Wolfgang David (prehistoric)

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Wolfgang David (* 1961 in Kassel ) is a German prehistoric archaeologist and director of the Archaeological Museum in Frankfurt am Main .

Career

After graduating from the Friedrichsgymnasium Kassel and completing fifteen months of basic military service with the Army Air Defense Force in Rendsburg and Kassel, David studied prehistory, provincial Roman archeology and ancient history at the universities of Munich, Bonn and Saarbrücken. At the University of Munich , he completed his master's degree in 1987 and was awarded his doctorate by Georg Kossack in 1993 with a dissertation on Carpathian bronzes from the end of the older and beginning Middle Bronze Age . From 1991 to 2004 he worked as a research assistant and assistant at the Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archeology and Provincial Roman Archaeologist at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In his scientific work, David dedicates himself to the Bronze Age and the archeology and history of the Celts . Another research field includes the archeology of the 20th century, in particular excavations in the former Dachau concentration camp .

In 2014 David was elected a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria .

From 2005 to 2017 David was director of the Celtic Roman Museum in Manching, a state branch museum of the Munich State Archaeological Collection, which opened in 2006 . David is also a lecturer for Prehistory and Protohistory at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen-Nuremberg . On January 1, 2018, Wolfgang David succeeded Egon Wamers as managing director of the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt am Main.

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Publications (selection)

  • Studies on ornamentation and dating of the Bronze Age deposit group Hajdúsámson-Apa-Ighiel-Zajta (also dissertation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich 1993). Bibliotheca Musei Apulensis 18, Alba Iulia [Karlsburg / Weissenburg], Altip 2002.
  • Origins of Celtic archeology: the bridge of La Tène - a scene of cruel human sacrifice? Booklet accompanying the exhibition in the kelten römer museum manching 6.2–7.11.2010. Writings from the kelten römer museum 3, Manching 2010.
  • (Ed.) Schoolchildren's Treasures - Class 3c valuables from Oberstimm (booklet for the exhibition Celtic Roman Museum Manching, March 21 - May 5, 2013). Writings from the Celtic Roman Museum 7, Manching 2013.
  • The symbols on the disk of Nebra and the ancient Bronze Age symbols of the Central Danube-Carpathian region. In: Harald Meller / François Bertemes, “Reaching for the Stars”. International symposium in Halle (Saale) 16. – 21. February 2005. Conferences of the State Museum for Prehistory Hall 5 (Hall 2010) 439–486.
  • Aenigma - The enigmatic code of the Bronze Age. “ Bread loafs ” as a medium of European communication over 3500 years ago. Messages from the Friends of Bavarian Prehistory 130, 2011, 2–15.
  • Boier between northern Italy and the Danube region. In: M. Karwowski / V. Salač / S. Sievers (ed.), Boier between reality and fiction. Český Krumlov / Krumau (November 14-16, 2013). Colloquia on Prehistory and Early History 21 (Bonn 2015) 323–354.
  • The golden face of the unknown Macedonian king. Macedonians and Celts at Lake Ohrid - a clash of cultures? Catalog for the exhibition in the kelten römer museum manching 24.7. – 16.11.2014. Writings from the celtic roman museum manching 8, Manching 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal Frankfurt of June 23, 2017: New director for the Archaeological Museum. Wolfgang David will take over management in January 2018
  2. ↑ Frankfurter Neue Presse of June 23, 2017: Wolfgang David new director of the Archaeological Museum , all accessed on December 23, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME David, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel