Michael Müller-Wille

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Michael Müller-Wille (2003)

Michael Müller-Wille (born March 1, 1938 in Münster ; † November 12, 2019 in Kiel ) was a German prehistorian with a special focus on recent prehistory and early historical archeology .

Life and academic career

The son of the geographer Wilhelm Müller-Wille attended the Paulinum grammar school in Münster. After graduating from high school, from 1958 he studied prehistory , classical archeology and geography at the Westphalian Wilhelms University , the University of Uppsala (prehistory of Scandinavia and Quaternary geology ) and the University of Montpellier . In 1964 he was at Kurt Tackenberg in Munster with the theme "Iron Age corridors in the North Sea continental areas" to Dr. phil. PhD .

After a year as a research assistant at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn , he went to the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in 1965 . There he completed his habilitation in 1970 on the subject of boat graves. With Hayo Vierck and others he published the results of the excavations in Haithabu . In 1976 he became professor for prehistoric and early historical archeology at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz . In 1981 he returned to Kiel as professor for prehistoric and protohistoric archeology. From 1986 to 1987 he was dean of the philosophy faculty there. From 1989 to 1991 he was rector of the University of Kiel.

In 2003 Michael Müller-Wille retired .

Memberships

Advisory Boards

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • Iron Age corridors in the mainland North Sea regions , geographer. Komm., Münster 1965 (Regional maps and booklets of the Geographical Commission for Westphalia. Series Siedlung und Landschaft in Westfalen, Volume 5).
  • Medieval castle mounds ('Motten') in the northern Rhineland , Böhlau, Cologne 1966 (Bonn yearbooks of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Bonn and the Rheinisches Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege in the Rhineland Regional Association and the Association of Friends of Antiquity in the Rhineland. Supplements, Volume 16)
  • Burial in the boat. Studies on a Northern European grave custom , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1970 (Offa, Volume 25/26).
  • The Viking Age burial ground of Thumby-Bienebek (Kr.Rendsburg-Eckernförde) , two volumes, Wachholtz, Neumünster 1976/1987 (studies from the Schleswig-Holstein State Museum for Prehistory and Early History in Schleswig, the State Office for Prehistory and Early History in Schleswig- Holstein in Schleswig and the Institute for Prehistory and Early History at the University of Kiel; NF 36 and 62), ISBN 3-529-01162-2 .
  • Death and burial in medieval Europe , Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1994 (Scripta minora / Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund, year 1992/93, volume 3), ISBN 91-22-01575-2 .
  • Between Starigard / Oldenburg and Novgorod. Contributions to the archeology of West and East Slavic areas in the early Middle Ages , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2011 (Studies on the history of settlements and archeology of the Baltic Sea areas, Volume 10), ISBN 978-3-529-01399-7 .

As editor / co-author:

  • Landscape development and settlement history in the catchment area of ​​the Norderhever (North Friesland) , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1988 (Studies on the coastal archeology of Schleswig-Holstein. Series C, Norderhever Project, Volume 1), ISBN 3-529-01166-5 .
  • Starigard, Oldenburg. A Slavic seat of rulers in the early Middle Ages in Ostholstein , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1991, ISBN 3-529-01839-2 .
  • On the trail of the past. Archaeological settlement research in Schleswig-Holstein , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1992, ISBN 3-529-01843-0 .
  • Selected Problems of European Landings in the Early and High Middle Ages. Basic methodological discussion in the border area between archeology and history , Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1993/1994 (lectures and research, volumes 41/1 and 41/2), ISBN 3-7995-6641-4 .
  • Slavs and Germans in the southern Baltic region from the 11th to the 16th centuries. Archaeological, historical and linguistic examples from Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg and Pomerania , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1995 (Landesforschung, Volume 2), ISBN 3-529-06452-1 .
  • Rome and Byzantium in the north. Mission and change of faith in the Baltic Sea region during the 8th - 14th century , Steiner, Stuttgart 1997/1998 (Treatises of the humanities and social sciences class / Academy of Sciences and Literature, 1997, volumes 3.1 and 3.2), ISBN 3-515-07124-5 and ISBN 3-515-07498-8 .
  • Novgorod. The medieval center and its surrounding area in northern Russia , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2001 (Studies on the history of settlements and archeology of the Baltic Sea regions, Volume 1), ISBN 978-3-529-01390-4 .
  • Animals, people, gods. Viking-age artistic styles and their modern reception , Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001 (publication by the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences, Volume 90), ISBN 3-525-86309-8 .
  • Haithabu and the early urban development in Northern Europe , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2002 (Writings of the Archaeological State Museum, Volume 8), ISBN 3-529-01812-0 .
  • Between animal and cross. Investigations into the Viking Age ornamentation in the Baltic Sea region , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2004 (studies on the history of settlements and archeology of the Baltic Sea regions, volume 4), ISBN 978-3-529-01393-5 .

literature

  • Anke Wesse (Hrsg.): Studies on the archeology of the Baltic Sea area. From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages; Festschrift for Michael Müller-Wille , Wachholtz, Neumünster 1998, ISBN 3-529-01850-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice , Kieler Nachrichten of November 16, 2019.
  2. ↑ Dissertation: Iron Age corridors in the mainland North Sea areas . GoogleBooks
  3. ^ Habilitation thesis: Burial in the boat. Studies on a Northern European burial custom . GoogleBooks
  4. ↑ member entry by Michael Müller-Wille at the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz , accessed on 27.10.17
  5. ↑ Alexander von Humboldt Polish Honorary Research Scholarship Laureates. Accessed November 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Müller-Wille, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistoric and early historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Muenster
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2019
Place of death Kiel