Ulrike Sommer
Biographic Data
| ID | 232838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ulrike Sommer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ulrike |
| FAMILY NAME | Sommer |
| SIGNATURE | SOMMER U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Archaeology |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-6698-0884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Choosing Ancestors
Working with broken agents
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Viewpoint: Archaeology of Strikes and Revolution
Tribes, Peoples, Ethnicity
The word ‘ethnicity’ has been used in several contexts, both as a seemingly more neutral description for what used to be called ‘tribes’, ‘peoples’ and ‘races’ and for minority groups inside bigger political structures, normally nation-states (Eriksen 1993). In the this chapter, I will look at some of the defi nitions of ethnicity, followed by a discussion of the study of past ethnicities by archaeological means. A case study of a change of mater…
The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Theory
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title w…
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Excavations of an Early Neolithic Site at Tasnad, Romania
The town of Tăşnad, in north-west Romania, is situated at the western end of the Tăşnad Hills which rise to a height of up to 230m above sea-level; the site ‘Sere’ is situated south-west of the town near a thermal spa on the banks of the Cehal river, a tributary of the Ier. The Cehal valley opens towards the Ier and Someş plains which form the north-easternmost part of the Great Hungarian Plain, a marshy area until the large-scale drainage-works …
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Flint knapping in an early Neolithic settlement
Stone (or lithic) tools are among the most durable types of arte fa cts in the archaeological record, and major phases in human cultural evolution, such as the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Ne o lithic, are named afte r them. They are clearly an important and abundant source of information to archaeologists and much can be learned fr om them, as outlined in this article. But how impor tant were they in the day-to-day life of people in the past
Which crisis
When I was asked to comment on Shannon Dawdy's position paper entitled 'Millennial archaeology. Locating the discipline in the age of insecurity' I must admit that I was, even with the give-away 'millennium' of the title, thinking of the current economic crisis, the 'credit crunch' as it is known in Britain. Shannon Dawdy seems to describe a much more specific American crisis - the realization that the United States are not somehow outside histor…
West Dean 2008
The West Dean Archaeological Project is coordinated by the Institute of Archaeology in association with the staff of the Centre for Applied Archaeology. It forms the focus for teaching Institute undergraduates in the practical skills of archaeological fieldwork through researching the changing settlement and land use of the West Dean Estate and adjacent areas. It has been running since 2006 and an introductory account appeared in the last issue o…
The Freedom of the Woods
Dark and deep mysterious woods or forests figure prominently in the works of the German Romantic School (ca. 1790–1840). The novellas, poems and novels of Josef von Eichendorff (1788–1857) and especially of Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853) portray the “Loneliness of the woods” (Waldeinsamkeit) that can be both a threat to personal identity, and a refuge from the complications and ugliness of modern life, where the beginning of industrialization was endan…
Locality and place in the history of archaeology, The Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London
The West Dean Archaeological Project
Since 2005/2006 West Dean College and the associated West Dean Estate in West Sussex have provided the home for practical training of Institute of Archaeology students, for both the initiation ritual of the Experimental Archaeology Course ("Prim Tech") and for the field training courses undertaken at the end of the
Flint knapping in an early Neolithic settlement
Hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother
This article examines at the scope for agency in the early Neolithic central European Linearbandkeramik culture (5600-4800 BC). It discusses whether a lack of development in certain areas of material culture should be interpreted as evidence of a stable lebenswelt (life-world), where change is simply unimaginable, or if this in contrast provides evidence for mechanisms actively preventing stylistic change, thus representing a state of orthodoxy, …
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Archaeology and Regional Identity in Saxony
The paper discusses the interrelation between archaeological method and regional identity using the example of Saxony, a federal state of Germany. While the role of archaeology in the nationalist and ethnic discourse has been discussed relatively intensively, little is known about the hidden or open resistance present and the subnarratives used on a more local level. Saxony, with a multi-ethnic past (Germanic, Slavic and German settlement) and st…
