HERMANN GENZ
12.02.1998
Ph.D. degree at the
University of Tübingen, title of Ph.D. thesis: "The Early Bronze Age pottery from Khirbet ez-Zeraqon, Northern Jordan."
Since 09/2004
Assistant Professor at the
American University of Beirut
06/1998 - 10/2000
Research grant at the
German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul for the publication of the Iron Age Pottery from the excavations on Büyükkaya in Bogazköy-Hattusa, Turkey.
01/2001 - 12/2002
Research grant from the
German Science Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) for a research project entitled: "The Iron Age in Central Anatolia".
02/2003 - 06/2004
Research position for the organization of a special exhibition on the Early Bronze Age of Europe at the
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory) in Halle/Saale, Germany.
Research Interest
1- The emergence of complex societies in the Bronze Age of the Levant
My research interests focus on the emergence of the first cities in the Levant during the late fourth and third millennia BC, and the socio-economic changes that accompanied the transition from a rural to an urban way of life. Special foci of my research are the chronological and functional aspects of Early Bronze Age pottery, the storage and trade of agricultural goods, mining and metallurgy, and trade relations between the Levant and the neighbouring regions.
2-The archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Age in Anatolia
My research interests in this field focus on the archaeology of the Hittite Empire as well as the Iron Age cultures of Central Anatolia. Special points of interest are the reasons for the collapse of the Hittite Empire and the re-emergence of socio-political entities in the Early Iron Age.
Recent Publications
The Emergence of Complex Societies in the Bronze Age of the Levant
The Archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Age in Anatolia
The Emergence of Complex Societies in the Bronze Age of the Levant
Monographs
Genz, H. 2002
Die frühbronzezeitliche Keramik von Hirbet ez-Zeraqon, Nordjordanien. Mit Studien zur Chronologie und funktionalen Deutung frühbronzezeitlicher Keramik in der südlichen Levante (Deutsch-jordanische Ausgrabungen in Hirbet ez-Zeraqon 1984-1994. Endberichte Band V. Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 27,2; Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag).
Genz, H. 2003
Ritzverzierte Knochenhülsen des dritten Jahrtausends im Ostmittelmeerraum. Ein Beitrag zu den frühen Kulturverbindungen zwischen Levante und Ägäis (Abhandlungen des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 31; Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag).
Articles
Adams, R./Genz, H.1995
Excavations at Fidan 4: A Chalcolithic Village Complex in the Copper Ore District of Feinan, Southern Jordan, Palestine Exploration Quarterly 127, 8-20.
Chesson, M. S./Flender, M./Genz, H./Hourani, F./Kuijt, I./Palumbo, G. 1995
Tell es-Sukhne North: An Early Bronze Age II Site in Jordan, Paléorient 21, 113-123.
Genz, H.1998
Problems in Defining a Chalcolithic for Southern Jordan, in: H. G. Gebel/Z. Kafafi/G. O. Rollefson (eds.), The Prehistory of Jordan II. Perspectives from 1996 (Studies in Early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence, and Environment 4, Berlin, ex oriente), 441-448.
Genz, H. 2000
The Organization of Early Bronze Age Metalworking in the Southern Levant, Paléorient 26, 55-65.
Genz, H. 2001
Early Bronze Age Potmarks from Khirbat az-Zayraqün: some Aspects concerning their Meaning, Studies in the History and Archaeology of Jordan VII, 217-228.
Genz, H./Hauptmann, A. 2002
Chalcolithic and EBA Metallurgy in the Southern Levant, in: Ü. Yalçin (ed.), Anatolian Metal II (Der Anschnitt, Beiheft 15; Bochum), 149-157.
Genz, H. 2003
Cash Crop Production and Storage in the Early Bronze Age Southern Levant, Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 16, 59-78.
The Archaeology of the Bronze and Iron Age in Anatolia
Monographs
Genz, H. 2004
Büyükkaya I: Die Keramik der Eisenzeit. Bogazköy-Hattusa XXI (Mainz).
Editorships
B. Fischer/H. Genz/E. Jean/K. Köroglu (eds.) 2003
Identifying Changes: The Transition from Bronze to Iron Ages in Anatolia and its Neighbouring Regions. Proceedings of the International Workshop Istanbul, November 8-9, 2002 (Istanbul).
H. Genz/D. P. Mielke (eds.)
In press Insights into Hittite History and Archaeology. Special Issue for Ancient West & East
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Articles
Genz, H. 2000
Die Eisenzeit in Zentralanatolien im Lichte der keramischen Funde vom Büyükkaya in Bogazköy/Hattusa, Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi Arkeoloji Dergisi/Turkish Academy of Sciences Journal of Archaeology (TÜBA-AR) 3, 35-54.
Genz, H. 2001
Iron Age Pottery from Çadir-Höyük, Anatolica 27, 159-170.
Genz, H. 2003
Früheisenzeitliche Keramik von Büyükkale in Bogazköy/Hattusa, Istanbuler Mitteilungen 53, 113-129.
Genz, H.
In press Thoughts on the Origin of the Iron Age Pottery Traditions in Central Anatolia, in: A. Çilingiroglu/G. Darbyshire (eds.), Anatolian Iron Ages 5.
Genz, H.
In press ‚No land could stand before their arms, from Hatti …. on …'? New Light on the End of the Hittite Empire and the Early Iron Age in Central Anatolia, in: M. Artzy/A. Killebrew/G. Lehmann (eds.), The Philistines and other "Sea Peoples". Proceedings of the International Round Table, May 2001.
Genz, H.
In press Iron Age Burial Customs in Central Anatolia, in: J. Margueron/P. de Miroschedji/J. P. Thalman (eds.), 3 ICAANE Proceedings (Winona Lake).
Genz, H.
In press Eine mykenische Scherbe aus Bogazköy, Archäologischer Anzeiger 2004/1, 77-84.
Genz, H.
In press Late Iron Age occupation on the Northwest Slope at Bogazköy, in: A. Çilingiroglu/A. Sagona (eds.), Anatolian Iron Ages 6.
Genz, H.
In press The Iron Age in Central Anatolia, in: Tsetskhladze, G.R. (ed.), Greece, Anatolia, the Black Sea and Europe in the 1st Millennium BC (Colloquia Pontica Leiden: Brill) 2006.
Projects
Field Projects
Since September of 2004 together with H. Sader I am co-directing a field project at the Early Bronze Age site at Tell Fadous (Kfarabida) south of Batroun on the coast of Lebanon (see Website of H. Sader, point V)
Research projects
My main research project for the next years concerns the compilation of a detailed data-base of all the Early Bronze Age sites in Lebanon. Apart from the old investigations at Byblos and the current excavations at Tell Arqa in Northern Lebanon, the Early Bronze Age has received surprisingly little attention. The information gained by this study first of all will enable the construction of a more solid chronological framework. Furthermore, the various influences reaching the Central Levant from the North and from the South can be better evaluated.
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