Participation in the Cluster of Excellence
- Field of research Transcultural entanglement and disentanglement
- Head of project A3-42 Mountain-top sites in Edom: Disentangling politics, religion and economy in an Iron Age tribal kingdom
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Schmidt
Research Foci
- Archaeology of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages of the Southern Levant and Mesopotamia
- Iconography and visual culture of the Southern Levant and Northern Syria
- Technology, crafts and raw materials with a special focus on glass
- Archaeometry (special focus: glass)
CV
Academic Education
- Doctoral studies as research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich and visiting researcher for one term at the University College London
- Doctorate (Dr. Phil.) at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, title of dissertation "Production, Distribution and Significance of Glass in Iron Age Mesopotamia. An Archaeological – Philological – Archaeometrical Approach"
- Magister Artium in Near Eastern Archaeology at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich with the thesis: „Glasierte Gefäße in Obermesopotamien unter besonderer Berücksichtigung neuassyrischer Beispiele“
- Studies in Near Eastern Archaeology (major), Near Eastern Languages and Prehistoric Archaeology (minors) at the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich and the Université Paris1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris
Positions
- Professor for Biblical Archaeology/ Archaeology of the Southern Levant at the University of Münster
- Director of the Albright Institute for Archaeological Research (AIAR) in Jerusalem
- Habilitation: Ammonite Sculpture
- Excavation director of the excavations at Tall Zar‛a, Jordan, by the GPIA Amman, funded by the German Archaeological Institute.
- Administration of the DOJAM project "Documentation of Objects in Jordanian Archaeological Museums"
- Cultural Heritage Project "Livelihood Support through Cultural Heritage Development. Creating decent jobs through employment-intensive cultural heritage conservation methods in the northern districts of Jordan and Iraq" in cooperation with UNESCO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO), supported by the EU MADAD Fund: Management of the Gadara/ Tall Zarʿa component.
- Director of the German Protestant Institute for Archaeology of the Holy Land (DEIAHL) in Amman
- Seminars at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Vorderasiatische Archäologie)
- Organisation and coordination of the special exhibition "Tall Zirā‛a - Mirror of Jordan's History" at the Jordan National Museum, Amman, funded by the Federal Foreign Office, Regula Pestalozzi Foundation
- Excavation project "Eastern Badia Archaeological Project", Jordan, with a focus on the Late Neolithic period: trench supervisor (Directors: Prof. Y. M. Rowan, Oriental Institute Chicago, Prof. G. Rollefson, Whitman College)
- Research assistant at the Graduate School "Distant Worlds" at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich (PhD)
- Excavation project Dülük Baba Tepesi (Doliche) of the Asia Minor Forschungsstelle in Münster: Specialist for Iron Age pottery (Director: Prof. E. Winter)
- Excavation project Tell Halaf, Syria: from 2009, area supervisor in the area of the Neo-Assyrian north-eastern palace (Directors: Dr. L. Martin, Prof. M. Novák)
- Excavation project Sirkeli Höyük, Turkey: field supervisor (Director: Prof. M. Novák)
External Functions
- Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (JEMAHS) (Editorial board, Member)
- German Society for the Exploration of Palestine (DPV) (Member of the Board, International Relations)
- Freundeskreis der Asia Minor Forschungsstelle (Mitglied)
- Deutscher Archäologen- Verband e.V. (dArV) (Mitglied)
- Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG) (Member)
Publications
Books
Books (Monographs)
- Schmidt, K. . Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age. Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Edited Collections
Books (Edited Collections)
- Soennecken, K., Leiverkus, P., Zimni, J., and Schmidt, K., eds. . Durch die Zeiten – Through the ages. Festschrift für Dieter Vieweger. Essays in honor of Dieter Vieweger, Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
- Schmidt, K., ed. . The 2018 and 2019 Excavation Campaigns. The Iron Age, Hellenistic and Early Roman Period in Area 2, The Gadara Region Project (2001–2011). Final Report 9.. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
- Picht, L., Schmitz, G., and Wiggering, L., eds. . The Limits of Change. Was ist der Wert der beständigen Dinge?. Berlin: Neofelis Verlag.
