Jens Lüning

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Jens Lüning (born February 11, 1938 in Dortmund ) is a German prehistoric archaeologist .

Life

From 1958 Lüning studied prehistory and early history, classical archeology and ancient history at the universities of Marburg, Heidelberg, Freiburg and Hamburg and received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1966 on the Michelsberg culture . In 1966 he went as an assistant to the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Cologne. After his habilitation, he became a private lecturer, adjunct professor and professor (C3) and in 1982 switched to the chair for prehistory at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main , which he held until his retirement in 2003.

Lüning specialized in the Neolithic Age , in particular in linear ceramics . He was best known for the excavations on the "Aldenhovener Platte" ( Düren district ) in the Rhenish lignite mining area , which he began in 1968 together with Rudolph Kuper. He turned to the origins of ribbon ceramics with the international project he led “Excavations at the beginning of the Neolithic in Central Europe”, which took place between Hungary and the Rhine in 1979–1985. The corresponding investigations in Schwanfeld (Mainfranken) provided a particularly well-preserved village floor plan with the earliest dates to date; Lüning set up the Schwanfeld Band Ceramics Museum there in 2010 .

In the course of reform efforts in German archeology, he became co-founder in 1969 and, together with Bernhard Hänsel , 2nd chairman of the German Society for Prehistory and , in the same year, together with Walter Meier-Arendt, founder and spokesman of the Neolithic Working Group ". As a further reform project, the journal Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt appeared from 1971 on, and he helped to create it and, again together with W. Meier-Arendt, he was editor for the Neolithic from 1971–2001 . In 1989, together with Bernhard Hänsel, the series "University research on prehistoric archeology" was founded.

Associated with the appointment to Frankfurt was the establishment of the archaeobotany department for the seminar for prehistory in 1983, which was headed by Arie Joop Kalis. The combination of archeology and archaeobotany proved its worth in the acquisition of the Frankfurt DFG Collaborative Research Center 268: “Cultural Development and Linguistic History in the Natural Area of ​​the West African Savannah” (1989–2002), in which Lüning contributed. In the seminar for prehistory and early history, a professorship for African archeology was established (Peter Breunig), which also received its own department for archaeobotany in Africa (Katharina Neumann).

The seminar was therefore well prepared when the four archaeological subjects and the natural science related subjects of the Goethe University won the Graduate College “Archaeological Analysis” at the DFG, which aimed at interdisciplinary cooperation with as many natural science subjects as possible (1997-2006). From 1999 to 2003 Lüning was project manager in the DFG Collaborative Research Center / Research College 435 "Knowledge Culture and Social Change" at Goethe University.

Memberships

  • 1971 Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute
  • 1972–2001 member of the Roman-Germanic Commission of the German Archaeological Institute
  • 1979 Full member of the German Archaeological Institute
  • 1987–2016 member of the scientific advisory board of the Frobenius Institute at the University of Frankfurt / M., From 1997 chairman
  • 1988 member of the scientific society at the University of Frankfurt am Main
  • 1990–1993 chairman of the newly founded commission for archaeological research in Hessen
  • 1990–2014 Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Foundation for the Promotion of Archeology in the Rhenish Lignite District in Cologne
  • 1996–2008 member of the administrative board of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, from 2002 chairman
  • 2005 co-founder of the Bandkeramisches Aktionsmuseum eV association

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • Jens Lüning: The Michelsberg culture. Your finds in time and space. In: Report of the Roman-Germanic Commission. Vol. 48. De Gruyter, Berlin 1967 (1968), pp. 1-350.
  • with Hartwig Zürn: The Schussenried settlement in the “Schlösslesfeld”, marking Ludwigsburg (= research and reports on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg. Vol. 8). Müller & Gräff, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-875-32-0662 .
  • with Ulrich Boelicke , Detlef von Brandt, Petar Stehli, Andreas Zimmermann : The flat ceramic settlement area Langweiler 8, community Aldenhoven, district Düren (= Rhenish excavations. Vol. 28). Habelt, Bonn 1988, ISBN 3-7927-0987-2 .
  • with Petar Stehli (ed.): The band ceramics in the Merzbachtal on the Aldenhovener Platte (= Rhenish excavations. Vol. 36). Habelt, Bonn 1994, ISBN 978-3-7927-1265-8 .
  • as publisher: A settlement site for the oldest band ceramics in Bruchenbrücken, City of Friedberg / Hessen (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 39). Habelt, Bonn 1997, ISBN 3-7749-2735-9 .
  • Stone Age farmers in Germany. Agriculture in the Neolithic . In: University research on prehistoric archeology, Vol. 58. Habelt, Bonn 2000, ISBN 3-7749-2953-X .
  • with Eva Lenneis : The old ceramic settlements of Neckenmarkt and Strögen (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 82). Habelt, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7749-3091-0 .
  • as editor: Die Bandkeramiker. First stone age farmers in Germany. Pictures from an exhibition at the Hessentag in Heppenheim / Bergstrasse in June 2004 . Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2005, ISBN 978-3-89646-070-7 . [4]
  • as publisher: Schwanfeld studies on the oldest ribbon ceramics (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 196). Habelt, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-7749-3683-6 .
  • as publisher: Investigations into the ceramic settlements Bruchenbrücken, City Friedberg (Hessen), and Altdorf-Aich, Ldkr. Landshut (Bavaria) (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 203). Habelt, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-7749-3713-0 .

