Klaus Grote

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Klaus Grote (born September 12, 1947 ) is a German prehistorian . Until the end of October 2012, Grote was head of archaeological monument preservation for the Göttingen district .

Life

Grote studied prehistory and early history at the University of Göttingen . He wrote his master's thesis in 1975 on the South Lower Saxon Bergland Mesolithic .

From 1977 to 1979 he worked at the Institute for Monument Preservation (Archeology) in Hanover. From 1979 he was head of archaeological monument preservation for the district of Göttingen.

In 1994 Grote wrote his dissertation at the University of Hamburg on the prehistoric settlement under the abrises in the red sandstone area near Göttingen . As part of the research project preceding the dissertation, he examined, among other things, Abri IX on Bettenröder Berg. Other topics he dealt with include Mesolithic and Stone Age sites ( copper ax from Reiffenhausen ), desert areas ( Vriemeensen ), castles ( Lippoldsburg ), as well as churches ( St. Laurentius church ruins ) and monasteries ( Reinhausen monastery ).

In 1997 Grote received the “Dr. Helmut and Hannelore Greve Foundation for Science and Culture ”. From 1998 onwards, Grote succeeded in finding evidence of the Hedemünden Roman camp , which is considered the most northerly known Roman military camp in Germany to date , and finally in 2007 of the associated Kring outpost .

Writings and works

  • with Heinz-Dieter Freese : The rock protection roofs (Abris) in the mountainous region of southern Lower Saxony - your archaeological finds and findings. In: News from Lower Saxony's prehistory. 51, ISSN  1437-2177 , 1982, pp. 17-70.
  • with Sven Schütte : City and District of Göttingen (= guide to archaeological monuments in Germany. 17). Theiss, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0544-2 .
  • Rock roofs (abrises) settled in prehistoric times. In: Klaus Grote: 10 years Kreisarchäologie Göttingen (= publications of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseums. 55, ZDB -ID 1198674-8 ). Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum, Braunschweig 1989, pp. 8–11.
  • The red sandstone demolition in the mountainous region of southern Lower Saxony. In: The customer . NF 39, 1988, pp. 1-43.
  • The abrises in the southern Leinebergland near Göttingen. Archaeological findings on life under rock protection roofs in prehistoric times (= publications of the prehistoric collections of the State Museum in Hanover. 43). 3 parts. Isensee, Oldenburg 1994, ISBN 3-89442-172-X (also: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 1994).
  • New aspects of castles of the early Middle Ages in southern Lower Saxony. In: Southern Lower Saxony. 3, 1995, ISSN  0931-1769 , pp. 73-79.
  • About life under rock protection roofs. Hunters and gatherers in southern Lower Saxony at the end of the last ice age. In: EisZeit. The great adventure of mastering nature. Thorbeckeu. a., Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-7995-3663-9 , pp. 223-239, (book accompanying the special exhibition of the same name).
  • Base of the Roman expansion policy. The Roman camp near Hedemünden on the Werra. A preliminary report. In: Göttinger Jahrbuch. 52, 2004, ISSN  0072-4882 , pp. 5-12.
  • Romans on the Werra. The military camp near Hedemünden in southern Lower Saxony. In: Archeology in Lower Saxony . 8, 2005, pp. 113-117.
  • Hedemünden Roman camp. 2000 years ago: Romans on the Werra. An outstanding archaeological cultural monument and its finds (= Sydekum writings on the history of the city of Münden. 34). Local history and history association Sydekum, Hann. Münden 2005, ISBN 3-925451-35-8 (book accompanying the special exhibition of the same name).
  • The Roman camp in the Werra valley near Hedemünden (district of Göttingen). A newly discovered base of the Augustan occupation advances in Germania on the right bank of the Rhine. In: Germania . Vol. 84, half-vol. 1, 2006, pp. 27-59.
  • Hedemünden Roman camp. The Augustan base, its outdoor facilities, its finds and findings (= publications of the archaeological collections of the Landesmuseum Hannover. 53). Sandstein Kommunikation, Dresden 2012, ISBN 978-3-9549800-3-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Grote, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1947