Exhibition Catalogues (Edited Collections)
- Schmidt, K., and Häser, J., eds. . Mirror of Jordan´s History. Ausstellungskatalog zur Sonderausstellung im Jordan Museum am 1. Juli 2019. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
Articles
Articles in Scientific Journals, Newspapers or Magazines
Research Articles (Journals)
- al Khasawneh, S., Schmidt, K., and Murray, A. . “Luminescence dating of anthropogenic deposits from Tall Zarʿa in the Jordan Valley.” Archaeometry, № 65 (5): 972–986. doi: 10.1111/arcm.12871.
- Schmidt, K. . “The “House with the Loom” – an Iron Age II domestic complex on Tall Zar‛a: Preliminary report of seasons 2018 and 2019.” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan, № 60: 549–558.
- Rollefson, Gary, Schmidt, Katharina, and Schick, Robert. . “One Hundred Years of Archaeological Research in Jordan.” Jordan Journal for History and Archaeology, № 16 (3): 255–304. doi: 10.54134/jjha.v16i3.662.
- Schmidt, Katharina, and Gries, Helen. . “The Core-formed Glass Vessels from Middle Assyrian Aššur.” Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie und Vorderasiastische Archaeologie, № 110 (2): 242–275.
- Kemp, V., Schmidt, K., Brownscombe, W., Soennecken, K., Vieweger, D., Häser, J., and Shortland, A. . “The dating and provenance of glass artefacts excavated from the ancient city of Tall Zirā‛a, Jordan.” Archaeometry, № 62 (6): 1164–1181.
- Dussubieux, L., Schmidt, K, Rowan, Y.M., Wasse, A.M. R., and Rollefson, G.O. . “Two Glass Beads from Wisad Pools in the Jordanian Black Desert.” Journal of Glass Studies, № 60: 303–306.
Review Articles (Journals)
- Schmidt, K. . “Hard Power: The Stone Statues of Ammon.” Biblical Archaeology Review, № 49 (4): 48–53.
Non-Scientific Contributions (Journals)
- Schmidt, K. . “Die Bildwerke des Königreichs Ammon. Ein neues Projekt zu eisenzeitlichen Steinstatuen in Jordanien.” Antike Welt - Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte, № 2 (22): 16–21.
- Schmidt, Katharina, and Bienkowski, Piotr. . “Das Königreich Edom aus der Luft. Untersuchungen von Straßennetzen im Hochland Südjordaniens.” Antike Welt - Zeitschrift für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte, № 22 (2): 28–32.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- Schmidt, K. . “An Ammonite god in the British Museum.” in ‘To Aleppo gone …’: Essays in honour of Jonathan N. Tubb, edited by Irving Finkel, J.A. Fraser and StJohn Simpson. Oxford: Archaeopress. doi: 10.32028/9781803274706.
- Schmidt, K. . “Der Schreckensglanz Aššurs“ – Überlegungen zum Ende der Eisenzeit II B am Tall Zarʿa in Nordjordanien.” in Durch die Zeiten – Through the ages. Festschrift für Dieter Vieweger. Essays in honor of Dieter Vieweger, edited by K. Soenecken, P. Leiverkus, J. Zimni and K. Schmidt. Güterloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.
- Schmidt, K. . “History of research on the Iron Age of the Amman Citadel جبل القلعة (Jabal Al-Qal´a).” in Excavations, Surveys, Heritage. Essays on southwest Asian archaeology. In honour of Zeidan Kafafi, 249–271., Vol. 7 of marru, edited by S.Kerner/ H. Hayajneh/ O. al-Ghul. Münster: Zaphon Verlag.
- Schmidt, K. . “New sensory experiences through technological innovation: Transparent drinking bowls in the Neo-Assyrian banquet.” in The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East, edited by Kiersten Neumann and Allison Thomason. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429280207.
- Schmidt, Katharina, and Gries, Helen. . “Die kerngeformten Glasgefäße aus Gräbern in Assur.” in Zwischen Feldforschung und Ausstellung. Festschrift für Lutz Martin, edited by Nadia Cholidis, Elisabeth Katzy and Sabina Kulemann-Ossen. Münster: Zaphon Verlag.
- Schmidt, K., and Sallaberger, W. . “Insignien des Königs oder Insignien des Gottes? Ein neuer Blick auf die kultische Königskrönung beim babylonischen Neujahrsfest.” in Stories of Long Ago. Festschrift für Michael D. Roaf, edited by H. Baker, K. Kaniut and A. Otto. Münster: Ugarit Verlag.