László Kocsis (archaeologist)

László Kocsis (born December 2, 1949 in Kráľovský Chlmec (Hungarian: Királyhelmec), Czechoslovakia ) is a Hungarian provincial Roman archaeologist .

Life

In 1969, Kocsis attended the Hungarian trade school in Košice . Between 1973 and 1978 he studied Provincial Roman Archeology as well as Prehistory and Protohistory at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest . In 1979 he completed his studies with a master's thesis on Roman weapons and equipment (helmets and masked helmets) in Pannonia. From 1978 to 1989 he worked as an archaeologist at the Budapest History Museum . With another thesis on the Roman military equipment in Pannonia, in particular the shields and helmets that he presented at the Eötvös Loránd University, he received his doctorate in 1994 and moved to the Hungarian National Museum in 1989 . To this day he is employed there as an archaeologist and curator of the archaeological collection. In the past he has also given seminars at Eötvös Loránd University and Gothenburg University on ancient weapons and excavation techniques. He has also directed various provincial Roman exhibitions in Hungary, Germany and Italy.

Excavations

• 1978–1989: Excavations in Budapest on Floriansplatz for the legion camp and its camp village.
• 1995–2003: excavations at Campona Castle , Budapest- Nagytétény .
• 2006–2007: excavations in Tiszagyenda in the Sarmatians and the Gepids . Investigation of an Arpad period settlement with a burial ground.

Fonts (selection)

• For the periodization of the house of the Tribunus Laticlavius ​​in the legionary camp of Aquincum . In: Hermann Vetters, Manfred Kandler (ed.): Files of the 14th International Limes Congress 1986 in Carnuntum. (=  The Roman Limes in Austria - special volume 2, (1989)) Vienna 1990, pp. 709–714.
• Inscriptions from the Mithras sanctuary of the house of the Tribunus Laticlavius ​​in the legionary camp of Aquincum from the 2nd – 3rd centuries. Century . In: Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 41 (1989), pp. 81-92.
• A newly found Roman helmet from the legionary camp of Aquincum . In: Files from the 13th International Limes Congress, Aalen 1983 . Stuttgart 1986, pp. 350-354.
• The Legion camp of Aquincum . In: Files from the 13th International Limes Congress, Aalen 1983 . Stuttgart 1986, pp. 398-403.
• A “városi” régészet Zonen Óbudán (Problems of the “urban” archeology in Óbuda) . In: Budapest Régiségei 25 (1984), pp. 503-506.
• I.sz-i sisak az aquincumi legióstáborból (a bronze helmet from the 1st century from the legionary camp at Aquincum) . In: Budapest Régiségei 25 (1984) pp. 227-246.

literature

• Hermann Péter (Ed.): MTI ki kicsoda 2009 . Magyar Távirati Iroda, Budapest 2008, ISBN 978-963-17-8728-3 , p. 593.

Web links

• László Kocsis in the Who's Who of Hungarian Archeology at http://kikicsoda.regeszet.org.hu/ (in Hungarian)