Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissen­schaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Archäologie

Publications and Posters

 

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2019

 

C. Kleinitz, J. de Torres Rodriguez & P. Rodriguez Simon, (Re-)Investigating (indigenous) cult at Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan): Excavations and mapping at the Apedemak Temple and in adjacent areas during the 2018-2019 field season. Nyame Akuma 92: 25-35.

2019 J. de Torres Rodriguez, A. Gonzalez-Ruibal, C. Kleinitz & A. Dualeh Jala, Excavation of a 1st century AD tomb in Heis (Somaliland): evincing long-distance trade contacts. Nyame Akuma 91: 30-35.
2019

C. Kleinitz, The Sudan Archaeological Collection & Archive at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: History, components and perspectives. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 30, 35-60.

2019

C. Kleinitz, The 2016/17 season at Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan): From conservation planning, applied conservation and protection measures to archaeological and social anthropological research. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 30, 7-33.

2018

C. Kleinitz, Graffiti from the ancient sandstone quarries of Meroe: An overview. In: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren & Ali Mohamed Abdelrahman (eds.), The Quarries of Meroe, Sudan. Part 1: Texts. Doha: UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 2, 93-117.

2018

J. Hallof & C. Kleinitz, Meroitic cursive inscriptions in the sandstone quarries of Meroe. In: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren & Ali Mohamed Abdelrahman (eds.), The Quarries of Meroe, Sudan. Part 1: Texts. Doha: UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 2, 118-126.

2018

A. Tsakos & C. Kleinitz, Medieval graffiti in the sandstone quarries of Meroe: Texts, monograms and cryptograms of Christian Nubia. In: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren & Ali Mohamed Abdelrahman (eds.), The Quarries of Meroe, Sudan. Part 1: Texts. Doha: UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage 2, 127-142.

2017

C. Kleinitz, The Sudan Archaeological Collection & Archive at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. History, objects and archival materials (Project poster 'Archaeology at the Archive' for the Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July).

2017

C. Kleinitz & J. Petschner, The Epigraphic Expedition to Sudanese Nubia: Encountering Nubia and Nubians during the UNESCO-Campaigns of the early 1960s (Project poster 'Archaeology at the Archive' for the Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July).

2017

A. Magliocchi & C. Kleinitz, The representation of the Epigraphic Expedition to Sudanese Nubia in the East German print media (Project poster 'Archaeology at the Archive' for the Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July).

2017 P. J. Lane, C. Kleinitz & Y. Gao, Global frictions, archaeological heritage, and Chinese construction in Africa. In: T. Hoos (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Globalization. Abingdon: Routledge, 139-156.
2016

A. Riedel, M.S. Bashir, P. Wolf, M.B. Mohamed & C. Kleinitz, The Qatari Mission for the Pyramids of Sudan – Archaeological investigation, conservation and site management at Meroe 2015/2016. Sudan & Nubia 20, 62-74.

2015

C. Kleinitz, R. Till & B.J. Baker, The Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project – Archaeology and acoustics of rock gongs in the ASU BONE concession above the Fourth Nile Cataract, Sudan: a preliminary report. Sudan & Nubia 19, 106-114.

2014

C. Kleinitz, Protecting and presenting Sudan's World Heritage: An evaluation of visitor behaviour and expectations at Musawwarat es-Sufra as a prerequisite for site management planning (Poster for the 13th International Conference for Nubian Studies (ISNS), Université de Neuchâtel, 01-06 September).

2014

C. Kleinitz & S. Merlo, Towards a collaborative exploration of community heritage in archaeological salvage contexts: Participatory mapping on Mograt Island, Sudan. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 25, 161-175.

2014

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, Site management planning at Musawwarat es-Sufra, Sudan: Condition assessments, conservation and rehabilitation measures, and the development of a first visitor guidance system. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 25, 7-26.

2014

C. Kleinitz, The graffiti of Musawwarat es-Sufra: current research on historic inscriptions, images and markings at the Great Enclosure. Sudan & Nubia 18, 93-103.

