Olaf Höckmann

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Olaf Höckmann (born July 10, 1935 in Barth ) is a German prehistorian . His main research area is the history of ancient shipping .

Life

Höckmann studied pre- and early history and was in 1962 at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Münster with the dissertation The anthropomorphic figural sculpture of Southeast European Neolithic and Chalcolithic stone for Dr. phil. PhD.

He worked as an employee (most recently senior curator ) at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum Research Institute for Archeology (RGZM) in Mainz . From 1981 to 1982 he played a leading role in the excavation of Roman ships in Mainz , where a late antique river warship ( Navis lusoria ) was preserved, reconstructed and presented to the public for the first time . From then on he turned increasingly to naval archeology and historical shipping with a focus on antiquity and prehistory. Höckmann was also involved in the investigation of the Roman-era ships discovered in 1986 at Oberstimm Fort .

The monograph Antike Seefahrt (1985) was published by CH Beck . He has written articles in anthologies such as forays through the early high cultures (1994), Nuremberg sheets on archeology (2001/02) and studies on Lower Italian vase painting (2002). He is also the author of articles in archaeological journals such as Studia Troica , Mainzer Archäologische Zeitschrift , Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt and International Journal of Nautical Archeology , but also in the Cologne Yearbook and in articles on Rhine studies . He was also a member of the editorial team of Skyllis - Journal of Underwater Archeology .

Höckmann gave lectures at international conferences, universities and museums.

He is a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI). A gift from Höckmann is now in the Prehistory and Early History library within the Leipzig University Library .

He is married to the classical archaeologist Ursula Höckmann .

Fonts (selection)

  • with Nada Miletić: Medieval tombs from Bosnia (= Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Exhibition catalogs . 2, ZDB -ID 2220571-8 ). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (commissioned by Habelt), Mainz a. a. 1967.
  • The human-shaped figural sculpture of the Southeast European Neolithic and Stone Copper Age (= Münster contributions to research on prehistory. 3/4, ZDB -ID 503455-3 ) 2 parts, Lax, Hildesheim 1968.
  • with Ernst Sprockhoff : The cast bronze basins of the younger Nordic Bronze Age (= Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Catalogs of prehistoric antiquities. 19, ISSN  0076-275X ). Publishing house of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (commissioned by Habelt), Mainz et al. 1979.
  • Ancient seafaring (= Beck's archaeological library . ). Beck, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-406-30463-X .

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Florian Himmler, Heinrich Konen, Josef Löffl: Exploratio Danubiae. A reconstructed late antique river warship in the footsteps of Emperor Julian Apostatas (= region in transition , volume 1). Frank & Timme, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86596-227-0 , p. 31.
  2. ↑ Annette Bruhns : Peoples and empires of the early days. Citizens at the helm . In: Spiegel Special , 2/2008, April 29, 2008. Herbert Mackert: Experimental Archeology: Students carve out an antique warship . Spiegel Online , February 8, 2004. Joachim Latacz , Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier : Who is keeping whom here? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 13, 2004.
  3. ↑ Heiko Steuer , Ulrich Zimmermann (ed.): Forays through the early high cultures. A historical reading book (= Beck'sche Reihe , 1046). 2nd edition, Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-41985-2 , p. 400 (see list of authors).
  4. ↑ Hans Schönberger , Heinz-Jürgen Köhler, Olaf Höckmann: The eastern defense of the Oberstimm fort and ships of Mediterranean design on its western side, Manching municipality, Pfaffenhofen ad Ilm district, Upper Bavaria . In: The archaeological year in Bavaria 1987 (1988), ISBN 3-8062-05620 , pp. 106-108.
  5. ↑ Lectures in the Prehistory Seminar. University of Marburg, June 7, 2014; ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: lectures. ) Landesmuseum Mainz, accessed on June 7, 2014; Program of the Underwater Archeology Conference 2012. ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) German Society for the Promotion of Underwater Archeology; Retrieved June 7, 2014.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.landesmuseum-mainz.de
  6. ^ Membership of Olaf Höckmann ( memento from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) at the German Archaeological Institute.
  7. ^ Library of Classical Archeology and Prehistory and Early History ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Leipzig University Library; Retrieved June 7, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Höckmann, Olaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Barth