Martin Guggisberg

Martin A. Guggisberg (born December 3, 1960 in New Haven , Connecticut , USA) is a Swiss classical archaeologist .

Martin Guggisberg studied 1980-1985 Classical Archeology, Prehistory and Ancient History at the University of Basel . In 1982/83 he went to study at the University of Lyon II . In 1985 he completed his studies with a licentiate , the subject of the thesis was Terracottas from Argos. A complex of finds from the theater . From 1986 to 1987 Guggisberg was a member of the Swiss Institute in Rome , then until 1989 assistant at the Antikenmuseum and Ludwig Collection in Basel . This was followed by post-graduate studies from 1990 to 1992 at the Institute for Classical Studies at University College London with John Nicolas Coldstream . In 1992 he was again assistant for a short time at the Antikenmuseum and Ludwig Collection. He received his doctorate in 1993 in Basel with a thesis on the subject of early Greek animal ceramics. On the development and significance of the animal vessels and the hollow animal figures in the late Bronze and early Iron Ages (approx. 1600 - 700 BC) . From 1994 to 1996 Guggisberg did a research stay at the University of Marburg . In 1997 Guggisberg became senior assistant at the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Bern and remained in this position until 2005, in 1998 he completed his habilitation in Basel with a thesis on The Gold Treasure of Erstfeld. A Celtic cycle of images between Central Europe and the Mediterranean world . Between 2000 and 2003 he was also a member of the Aargau canton archeology department, where he was head of the research project on the Kaiseraugst silver treasure . In 2005 Guggisberg was appointed adjunct professor in Basel, and in Bern he also became senior assistant at the university's antiquities collection. In 2007 he became a full professor in Basel. He has also been editor of the magazine Antike Kunst since 2007 .

Guggisberg's main research interests are the archeology of Greece from the Mycenaean to the Archaic period, the archeology of early elites, the contact between the “classical world” and its northern neighbors, the art of the Celts as well as the Etruscans and late antiquity .

Fonts

• Early Greek animal ceramics. On the development and significance of the animal vessels and the hollow animal figures in the late Bronze and Early Iron Ages (approx. 1600–700 BC) , von Zabern, Mainz 1996 ISBN 3-8053-1906-1
• The gold treasure from Erstfeld. A Celtic cycle of pictures between Central Europe and the Mediterranean world , Swiss Society for Prehistory and Early History, Basel 2000 (Antiqua 32) ISBN 3-908006-24-4
• The late Roman silver treasure from Kaiseraugst - the new finds. Silver in the field of tension between history, politics and society in late antiquity (ed.), Römermuseum Augst, August 2003 (research in Augst, vol. 34) ISBN 3-7151-0034-6
• The hydria from Grächwil. On the function and reception of Mediterranean imports in Central Europe. Files International colloquium on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the hydria of Grächwil , Bernisches Historisches Museum, Bern 2004 (Writings of the Bernisches Historisches Museum, vol. 5) ISBN 3-9521573-7-6
• with Jacques Chamay and Kilian Anheusear: L'aurige et les chasseurs. Chef-d'oeuvre d'orfèvrerie antique , Chaman Edition, Neuchâtel 2007 ISBN 2-9700435-4-8

Web links

• Portrait of Guggisberg on the website of the University of Basel