Cornelia Kleinitz

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.

#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/article-…

@HPiezonka @csen_nomads @dai_weltweit Yes, indeed!

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.

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/10.100…

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’.👇

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/journals/joga/…

#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...

@davidwengrow Gosh, this was such a long time ago!😉I remember us using a (then) state-of-the-art 3,3 megapixel camera in archaeological documentation and taking ‘high resolution’ digital photographs of the landscapes we traversed on donkeyback and of the rock art + rock gongs we documented🥁

@CoKleinitz Oh wow amazing Conny, I’m jealous (and looks a lot nicer than where I last saw you in the middle of the Sahara!)

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)

@Schepers_CJ @davidwengrow On 29 June we'll either attend @davidwengrow's second Albertus Magnus Professorship lecture ('On the Origins of "The Origins of Inequality" (Analysis of a Contemporary Myth)') at the University of Cologne OR the opening night of 'Indiana Jones + the Dial of Destiny'. Let's see 😏

@CoKleinitz @davidwengrow Soon you'll have the chance to listen to the lectures in Cologne. Although I agree that Teotihuacan is quite the reading place. twitter.com/davidwengrow/s…

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/regist… All welcome!

Apart from presenting an interpretation of the soundscape of the ancient city via its Soundwalk, the 'Teotihuacan Virtual Sound Map' website is a great resource on this past sonic environment as it also informs about sound artefacts + music iconography + provides sound samples.

"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👇

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" 👇

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/regist…

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 👇

This multisensory trip to Naga, which presents a major heritage site by telling the story of the archaeological team, can be undertaken at the State Museum of Egyptian Art (SMAEK) in Munich until 22/10/2023. One drawback for non-German speakers: Texts + audio are in German only!

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.

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’