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Dr. Martin Segschneider

Martin Georg Segschneider

Dr. rer nat., Dipl.-Prähistoriker 

Senior researcher

Head of unit Coastal and Maritime Archaeology

Tel.: +49 4421 915-116

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-9824

Curriculum vitae

  • since 09/2015: Head of unit Coastal and Maritime Archaeology at NIhK
  • 2008 - 2015: Head of department North in combination with underwater archeology of the North Sea and Baltic Sea coast at Archaeological State Office Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig
  • 2006 - 2008: Head of department for Inventarisation at the Archaeological State Office Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig
  • 2004 - 2005: Head of department for protohistorical settlements at State Office for Monument Protection Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin
  • 2004: PhD graduate at the faculty for Maths and Natural Sciences, Kiel University. Thesis: Die Marschen der Insel Föhr und der Wiedingharde, Kreis Nordfriesland - eine siedlungsarchäologische Studie
  • 2002 - 2004: Scientific associate at the State Office for Monument Protection Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Schwerin. Coordination of large-scale project "Archaeological excavations along the motorway A 20"
  • 1995 -1996: Scientific Associate Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at Archaeological State Office Schleswig-Holstein, Schleswig. Coordination of the project "Archaeological Inventarisation of the marshes at the island of Föhr".
  • 1994: Diploma, Kiel University
  • 1989 - 1994: Study of Pre- and Protohistory, Botany and Zoology at Kiel University
  • 1988 - 1989: Study of Biology at Marburg University

Research priorities

  • Systems of communication and distribution in the first millennium AD in the coastal areas of the North Sea and Baltic Sea
  • Settlement history of the North Frisian Islands and Heligoland, Island Archaeology
  • Coastal trade, landing-sites and navigation along the southern North Sea coast from Stone-Age to medieval times
  • Non-destructive methods in settlement research
  • Underwater-archaeological investigations of submersed settlements and shipwrecks

Current research topics

  • Trading terps and Geest boundary harbours - medieval trade ports on the German North Sea coast
  • The Settlement and Cultural History of the Wadden Sea area of Lower Saxony
  • SPLASHCOS-Viewer by COST-Action Submerged Prehistoric Archaeology and Landscapes of the Continental Shelf

Memberships, honorary offices

  • Corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute
  • Member of the International Sachsensymposion
  • Member of the Archaeolocical Commission for Lower Saxony e.V.
  • Manager of the Marschenrat zur Förderung der Forschung im Küstengebiet der Nordsee e.V.