Cornelia Kleinitz

Archaeologist @dai_weltweit, African pasts & futures, Project Musawwarat (Sudan), Heritage & communities, (German) Colonialism, Sensescapes, Rock art & graffiti

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Watch our new documentary on #Musawwarat #Archaeology. Short film (25mins) on a long-term project (60+ years) of #HumboldtUni and its partner #NCAM in #Sudan: https://t.co/NshYcjjA9J Arabic version + second film focusing on local perspectives on this #heritage coming soon.

[Arthur Larie @arthur_larie]

#Sudan : Our latest story with @bastienmassa on the dangers threatening Sudan's heritage caught in the stranglehold of war

Sudan’s civil war puts ancient treasures in the line of fire /via @globeandmail https://t.co/eKE3mQIgIc

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

@HPiezonka @csen_nomads @dai_weltweit Yes, indeed!

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

It’s #MedievalMonday! Time to visit new excavations of the Mongolian-German project @dai_weltweit/#kaak_dai at the summer palace of a Mongol Khan in Orkhon Valley (c. 13th cent. AD). Masses of glazed tiles point to representational buildings. Getting there + back was interesting.

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Deer stones are argued to represent individuals, perhaps 'warriors' or 'chiefs'. Excavations show them to be part of elaborate sets of features. More + literature in J. Wright's (2021) #OpenAccess overview of current research on Mongolian prehistory, 448f: https://t.co/6aiISX1jCW

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Visiting our local #deerstone in Orkhon Valley of #Mongolia on #StandingStoneSunday. Found in (late) Bronze Age commemorative complexes, deer stones are often anthropomorphic, with earrings/ears, belts + weapons depicted besides the ‘flying deer’ covering their upper ‘bodies’.👇

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

A done-based aerial survey suggested that the layout of the ancient Uighur capital Khar Balgas followed nomadic principles rather than Iranian-Sogdian or Chinese models of city planning + was thus “an instance of a genuine steppe-nomadic kind of urbanity.” https://t.co/FJFkQK0lLY

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

#FieldworkFriday with @dai_weltweit/#kaak_dai in #Mongolia: The Mongolian-German project continues excavations at the vast ancient city Khar Balgas (8th/9th c. CE) in the rich cultural landscape of the Orkhon Valley with urban centres + residences of successive nomadic empires...

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

@davidwengrow Gosh, this was such a long time ago!😉I remember us using a (then) state-of-the-art 3,3 megapixel camera in archaeological documentation and taking ‘high resolution’ digital photographs of the landscapes we traversed on donkeyback and of the rock art + rock gongs we documented🥁

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

No better place to read up on ‘The indigenous origins of social housing and democracy in the Americas’ than Teotihuacan, which "was not just 'anti-dynastic' in spirit, it was itself a utopian experiment in urban life." (from 'The Dawn of Everything' by D. Graeber + @davidwengrow)

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

@Schepers_CJ @davidwengrow On 29 June we'll either attend @davidwengrow's second Albertus Magnus Professorship lecture ('On the Origins of "The Origins of Inequality" (Analysis of a Contemporary Myth)') at the University of Cologne OR the opening night of 'Indiana Jones + the Dial of Destiny'. Let's see 😏

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Event: Sudan Day Berlin/Berliner Sudantag 2023
Type: Research colloquium #Archaeology #Sudan
📅 Saturday, 24 June, 10:00-18:00 CEST
Programme + info: https://t.co/IRJa6BnfOV
In person: @HumboldtUni, Rm 2091/92
Webinar @dai_weltweit/#kaak_dai: https://t.co/2dLIVvZ2CV
All welcome!

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Join us for Sudan Day Berlin 2023 on 24 June (10:00-18:00 CEST) in Berlin + Online! At this difficult time for the people of Sudan + their cultural heritage, the colloquium facilitates scientific exchange between Sudanese + German archaeologists + is open the public. Programme 👇

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Apart from presenting an interpretation of the soundscape of the ancient city via its Soundwalk, the 'Teotihuacan Virtual Sound Map' website is a great resource on this past sonic environment as it also informs about sound artefacts + music iconography + provides sound samples.

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Interested in ancient soundscapes + visiting Teotihuacan, Mexico? Check out the Teotihuacan Virtual Sound Mapping Project + download the 'Sounds of Teotihuacan' Soundwalk, which provides "musical improvisations + sonic impressions…in real time when exploring the ancient city" 👇

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

"Teotihuacan can be imagined as a place full of music and sounds, but the sonic environment of the city has been lost forever" Archaeologist Adje Both researched, replicated + played the ancient musical instruments + (re)interpreted the city’s soundscape https://t.co/jse9qUZHzD👇

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

The Sudan Day Berlin 2023 research colloquium explores ‘Lifeways in ancient Sudan’ and is co-organised by @HumboldtUni, @dai_weltweit, SAG e.V. + ÄMP-SMB. All are welcome! Programme + further information: https://t.co/IRJa6BnfOV. Webinar registration: https://t.co/YChSEjZw1k

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Join us for Sudan Day Berlin 2023 on 24 June (10:00-18:00 CEST) in Berlin + Online! At this difficult time for the people of Sudan + their cultural heritage, the colloquium facilitates scientific exchange between Sudanese + German archaeologists + is open the public. Programme 👇

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

This multisensory trip to Naga, which presents a major heritage site by telling the story of the archaeological team, can be undertaken at the State Museum of Egyptian Art (SMAEK) in Munich until 22/10/2023. One drawback for non-German speakers: Texts + audio are in German only!

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

How can the archaeology / heritage of Africa be presented in museums without relying on objects? An exhibition on the ancient Kushite site of Naqa/Naga @smaek_muc gives some answers. Here, the process of archaeological + conservation work is foregrounded rather than ‘discoveries’

[Ägyptisches Museum @smaek_muc]

Unsere aktuelle Sonderausstellung!
"Naga - Die verschüttete Königsstadt"
Mit Augen und Ohren: Eine archäologische Reise in den Sudan
12. Mai bis 22. Oktober 2023
Mehr zur Ausstellung unter: https://t.co/zR5cFFElBh
#NagaProjekt #NagaDVK

[Cornelia Kleinitz @CoKleinitz]

Focusing on experience instead of objects, the exhibition utilises 3D-models of buildings + sculpture, while explaining how the data were captured on site. The audio track includes team members talking about their work + also records the soundscape of Naga, such as buzzing flies.