Werner Zanier

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Werner Zanier (born May 6, 1959 in Aschau im Chiemgau ) is a German provincial Roman archaeologist . Zanier researches the early history of the Roman province of Raetia , Roman military camps in the Alpine region and questions of continuity between the younger Iron Age and the early Roman Empire .

Career

After studying Latin Philology (since 1978), Zanier studied Roman Provincial Archeology at the University of Munich from 1981 . The graduation took place in 1988 with a dissertation with Günter Ulbert on the Ellingen Castle . After various activities for the commission for the archaeological research of the late Roman Raetia of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1988), the Stadtarchäologie Kempten (1988/89) and the Roman-Germanic commission of the German Archaeological Institute (1989) he received the travel grant of the Roman- Germanic Commission .

From 1991–1994 Werner Zanier held various positions at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Provincial Roman Archeology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (evaluation of findings from excavations on the Auerberg , courses since 1992). Since 1994 Zanier has been a scientific employee of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in the research project Comparative Archeology of the Roman Alpine and Danube Countries .

Zanier is a proven expert on the Alpine region in the early Roman Empire, Roman military, continuity from the younger Iron Age to the Roman Empire, and the religion and cult of the Raeter .

Fonts (selection)

  • Dissertation: The Roman Fort Ellingen. von Zabern, Mainz 1992 (=  Limes Research 23 ).
  • (with Günter Ulbert ): The Auerberg II. Settlement within the ramparts. Beck, Munich 1997 (=  Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 46 ).
  • The late Latène and Roman times fire victims place in Forggensee (Gde. Schwangau). Beck, Munich 1999 (=  Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 52 ).
  • Prehistory and early history in the Priental. Published by the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Aschau im Chiemgau, Aschau 2001.
  • The Alpine Rhine Valley in the decades around the birth of Christ. Research status on the historical and archaeological sources of the late Latène and early Roman imperial times between Lake Constance and Bündner passes (Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein, Sankt Gallen, Graubünden). Beck, Munich 2006 (=  Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 59 ).
  • The late Latène and early Imperial sacrificial site on the Döttenbichl south of Oberammergau. Beck, Munich 2016 (=  Munich contributions to prehistory and early history 62 ).

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personal data
SURNAME Zanier, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschau im Chiemgau