Jana Esther Fries

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Jana Esther Fries (* 1969 in Gießen ) is a German archaeologist . She belongs to the Association of State Archaeologists .

Jana Esther Fries studied prehistory and early history , classical archeology and education at the universities of Gießen and Kiel . She completed the first section of her studies in 1995 with a master's degree . In 2004 she received her doctorate with a thesis on the “ Hallstatt Period in the Nördlinger Ries ”.

From 1996 to 2006 she was employed by various state monument offices, including in Brandenburg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt , where she led rescue excavations . Since July 1, 2007 she has been head of the archeology department at the Oldenburg base of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation and responsible for the Weser-Ems area . With Fries, a woman moved to a key position in the preservation of monuments for the first time in Lower Saxony . Fries is a lecturer at the University of Oldenburg .

Her research interests lie in the Iron Age , settlement archeology, feminist archeology and gender studies, as well as the external impact of archeology. She has been active in the FemArc network of women working in archeology since it was founded in 1991 and is co-editor of the scientific series Women - Research - Archeology . In the AG gender studies at the German association for archeology frieze is co-spokesperson.

Publications (selection)

  • with Hans-Wilhelm Heine : The "Heidenwall", a castle from the 11th century - a rescue excavation as a contribution to the history of Oldenburg in: Reports on the preservation of monuments in Lower Saxony , 4/2007, pp. 118–124.
  • Castle between river and moor. The "Oldenburger Heidenwall." In: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2008, pp. 56–59.
  • Pits, pits and more pits. The mesolithic site Eversten 3, city of Oldenburg (Oldbg.) In: Die Kunde NF 61, 2010, pp. 21–37.
  • The wrecks in the mudflats - two recent evidence of trade on the North Sea coast of Lower Saxony in: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2011, pp. 71–74.
  • with A. Hummel and G. Stahn: Where are the houses? An Iron Age settlement near Papenburg in: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2012, pp. 118–121.
  • Bronze Age without bronze - investigation of a burial mound with several subsequent burials near Visbek in: Archäologie in Niedersachsen , 2013, pp. 140–142
  • The longest rescue excavation in Oldenburg. 25 years of documentation of the medieval city wall in: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2014, pp. 132–135.
  • Biogas and archeology - land reuse in agriculture in Lower Saxony in: Energiewende und Archäologie , Osnabrück, 2015, pp. 52–61 ( Online , pdf, 9.7 MB)
  • with Utz Böhner and Thomas Terberger : News from the West: Neanderthal finds from the Grafschaft Bentheim in: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2015, pp. 97–99.
  • with Michael Wesemann: Made much out of little: Imperial floor plans near Cloppenburg in: Archäologie in Niedersachsen , 2016, pp. 112–114.
  • About hunters and gatherers and the preservation of monuments. How found images change through volunteer work. in: Archeology in Lower Saxony , 2017, pp. 43–47.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Oldenburg base of the Lower Saxony State Office for Monument Preservation
  2. ↑ There is a lot of work dormant in the earth in NWZ of July 4, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Fries, Jana Esther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH to water