Gerhard Hiesel

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Gerhard Hiesel (born December 1, 1941 in Vienna ) is an Austrian classical archaeologist .

Life

Gerhard Hiesel is the son of Franz Hiesel . He studied from 1959 to 1966. In 1966 he received his doctorate in Hamburg under Ulf Jantzen with a thesis on Sami stone tools. In 1977 he completed his habilitation at the University of Freiburg with a study on late Helladic house architecture . Until his retirement in 2007 he worked at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Freiburg. His teaching activities also took him to other German and Swiss universities, such as Bern and Basel.

Hiesel worked for many years in the excavations at Tiryns Castle . Later he was involved in the excavation projects of the Freiburg Archaeological Institute under Volker Michael Strocka in Thugga (Dougga) and Nysa am Mäander . His research focus is Aegean archeology .

Hiesel has been married to the Swiss sculptor Bettina Eichin since 1967 .

Publications

  • Sami stone tools , dissertation Hamburg 1967.
  • Peter Gercke, Gerhard Hiesel and others: excavations in the lower town of Tiryns from 1889 to 1929. Kurt Müller on his 90th birthday, February 22, 1970 , German Archaeological Institute, Athens; von Zabern / Eleutheroudakis, Mainz / Athens 1971.
  • Late Helladic house architecture. Studies on the architectural history of mainland Greece in the late Bronze Age , von Zabern, Mainz 1990 ISBN 3-8053-1005-6 .
  • with Martin Flashar (editor): Contours. Vases from the Berlin antique collection in Freiburg , Munich, Biering and Brinkmann 1997, ISBN 3-930609-16-9 .
  • Rainer Albertz , Gerhard Hiesel, Horst Klengel : Early high cultures. Egyptians - Sumerians - Assyrians - Babylonians - Hittites - Minoans - Phoenicians - Persians , Stuttgart, Theiss 2003, ISBN 3806217564 .

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SURNAME Hiesel, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna