Eberhard Zangger
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 1704977 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Eberhard Zangger |
| NOMBRES | Eberhard |
| APELLIDO | Zangger |
| FIRMA | ZANGGER E |
| AFILIACIONES | Spital Zollikerberg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0059-6188 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1990 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion, Part 2
Evidence of systematic astronomical observation and the impact of celestial knowledge on culture is plentiful in the Bronze Age societies of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Europe. An interest in astral phenomena is also reflected in Hittite documents, architecture and art. The rock-cut reliefs of 64 deities in the main chamber of Yazilikaya, a Hittite rock sanctuary associated with Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, can be broken into grou…
Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion
Regular celestial events assumed remarkable significance for the cultic rituals of the Hittite civilisation (c. 1600-1180 BC) in central Asia Minor. Numerous texts found at the capital Hattuša relate to solar deities and celestial divination reminiscent of Old Babylonian astronomical and astrological practices. Here we suggest that the rock sanctuary of Yazilikaya, which was considered one of the holiest places in the Hittite kingdom, had a calen…
Some Open Questions About the Plain of Troia
The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
The Flood from Heaven
Landscape Changes around Tiryns during the Bronze Age
Excavations and auger cores have revealed the Holocene stratigraphy in the vicinity of the Late Bronze Age citadel of Tiryns. During the Early Bronze Age, when the shoreline was only 300 m from the limestone hillock on which Tiryns rests, an expansive settlement covered the southern district of the lower town. Its remains are today buried by up to 6 m of sediment. Late in Early Helladic II a stream south of Tiryns accumulated several meters of gr…
Plato's Atlantis Account ‐ a Distorted Recollection of the Trojan War
Parts of the lower town of Mycenaean Tiryns, Greece, became devastated and buried 3‐5 meters deep during a torrential flood which coincided with a major earthquake at the transition from Late Helladic IIIB2 to Late Helladic IIIC1 (c. 1200 BC). These catastrophes contributed locally to the rapid demise of the Mycenaean civilization which commenced at this chronological boundary. Such a collapse of an early Greek civilization accompanied by a simul…
Prehistoric Coastal Environments in Greece
Two completely vanished environments in Greece, a shallow coastal bay at Dimini near Volos and a large freshwater lake near Lerna south of Argos, were found and reconstructed with over 200 auger and drill cores. Similarities between the coastal landscapes of modern Volos and Argos with respect to topography and settlement history are attributable to comparable geological settings and Holocene environmental histories; for example, at both places, …
Quaternary Transgressive/Regressive Cycles in the Gulf of Argos, Greece
Borings in the Argive Plain reveal cycles of marine incursions, each ending with a Mediterranean soil profile and followed by a prograded fluvial and coastal wedge. The sediment prism of the Gulf of Argos shelf, visible in high-resolution seismic reflection profiles, also consists of transgressive and regressive depositional sequences identified by onlap, downlap, and truncation of deposits. At least four major reflectors, recognizable by their h…
Land Use and Soil Erosion in Prehistoric and Historical Greece
Soil erosion resulting from human exploitation of the land has attracted much public and scientific interest. Being regarded mainly as a modern phenomenon, however, its prehistoric and historical extent remain largely unexplored. Here we summarize three regional studies of Holocene erosion and alluviation in Greece, together with information derived from the literature, and conclude that most recorded Holocene soil erosion events are spatially an…
The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
Land Use and Soil Erosion in Prehistoric and Historical Greece
Soil erosion resulting from human exploitation of the land has attracted much public and scientific interest. Being regarded mainly as a modern phenomenon, however, its prehistoric and historical extent remain largely unexplored. Here we summarize three regional studies of Holocene erosion and alluviation in Greece, together with information derived from the literature, and conclude that most recorded Holocene soil erosion events are spatially an…
Prehistoric Coastal Environments in Greece
Two completely vanished environments in Greece, a shallow coastal bay at Dimini near Volos and a large freshwater lake near Lerna south of Argos, were found and reconstructed with over 200 auger and drill cores. Similarities between the coastal landscapes of modern Volos and Argos with respect to topography and settlement history are attributable to comparable geological settings and Holocene environmental histories; for example, at both places, …
Landscape Changes around Tiryns during the Bronze Age
