Helmut Roth (prehistoric)
Helmut Roth (born July 14, 1941 in Berlin , † September 22, 2003 in Bonn ) was a German prehistoric scientist .
After finishing school, Helmut Roth studied prehistory, classical archeology and geology at the University of Würzburg . In 1969 he completed his studies with a doctorate on the ornamentation of the Lombards in Italy . This was followed by university assistantships at the University of Göttingen and the University of Würzburg. In 1966 he became a member of the Göttingen Wingolf in Göttingen . In 1975 he received his habilitation with his thesis on archaeological evidence of early Christianity among the Alemanni and took up a professorship at the University of Marburg . From 1992 he was Professor of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archeology at the University of Bonn and was Dean of the Philosophical Faculty from 1996 to 2000. Roth was a full member of the German Archaeological Institute as well as numerous other scientific institutions in Germany and abroad.
His central research areas included the archeology and art history of the early Middle Ages , the history of the migration period as well as social, economic and commercial history. His last projects included excavations by the University of Bonn in Mongolia , Nepal and Sri Lanka as well as the evaluation of the early medieval grave field of Weingarten .
Publications (selection)
- The ornamentation of the Lombards in Italy . Bonn 1973.
- with Herbert Jankuhn / H. Nehlsen (eds.): On the grave crime in prehistoric and early historical times (= treatises of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Phil.-Hist. Kl., 3rd episode, no. 113). Göttingen 1978.
- Art of the Migration Period (= Propylaea Art History, Supplement 4). Frankfurt / Main 1979.
- with Egon Wamers (ed.): Hessen in the early Middle Ages. Archeology and art . Sigmaringen 1984.
- Arts and Crafts in the Early Middle Ages . Stuttgart 1986.
- (Ed.): On the problem of the interpretation of early medieval image content. Files l. Boarding school Colloquium Marburg ad Lahn, February 15-19, 1983 (= publications of the Prehistory Seminar of the Philipps University Marburg a. D. Lahn, special volume 4). Sigmaringen 1986.
- with Claudia Theune : The early medieval burial ground near Weingarten (Kr. Ravensburg). Catalog of the tomb inventories . Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3806211752 .
- with M. Domroes (Ed.): Sri Lanka: Past and Present. Archeology, Geography, Economics. Selected Papers on German Research. Weikersheim 1998.
- with Hans-Joachim Weißhaar, W. Wijeyapala (Ed.): Ancient Ruhuna. Sri Lanka-German Archaeological Project in the Southern Province. Mainz 2001.
Web links
- Obituary of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- List of publications of the University of Bonn ( Memento from June 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Literature by and about Helmut Roth in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members of the Göttingen Wingolf . Year 2007, p. 47.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roth, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prehistorian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 2003 |
| Place of death | Bonn |