Karl Kaus

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Karl Kaus (born July 17, 1940 in Villach ; † December 30, 2015 ) was an Austrian prehistorian and was a regional archaeologist with the rank of Upper Government Council of Burgenland .

Life

Karl Kaus studied in Vienna first legal and political sciences . From 1966 to 1974 he studied prehistory with Richard Pittioni , Fritz Felgenhauer , Herbert Mitscha-Märheim , Franz Hančar and Karl Kromer as well as additional archaeological subjects with Anton Betz , Hedwig Kenner , Robert Göbl , Rudolf Noll , Hermann Vetters and minor in folklore with Richard Wolfram , Karoly Gáal and Adalbert Klaar . He received his doctorate with a thesis on the chronology and burial customs of Hallstatt culture in Lower Austria and Northern Burgenland .

He began excavations in Burgenland in 1969 and worked at the Burgenland State Museum in Eisenstadt from 1973 . As a regional archaeologist, he remained connected to Burgenland until his retirement in December 2005.

research

His research focus was on the prehistory of the Pannonian region . He also turned his attention to research relating to the Roman Amber Road , Roman inscriptions, viticulture and, in detail, to the history of research. Pioneering scientific articles on these topics can be found in his 2006 work “Opera selecta, Burgenland. Archeology and Regional Studies ” .

With the teaching assignment for soil conservation, museum studies and exhibition design as a university lecturer at the University of Vienna, between 1978 and 1995 he sensitized prospective prehistorians to national and international monument protection and encouraged a critical examination of the presentation of scientific content for museum visitors. In more than thirty years of archaeological activity, Kaus has led over 600 excavations and finds, published around 330 articles - with the focus on archaeological finds from Burgenland - and was involved in conceptual and leading role in 200 special exhibitions. In addition to his active participation in numerous national and international congresses, he was active in adult education and worked closely with the ORF State Studio Burgenland.

In 2001 he was awarded the Burgenland Culture Prize for Science .

Fonts (selection)

  • At the time of prehistoric and early historical iron smelting plants in Burgenland due to the small finds. Archaeological iron research in Europe. In: Archaeological iron research in Europe. With special consideration of prehistoric and early historical iron extraction and smelting in Burgenland. Symposium Eisenstadt 1975 (= Scientific papers from Burgenland . Issue 59). Burgenland State Museum, Eisenstadt 1977, ISBN 3-85405-051-8 , pp. 5–10, PDF on ZOBODAT
  • To the domain of Hallstatt's “princely seats” on the eastern edge of the Alps. In: Bogusław Gediga, Lech Leciejewicz, Włodzimierz Wojciechowski (Red.): Rola oddziaływań kręgu halsztackiego w rozwoju społeczeństw epoki żelaza w Polsce Zachodniej na tle środkowoeuropejskim. Materiały konferencyjne. Polska Akademia Nauk - Komisja Nauk Humanistycznych - Sekcja Archeologiczna, Wrocław 1980, pp. 139–153.
  • with Erzsébet Jerem and Eszter T. Szönyi: Celts and Romans around the Neusiedlersee. = Kelták és Rómaiak a Fertö tó vidékén. Xántus János Múzeum et al., Győr et al. 1982, (exhibition catalog, joint special exhibition of Győr-Sopron County and the Province of Burgenland: Győr 1981, Eisenstadt 1982).
  • Two Messerschmitt Bf 110 - witnesses of the air war over Burgenland. In: Stefan Karner (Ed.): Das Burgenland in 1945. Contributions to the special provincial exhibition 1985. Office of the Burgenland Provincial Government - Department XII / 2, Eisenstadt 1985, pp. 119–122.
  • Grave mounds of the calendar mountain culture - critical remarks on excavation technology, evaluation of findings and chronology. In: László Török (Ed.): Hallstatt Colloquium. Veszprém 1984 (= Antaeus. Supplement. 3, ISSN  0133-6924 ). Library of the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest 1986, pp. 119–123.
  • Darufalva (Draßburg), Lócsmand (Lutzmannsburg), Pinkaóvár (castle) - Burgenlandi vörös sáncok régészeri vizgálatainak eredményei 1891–1986-ig. In: Soproni szemle. Vol. 41, 1987, ISSN  0133-0748 , pp. 330-339.
  • A 4th century tombstone from Tadten in Burgenland. Mihály Praznovszky (Ed.): 2nd International Colloquium on Problems of Provincial Roman Art. Lectures at the conference in Veszprém, (May 14th - May 18th 1991). Laczkó Dezső Múzeum, Veszprém 1992, ISBN 963-7385-13-4 , pp. 199-204.
  • Burgenland. Archeology and regional studies. Opera selecta - selected writings (= scientific papers from Burgenland. Issue 114). Burgenland State Museum, Eisenstadt 2006, ISBN 3-85405-153-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Parte on Karl Kaus , accessed on January 15, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Kaus, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2015