Circle of Friends for Archeology in Lower Saxony
| Circle of Friends for Archeology in Lower Saxony | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Promotion of archeology |
| Chair: | Utz Böhner (1st chairman) Wilfried Haase (2nd chairman) |
| Establishment date: | 1999 |
| Seat : | Scharnhorststrasse 1 30175 Hanover |
| Website: | fan-niedersachsen.de |
The Friends of Archeology in Lower Saxony (F. A. N.) is a registered association for the promotion of archaeological monument preservation in Lower Saxony . This is done in cooperation with the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation , which is also the headquarters of the association.
description
The association was founded in 1999 on the initiative of the prehistorian Wilhelm Gebers . He worked as an archaeologist at the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation in Hanover and was the first chairman of the association until 2016. Since then, the board of directors has included chairman Utz Böhner and other board members. The association currently (2015) has 240 members and is the second largest archaeological association in Lower Saxony after the Lower Saxony State Association for Prehistory .
The Circle of Friends for Archeology in Lower Saxony provides information about the tasks and goals of archaeological monument preservation and helps to shape it. The association is primarily open to interested lay researchers and citizens interested in local history.
The association's activities mainly take place in the following topic-related working groups:
- Luftbild AG
- Römer AG
- Moor AG
- AG Hunting Archeology
- AG Saxony Research
- AG Erdwerke
- AG Natural Sciences
- AG excavations
- Archaeological group Lingen
Other association activities include participation in study days, lectures, museum visits, excursions, field inspections, excavations and cooperation with other archaeological associations. Since 2004, the association has published the annual newsletter "FAN-Post" for members, which reports on the association's archaeological activities. The Circle of Friends for Archeology in Lower Saxony is part of the umbrella organization of the Lower Saxony Archaeological Working Group .
One of the members was the amateur archaeologist Tony Clunn , after whose Roman coin finds in 1987 the first excavations were carried out in the Kalkriese region . The association member and spokesman for Luftbild AG is the honorary aerial photo archaeologist Heinz-Dieter Freese , who discovered the earthworks of Müsleringen and Wellie and contributed to the identification of the Roman marcher from Wilkenburg . In 2015 it was awarded the Silver Hemisphere by the German National Committee for Monument Protection .
From its founding in 1999, the association used a bronze disc brooch as an image in its logo , which was found during excavations in the Rullstorf settlement chamber . The depiction, dated between the 10th and 11th centuries, shows a person wearing a headgear, whose face is surrounded by a circle of pearls. In 2017, the association updated its logo and the visual representation. It now shows the bronze bucket from Sasendorf as a Hemmoorer bucket , which a club member discovered in 2006 and which the club had restored for around 5000 euros. The find comes from a cremation cemetery from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD near Sasendorf and served as a burial urn.
See also
Web links
- Association website
- Club description at archäologieonline.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituaries - Major JAS Tony Clunn MBE - May 10, 1946 - August 3, 2014. In: Circle of Friends for Archeology in Lower Saxony (ed.): FAN-Post 2015, p. 30 (PDF).
- ^ NDR film ( memento from July 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on the aerial archaeological work of the association member Heinz-Dieter Freese (3:52 min.)
- ↑ German Prize for Monument Protection. “Silver hemisphere” to FAN member Heinz-Dieter Freese. ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Circle of Friends for Archeology in Lower Saxony (ed.): FAN-Post 2015, p. 5 (PDF).
- ↑ The FAN logo
