Torsten Capelle

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Hans Torsten Capelle (born October 11, 1939 in Hamburg ; † July 9, 2014 in Altenberge ) was a German prehistoric and early historian .

Torsten Capelle grew up in a German-Swedish family, in 1960 he passed his Abitur at the Stormarn School in Ahrensburg . He then studied Prehistory and Early History, Old Norse Philology and Medieval History at the universities in Hamburg, Uppsala, Tübingen and Göttingen. In 1966 he received his doctorate at the University of Göttingen with a thesis The metal jewelry from Haithabu . Immediately afterwards, he took up a position as a research assistant at the University of Münster in the Department of Prehistory and Protohistory. In 1969 he was with a thesis studies on elbgermanische cemeteries in the outgoing Latènezeit and the early Roman Empire in Münster habilitation , 1970 appointed associate professor at the University of Münster, 1972 appointed Professor of Prehistory and Early History. Capelle taught at the University of Münster until his retirement in 2005. His focus areas include the archeology of the early Middle Ages and the Viking Age, as well as issues relating to the history of religion.

As a specialist advisor and permanent employee at the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , he wrote a total of around 100 articles. From 2005 to 2011 he was chairman of the Antiquities Commission for Westphalia . Capelle was an honorary doctorate from Lund University and a first class knight of the Royal Swedish North Star Order .

Publications (selection)

  • The metal jewelry from Haithabu. Studies of Viking metal art (= The excavations in Haithabu. Vol. 5). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968 (at the same time: Göttingen, University, dissertation, 1966).
  • Wooden vessels from the Neolithic to the late Middle Ages (= Münster's small writings on prehistory and early history. Vol. 1). Lax, Hildesheim 1969.
  • Studies on Elbe Germanic burial fields in the late La Tène period and the older Roman imperial period (= Munster contributions to prehistory and early history. Vol. 6). Lax, Hildesheim 1971 (at the same time: Münster, phil. Habilschrift-Schrift, 1969).
  • The Vikings (= Urban Pocket Books 140). Urban, Stuttgart et al. 1971.
  • Arts and crafts in Northern Europe in the Bronze Age. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1974, ISBN 3-529-01820-1 .
  • The early historical metal finds from Domburg on Walcheren (= Nederlandse Oudheden. Vol. 5,). 2 volumes. Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, Amersfoort 1976.
  • The gold age. Archeology of the Migration Period. Holle, Baden-Baden 1976, ISBN 3-87355-166-7 .
  • The Carolingian finds from Schouwen (= Nederlandse Oudheden. Vol. 7). 2 volumes. Rijksdienst voor het Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek, Amersfoort 1978.
  • The cemetery Beckum I (= publications of the antiquity commission for Westphalia. Vol. 7). Aschendorff, Münster 1979, ISBN 3-402-05032-3 .
  • Prehistoric and early historical finds from Brilon. Weyers, Brilon 1979.
  • Wood carving before the Viking Age (= Offa supplementary series. Vol. 3). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1980, ISBN 3-529-01653-5 .
  • Pictures of the prehistory and early history of the Sauerland. Podzun, Brilon 1982, ISBN 3-923448-00-7 .
  • Investigations on the medieval trading post Gautavík, Iceland (= Journal of Archeology of the Middle Ages. Supplement 2). Rheinland-Verlag et al., Cologne et al. 1982, ISBN 3-7927-0634-2 .
  • North German rock paintings (archaeological guide) (= guide to the prehistory and early history of Lower Saxony. Vol. 14). Hildesheim 1984.
  • Beaten in stone. Scandinavian rock art from the Bronze Age (= booklets accompanying exhibitions in the Prehistory Department of the Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover. Vol. 1). Lax, Hannover (recte: Hildesheim) 1985, ISBN 3-7848-1009-8 .
  • Ship settlements. In: Prehistoric Journal . Vol. 61, 1986, pp. 1-63.
  • Culture and art history of the Vikings (= basic features. Vol. 63). Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1986, ISBN 3-534-02509-1 .
  • The conquest of the North Atlantic. Archeology at the edge of the sea. Wachholtz, Neumünster 1987, ISBN 3-529-01830-9 .
  • Anglo-Saxon archeology. Independence and continental ties from the 5th to the 9th century. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1990, ISBN 3-534-10049-2 .
  • The miniature chain of Szilágysomlyó (Şimleul Silvaniei) (= university research on prehistoric archeology. Vol. 22). Habelt, Bonn 1994, ISBN 3-7749-2659-X .
  • Anthropomorphic wooden idols (= Scripta minora Regiae Societatis Humaniorum Litterarum Lundensis. 1995/96, 1). Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1995, ISBN 91-22-01705-4 .
  • with Jens Lüning , Albrecht Jockenhövel and Helmut Bender: German agricultural history. Prehistory and early history. Ulmer, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8001-3099-8 .
  • The Saxons of the early Middle Ages. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1998.
  • with Ralf Busch and Friedrich Laux : Place of Sacrifice and Shrine. Cult of prehistoric times in Northern Germany (= publications of the Helms Museum, Hamburg Museum for Archeology and the History of Harburg. Vol. 86). Wachholtz, Neumünster 2000, ISBN 3-529-02010-9 .
  • with Wijnand van der Sanden : Mosens Guder. Antropomorfe traefigurer from North and North Western Europe fortid. = Immortal Images. Ancient anthropomorphic wood carvings from northern and northwest Europe. Silkeborg Museum, Silkeborg 2001, ISBN 87-88016-81-1 .
  • with Wijnand van der Sanden: Götter, Götzen, Holzmenschen (= Archaeological Messages from Northwest Germany. Supplement 39). Isensee, Oldenburg 2002, ISBN 3-89598-851-0 .
  • The hidden people in the Germanic ornament art of the early Middle Ages (= Scripta minora Regiae Societatis Humaniorum Litterarum Lundensis. 2001/2002, 1). Almqvist and Wiksell International, Stockholm 2003, ISBN 91-22-02055-1 .
  • The Barenborg tower hill, Coesfeld district (= early castles in Westphalia. Issue 24, ISSN  0939-4745 ). Antiquities Commission for Westphalia, Münster 2005.
  • with Christian Fischer: Ragnarok. Odin's Verden. Silkeborg Museum, Silkeborg 2005.
  • Gentile Christians in the north ( series of publications by the State Museum for Nature and Man. Vol. 38). von Zabern, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-8053-3606-3 .
  • Imagery of the Bronze Age (rock art in northern Germany and Scandinavia) (= cultural history of the ancient world. Vol. 116). von Zabern, Mainz 2008, ISBN 978-3-8053-3833-2 .
  • Widukind's pagan ancestors. The development of the Saxons at a glance. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89534-741-2 .
  • Wall castles in Westphalia-Lippe (= early castles in Westphalia. Special volume 1, ISSN  0939-4745 ). Antiquities Commission for Westphalia, Münster 2010.

literature

  • Kürschner's Deutscher Schehrten-Kalender 2015. Bio-bibliographical directory of German-speaking scientists of the present . 27th edition. de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033717-4 (for a fee, Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online from de Gruyter ).

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personal data
SURNAME Capelle, Torsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistoric and early historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 2014
Place of death Altenberge