Prof. Dr. Ricardo Eichmann

Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

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Professor Eichmann is head of the Oriental institute of the German Archaeological Institute. His research interests include the architectural history, comparative studies on the late Chalcolithic in egypt, studies in Tayma, Saudi-Arabia and the topics of Music Archaeology of Egypt. Further more Ricardo Eichmann is holding a lectureship a the University of Jena. Since summer 2009 he is part of research- and excavationproject at Wuqro in Ethiopia.
 

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Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Zentrale Berlin

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Podbielskiallee 69-71
14195 Berlin
Germany

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+49 1888 7711-172

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+49 1888 7711-189
 
 

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Career

Appointments

Director and Professor, DAI Orient Department (since 1996); Institute of Arab History and scientific Heritage Visiting Professor, University of Jena (since 1993); Professorship for Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Tübingen (1995–1996); Member, Uruk-Warka Research Project, DAI, Baghdad Section (1989–1995); Scholarly Consultant, DAI Orient Department (1984–1989)

 
 

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In Topoi

[2012]Rez. zu: „Chr. Berends, Klänge der Bronzezeit. Musikarchäologische Studien über bronzezeitliche Hortfunde Mitteldeutschlands“
Eichmann, Ricardo
2011Acts
Dally, Ortwin. Eichmann, Ricardo. Hansen, Svend. Pollock, Susan. Luig, Ute
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further Publications

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forthcoming Le luth dans l’Égypte byzantine. La tombe de la „Prophetesse“ d’Antinoë au musée de Grenoble, Orient-Archäologie 26 (in print for 2011) (co-author with F. Calament and Chr. Vendries).
2010 Tayma - Autumn 2004 and Spring 2005, 2nd Report on the Saudi-Arabian-German joint archaeological project at Tayma, ATLAL 20 (2010) p. 101-147 (co-author with A. Hausleiter, M. al-Najem and S.F. al-Said).
  Studien zur Musikarchäologie VII. Musikalische Wahrnehmung in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart/Musical Perceptions - Past and Present. Ethnographische Analogien in der Musikarchäologie/On Ethnographic Analogy in Music Archaeology (= Orient-Archäologie 25) (Rahden 2010) (co-editor with E. Hickmann and L.-Chr. Koch).
2009 Arabische Halbinsel, in: A. Jockenhövel (ed.), WBG Weltgeschichte 1, Grundlagen der Globalen Welt (Darmstadt 2009) p. 220-230.
  Die Ausgrabungen 1998-2005 und die Stratigraphie, in: L. Khalil und K. Schmidt (eds.), Prehistoric 'Aqaba I. Prähistorisches Akaba I. Ausgrabungen am Tall Hujayra-t al-Ghuzla-n [Akaba / Jordanien], Orient-Archäologie 23 (Rahden 2009) p. 17-77. (co-author with L. Khalil and K. Schmidt).
2008 Studien zur Musikarchäologie VI: Herausforderungen und Ziele der Musikarchäologie. Challenges and Objectives in Music Archaeology (= Orient-Archäologie 22) (Rahden 2008) (co-editor with A. Both, E. Hickmann, and L.-Chr. Koch).
  Archaeological evidence of the pre-Islamic period (4th-6th cent. CE) at Tayma, in: C. Robin - J. Schiettecatte (eds.), L'Arabie a la veille de l'Islam (Paris 2008) 59-66.
  Tayma - Oasis and trade center on the frankincense caravan route, in: The City in the Arab World in Light of Archaeological Discoveries: Evolution and Development. Pro-ceedings of the Symposium held at Al Jouf - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 5-7 Decem-ber 2005 (Riyadh 2008) 17-26.
2007 Uruk. Die Architektur I. Von den Anfängen bis zur frühdynastischen Zeit, Ausgrabungen in Uruk-Warka. Endberichte 14 (Mainz 2007).
2006 Studien zur Musikarchäologie V. Musikarchäologie im Kontext. Archäologische Befun-de, historische Zusammenhänge, soziokulturelle Beziehungen/ Music archaeology in context. Archaeological semantics, historical implications, socio-cultural connotations (= Orient-Archäologie 20) (Rahden 2006) (co-editor with E. Hickmann and A. Both).
 
 

Curriculum Vitae

  Education
1984 Dr. phil. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg „Aspekte prähistorischer Bauplanung im Vorderen Orient“
1976–1984 University of Heidelberg: Prehistory and Early History, Classical Archae-ology, Egyptology
  Honours
2010 Adviser to the Prince Sultan Chair for the Development of National Human Ressources in Tourism and Cultural Heritage, King Saud University, Riyadh
2009 Honorary doctorate (Union of Arab Historians, Iraq)
  Memberships
since 2006 Member Editorial Board of Adumatu (Riyadh) and Proceedings of the Semi-nar of Arabian Studies (London)
2000-2012 Member, German Research Foundation (DFG), review board 101 “Ancient cultures”
  Others
since 2000 Co-Editor of „Studien zur Musikarchäologie“, Conference Reports of the Int. Study Group on Music Archaeology