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)

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