How to Cite

Schulze-Forster, Jens: Karl Benjamin Preusker als Akteur und Biograf der „vaterländischen“ Altertumskunde zwischen 1810 und 1844: Otto-Herman Frey zum 90. Geburtstag, in Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Wiwjorra, Ingo and Hakelberg, Dietrich (Eds.): Archäologie und Nation: Kontexte der Erforschung „vaterländischen Alterthums“: Zur Geschichte der Archäologie in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 1800 bis 1860, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 2021, p. 32–42. https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.801.c11971

License (Chapter)

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Identifiers (Book)

https://doi.org/10.11588/arthistoricum.801
ISBN 978-3-948466-84-8 (PDF)

Published

07/13/2021

Downloads

Download chapter (PDF/820KB)
Statistic

Authors

Jens Schulze-Forster

Karl Benjamin Preusker als Akteur und Biograf der „vaterländischen“ Altertumskunde zwischen 1810 und 1844

Otto-Herman Frey zum 90. Geburtstag

Karl Benjamin Preusker as Agent and Biographer of National Antiquarianism between 1810 and 1844

Karl Benjamin Preusker not only made a huge contribution to shaping the archaeological study of the early Germanic peoples in the period from the War of Liberation into the early 1840s, but he also reflected extensively on the subject in his writings, including his autobiography. These sources, together with his correspondence, provide detailed information about the protagonists, the social context, and the role of archaeological societies. Preusker pioneered new archaeological methods and ensured that his knowledge was disseminated. For these reasons, his legacy is still relevant today.