Markus Egg (historian)

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Markus Egg (born June 24, 1954 in Schwaz ) is an Austrian prehistorian .

Life

Markus Egg, Erich Egg's son , studied at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Innsbruck , where he received his doctorate in 1977. From 1978 to the end of October 2019 he worked at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz . In 2003 he was appointed director of the prehistory department and manager of the restoration workshops. In 1987 he completed his habilitation at the University of Innsbruck, where he was also awarded the title of associate professor in 1997 . Egg retired on November 1, 2019.

His research focuses on the cultures of the older Iron Age north and south of the Alps and the interaction between these two areas. The question of the genesis of elites in this era is a particular focus. He also works on the prehistory of Tyrol.

Egg was deputy spokesman for the Earth System Science Research Center at the University of Mainz , which was founded in 2008.

Fonts

  • Italian helmets. Studies on the Elder Iron Age helmets of Italy and the Alps (= Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Monographs. 11). 2 volumes. Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 1986, ISBN 3-88467-015-8 .
  • Hallstatt period wagons (= annual gift of the Society of Friends of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. ). Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 1989.
  • with Christopher Pare: The metal ages in Europe and the Middle East. The prehistory department in the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (= catalogs of prehistoric antiquities. 26). Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-88467-035-2 .
  • The Prince's grave from the Hallstatt period at Strettweg near Judenburg in Upper Styria (= Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Monographs. 37). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 1996, ISBN 3-88467-036-0 .
  • with Rolf Dehn and Rüdiger Lehnert: The royal grave of the Hallstatt period in Hill 3 of Kappel am Rhein in Baden (= Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Monographs. 63). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-88467-093-X .
  • with Diether Kramer : Warriors - Celebrations - Sacrifice. The last Prince of Hallstatt von Kleinklein in Styria (= mosaic stones. Research at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. 1). Verlag des Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseums, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-88467-089-1 .
  • with Konrad Spindler : Clothing and equipment for the glacier mummy from the Ötztal Alps (= Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Monographs. 77 = The man in the ice. 6). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 2009, ISBN 978-3-7954-2141-0 .
  • as editor with Diether Kramer: The Hallstatt-era princely tombs of Kleinklein in Styria. The Kröllkogel (= Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Monographs. 110). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-88467-210-5 .
  • as editor with Alessandro Naso and Robert Rollinger : Arms for the gods. Gun consecrations in archeology and history. Files from the international conference at the Institute for Archeology of the Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, 6. – 8. March 2013 (= RGZM-Tagungen. 28). Publisher of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Mainz 2016, ISBN 978-3-88467-263-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RGZM: '' RGZM director Markus Egg is retiring '' , accessed on November 1, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Egg, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH black