Markus Mode

Markus Mode (* 1954 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German archaeologist and Central Asia researcher.

Life

With his diploma thesis at the University of Halle he acquired decorations on ceramics of the prehistoric cultures of the Nile valley. Contours of a grouping of motifs and motif combinations the Dipl. Phil. 1980, with the dissertation investigations into the excavations of the German Orient Society in Tell el-Amarna 1907 and 1911 to 1914 based on the materials in the State Museums in Berlin / GDR the Dr. phil. 1984 and his habilitation in 1991. Since 1983 he has been an assistant at the Institute for Oriental Archeology at the University of Halle, where he has been an associate professor since 1998 .

His research topics are archeology and art of pre-Islamic Central Asia, Soghd art history and archeology of the early Eurasian nomads.

Fonts (selection)

• Sogdia and the rulers of the world. Turks, Sasanids and Chinese in history paintings of the 7th century AD from Old Samarqand (= European university writings. Series 28. Volume 162). Lang, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1993, ISBN 3-631-45919-X (also habilitation thesis, Halle 1991).
• as editor with Walter Beltz : Searching for traces in the archeology of the Middle East (= Hallesche Contributions to Orientwissenschaft. Volume 21). Hall 1996.
• as editor: Between the Nile and the Hindu Kush. Archeology in the Orient (= Hallesche contributions to Orientwissenschaft. Volume 26). Institute for Oriental Studies, Halle 1999.
• as editor: Oriental antiquities. Studies from the Institute for Oriental Archeology and Art (= Hallesche Contributions to Oriental Studies. Volume 37). Martin-Luther-Univ., Halle 2004, OCLC 61254300 .
• as editor with Jürgen Tubach : Arms and armor as indicators of cultural transfer. The steppes and the ancient world from Hellenistic times to the early Middle Ages (= nomads and settled people. Volume 4). Reichert, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-89500-529-0 .

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