Rainer Christlein

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Rainer Christlein (born October 21, 1940 in Aschaffenburg , † March 20, 1983 in Munich ) was a German prehistorian .

academic career

Christlein studied at the University of Freiburg , where he received his doctorate in 1968. His dissertation ( quality groups among the grave equipment of the 6th and 7th centuries in southern and western Germany ) dealt with the social structures of the Merovingian period , from the analysis of numerous row grave fields he obtained different quality levels of the grave equipment (A – C, later supplemented by quality group D). He also evaluated the cemetery fields Marktoberdorf and Dirlewang and refined the chronological structure of the Merovingian period (structure in "layers" 1–4 based on the belt fittings).

From 1969 to 1973 he worked in the research project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences on the Round Mountain near Urach , which was headed by Vladimir Milojčić , a prince's seat of the Migration Period and the Merovingian Period . Among the numerous works on early history in southwest Germany, in addition to articles on finds from Dettingen and Rüdern, his contribution to the Historical Atlas Baden-Württemberg with a mapping of the early Halemannic finds and, above all, his "Alemanni" book should be mentioned.

From 1973 Christlein worked at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation in Munich, where in 1980 he took over the management of the department for prehistory. He initiated the introduction of aerial archeology and geophysics . The founding of the Society for Archeology in Bavaria eV and the magazine Das archäologische Jahr in Bayern go back to him.

Publications (selection)

  • The Alemannic row grave field of Marktoberdorf in the Allgäu (= material booklets for Bavarian prehistory. Volume 21, ZDB -ID 534018-4 ). Lassleben, Kallmünz / Opf. 1966.
  • The Alemannic burial ground of Dirlewang near Mindelheim (= material booklets on Bavarian prehistory. Volume 25). Lassleben, Kallmünz / Opf. 1971.
  • Classification of ownership in the Merovingian period reflected in rich grave finds from West and South Germany. In: Yearbook of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum Mainz . Volume 20, 1973, pp. 147-180 ( digitized version ).
  • Merovingian grave finds under the parish church of St. Dionysius in Dettingen, Tübingen district and related monuments in southern Germany. In: Find reports from Baden-Württemberg. Volume 1, 1974, ISSN  0071-9897 , pp. 573-596 ( digitized version ).
  • The early Alemannic era. 3rd to early 5th century AD (= Historischer Atlas Baden-Württemberg. Erl. 3, 6). Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1974.
  • The early historical small finds outside of the plan excavations (= The round mountain near Urach. Volume 1, ZDB -ID 190861-3 = Treatises of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Philosophical-Historical Class. 1974, Treatise 1). Winter, Heidelberg 1974.
  • Directory of gold leaf crosses north of the Alps. In: Wolfgang Hübener (Ed.): The gold leaf crosses of the early Middle Ages (= publication by the Alemannic Institute. Volume 37, ZDB -ID 741612-X ). Konkordia, Bühl (Baden) 1975, pp. 105-112.
  • The Alemanni. Archeology of a Living People. Theiss, Stuttgart et al. 1978, ISBN 3-8062-0190-0 .
  • Small finds of the early historical periods from the plan excavations 1967–1974 (= The round mountain near Urach. Volume 3 = Heidelberg Academy of Sciences. Commission for Alamannic Antiquities. Writings. Volume 4). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1979, ISBN 3-7995-6304-0 .
  • with Otto Braasch : The underground Bavaria. 7,000 years of history and archeology in the air. Theiss, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0233-8 .

literature

  • The Archaeological Year in Bavaria. Born in 1982, ISSN  0721-2399 , pp. 11-13.
  • Hans-Jörg Kellner : Rainer Christlein, October 21, 1940 to March 20, 1983. In: Bavarian history sheets . Volume 49, 1984, pp. 1-8.
  • Bernd Engelhardt: On the 20th anniversary of Dr. Rainer Christlein (October 21, 1940 to March 20, 1983). In: Karl Schmotz (Hrsg.): Lectures of the 22nd Lower Bavarian Archaeological Day. Leidorf, Rahden 2004, ISBN 3-89646-233-4 , pp. 19-32.

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personal data
SURNAME Christlein, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschaffenburg
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1983
Place of death Munich