Heiko Steuer (born 30 October 1939) is a German
archaeologist
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 landscap ...
, notable for his research into social and
economic history
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in early Europe. He serves as co-editor of
Germanische Altertumskunde Online
''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them.
The first ...
.
Career
Heiko Steuer was born on 30 October, 1939, in
Braunschweig
Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...
,
Germany
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. From 1960 until 1969 he studied in
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
and
Tübingen
Tübingen (, , Swabian: ''Dibenga'') is a traditional university city in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, and developed on both sides of the Neckar and Ammer rivers. about one in thr ...
, first studying mathematics and physics, and then prehistory and early history. In 1976 he was appointed director of the
Kölnischen Stadtmuseums (
de), the
Cologne
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City Museum; he held the position until 1984. During this time, in 1979, Steuer
habilitated
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himself, on studies of prehistory and early history at the
Ruhr University Bochum
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.
Steuer stepped down from the Cologne City Museum in 1984, the same year he became a full professor of prehistory and early history at the
University of Freiburg
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and also director of the Institute of Prehistory and Archeology of the Middle Ages. He retired from the university in 2005.
During his career, Steuer researched early archaeology,
Middle Ages
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archaeology, German economic and social history, Germanic antiquity, mining archaeology, the history of medieval trade and currency, and the history of research of the field of prehistory and early history. He also edited the Journal of Archeology of the Middle Ages starting in 1972 (with
Sebastian Brather
Sebastian Brather (born 28 June 1964) is a German medieval archaeologist and co-editor of '' Germanische Altertumskunde Online''.
Career
Brather received his PhD in archaeology from the Humboldt University of Berlin in 1995 with a thesis '' Fel ...
(
de) and
Ulrich Müller), and the
Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde
''Germanische Altertumskunde Online'', formerly called ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde'', is a German encyclopedia of the study of Germanic history and cultures, as well as the cultures that were in close contact with them.
The first ...
starting in 1994.
Steuer is a member of the
German Archaeological Institute
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, a corresponding member of the
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
The Göttingen Academy of Sciences (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen)Note that the German ''Wissenschaft'' has a wider meaning than the English "Science", and includes Social sciences and Humanities. is the second oldest of the se ...
, and a member of the Commission for Historical Geography in Baden-Württemberg.
Publications
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References
Bibliography
* Sebastian Brather, Christel Hoeper, Michael Hoeper (eds.): ''Archäologie als Sozialgeschichte. Studien zu Siedlung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft im frühgeschichtlichen Mitteleuropa. Festschrift für Heiko Steuer zum 60. Geburtstag'' (= ''Internationale Archäologie. Studia honoraria.'' Bd. 9). Leidorf, Rahden/Westf. 1999, .
* Sebastian Brather, Christoph Huth, Dieter Geuenich (eds.): ''Historia archaeologica. Festschrift für Heiko Steuer zum 70. Geburtstag'' (= ''Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. Ergänzungsbände.'' Bd. 70). de Gruyter, Berlin u. a. 2009, .
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External links
List of publications
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1939 births
Archaeologists from Lower Saxony
20th-century archaeologists
21st-century archaeologists
Germanic studies scholars
Living people
People from Braunschweig