The Formation and Transformation of Space and
Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations
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  • About
  • Research
    • Topoi I (2007-12)
      • Spatial Environment
      • Historical Spaces
      • Perception and Representation
      • Theory and Science
      • Transformations
    • Topoi II (2012–2019)
      • Spatial Environment
      • Historical Space
      • Perception and Representation
      • Theory and Science
      • Topoi Plus
      • Key Topics
      • Topoi Lab
      • Forum – Spatial Data Analysis
      • TOPOImap und TOPOIorganon
    • Early Career and professorships
  • Knowledge Transfer
    • Publications
      • Publication Database
    • Edition Topoi
      • Open Access
      • Book Series
      • eTopoi
      • Data Publication
    • Events
    • Teaching
    • Dialog
      • Spotlight on …
      • Journalist in Residence
      • Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften
    • Exhibitions
      • KTESIPHON
      • LIENZO SELER II
      • The Soul is an Octopus
      • THRAKISCHE MÜNZEN
      • Forum Romanum 3.0.
      • MUSEUMSVISIONEN
      • ANTIKE BAUFORSCHUNG
      • IRON METALLURGY
      • Jenseits des Horizonts
      • Auf den Kopf gestellt!
      • Antike Welten
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  • Research Projects

  • (A-1-1) Die Transformation des Raums durch Wissen: Fallstudie Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan
  • (A-1-2) Settlement strategies in and around Petra (Jordan)
  • (A-1-3) Geoarchaeological studies of settlement structures in southwest Anatolia from the late 3rd to the beginning of the 1st millennium BC
  • (A-1-4) Around the marble hills. Interactions between the extensive marble extraction and the development of the city of Simitthus and its hinterland
  • (A-1-5) Mobil subsistence, communication and the use of resources in the arid Northern Badia (NE Jordan) in the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age
  • (A-1-6) The pre-Aksumite site of Yeha (1st half of 1st millennium BC) in the highlands of northern Ethiopia: Studies on ancient water use and irrigation techniques
  • (A-1-7) Reconstructing site-specific environmental conditions of the antique settlement of Ayamonte, Lower Andalusia
  • (A-1-8) Resafa-Sergiupolis – Rusafat Hisham /Syria. Urban development
  • (A-1-9) Interaction Patterns at the Transition from Hunter-Gatherer to Sedentary Societies around Göbekli Tepe
  • (A-2-1) Pastorialism on the Eurasian steppes
  • (A-2-2) Mobile village cultures in the foothills of the Kopet Dag
  • (A-2-4) The Neolithic in the Nile Delta
  • (A-3-1) Water Management
  • (A-3-2) Water management in the western Mediterranean region
  • (A-3-3) Mapping of water technology
  • (A-3-4) Water from a legal perspective
  • (A-3-5) Functionality and effectiveness of technical water-management measures
  • (A-3-6) Water Management of Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millenium BC
  • (A-3-7) Water Management of Ancient Cities on Sicily
  • (A-3-8) The water clock - a case study in the origin of time measurement
  • (A-4-1) Archaeological sources for the early wool usage in the Near East and Europe
  • (A-4-2) Archaeozoological analyzes of domestic sheep in the area between the Near East and Central Europe (5th-2nd millennium BC)
  • (A-4-3) Mid-Holocene landscape changes due to grazing
  • (A-4-4) Sheep Husbandry of Mesopotamia in the late 4th to early 3rd Millennium
  • (A-5-1) Iron smelting in the Teltow
  • (A-5-2) Iron mining in the Przeworsk Culture
  • (A-5-3) The beginnings of iron
    The culture-historical significance of iron up to the beginning of the Iron Age in the Ancient East
  • (A-5-4) Iron mining and smelting in the (northern) Tyrrhenian Sea (Sardinia, Elba, Populonia)
  • (A-5-5) Iron smelting in the Baltic region
  • (A-5-6) Early Iron in Eastern Europe
  • (A-5-7) Iron technology in the museum
  • (A-6-1) Lossow near Frankfurt (Oder) - An early Iron Age cult site
  • (A-6-10) Glass Production of the 3rd and 4th century AD in Komariv, Ukraine
  • (A-6-2) The Analysis of Spheres of Exchange in Southern Iran
  • (A-6-3) Distribution systems of ceramics of the Neolithic to Islamic period from the Middle Euphrates Valley in Northern Syria
  • (A-6-4) Wheel-thrown pottery of the Imperial Period in Barbaricum
  • (A-6-5) Meroitic fine ceramics: production, distribution, use
  • (A-6-6) The economic landscape of the Hellenistic, Roman and late antique Bithynia. Iznik Intensive Survey Project
  • (A-6-7) Distribution and production locations of Nabataean fine ceramics
  • (A-6-8) Distribution of ceramics in the large settlement of Corneşti-Iarcuri and its settlement history
    Corneşti-Iacuri Ceramics Distribution
  • (A-6-9) Tell el-Amarna
  • (A-SDA-1) Climatic and ecological modeling
  • Dissertations

