Annette Siegmüller
Dr. phil., Magistra Artium
Senior researcher
Currently seconded to the State Museum of Nature and Man in Oldenburg (Damm 38-46, 26135 Oldenburg).
Tel.: +49 441 40570 332
Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-6158
Curriculum vitae
| since 2024 | seconded to the State Museum of Nature and Man in Oldenburg |
| 2015-2024 | Head of unit Clay District- and Landscape Archaeology at NIhK |
| 2010-2015 | Head of unit Landscape Archaeology at NIhK |
| 2009 | PhD Graduate at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Hamburg. Thesis: Die Ausgrabungen auf der frühmittelalterlichen Wurt Hessens, Wilhelmshaven. Siedlungs- und Wirtschaftsweise in der Küstenmarsch |
| since 2004 | Research Associate at NIhK |
| 2003 | Graduate Magister Artium (M.A.) at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Hamburg |
| 1994-2003 | Study of Pre- and Protohistory, Soil Science and Classical Archaeology at University of Hamburg |
Research priorities
| • | Structures of communication and distribution in the first millennium AD in the coastal zones of the North Sea |
| • | Reconstruction of paleo-landscapes and settlement systems in the clay district |
| • | Historical agriculture and cropping systems |
| • | Special analytics on archaeological finds with the aim to reconstruct spatial distributions of traditions and technologies |
| • | Technical and historico-cultural analyses on textiles and other organic substances |
Current research topics
| • | Early historical textiles from the clay district. Studies to the production and distribution on the Feddersen Wierde, district of Cuxhaven, as an example |
| • | Structure and function of landing places and beach markets in the 1st millennium AD at the lower Weser and the lower Ems |
| • | Structure and organisation of the early medieval economy and society in the East-Friesian coastal zone. The settlement area of Dunum, district of Wittmund, as a model region |
| • | Landing Places at the Aller estuary, district of Verden |
| • | Elsfleth-Hogenkamp, district of Wesermarsch – an economic center of the Roman Iron Age at the mouth of the river Hunte |
| • | Fortifications in the coastal area of the western Elbe-Weser-Triangle as a base of the communication and trade routes in the Roman Iron Age and Migration Period |
| • | Trading Terps and Geest boundary harbours – medieval trade ports on the German North Sea coast |
| • | The Wadden Sea as an archive of landscape evolution, climate change and settlement history: Exploration – analysis – predictive modelling (WASA) |
Memberships, honorary offices
| • | International Sachsensymposion |
| • | NESAT (North European Symposium Archaeological Textiles) |
| • | Member of the Main Committee at Archaeological Commission for Lower Saxony e.V. |