Thomas Weber (prehistoric)

Thomas Weber (born March 20, 1952 in Magdeburg ) is a German prehistorian and expert on the older prehistory of Central Germany , especially in the area of ​​the Paleolithic .

Scientific career

Thomas Weber grew up in Magdeburg. After graduating from high school in 1970 and completing basic military service, he studied prehistory and early history at the Humboldt University in Berlin from 1972 to 1976 . His diploma thesis, completed in 1976, entitled Comparative Studies on the Ertebölle Culture - Lietzow-Buddelin, dealt with the transition from the Late Mesolithic to the Early Neolithic in the southern Baltic Sea region.

Weber has been employed at the State Museum of Prehistory, today's State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology, Saxony-Anhalt, in the field of soil monument preservation , since 1976 . Since 1985 he has been the head of the Department of Soil Monument Preservation for the Magdeburg administrative district ( Magdeburg district of the GDR until 1990 ). In 1986 he completed his dissertation at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg on the subject of the stone artifacts of Homo erectus von Bilzingsleben . In 1994 he completed his habilitation at the same university with the subject of mathematical methods in the analysis of inventories of stone artefacts and received the status of private lecturer .

Since the founding of the Archaeological Society in Saxony-Anhalt e. V. in 1991 he is its chairman. Furthermore, he has actively shaped the orientation of the AG Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archeology , which has existed since 2005 . A commemorative publication was dedicated to him on the occasion of his 60th birthday.

Fonts (selection)

• The stone artifacts of Homo erectus von Bilzingsleben. In: Dietrich Mania / Th. Weber: Bilzingsleben III. Homo erectus - his culture and environment Berlin, Akademie-Verl., 1986, pp. 65–230.
• A Mesolithic grave from Unseburg, Kr. Staßfurt. Year chr. medium. Pre. 71, 1988, pp. 7-19.
• (together with Th. Litt :) An ancient forest elephant slaughter area near Gröbern, Kr. Graefenhainichen. Exp. u. Funde 33, 1988, pp. 181-188.
• The stone artifacts from Bilzingsleben. Opportunities to provide information to solve current questions in the exploration of the Old and Middle Paleolithic in Central Europe. In: Ethnogr.-Archäol. Magazine 30, 1988, pp. 249-266.
• Analysis of the archaeological finds and the findings. In: D. Mania / M. Thomae / Th. Litt / Th. Weber: Neumark-Gröbern. Contributions to the hunting of the Middle Paleolithic man. Berlin, Akademie-Verl., 1990, pp. 237-255.
• Characteristic analysis of the artefacts from Zwochau, Delitzsch-Südwest opencast mine, Saxony. Work and Research area Saxon ground monument plant 38, 1996, pp. 57-68.
• Older Paleolithic finds in the Middle Elbe region. In: Leipziger geoscientific. Mitteilungen, Volume 5, 1997, pp. 183-199
• A forest elephant find from the last warm period from the Gröbern opencast mine near Bitterfeld. In: H. Meller (Ed.), Palaeolithic and Mesolithic. Catalogs for the permanent exhibition in the State Museum of Prehistory, Hall 1 (Halle / Saale), 2004, pp. 151–162.
• Archeology in Saxony-Anhalt. (Yearbook, Ed. Together with H. Meller :) Ed. By the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archeology Saxony-Anhalt and the Board of Directors of the Archaeological Society in Saxony-Anhalt e. V., NF 2 (Halle / Saale).
• The Lower / Middle Palaeolithic transition - is there a Lower / Middle Palaeolithic transition? In: Preistoria Alpina, Volume 44, pp. 17-24.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Beier, Sven Ostritz, Mario Küßner, Dieter Schäfer, Volker Schimpff, Karin Wagner, Andreas Zimmermann (eds.): Finding and understanding. Festschrift for Thomas Weber on his sixtieth birthday. Contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe, Volume 66. Langenweißbach, Verlag Beier and Beran, 2012 ISBN 9783941171671