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Institute for Prehistory
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Pre-and Early History Research (Prehistoric Archaeology) deals with the remains of human existence, which are obtained mainly by excavation. Thus it makes a contribution to the study of human history. The Cologne Institute for Prehistory provides the content and methods of the subject, including the relevant scientific aspects.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Coordinated projects
- SFB 806 A1: Out of Africa – Late Pleistocene Rock Shelter Stratigraphies and Palaeoenvironments in Northeastern Africa
- SFB 806 A2: Late Quaternary High-Resolution Climate Archives in the Sahara
- SFB 806 B1: The 'Eastern Trajectory': Last Glacial Palaeogeography and Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and of the Balkan Peninsula
- SFB 806 E1: Population Dynamics: Demographic Changes of Hunter-Gatherer Populations during the Upper Pleistocene and Early Holocene in Europe
- SFB 806 E3: Anthropological Models: A Reconstruction of the First African Frontier
- SFB 806 F1: Application of Cosmogenic Nuclide Dating (14C and 10Be) in the Construction of High-Resolution Archaeological Chronologies
- SFB 806 Z1: Central Administration and Coordination
Coordinated collaborative projects
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
Contact
Institute for Prehistory
Weyertal 125
50923 Köln
North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)221.470-2306
Fax: +49 (0)221.470-4892
Email: secretary.prehistory(@)uni-koeln.de