  • (A-1-0-1) Application of hyperspectral imaging in archaeological contexts
  • (A-1-2-1) The Landscape Organization and Spatial Strategies in the Hinterland of Petra in Nabataean-Roman Times
  • (A-1-4-1) Ancient Simitthus in-between urban development and marble extension.
    Marble workmanship and export in the Mediterranean from 2nd Century BC to 7th Century AD
  • (A-1-5-1) Human-Environmental Interactions in Northeastern Jordan.
  • (A-1-7-1) Geoarchaeological case studies at the lower Guadiana estuary: Palaeogeographic development and Human-Environment Interactions at the Phoenician site of Ayamonte
  • (A-1-9-1) Diachronic analysis of the interactions between landscape characteristics and settlement patterns in the surroundings of the Neolithic site Göbekli Tepe
  • (A-2-1-1) Diet and subsistence practices in the Dnieper area of the North-Pontic region (4th – 3rd millennium BC): An integrated archaeological, molecular and isotopic approach
  • (A-2-1-2) On the informational value of isotope analyses using the example of Eneolithic–Early Bronze Age faunal remains from the west Eurasian steppe
  • (A-2-1-3) Regional climate and ecological modeling
  • (A-2-2-1) Tracing the change: A multiscalar look at dwelling and building practices in the prehistoric Kopet Dag
  • (A-3-5-1) Functionality and Effectiveness of Technical Water-Management Measures
  • (A-4-1-1) Archaeological Evidence for Early Wool Processing in South East and Central Europe
  • (A-4-1-2) Wool in Western Asia
  • (A-4-3-1) Mid-Holocene landscape development in the Carpathian region - pastoralism, climate and their interdependencies
  • (A-5-2-1) Human and Environment Interactions in the Environs of Prehistorical Iron Smelting Places in Silesia and Brandenburg
  • (A-5-2-2) The beginnings of iron smelting in the area of the Przeworsk culture
  • (A-5-4-1) Iron, landscape and humans on Elba in 1st millennium BCE
  • (A-5-4-2) Iron mining and smelting in the Tyrrhenian Sea
  • (A-6-3-1) The differentiation of a comprehensive ceramic complex from the middle Euphrates using the p-ED-XRF in consideration of technological characteristics for the reconstruction of distribution systems of ancient societies
  • (A-6-4-1) Wheel-thrown pottery between Elbe and Oder - Production, distribution and consumption
  • (A-6-5-1) Meroitic fine ware ceramics: production, distribution, use
  • (A-6-6-1) Spatial analysis of settlement patterns in Bithynia
  • (A-6-9-1) Die wirtschaftliche Verflechtung von Tell el-Amarna mit anderen Handelsräumen anhand des Keramikspektrums
  • Third-party Funded Projects

  • (A-5-COFUND-1) Phoenician and indigenous spaces in Southern Iberia: innovation, interaction and transformation in the ancient economy of metals
  • (A-6-COFUND-1) The Glass, Faience and Food in Late Bronze Age Societies: An Analysis of the Socio-Economics of Urban Industries in Egyptian and Mesopotamian settlements

Spokespersons

Wolfram Schier
Brigitta Schütt

Coordinator

Jan Krause

Groups

(A-1) Marginal Habitats
(A-2) Political Ecology
(A-3) Water Management
(A-4) Textile Revolution
(A-5) Iron
(A-6) Economic Space
(A-SDA) Forum - Spatial Data Analysis

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