Erhard Cosack

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Erhard Cosack (* 1941 ) is a German archaeologist .

Erhard Cosack studied prehistory and early history at the University of Göttingen , among others with Herbert Jankuhn . In 1972 he received his doctorate as the first doctoral student of Klaus Raddatz in Hanover with a thesis on “The primers of the older Roman Empire in Germania libera”. From 1971 to 1974 Cosack worked in the Saxony Research project of the German Research Foundation with Albert Genrich at the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover .

Cosack's archaeological career began in 1974 as a district archaeologist in the Hanover district . In 1979 he was transferred to the newly established Institute for Monument Preservation at the Lower Saxony State Administration Office in Hanover. In 1989 Erhard Cosack went back to his original office, which had since been renamed the Hanover District Government . After the dissolution of the district governments in Lower Saxony at the end of 2004, he was a member of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation (NLD) from 2005 . In 2006, Cosack retired. The archaeologist Friedrich-Wilhelm Wulf has held his position at the NLD as a district archaeologist for the former Hanover district since 2013 .

In his 34 years of activity as an archaeologist, Erhard Cosack led numerous excavations . Be highlighted investigations of the cemetery cheek Lister field in Hameln , the multi-year excavation of a settlement from the 3rd-5th Century in Bavenstedt and excavations on the Kronsberg in Hanover before the beginning of the Expo 2000 . He reported in numerous publications about his excavations and research, which encompass the entire spectrum of archeology. His main focus was research on Saxony. The crowning glory of his professional career were the excavations of the old Saxon burial ground on the “Heidenkirchhof” in Sarstedt , where richly furnished graves of cavalry warriors with horses from the 8th century were found.

Writings and contributions (selection)