Excavations and auger cores have revealed the Holocene stratigraphy in the vicinity of the Late Bronze Age citadel of Tiryns. During the Early Bronze Age, when the shoreline was only 300 m from the limestone hillock on which Tiryns rests, an expansive settlement covered the southern district of the lower town. Its remains are today buried by up to 6 m of sediment. Late in Early Helladic II a stream south of Tiryns accumulated several meters of gr…
Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion
Regular celestial events assumed remarkable significance for the cultic rituals of the Hittite civilisation (c. 1600-1180 BC) in central Asia Minor. Numerous texts found at the capital Hattuša relate to solar deities and celestial divination reminiscent of Old Babylonian astronomical and astrological practices. Here we suggest that the rock sanctuary of Yazilikaya, which was considered one of the holiest places in the Hittite kingdom, had a calen…
Plato's Atlantis Account ‐ a Distorted Recollection of the Trojan War
Parts of the lower town of Mycenaean Tiryns, Greece, became devastated and buried 3‐5 meters deep during a torrential flood which coincided with a major earthquake at the transition from Late Helladic IIIB2 to Late Helladic IIIC1 (c. 1200 BC). These catastrophes contributed locally to the rapid demise of the Mycenaean civilization which commenced at this chronological boundary. Such a collapse of an early Greek civilization accompanied by a simul…
Quaternary Transgressive/Regressive Cycles in the Gulf of Argos, Greece
Borings in the Argive Plain reveal cycles of marine incursions, each ending with a Mediterranean soil profile and followed by a prograded fluvial and coastal wedge. The sediment prism of the Gulf of Argos shelf, visible in high-resolution seismic reflection profiles, also consists of transgressive and regressive depositional sequences identified by onlap, downlap, and truncation of deposits. At least four major reflectors, recognizable by their h…
Land Use and Soil Erosion in Prehistoric and Historical Greece
Soil erosion resulting from human exploitation of the land has attracted much public and scientific interest. Being regarded mainly as a modern phenomenon, however, its prehistoric and historical extent remain largely unexplored. Here we summarize three regional studies of Holocene erosion and alluviation in Greece, together with information derived from the literature, and conclude that most recorded Holocene soil erosion events are spatially an…
Prehistoric Coastal Environments in Greece
Two completely vanished environments in Greece, a shallow coastal bay at Dimini near Volos and a large freshwater lake near Lerna south of Argos, were found and reconstructed with over 200 auger and drill cores. Similarities between the coastal landscapes of modern Volos and Argos with respect to topography and settlement history are attributable to comparable geological settings and Holocene environmental histories; for example, at both places, …
Plato's Atlantis Account ‐ a Distorted Recollection of the Trojan War
Parts of the lower town of Mycenaean Tiryns, Greece, became devastated and buried 3‐5 meters deep during a torrential flood which coincided with a major earthquake at the transition from Late Helladic IIIB2 to Late Helladic IIIC1 (c. 1200 BC). These catastrophes contributed locally to the rapid demise of the Mycenaean civilization which commenced at this chronological boundary. Such a collapse of an early Greek civilization accompanied by a simul…
The Flood from Heaven
Landscape Changes around Tiryns during the Bronze Age
Excavations and auger cores have revealed the Holocene stratigraphy in the vicinity of the Late Bronze Age citadel of Tiryns. During the Early Bronze Age, when the shoreline was only 300 m from the limestone hillock on which Tiryns rests, an expansive settlement covered the southern district of the lower town. Its remains are today buried by up to 6 m of sediment. Late in Early Helladic II a stream south of Tiryns accumulated several meters of gr…
The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
Some Open Questions About the Plain of Troia
Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion
Regular celestial events assumed remarkable significance for the cultic rituals of the Hittite civilisation (c. 1600-1180 BC) in central Asia Minor. Numerous texts found at the capital Hattuša relate to solar deities and celestial divination reminiscent of Old Babylonian astronomical and astrological practices. Here we suggest that the rock sanctuary of Yazilikaya, which was considered one of the holiest places in the Hittite kingdom, had a calen…
Celestial Aspects of Hittite Religion, Part 2
Evidence of systematic astronomical observation and the impact of celestial knowledge on culture is plentiful in the Bronze Age societies of Egypt, Mesopotamia and Europe. An interest in astral phenomena is also reflected in Hittite documents, architecture and art. The rock-cut reliefs of 64 deities in the main chamber of Yazilikaya, a Hittite rock sanctuary associated with Hattusa, the Hittite capital in central Anatolia, can be broken into grou…
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