse of the long history of an important fortification. Heuneburg Museum Association, Herbertingen-Hundersingen 1982.
  • Excavation methodology and stratigraphy of the Heuneburg (= Heuneburg studies. 6 = Roman-Germanic research. 45). 3 volumes. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-8053-0896-5 .
  • Excavation today. Methods and techniques of field excavation. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1989, ISBN 3-534-08329-6 .
  • Building findings from periods IVc - IVa of the Heuneburg (= Heuneburg studies. 9 = Roman-Germanic research. 53). 2 volumes. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-8053-1678-X .
  • Building findings from periods IIIb - Ia of the Heuneburg (= Heuneburg studies. 10 = Roman-Germanic research. 56). 2 volumes. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-8053-1925-8 .

literature

  • sv Gersbach, Egon. In: Jan Filip (Hrsg.): Encyclopaedic handbook on the prehistory and early history of Europe. Volume 1: A-K. Academia - Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Prague , Prague 1966, p. 400.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schwäbisches Tagblatt. January 15, 2020, accessed January 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gersbach, Egon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Säckingen
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2020