Markus Reindel

Markus Reindel (* 1960 ) is a German American composer .

Markus Reindel studied ancient American studies, ethnology, geography and Spanish philology in Freiburg, Madrid and Bonn from 1981 to 1987. In 1991 he received his doctorate at the University of Bonn with a dissertation on “Monumental clay architecture on the north coast of Peru”. In 1992/93 he conducted archaeological research on the pre-Hispanic history of settlements on the coast of Ecuador ("Archaeological Project La Cadena - Quevedo"). From 1993 to 1999 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Ancient American Studies at the University of Bonn and undertook research on Mayan culture in northern Yucatán, Mexico ("Archaeological Project Xkipché") and, from 1997, research on geoglyphs and settlement history in southern Peru (Nasca, Palpa , Lucanas). Since 1999 he has been a consultant for America at the Commission for Archeology of Non-European Cultures of the German Archaeological Institute in Bonn.

During his archaeological research in Central and South America he has a. a. occupied with the Nazca Lines in Peru and the Maya settlement of Xkipché in the northern Yucatán in Mexico .

Fonts (selection)

• Monumental clay architecture on the north coast of Peru. Holos, Bonn 1993.
• Xkipché, a Mayan settlement in northern Yucatán, Mexico . In: Contributions to General and Comparative Archeology 17, 1997, pp. 177–250.
• u. a .: New insights into settlements, floor drawings and cult sites in Palpa, southern Peru. In: Annual Report 2000. SLSA, FSLA, SLFA, Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad . Zurich / Vaduz 2001, pp. 81–104 ( digitized version )
• with Günther A. Wagner (Ed.): Natural Science in Archeology, New Technologies for Archeology, Multidisciplinary Investigations in Palpa and Nasca, Peru. Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-642-09954-0
• Final investigations on geoglyphs and settlements in Palpa, southern Peru. Library of the University of Konstanz, Konstanz 2012.
• Altares en el desierto. Library of the University of Konstanz, Konstanz 2012
• Archaeological project "Paracas in Palpa", Peru. Library of the University of Konstanz, Konstanz 2012.
• The work of the archaeological project Nasca-Palpa, Peru, in 2002. Library of the University of Konstanz, Konstanz 2012
• Los geoglifos de Palpa. Library of the University of Konstanz, Konstanz 2012
• with Karsten Lambers: surface / terrain models. In: Guide to the application of information technology in archaeological research. Part II Practical Guide . German Archaeological Institute, Berlin 2009, pp. 14–19 ( digitized version )
• Photogrammetric documentation and archaeological analysis of the pre-Hispanic soil drawings from Palpa, southern Peru. Library of the University of Konstanz, Konstanz 2012
• Article in: Peter Fux (Ed.): Chavín. Peru's mysterious Andean temple. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2012
• Franziska Fecher, Markus Reindel, Peter Fux, Brigitte Gubler, Hubert Mara, Paul Bayer, Mike Lyons: The archaeological ceramic finds from Guadalupe, Honduras: optimizing documentation with a combination of digital and analog techniques , Journal of Global Archeology (JOGA), Bonn , Germany, 1, 2020.

Web links

• Markus Reindel on dainst.org
• Markus Reindel as honorary professor in the Department of Ancient American Studies at the University of Bonn
• Markus Reindel at academia.edu
• Reindel, Dr. Markus on wiki.cibera.de
• The secret of Nasca is revealed in bild-der-wissenschaft.de, edition: 1/2007, p. 56
• Lecture by Dr. Markus Reindel, Commission for Archeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) of the DAI, Bonn: Between the Pacific coast and the high mountains of the Andes: New archaeological discoveries in southern Peru