Archaeology and Regional Identity in Saxony
The paper discusses the interrelation between archaeological method and regional identity using the example of Saxony, a federal state of Germany. While the role of archaeology in the nationalist and ethnic discourse has been discussed relatively intensively, little is known about the hidden or open resistance present and the sub-narratives used on a more local level. Saxony, with a multi-ethnic past (Germanic, Slavic and German settlement) and s…
Theory and tradition in German archaeology
All quiet on the western front' (Härke 1991) for years on end, and now, suddenly two theoretical works out of Germany, one of them even of handbook-character - what's happening? Is the enmity towards theoretical discourse of mainstream German archaeology (Eggert and Veit 1998, 11) finally abating
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News from the Land of Freedom
Journal Article News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home Get access News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home. Edited by Kamphoefner Walter D. Helbich Wolfgang Sommer Ulrike. Translated by Susan Carter Vogel. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. ix + 645 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Bradley J. Young Bradley J. Young Indiana University-Bloomington Search fo…
News from the Land of Freedom
Journal Article News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home. Ed. by Walter D. Kamphoefner, Wolfgang Helbich, and Ulrike Sommer. Trans, by Susan Carter Vogel. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. x + 645 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8014-2523-9.) Get access Bruce Levine Bruce Levine University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September …
Briefe aus Amerika
Hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother
This article examines at the scope for agency in the early Neolithic central European Linearbandkeramik culture (5600-4800 BC). It discusses whether a lack of development in certain areas of material culture should be interpreted as evidence of a stable lebenswelt (life-world), where change is simply unimaginable, or if this in contrast provides evidence for mechanisms actively preventing stylistic change, thus representing a state of orthodoxy, …
Working with broken agents
Which crisis
When I was asked to comment on Shannon Dawdy's position paper entitled 'Millennial archaeology. Locating the discipline in the age of insecurity' I must admit that I was, even with the give-away 'millennium' of the title, thinking of the current economic crisis, the 'credit crunch' as it is known in Britain. Shannon Dawdy seems to describe a much more specific American crisis - the realization that the United States are not somehow outside histor…
Archaeology and Regional Identity in Saxony
The paper discusses the interrelation between archaeological method and regional identity using the example of Saxony, a federal state of Germany. While the role of archaeology in the nationalist and ethnic discourse has been discussed relatively intensively, little is known about the hidden or open resistance present and the sub-narratives used on a more local level. Saxony, with a multi-ethnic past (Germanic, Slavic and German settlement) and s…
Theory and tradition in German archaeology
All quiet on the western front' (Härke 1991) for years on end, and now, suddenly two theoretical works out of Germany, one of them even of handbook-character - what's happening? Is the enmity towards theoretical discourse of mainstream German archaeology (Eggert and Veit 1998, 11) finally abating
Briefe aus Amerika
News from the Land of Freedom
Journal Article News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home. Ed. by Walter D. Kamphoefner, Wolfgang Helbich, and Ulrike Sommer. Trans, by Susan Carter Vogel. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. x + 645 pp. $35.00, ISBN 0-8014-2523-9.) Get access Bruce Levine Bruce Levine University of Cincinnati Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 79, Issue 2, September …
News from the Land of Freedom
Journal Article News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home Get access News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home. Edited by Kamphoefner Walter D. Helbich Wolfgang Sommer Ulrike. Translated by Susan Carter Vogel. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. ix + 645 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $35.00.) Bradley J. Young Bradley J. Young Indiana University-Bloomington Search fo…
NRW-Lexikon
NRW-Lexikon
Archaeology and Regional Identity in Saxony
The paper discusses the interrelation between archaeological method and regional identity using the example of Saxony, a federal state of Germany. While the role of archaeology in the nationalist and ethnic discourse has been discussed relatively intensively, little is known about the hidden or open resistance present and the subnarratives used on a more local level. Saxony, with a multi-ethnic past (Germanic, Slavic and German settlement) and st…
