Christian started following the work of Viera Trancik.
Christian followed the research interest: Deviant burial (Archaeology)
Christian started following the work of Penny Bickle, Cardiff University, Cardiff School of History, Archaeology and Religion.
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Graduate Student, Institut für Anthropologie
Head of Osteological Laboratory
Thesis Title: Bioarchäologie des frühmittelalterlichen Gräberfelds von Mannheim-Seckenheim. Paläopathologie und Paläoepidemiologie der menschlichen Skelettfunde vom Hermsheimer Bösfeld.
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Prof. Dr. Kurt W. Alt
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About
The main focus of my work is on Bioarchaeology, Palaeopathology, Taphonomy and Funerary Archaeology, with some smaller attention being also given to faunal remains from archaeological sites.
In my PhD thesis I examined the 904 burials of the Merovingian cemetery of Mannheim-Seckenheim (Hermsheimer Bösfeld), and, besides the standard anthropological investigations, recorded and analysed all pathological lesions of the human skeletal remains. This cemetery therefore represents the largest single skeletal sample from Germany, which has been completely analysed from a palaeoepidemiological point of view. These data are supplemented by other biocultural indicators, like body height, grave goods and social status and are combined into a comprehensive bioarchaeological study.
Another major focus is on complex and sometimes deviant burials from prehistoric times, like mass and collective graves and multiple burials. In close collaboration with other bioarchaeological approaches, like aDNA and isotope studies, these smaller burial compositions can be analysed and interpreted in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary way.
Contact Information
| Address: | Institute of Anthropology |
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+49 6131 3924487 |