Festschrift

  • Jörg Eckert, Ursula Eisenhauer, Andreas Zimmermann (eds.): Archaeological Perspectives. Analyzes and interpretations in transition. Festschrift for Jens Lüning for his 65th birthday (International Archeology. Studia Honoraria 20). Leidorf, Rahden / Westphalia 2003, ISBN 3-89646-400-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Here in 1959 joining the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg . Kösener corps lists 1996, 140 , 1561
  2. ↑ Scientific career, main research areas and complete list of literature see: frankfurt.de/46484808/070_Luening  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.uni  
  3. ↑ Funded by the German Research Foundation 1971-1981 - Jens Lüning u. a .: Investigations into the Neolithic settlement on the Aldenhovener Platte XII. In: Bonner Jahrbücher Vol. 182, 1982, ISSN  0067-9976 , pp. 307-324 (final report); Rudolph Kuper, Jens Lüning, Andreas Zimmermann: The DFG project “Settlement Archeology of the Neolithic of the Aldenhovener Platte”. The first long-term research company in the Rhenish lignite district . In: Thomas Otten, Jürgen Kunow, Michael M. Rind, Marcus Trier (Hrsg.): Revolution Neolithic . Archaeological State Exhibition North Rhine-Westphalia Vol. 1 (Writings on the preservation of soil monuments in North Rhine-Westphalia Vol. 11.1). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2015, ISBN 978-3-8062-3173-1 , pp. 305-311.
  4. ↑ The excavation phase 1982-1985 was funded by the DFG.
  5. ^ Jens Lüning: Bandkeramik-Museum Schwanfeld: Stone Age farmers 7,500 years ago in Franconia. Schweinfurt district, Lower Franconia. In: The Archaeological Year in Bavaria 2010 (Stuttgart 2011), pp. 181–183; Jens Lüning (ed.): Schwanfeld studies on the oldest ceramic tape . In: University research on prehistoric archeology, Bd. 196. Bonn, Habelt 2011, ISBN 978-3-7749-3683-6 . https: //www.Bandkeramik-Museum  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Swan field@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bandkeramik-museum  
  6. ↑ Winrich Schwellnus: Comments on the origin and location of the German Society for Prehistory and Early History. In: Archäologische Informations Vol. 13, 1990, pp. 6-9. Online at: [1] ; Jörg Eckert: The German Society for Prehistory and Early History, the Schleswig Circle and the Unkel Circle . In: Archäologische Informations 25, 2002, pp. 15–21. [2] ; Karl Banghard: The DGUF was founded in 1969 as a reaction to the extreme right-wing culture war. In: Archäologische Informations, Early View, published online April 25, 2015. Online at: [3]
  7. ↑ Jens Lüning, Walter Meier-Arendt, preliminary remark . In: Germania Vol. 49, 1971, p. 169.
  8. ↑ O. Van Volxem, Werner Haarnagel , Kurt Böhner : For guidance . In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt Vol. 1, Issue 1, Zabern, Mainz 1971.
  9. ↑ Bernhard Hänsel (Ed.): Preliminary remarks . In: Parerga Praehistorica. Anniversary publication on prehistoric archeology. 15 years of UPA. In: University research on prehistoric archeology, Vol. 100. Habelt, Bonn 2004, ISBN 3-7749-3305-7 , pp. 9-10.
  10. ^ Jens Lüning: Joop (AJ) Kalis, his Cologne years and the first period in Frankfurt . In: A./Stobbe/U. Tegtmeier (Ed.), Branches. An appreciation for Arie J. Kalis and Jutta Meurers-Balke (= Frankfurter Archäologische Schriften . Vol. 18). Habelt, Bonn 2012, ISBN 978-3-7749-3768-0 , pp. 3–6.
  11. ^ Presentation of the history of the seminar by Wolf Kubach
  12. ^ Jens Lüning: Focus on "Neolithic" . In: Jan-Waalke Meyer (Ed.): Between Euphrates and Rhine. Results of the graduate college "Archaeological Analysis" at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main (= Frankfurter Archäologische Schriften. Vol. 7). Reichert, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-89500-669-2 , pp. 11-12.
  13. ↑ Jens Lüning / Tobias Kienlin: Foreword. In: Tobias L. Kienlin (Hrsg.): The things as signs: cultural knowledge and material culture. International symposium at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main 3. – 5. April 2003. In: University research on prehistoric archeology, Vol. 127. Habelt, Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-7749-3317-0 .
  14. ↑ Jens Lüning (ed.): Die Bandkeramiker. First stone age farmers in Germany. Pictures from an exhibition at the Hessentag in Heppenheim / Bergstrasse in June 2004 . Leidorf, Rahden / Westfalen 2005, ISBN 978-3-89646-070-7 , pp. 20-21 Fig. 33.
  15. ↑ Prof. Dr. Jens Lüning was awarded the archeology prize. Landschaftsverband Rheinland, December 3, 2015, accessed on December 3, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lüning, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistoric archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund