Michaela Konrad (archaeologist)

Michaela Konrad (born November 8, 1962 in Heidenheim an der Brenz ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist .

From 1982 to 1989 studied Konrad Provincial Roman Archeology, Prehistory and Early History and Ancient History at the Universities of Munich and Freiburg , reaching in 1989 the academic degree of Master of Arts . During this time, from 1986 to 1987, she was busy processing the finds from the large Roman burial ground in Bregenz at the Vorarlberg State Museum . This inspired Konrad to do her later dissertation. In 1991 she received her doctorate under Günter Ulbert at the University of Munich and subsequently received a research grant from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) between 1992 and 1995 , which took her to its station in Damascus . As part of a project to explore the Limes between the Euphrates and Palmyra , she led multi-year excavations at selected sites such as the Sura legionary camp . Between March 1, 1996 and the end of 2007 Konrad was employed as a research assistant at the Commission for the Comparative Archeology of Roman Alpine and Danube Countries of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich. At the end of 2002 , she completed her habilitation at the University of Freiburg and received the license to teach the subject of Provincial Roman Archeology. In 2007 Konrad received an unscheduled professorship for Roman Provincial Archeology in Freiburg and in 2008 she became Professor for Archeology of the Roman Provinces at the Institute for Archeology, Monuments and Art History at the University of Bamberg .

Since 2011 she has been a full member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and also a member of its central management. Konrad is a member of the advisory board of the Journal for Orient Archeology published by the DAI .

Her main areas of work are the Roman provinces of the Orient, ancient cultural transfer, the sepulchral system, and the history of settlements in ancient times and the early Middle Ages. Their excavations on the Limes in Syria ( Limes Arabicus ) brought many new insights into the chronology and architectural history of selected military buildings. The published excavation documentation became an important document after the constant threat of destruction of many sites by robbery graves.

Fonts (selection)

The Roman burial ground of Bregenz Brigantium I. The body graves of the 3rd to 5th centuries. (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 51), CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-406-38034-1 (dissertation).
The late Roman Limes in Syria. Archaeological investigations at the border forts of Sura, Tetrapyrgium, Cholle and in Resafa. (= Resafa 5), Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2600-9 (habilitation thesis).
The excavations under the Niedermünster in Regensburg II. Buildings and finds from the Roman period. Evaluation. (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 57), CH Beck, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-406-10757-3 .
with Arno Rettner, Eleonore Wintergerst: The excavations under the Niedermünster in Regensburg I. Excavation history and findings. (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 56), CH Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-10760-3 .
Emesa between clientele and province. Identity and identity change of a local princely dynasty in the mirror of the archaeological sources (= Orient-Archäologie. Volume 34). Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2014, ISBN 978-3-89646-664-8 .

literature

Furrier German scholar calendar 2009 , Volume 2: H-L . KG Saur, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23629-7 , p. 2163.

Web links

Page at the University of Bamberg , with curriculum vitae and list of publications

Remarks

^ Michaela Konrad: The Roman burial ground of Bregenz-Brigantium I. The body graves of the 3rd to 5th century. (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 51), CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-406-38034-1 , p. 13.
↑ Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 1996, p. 163.
↑ Guntram Koch: Book review on The late Roman Limes in Syria. Archaeological investigations at the border forts of Sura, Tetrapyrgium, Cholle and in Resafa. In: The World of the Orient. Scientific contributions to the knowledge of the Orient. 33, 2003. pp. 272-273; here: p. 273.

personal data
SURNAME	Konrad, Michaela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German provincial Roman archaeologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	November 8, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heidenheim an der Brenz

[1] Michaela Konrad: The Roman burial ground of Bregenz-Brigantium I. The body graves of the 3rd to 5th century. (= Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 51), CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-406-38034-1 , p. 13.

[2] Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences 1996, p. 163.

[Orient_2003_273-3] Guntram Koch: Book review on The late Roman Limes in Syria. Archaeological investigations at the border forts of Sura, Tetrapyrgium, Cholle and in Resafa. In: The World of the Orient. Scientific contributions to the knowledge of the Orient. 33, 2003. pp. 272-273; here: p. 273.