Ursula Heimberg

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Ursula Heimberg (born April 10, 1942 in Augsburg ; † December 26, 2012 in Horben ) was a German classical and Roman provincial archaeologist .

Ursula Heimberg studied after high school in Freiburg in 1961 since the summer semester 1961 classical archeology, history and Ancient History at the University of Freiburg , interrupted by two semesters in Munich in 1962/63. In May 1967 she received her doctorate in Freiburg with Walter-Herwig Schuchhardt with a thesis on the iconography of Poseidon . From 1967 to 1971 she worked with a scholarship from the German Archaeological Institute , the Greek pottery from the Kabirenheiligtum at Thebes (Viotia) . Since 1971 she worked for the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn / Office for Land Monument Preservation in Bonn . Initially she was a research assistant at the excavations in Colonia Ulpia Traiana ( Xanten ), and since 1973 she has been a research assistant in the preservation of monuments. From 1979 she worked as a finder for the excavations in Xanten. From 1987 until her retirement in 2007 she was responsible for the Roman department of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn in Bonn.

Publications (selection)

  • The image of Poseidon in Greek vase painting . Oberkirch, Freiburg 1968 (= dissertation).
  • Roman land surveying: limitatio. (= Small writings on the knowledge of the Roman occupation history of south-west Germany 17). Society for Prehistory and Early History in Württemberg and Hohenzollern, Stuttgart 1977.
  • Spices, incense, silk. World trade in ancient times. (= Small writings on the knowledge of the Roman occupation history of Southwest Germany 27). Society for Prehistory and Early History in Württemberg and Hohenzollern, Stuttgart 1981.
  • The pottery of the Kabirion. (= The Kabiren sanctuary near Thebes. Vol. 3). de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 1982, ISBN 3-11-005755-7 .
  • with Anita Rieche: The Roman City. Planning, architecture, excavation. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1986. ISBN 3-7927-0907-4
  • Villa rustica. Living and working on Roman country estates . Zabern, Mainz 2011. ISBN 978-3-8053-4318-3

literature

  • Anita Rieche : Ursula Heimberg (1942–2012). In: Reports from the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn 01/2013, pp. 28–29.
personal data
SURNAME Heimberg, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical and Roman provincial archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 2012
Place of death Horben