  • A site of the Hamburgium near Uetze, Kr. Burgdorf. In: New excavations and research in Lower Saxony 6, 1970, pp. 1–5.
  • A foundry find from the earlier Roman Empire. In: Die Kunde NF 22, 1971, pp. 125–128.
  • The primers of the earlier Roman Empire in Germania libera. (Denmark, GDR, FRG, Netherlands, CSSR). A technological-archaeological analysis. Volume 1: Crossbow brooches, roller cap brooches, eye brooches (= Göttingen writings on prehistory and early history. 19). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1979, ISBN 3-529-01519-9 (also: Hannover, Technical University, dissertation, 1972).
  • Technological-archaeological investigations on a prehistoric metal find from Liebenau, Kr. Nienburg. In: Die Kunde NF 23 , 1972, pp. 89-93.
  • 24th symposium of the Working Group for Saxony Research in London from 10th to 15th September 1973. In: Die Kunde NF. 24 , 1973, pp. 201-205.
  • A Noric-Pannonian buckle type from the older imperial era from Sottorf, district of Harburg. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 43, 1974, pp. 47–51.
  • Technological investigations on Bohemian eye fibulae. In: Journal for East Research. Countries and Peoples in Eastern Central Europe 24 , 1975, Issue 3, pp. 402–409.
  • Technological investigations on primers from the earlier Roman Empire in Free Germania. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 44 , 1975, pp. 155–176.
  • New findings on the cremations on the cemetery of Liebeneu, Kr. Nienburg (Weser). In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 44 , 1975, pp. 77–198.
  • On the late La Tène sword scabbard from Zemplin, district Trebisov (Slovakia). Symposium. The end of the Latène - civilization and the beginning of Germanic settlement in the central Danube region . Bratislava 1976, pp. 41-46.
  • The warrior grave of Hankenbostel from the older Roman Empire. In: Studies on Saxony Research 1977, pp. 35–47.
  • For archaeological conservation in the Hanover administrative district. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 46, 1977, pp. 427–431.
  • The primers of the older Roman Empire in Germania libera (Denmark, GDR, FRG, Netherlands, CSSR). A technological-archaeological analysis. Part I. Crossbow brooches, roller cap brooches, eye brooches. Neumünster 1979.
  • The Saxon burial ground near Liebenau, Kr. Nienburg (Weser). In: Germanic monuments of the migration period. Series A, Volume 15 1. Mann, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-7861-1297-5 .
  • The implementation of a large stone grave in the municipality of Barnstorf. In: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony, issue 1, 1985, pp. 33–34.
  • The "castle", a rampart near Deblinghausen, Flecken Steyerberg, Ldkr. Nienburg. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 54, 1985, pp. 265–270.
  • A grave field from the Younger Bronze Age and the Older Iron Age at a destroyed Neolithic collective grave in the “Wangelister Feld”, City of Hameln. In: New excavations and research in Lower Saxony 17, 1986, pp. 107–156.
  • New Bronze Age and Iron Age grave fields from the Hanover administrative district (= material booklets on the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. Series A, 26). Hahn, Hannover 1988, ISBN 3-7752-5643-1 .
  • Archaeological monument preservation and the Hanover-Würzburg high-speed rail line. In: Reports on Denkmapflege in Niedersachsen 3/1988, pp. 115–17.
  • A hoard from the late Bronze Age near Bodenwerder, Ldkr. Holzminden. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 62, 1993, pp. 327–328.
  • The "Hünenburg" near Rohdental, Ldkr. Hameln-Pyrmont. In: The customer NF. 1995, pp. 195-199.
  • A discovery in the air - the castle of the noble lords of Diepholz near Lembruch, Ldkr. Diepholz. In: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte 62, 1993, pp. 339–347.
  • A Merovingian model find from a settlement pit near Wetschen, Rheden, Ldkr. Diepholz, in Lower Saxony. In: Studies on Saxony Research 10, 1997, pp. 49–65.
  • A Roman coin treasure from the 2nd century AD from Rinteln, Ldkr. Schaumburg, Lower Saxony. In: Studies on Saxony Research 10, 1997, pp. 67-100.
  • A shipwreck with cargo of sandstone in the Weser near Rohrsen in the Nienburg district. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 67, 1998, pp. 171–178.
  • A medieval coin treasure from the 14th century from the monastery forest near Sorsum, city of Hildesheim. In: The customer NF. Volume 49, 1998, pp. 165-170.
  • A “village” has given way to the Expo. In: The customer NF. Volume 51, 2000, pp. 127-132.
  • Roman rotary mills - an export hit to Germania? In: Archeology in Lower Saxony . Volume 5, 2002, pp. 21-23.
  • Neolithic finds from a rediscovered cave in the Weser Mountains near Paschenburg; Ldkr. Schaumburg. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 75, 2006, pp. 67–94.
  • Traces of an army camp at the gates of Sarstedt, Ldkr. Hildesheim. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 75, 2006, pp. 241-252.
  • The old Saxon "Heidenkirchhof" near Sarstedt, Ldkr. Hildesheim, and the Battle of the Süntel 782 (= studies on Saxony research. 16). Isensee, Oldenburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89995-487-6 .
  • A late imperial pottery kiln with turntable goods from the "Hildesheim region" and on the question of the Roman craftsmen. In: News from Lower Saxony's Prehistory 2007, pp. 59–76.
  • Find horizons from the Latène period on the heights of the "Lower Saxony low mountain range" and their interpretation against the historical background of their time. In: RGZM yearbook. Volume 54, 2007, pp. 297–394.
  • New research on the fortifications of the Latène period in the former administrative district of Hanover (= Göttingen writings on prehistory and early history. 31). Wachholtz, Neumünster 2008, ISBN 978-3-529-01531-1 .
  • The bread offering from the Ipweger Moor - or why the prehistoric wagons didn't burn down. In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 2011.
  • The latène-imperial pyre grave field near Sorsum, city of Hildesheim and on the ethnogenesis of the Cherusci ( series of publications by the State Museum for Nature and Man. 81). Isensee, Oldenburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89995-556-9 .
  • Roman lead in Lower Saxony? In: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2011, pp. 94–97.
  • Were the Teutons armed with wooden swords in the "Varus Battle"? In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 81, 2012, pp. 287–303.
  • A Roman bridle from the Leinekiesen near Brüggen, district of Hildesheim. Its reconstruction and historical assignment. In: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 82, 2013, pp. 93-106.
  • Roman cavalry on a leash. In: Archeology in Germany , 2013.
  • Celtic raids in the low mountain range of Lower Saxony. In: Archeology in Lower Saxony , Volume 17. Oldenburg 2014, pp. 51–55.
  • Rhine-Weser-Germanic funeral pyre graves near Mehle (district of Hildesheim) with a Roman saucepan from the time of occupation and its cultural and historical background. In: Yearbook of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz , 61st year, 2014, pp. 137–178.
  • In the trap - archaeological traces of the battle on the Süntel 782. In: Archeology in Lower Saxony , Volume 18, 2015, pp. 117-120.
  • New traces of Saxon warriors in Barenburg, near Eldagsen, Hanover region, and the battle on the Süntel in 782 AD. In: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte , Volume 87, 2017, pp. 233–246.

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SURNAME Cosack, Erhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1941