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Dr. Helmut Kroll, Former academic staff

Former academic staff | Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology

Dr. Helmut Kroll (Germany, 1948)

founding member - emeritus

PhD project University of Kiel
Post-doc project Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology
Research interests Archaeobotany and plant economy of archaeological settlement sites.
Education

Since 1970
Collaborator at the Archsum archaeological project, Isle of Sylt, Northern Germany. Since that year scientific researcher at the Institute of Pre- and Protohistory of the University of Kiel.

1975
PhD on Archsum archaebotany at the University of Kiel.

1967 - 1975
Study of Biology at the University of Kiel.

Work experience The Archaeobotany and plant economy of archaeological settlement sites:
  • Archsum, Isle of Sylt, Iron Age (G. Kossack, Kiel and Munich, †)
  • Kastanas, Greece, Bronze and Iron Age (B. Hänsel, Kiel and Berlin)
  • Kosel, Schleswig, Iron Age and early Middle Ages (M. Müller-Wille, Kiel)
  • Feudvar, former Jugoslavia, Bronze and Iron Age (B. Hänsel, Berlin)
  • Wallendorf, Rhineland, Iron Age (A. Haffner, Kiel)
  • Agios Mamas, Greece, Bronze Age (B. Hänsel, Berlin)
  • Okolište, Bosnia, Neolithic (J. Müller, Kiel)
  • Bruszczewo, Poland, Bronze Age (J. Müller, Kiel)
  • Vix, France, Iron Age (U. Müller, Kiel)
Selected publications

in press, online first 2011
Wiebke Kirleis, Stefanie Klooß, Helmut Kroll, Johannes Müller: Crop growing and gathering in the northern German Neolithic: a review supplemented by first new results. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0328-9 (document at Springer)

2008
C. Becker / H. Kroll, Das Prähistorische Olynth. Ausgrabungen in der Toumba Agios Mamas 1994-1996. Ernährung und Rohstoffnutzung im Wandel. Prähistorische Archäologie in Südosteuropa 22 (Rahden 2008) 184 S.

2007
H. Kroll, Die Dornenhecke, der Kirschgarten und der Hafen von Haithabu. Weiteres zum Steinobst aus Haithabu. In: Das archäologische Fundmaterial 8. Mit Beiträgen von Daniel A. Hepp, Ralf Wiechmann, Harm Paulsen, Helmut Kroll und David M. Wilson. Ber. Ausgrabungen Haithabu 36 (Neumünster 2007) S. 313-329.

2007
H. Kroll, The plant remains from the Neolithic Funnel Beaker site of Wangels in Holsatia, northern Germany. Chapter 20 in: S. Colledge / J. Conolly (Hrsg.), The Origings and Stread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe (Walnut Creek, California 2007) S. 349-357.

2007
H. Kroll, 2. Die Pflanzenfunde. In: H. G. Niemeyer / R. F. Docter / K. Schmidt (Hrsg.) Karthago. Die Ergebnisse der Hamburger Ausgrabung unter dem Decumanus Maximus 2. Hamburger Forschungen zur Archäologie 2 (Mainz 2007) 849-853.

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