Gernot Piccottini
Gernot Piccottini (born March 29, 1941 in Villach , Carinthia ; † March 27, 2018 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee , Carinthia) was an Austrian provincial Roman archaeologist and epigraphist .
Life
After completing his doctorate in 1966, Piccottini was employed as a curator at the State Museum of Carinthia in 1968 . From 1969 to 2001 he led the excavations in the city on the Magdalensberg , and from 1992 to 2001 also in Virunum (Zollfeld). On December 3, 1974, he succeeded Dr. Koschier appointed director of the State Museum of Carinthia. In 1978 he was also appointed professor at the University of Vienna . Since 1996 he was titular associate professor at the University of Graz . On the occasion of his retirement in 2001, the festschrift Carinthia Romana and the Roman World was published (Klagenfurt 2001).
Piccottini was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (1974), a real member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (1991) and a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (1992).
Piccottini died in March 2018, two days before he would turn 77. He was a member of the Academic Landsmannschaft Carinthia zu Vienna and the Arminia student fraternity in Villach.
honors and awards
Piccottini received numerous awards for his archaeological research, which related to Carinthia and especially to the Roman city of Virunum .
- 1972 Theodor Körner Prize
- 1972 Carinthia sponsorship award for science
- 1990 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 2001 Great Golden Decoration of the State of Carinthia
- 2004 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class
- 2007 Georg Graber Medal
Publications (selection)
- The Romans in Carinthia. Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 1989, ISBN 3-85378-333-3 .
- Mithraic temple in Virunum. History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1994, ISBN 3-85454-078-7 (reprint 2001).
- with Harald Straube, Heimo Dolenz : Ferrum Noricum and the city on the Magdalensberg. Springer Verlag, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-211-82789-7 .
- The Roman stone collection of the State Museum for Carinthia. History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1996, ISBN 3-85454-085-X .
- Noric gold for Rome. In: Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 136, 2001, 41–67.
- Contributions to Dehio Carinthia , 2001
- with Hermann Vetters , Heimo Dolenz: Guide through the excavations on the Magdalensberg. Landesmuseum Kärnten, 6th, extended edition, Klagenfurt 2003, ISBN 3-900575-24-X .
literature
- Carinthia Romana and the Roman world. Festschrift for Gernot Piccottini on his 60th birthday. History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 2001, ISBN 3-85454-088-4 .
- Piccottini, Gernot. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar. Bio-bibliographical directory of contemporary German-speaking scientists. Volume 3: M - Sd. 30th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-051766-8 , p. 2786.
- Werner Jobst : Gernot Piccottini. In: Austrian Academy of Sciences. Almanach 2018, Volume 168, Vienna 2019, pp. 388–395.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gernot Piccottini in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Councilor tit. ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Gernot Piccottini. BKG Bestattung Kärnten GmbH, accessed on March 29, 2018 .
- ^ City newspaper Klagenfurt , December 1974, 2nd part.
- ^ Part in "Kleine Zeitung", April 6, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piccottini, Gernot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian provincial Roman archaeologist and epigraphist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Villach |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2018 |
| Place of death | Klagenfurt am Wörthersee |