2013

 

C. Kleinitz, Between valorisation and devaluation: making and unmaking (world) heritage in Sudan. Archaeologies 9 (3), 427-469.

2013

C. Kleinitz, C. Näser & S. Altekamp (eds.), Global Heritage – Worlds Apart? The Cultural Production, Appropriation and Consumption of Archaeological Heritage Spaces in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Special Issue of Archaeologies 9 (3).

2013

C. Kleinitz, C. Näser & S. Altekamp, Global heritage - worlds apart? Archaeologies 9 (3), 357-361.

2013

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, Archaeology, development and conflict: a case study from the African continent. Archaeologies 9 (1), 162-191.

2013

C. Kleinitz,  Die Sekundärbilder und -inschriften der Großen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra und das Musawwarat Graffiti Project. In: St. Wenig & K. Zibelius-Chen (eds.), Die Kulturen Nubiens – ein afrikanisches Vermächtnis. Dettelbach: J.H. Roell, 399-413.

2013

C. Kleinitz, Bilder der Vergangenheit: Die Felskunst des mittleren Niltals. In: St. Wenig & K. Zibelius-Chen (eds.), Die Kulturen Nubiens – ein afrikanisches Vermächtnis. Dettelbach: J.H. Roell, 341-359.

2012

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser (eds.), 'Nihna nas al-bahar – We are the people of the river'. Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region (Sudan). Meroitica 26. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

2012

C. Näser & C. Kleinitz, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: a case study on the politicisation of archaeology and its consequences from northern Sudan. In: C. Kleinitz & C. Näser (eds.), 'Nihna nas al-bahar – We are the people of the river'. Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region (Sudan). Meroitica 26. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 269-304.

2012

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, Introduction. In: C. Kleinitz & C. Näser (eds.), 'Nihna nas al-bahar – We are the people of the river'. Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region (Sudan). Meroitica 26. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1-4.

2012

C. Kleinitz, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in der Bestandsdokumentation der Sekundärbilder und -inschriften von Musawwarat es Sufra im Rahmen des Musawwarat Graffiti Project. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 23, 7-20.

2012

C. Kleinitz, Rock art of the Fourth Nile cataract: an overview. In: H-P. Wotzka (ed.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Archaeology of the Fourth Nile Cataract, University of Cologne 13-14 July 2006. Africa Praehistorica 22. Cologne: Heinrich-Barth-Institut, 31-48.

2011
 

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, The loss of innocence: political and ethical dimensions of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project at the Fourth Nile Cataract (Sudan). Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 13 (2-3), 253-280.

2010
 

C. Kleinitz, H. Rüther & C. Näser, Die 3D-Laserscan-Erfassung der Großen Anlage und weiterer Monumente von Musawwarat es Sufra – ein Beitrag zur virtuellen Erhaltung und Präsentation des sudanesischen Kulturerbes. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 21, 23-32.

2010
 

C. Näser & C. Kleinitz, The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project at the Fourth Nile Cataract: salvage archaeology in the context of major development projects in Africa. In: H. Paner, St. Jakobielski & Julie R. Anderson (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference "The Fourth Cataract Archaeological Salvage Project 1996–2009". Gdańsk, 2-4 July, 2009. Gdańsk Archaeological Museum and Heritage Protection Fund African Reports 7, Gdańsk, 109-116.

2010

C. Näser & C. Kleinitz, The role of archaeology in the context of contested development projects: a case study from the African continent. In: F.T. Schipper & Magnus T. Bernhardsson (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on "Archaeology in Conflict", Vienna, 6 to 10 April 2010, Forum Archaeologiae 55 / VI, 2010.

2010

C. Kleinitz, Acoustic elements of (pre)historic rock art landscapes at the Fourth Nile Cataract. In: W. Godlewski & A. Lajtar (eds.), Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies, Warsaw University, 27 August - 2 September 2006. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Supplement Series Volume, 2, Part 2, Fasc. 1 (Session Papers). Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology & Warsaw University Press, 149-160.

