Peter Schauer

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Peter Schauer (born October 28, 1943 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German archaeologist for prehistory and early history .

Life

From 1964-1969, Peter Schauer studied Prehistory and Early History, Provincial Roman Archeology and Ancient History at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . There he was awarded a doctorate in 1969 with the dissertation “The prehistoric bronze swords in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland (grip plate, grip tongue and grip fishing swords)”. phil. PhD. In 1967/68 he undertook extensive journeys to collect source material for the dissertation topic in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, eastern France, northern and central Italy, the Czech Republic and Denmark. Subsequently, as a research assistant at the seminar for prehistory at the JW Goethe University from 1970-1972, he carried out another research company in Western Europe. To do this, extensive journeys to document sources for Bronze Age armament in Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, England and the Iberian Peninsula were necessary.

Since 1972 he has been a member of the College of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum , Research Institute for Prehistory and Early History in Mainz, most recently as senior curator (since 1980).

In the service of the Central Museum, he conducted research tours of the region and sources under the theme: "Archaeological investigations into cultural connections between Central Europe, the Mediterranean and Western Asia" in the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East (1978–1985). Research stays in Peru (1987/88) and China (1989) addressed questions of archaeological conservation and restoration. In 1990 he completed his habilitation in the subject of Prehistory and Early History at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. In 1991 he was appointed university professor of the Free State of Bavaria and was appointed professor for prehistory at the University of Regensburg (until 2009).

His research on cultural-historical connections between Central Europe, the Mediterranean and Western Asia during the Metal Age, carried out during the Mainz years, was continued in Regensburg in the form of international colloquia. Archaeological studies of the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age cult and religious history as well as the formation processes of (pre-) urban settlements on fortified heights in the area north of the Alps were examined separately. From 1995-2005 the interdisciplinary research focus “Paleo-ecosystem Research and History” at the University of Regensburg grew out of this, and from 1998-2005 it was connected to a DFG graduate college (462). The history of the landscape, vegetation and settlement should be understood in their mutually connected processes. This purpose served u. a. three international colloquia in Regensburg. He held the office of vice dean of the Philosophical Faculty III - History, Society and Geography from 1994-95, that of the faculty dean from 1995-1998. He then headed the DFG Graduate School (462) “Paleo-ecosystem Research and History” (1st funding phase, 1998–2001). In 2002/03, the chair was assessed as part of the “Old World” subject group at the Bavarian universities and in 2005 under the topic “Science Land Bavaria 2020” by an international commission of experts with a positive result.

In the criminal proceedings before the Halle district court for stealing the Nebra sky disk , Schauer claimed as an expert in February 2005 that it was a forgery.

Awards

Since 1988 Membre du Comité d'honneur de la Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques (UISPP) of UNESCO

membership

Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute

Fonts (in selection)

  • The swords in southern Germany, Austria and Switzerland I. Prehistoric bronze finds IV, 2. CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-406-00750-3 .
  • The bronze armor from Fillinges, Dép. Haute-Savoie, France. In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Mainz 25, 1978 (1982), p. 92ff.
  • Orient in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age Occident. Cultural relations between the Iberian Peninsula and the Middle East during the late 2nd and first third of the 1st millennium BC Chr. In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Mainz 30, 1983, p. 175ff.
  • Traces of Minoan-Mycenaean and Oriental influence in Atlantic Western Europe. In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Mainz 31, 1984, p. 137ff.
  • Traces of oriental and Aegean influence in the Bronze Age Nordic Circle. In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Mainz 32, 1985, p. 123ff.
  • The gold cones of the Bronze Age. A contribution to cultural connections between the Orient and Central Europe. Monographs of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum 8, Dr. Rudolf Habelt Verlag, Bonn 1986, ISBN 3-7749-2238-1 .
  • Together with W. Alva Alva, M. Fecht and M. Tellenbach: The princely grave of Sipán. Discovery and restoration. La Tumba del Señor de Sipán. Descubrimiento y restauración. Annual gift of the Society of Friends of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum, Verlag des RGZM, Mainz 1989, ISBN 3-88467-022-0 .
  • Together with L. Lehóczky: The bronze statue of Ma'dî karib from the Al'maqah temple Awwâm of Ma'rib, Yemen. In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. Mainz 45, 1998 (1999), p. 473ff.
  • Together with Michael Harnest : The Schlossberg above Kallmünz, Upper Palatinate. Preliminary report on the archaeological research results 1999-2001. In: Contributions to archeology in the Upper Palatinate and in Regensburg 5, pp. 167–173, 2002.
  • Archaeological investigations on the Bogenberg, Lower Bavaria II. Contributions to the history of settlement, Regensburg contributions to prehistoric archeology 12, Universitätsverlag Regensburg, 2003, ISBN 3-930480-37-9 .
  • Critical comments on the bronze ensemble with the "sky disk" allegedly from Mittelberg near Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt. In: Archaeological correspondence sheet. 35, 2005, issue 3, p. 323ff .; Book 4, p. 559.
  • Urban structures in fortified large settlements in the central area at the heights of the Bronze and Urnfield Ages in Bavaria. In: Report of the Bavarian soil monument preservation. 47/48, 2006/07 (2007), pp. 87ff.
Editorial activity
  • Regensburg Contributions to Prehistoric Archeology 1. 1994-20, 2008, Universitätsverlag Regensburg.
  • Together with E. Keller: Materials on the Bronze Age in Bavaria 1. 1995 - 3, 2003, Universitätsverlag Regensburg.

literature

  • Who is who? The German Who's Who 2013–2014. 1st edition, Max Schmidt-Römhild KG Verlag, Essen 2013, ISBN 3795020549 .
  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar 2011, bio-bibliographical directory of contemporary German-speaking scientists. 23rd edition, Walter de Gruyter Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-598-23630-3 .
  • 40 years chair for prehistory and early history at the University of Regensburg 1968–2008. Regensburg Contributions to Prehistoric Archeology 20, Universitätsverlag Regensburg, 2008, p. 4ff., ISBN 978-3-86845-007-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald Meller, Kai Michel: The sky disk of Nebra. The key to a lost culture in the heart of Europe . Ullstein, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-548-06116-0 , pp. 94 ff .
  2. ↑ Proof of the writing: https://epub.uni-regensburg.de/16837/
personal data
SURNAME Shiver, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist for prehistory and early history
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main