Michael Drechsler M.A.
E-Mail: mdrechsl
smail.uni-koeln.de
Title of PhD thesis: "Die römische Stadtbefestigung von Augusta Treveroum/Trier" (working title)
Curriculum Vitae
- 2006-2013 Studies in Roman Archaeology ("Provinzialrömische Archäologie"), Prehistory and Ancient History at the University of Cologne
- 2013 Master thesis about the Roman Castellum Steincheshof/Germany (published in Bonner Jahrbücher 217)
- 2013-2016 Member at the Graduates School "Archaeology of premodern Economies"
- 2013-today phD thesis "The Roman City Walls of Augusta Treverorum/Trier (Germany) and its economy"
- 2017 Head of the Summer Field School "29th ISAX 2017" at the LVR- Archäologischer Park Xanten/Germany
- 2018-today Guide at Museum und Park Kalkriese/Germany
Description of Thesis
Augusta Treverorum/Trier is one of the biggest settlements in Gaul.
With more then 285 ha of walled area, 6400 m of city walls and at least three mighty ditches it had one of the biggest city fortifications in the whole Roman Empire.
Still today very well known is the northern Gate ("Porta Nigra"), which is extraordinary well preserved three floors high to 27 m.
The phD thesis will collect and analyse all archaeological evidence from 1844 on.
Besides the comparison to other (gaul) city fortifcations, the thesis will handle with particular questions to the building process like (1) which ressources have been used (2), where did the come from, (3) how have they been transported, (4) how was the building process organized and (5) which costs (hours per men) did the fortification cause?
As a first result, a project-based excavation in 2017 proofed wooden remains from the building process of the wall.
These have been dendrochronologically dated on 169/170 AD, which is for the very first a very accurate date (Ch. Lindner, in: Funde und Ausgrabungen in Trier 50, 2018 (forthcoming).