The Ceram Prize (german: Ceram-Preis) is a prize for

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books in

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

issued by

Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, or LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, is a museum in Bonn, Germany, run by the Rhineland Landscape Association. It is one of the oldest museums in the country. In 2003 it completed an extensive renovation. The museum has a n ...

. It is named for

C. W. Ceram upright=.85, Original German cover of ''Gods, Graves and Scholars: The Story of Archaeology'' (1949)C. W. Ceram (20 January 1915 – 12 April 1972) was the pseudonym of German journalist, editor at Rowohlt Verlag, and author Kurt Wilhelm Marek ...

, famous for his

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of archaeology.Ceram-Preis für das archäologische Sachbuch

Recipients

The prize has been awarded in irregular intervals. * 1974 - Rudolf Pörtner * 1980 - Lübbe-Verlag for ''Neue Entdeckungen der Archäologie'' * 1992 - Wolfgang Wurster for ''Die Schatz-Gräber. Archäologische Expeditionen durch die Hochkulturen Südamerikas'', Hamburg 1991 * 1998 -

Marcus Junkelmann Marcus Junkelmann (born 2 October 1949 in Munich) is a German historian and experimental archeologist. Life and work Junkelmann started to study history at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich in 1971 and in 1979 he received a PhD for a thesis ...

for ''Panis militaris. Die Ernährung des römischen Soldaten oder der Grundstoff der Macht'', Mainz 1997 ("Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt", vol. 75) * 2002 - Franco Falchetti and Antonella Romualdi for ''Die Etrusker'', Theiss, Stuttgart 2001

References

{{reflist Archaeology awards

Recipients

See also

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