Klaus Raddatz (prehistoric)

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Klaus Ernst Hellmut Raddatz (born November 19, 1914 in Konitz in West Prussia ; † December 24, 2002 ) was a German prehistoric scientist . He is considered the "discoverer" of the band ceramics in the Uckermark , where he grew up.

Career

Klaus Raddatz spent his youth in Prenzlau in the Uckermark, since his birthplace Konitz was ceded to Poland in 1920 according to the provisions of the Versailles Treaty establishing the Polish Corridor . He attended high school in Prenzlau and Pasewalk . As a schoolboy he was interested in prehistoric monuments and finds in his new home and was acquainted with Joachim Otto von der Hagen (1860–1942), the curator of the Uckermärkisches Museum at the time . Raddatz published his first find reports at the age of 19. He trained as a technical draftsman and after his military service (1936–1938) began studying prehistory in Kiel. At the beginning of the Second World War , he broke off his studies because he was called up for military service. In the post-war period he was a dock worker in Bremen and later continued his studies in Kiel . He took part in excavations on Sylt and in Haithabu . In 1955 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the " Thorsberger Moorfund ". He then worked at the German Archaeological Institute in Madrid and at the Archaeological Institute Schloss Gottorf . In 1967, he was for a work on Spanish silver finds habilitation and accepted a position at the University of Hannover , where he held the function of a professor and Scientific Council.

In 1974 Klaus Raddatz received the chair for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Göttingen and headed the seminar for Prehistory and Protohistory there until his retirement . In 1970 he was a founding member of the Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony .

In his scientific work, Klaus Raddatz dealt with topics from the Roman Empire in Central, Northern and Eastern Europe as well as the prehistory and early history of Italy and the Iberian Peninsula . He remained scientifically active until his death in 2002.

Writings and contributions (selection)

  • The warrior grave of Beja, southern Portugal. Yearbook RGZM 6, 1959, pp. 142–150. ( Online )
  • On the late antique warrior graves of Tañine in: Madrider Mitteilungen 4, 1963, p. 133ff
  • Grave finds from the Roman Empire and the Migration Period from Kirchweyhe and Osterholz, County Hoya. Hildesheim 1976. Issue 10 in the series of material booklets on the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony
  • Magnificent axes - evidence of the Mongol invasion of Central Europe in: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 32, 2002, pp. 295-310

In: Communications from the Uckermark Museum and History Association in Prenzlau

  • On the band ceramic settlement of the Prenzlau district in: Vol. 9 (Issue 1), Prenzlau 1935, pp. 3-32.
  • On the older history of prehistory and early history research in the Uckermark in: Vol. 1, pp. 7–38.
  • Real and forged: On a remarkable collection of prehistoric and early historical finds from the Uckermark in: Vol. 1, pp. 39–44.

In: New excavations and research in Lower Saxony

  • On the settlement of the Leineaue near Göttingen in prehistoric times and early history , 1970
  • Traces of old iron smelting in the Wietzeaue near Isernhagen, Burgdorf district , 1972
  • Problems of an archaeological survey of the land in the Lower Saxony low mountain range , 1972
  • Finds from the younger pre-Roman Iron Age from Steinbühl near Nörten-Hardenberg, Northeim district , 1981
  • Archaeological observations in Gnezdovo near Smolensk , 1991
  • The Dowesee near Braunschweig, a sacrificial place of the early migration period in Lower Saxony , 1999
  • Notes on the Madeburg near Reckershausen, Kr.Göttingen , 1991
  • Observations at archaeological surface sites and finds in the Göttingen area , 2002

In: Göttinger Jahrbuch

  • The ceramics of the Iron Age settlement in Rosdorf , 1963
  • A ceramic house plan from Rosdorf, Kr.Göttingen , 1964
  • To the Rode desert near Geismar, Kr.Göttingen , 1964
  • Paleolithic sites in the garden valley near Benniehausen, Göttingen district , 1966
  • Smaller prehistoric and early historical finds from the Göttingen area , 1967
  • For the alleged fortification on the Steinberg near Seeburg, Duderstadt district , 1968
  • A Upper Paleolithic find from Hevensen, Kr.Northeim , 1970
  • Mesolithic sites in Solling , 1970
  • The early Neolithic settlement near Volkerode, Göttingen district , 1979

literature

  • Matthias D. Schön: Prof. Dr. Klaus Raddatz. November 19, 1914- December 24, 2002. in: News from Lower Saxony's Urgeschichte 72, 2003, pp. 201–202.
  • Horst Gerken (ed.): "Catalogus Professorum 1831-2006", commemorative publication for the 175th anniversary of the University of Hanover, Volume 2, 2006

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prenzlauer Stadtlexikon and history in data , ed. Uckermärkischer Geschichtsverein zu Prenzlau eV , 2005, Prenzlau
personal data
SURNAME Raddatz, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raddatz, Klaus Ernst Hellmut (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Konitz , West Prussia
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 2002