2009

C. Kleinitz, T. Bauer & C. Näser, Optische 3D-Messungen zur digitalen Bestandsdokumentation von dekorierten Bauelementen und Sekundärbildern der Großen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra: ein Pilotprojekt. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 20, 33-48.

2009

C. Kleinitz, Meroitic ‚property marks’ in Fourth Nile Cataract rock art? A re-evaluation of an enigmatic class of graphic markings. In: B.J.J. Haring & O.E. Kaper (eds.), Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual Identity Marks in Practical Use in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. Egyptologische Uitgaven XXV. Leiden: NINO, 179-198.

2008
 

C. Kleinitz, Neue Arbeiten zu den Sekundärbildern der Grossen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 19, 27-38.

2008
 

C. Kleinitz, Rock art on Us island: a window into past life-worlds at the Fourth Cataract. In: B. Gratien (ed.), Actes de la 4e Conférence Internationale sur l’Archéologie de la 4e Cataracte du Nil. Villeneuve d’Ascq, 22 et 23 Juin 2007. Lille: Université Charles-de-Gaulle, 85-107.

2008

C. Kleinitz, Soundscapes of the Nile valley: ‘Rock music’ in the Fourth Cataract region. In: A.A. Both, Eichmann, R., Hickmann, E. & L. Koch (eds.), Studies in Music Archaeology VI. Challenges and Aims in Music Archaeology. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 131-146.

2007

C. Kleinitz, Rock art and archaeology: the Hadiab Survey. Sudan & Nubia 11, 34-42.

2007
 

C. Kleinitz, Magisch-religiöse Zeichen der meroitischen und postmeroitischen Epochen in Nubien. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 18, 99-113.

2007
 

C. Kleinitz, Felskunst im Fluss: Die Bilderwelt der Insel Us am Vierten Nilkatarakt. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 18, 51-75.

2007

C. Kleinitz, Rock art landscapes of the Fourth Nile Cataract: characterisations and first comparisons. In: C. Näser & M. Lange (eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Archaeology of the Fourth Nile Cataract. Berlin, 4-6 August 2005. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 213-234.

2007

C. Kleinitz, For whom the bell tolls: rescue recording of petroglyphs and rock gongs in the Merowe Dam reservoir area of the Fourth Nile Cataract (Sudan). In: J. Deacon (ed.), African Rock Art: The Future of Africa's Past. Nairobi: Trust for African Rock Art, 86-94.

2006

Kleinitz, C. & R. Koenitz, Fourth Cataract petroglyphs in context. The Ed-Doma and Dirbi Island rock art survey. Sudan & Nubia 10, 34-42.

2005

C. Kleinitz & C. Olsson, Christian period rock art landscapes in the Fourth Nile Cataract region: the Dar el-Arab and et-Tereif rock art surveys. Sudan & Nubia 9, 31-38.

2005

C. Kleinitz, Rock art: West and Central Africa, in: K. Shillington (ed.), Encyclopedia of African History. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn.

2004

C. Kleinitz, Rock art and 'rock gongs' in the Fourth Nile Cataract region: the Ishashi island rock art survey. Sudan & Nubia 8, 12-17.

2004

C. Kleinitz & B. Dietz, Art rupestre au pays Dogon: L'auvent de Songo. In: R.M.A. Bedaux & J.D. van der Waals (eds.), Regards sur les Dogon du Mali. Leiden (Exhibition Catalogue Musée National du Mali and Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden). Gand: Editions Snoeck, 138-145.

2003

C. Kleinitz & B. Dietz, Times of the signs - signs of the times. Rock art and circumcision among the Dogon of Songo, Bandiagara plateau, Mali. Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde)

2001

C. Kleinitz, Rock art in sub-Saharan Mali. Antiquity 75, 799-800.

2000

C. Kleinitz, Tracing a West African Past: Rock art recording in sub-Saharan Mali. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 11, 85-88.