Archaeologist, African pasts & futures, Project Musawwarat (Sudan), Heritage & communities, (German) Colonialism, Sensescapes, Rock art & graffiti
Berlin, Germany
Joined June 2021
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Watch our new documentary on #Musawwarat #Archaeology. Short film (25mins) on a long-term project (60+ years) of #HumboldtUni and its partner #NCAM in #Sudan: vimeo.com/564282215 Arabic version + second film focusing on local perspectives on this #heritage coming soon.
Cornelia Kleinitz retweeted
#Sudan : Our latest story with @bastienmassa on the dangers threatening Sudan's heritage caught in the stranglehold of war
Sudan’s civil war puts ancient treasures in the line of fire /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/world/ar…
It’s #MedievalMonday! Time to visit new excavations of the Mongolian-German project @dai_weltweit/#kaak_dai at the summer palace of a Mongol Khan in Orkhon Valley (c. 13th cent. AD). Masses of glazed tiles point to representational buildings. Getting there + back was interesting.
Visiting our local #deerstone in Orkhon Valley of #Mongolia on #StandingStoneSunday. Found in (late) Bronze Age commemorative complexes, deer stones are often anthropomorphic, with earrings/ears, belts + weapons depicted besides the ‘flying deer’ covering their upper ‘bodies’.👇
Deer stones are argued to represent individuals, perhaps 'warriors' or 'chiefs'. Excavations show them to be part of elaborate sets of features. More + literature in J. Wright's (2021) #OpenAccess overview of current research on Mongolian prehistory, 448f: link.springer.com/article/10…
#FieldworkFriday with @dai_weltweit/#kaak_dai in #Mongolia: The Mongolian-German project continues excavations at the vast ancient city Khar Balgas (8th/9th c. CE) in the rich cultural landscape of the Orkhon Valley with urban centres + residences of successive nomadic empires...
A done-based aerial survey suggested that the layout of the ancient Uighur capital Khar Balgas followed nomadic principles rather than Iranian-Sogdian or Chinese models of city planning + was thus “an instance of a genuine steppe-nomadic kind of urbanity.” publications.dainst.org/jour…
ALT Layout of Khar Balgas, Fig. 7 ('Approximate outlines of the built-up areas of Qara Balǧasun') in Franken et al 2020, Remote Sensing of Large-Scale Areas at the Urban Sites of the Mongolian Orkhon Valley Using Low-Cost Drones: Preliminary Results and Some Thoughts on the Urban Layout of the Uyghur Capital Qara Balǧasun, Journal of Global Archaeology 2020, 260-275.
Event: Sudan Day Berlin/Berliner Sudantag 2023
Type: Research colloquium #Archaeology #Sudan
📅 Saturday, 24 June, 10:00-18:00 CEST
Programme + info: tinyurl.com/5hynaw75
In person: @HumboldtUni, Rm 2091/92
Webinar @dai_weltweit/#kaak_dai: dainst-org.zoom.us/webinar/r…
All welcome!
No better place to read up on ‘The indigenous origins of social housing and democracy in the Americas’ than Teotihuacan, which "was not just 'anti-dynastic' in spirit, it was itself a utopian experiment in urban life." (from 'The Dawn of Everything' by D. Graeber + @davidwengrow)
Interested in ancient soundscapes + visiting Teotihuacan, Mexico? Check out the Teotihuacan Virtual Sound Mapping Project + download the 'Sounds of Teotihuacan' Soundwalk, which provides "musical improvisations + sonic impressions…in real time when exploring the ancient city" 👇
"Teotihuacan can be imagined as a place full of music and sounds, but the sonic environment of the city has been lost forever" Archaeologist Adje Both researched, replicated + played the ancient musical instruments + (re)interpreted the city’s soundscape teosoundmap.com👇
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Join us for Sudan Day Berlin 2023 on 24 June (10:00-18:00 CEST) in Berlin + Online! At this difficult time for the people of Sudan + their cultural heritage, the colloquium facilitates scientific exchange between Sudanese + German archaeologists + is open the public. Programme 👇
The Sudan Day Berlin 2023 research colloquium explores ‘Lifeways in ancient Sudan’ and is co-organised by @HumboldtUni, @dai_weltweit, SAG e.V. + ÄMP-SMB. All are welcome! Programme + further information: tinyurl.com/5hynaw75. Webinar registration: dainst-org.zoom.us/meeting/r…
How can the archaeology / heritage of Africa be presented in museums without relying on objects? An exhibition on the ancient Kushite site of Naqa/Naga @smaek_muc gives some answers. Here, the process of archaeological + conservation work is foregrounded rather than ‘discoveries’
Unsere aktuelle Sonderausstellung!
"Naga - Die verschüttete Königsstadt"
Mit Augen und Ohren: Eine archäologische Reise in den Sudan
12. Mai bis 22. Oktober 2023
Mehr zur Ausstellung unter: smaek.de/ausstellungen/naga-…
#NagaProjekt #NagaDVK
ALT Auf der rechten Seite: Naga-Panorama, darüber Animation eines Flughafendurchgangs mit einer Person, die einen Kopfhörer trägt. Rechts steht: Naga, die verschüttete Königsstadt. Sonderausstellung. 12. Mai bis 22. Oktober 2023
Focusing on experience instead of objects, the exhibition utilises 3D-models of buildings + sculpture, while explaining how the data were captured on site. The audio track includes team members talking about their work + also records the soundscape of Naga, such as buzzing flies.
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Cornelia Kleinitz retweeted
The recording of today's fantastic DiverseNile Seminar with a very inspiring lecture by Carl Walsh is now available - check it out, he offers deep insights into the wonderful word of #Kerma n furniture attesting to multiple international connections #Sudan #BronzeAge #Diplomacy
Cornelia Kleinitz retweeted
🔸#PCMASeminar on #Berenike in context of #Ancient Indian #Ocean Ports. Organized by @EmiliaSmagur, features talks on #epigraphy #numismatics #jewelry & other #India-related finds from this #RedSea #port.
📅Mon 26/06 10am-2pm UTC+2 #hybrid
🔗👉pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2023/06/05…
#archaeology