Archaeology and Regional Identity in Saxony
The paper discusses the interrelation between archaeological method and regional identity using the example of Saxony, a federal state of Germany. While the role of archaeology in the nationalist and ethnic discourse has been discussed relatively intensively, little is known about the hidden or open resistance present and the sub-narratives used on a more local level. Saxony, with a multi-ethnic past (Germanic, Slavic and German settlement) and s…
Theory and tradition in German archaeology
All quiet on the western front' (Härke 1991) for years on end, and now, suddenly two theoretical works out of Germany, one of them even of handbook-character - what's happening? Is the enmity towards theoretical discourse of mainstream German archaeology (Eggert and Veit 1998, 11) finally abating
Hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother
This article examines at the scope for agency in the early Neolithic central European Linearbandkeramik culture (5600-4800 BC). It discusses whether a lack of development in certain areas of material culture should be interpreted as evidence of a stable lebenswelt (life-world), where change is simply unimaginable, or if this in contrast provides evidence for mechanisms actively preventing stylistic change, thus representing a state of orthodoxy, …
Flint knapping in an early Neolithic settlement
The West Dean Archaeological Project
Since 2005/2006 West Dean College and the associated West Dean Estate in West Sussex have provided the home for practical training of Institute of Archaeology students, for both the initiation ritual of the Experimental Archaeology Course ("Prim Tech") and for the field training courses undertaken at the end of the
West Dean 2008
The West Dean Archaeological Project is coordinated by the Institute of Archaeology in association with the staff of the Centre for Applied Archaeology. It forms the focus for teaching Institute undergraduates in the practical skills of archaeological fieldwork through researching the changing settlement and land use of the West Dean Estate and adjacent areas. It has been running since 2006 and an introductory account appeared in the last issue o…
The Freedom of the Woods
Dark and deep mysterious woods or forests figure prominently in the works of the German Romantic School (ca. 1790–1840). The novellas, poems and novels of Josef von Eichendorff (1788–1857) and especially of Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853) portray the “Loneliness of the woods” (Waldeinsamkeit) that can be both a threat to personal identity, and a refuge from the complications and ugliness of modern life, where the beginning of industrialization was endan…
Locality and place in the history of archaeology, The Institute of Archaeology, UCL, London
Which crisis
When I was asked to comment on Shannon Dawdy's position paper entitled 'Millennial archaeology. Locating the discipline in the age of insecurity' I must admit that I was, even with the give-away 'millennium' of the title, thinking of the current economic crisis, the 'credit crunch' as it is known in Britain. Shannon Dawdy seems to describe a much more specific American crisis - the realization that the United States are not somehow outside histor…
NRW-Lexikon
NRW-Lexikon
Flint knapping in an early Neolithic settlement
Stone (or lithic) tools are among the most durable types of arte fa cts in the archaeological record, and major phases in human cultural evolution, such as the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Ne o lithic, are named afte r them. They are clearly an important and abundant source of information to archaeologists and much can be learned fr om them, as outlined in this article. But how impor tant were they in the day-to-day life of people in the past
The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Theory
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title w…
NRW-Lexikon
Excavations of an Early Neolithic Site at Tasnad, Romania
The town of Tăşnad, in north-west Romania, is situated at the western end of the Tăşnad Hills which rise to a height of up to 230m above sea-level; the site ‘Sere’ is situated south-west of the town near a thermal spa on the banks of the Cehal river, a tributary of the Ier. The Cehal valley opens towards the Ier and Someş plains which form the north-easternmost part of the Great Hungarian Plain, a marshy area until the large-scale drainage-works …
Tribes, Peoples, Ethnicity
The word ‘ethnicity’ has been used in several contexts, both as a seemingly more neutral description for what used to be called ‘tribes’, ‘peoples’ and ‘races’ and for minority groups inside bigger political structures, normally nation-states (Eriksen 1993). In the this chapter, I will look at some of the defi nitions of ethnicity, followed by a discussion of the study of past ethnicities by archaeological means. A case study of a change of mater…
Viewpoint
Viewpoint: Archaeology of Strikes and Revolution
Working with broken agents
Choosing Ancestors
History (18 works) · Archaeology (17 works) · Geography (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · History (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · German (5 works)