Fascinating review in climate and ecology
Klaus Tschira Foundation supports expansion of the Laboratory for Dendrochronology at CEZA into an international research archive.
Personnel changes
The year 2022 brought some personnel changes for the CEZA. Prof Dr Ernst Pernicka, Managing Director and Senior Director, took over the scientific management of the CEZA again in the middle of the year.
The research project Wölfersheim-Berstadt
During the development of the new housing estate "Über den Holdergärten" in Wölfersheim-Berstadt (Wetteraukreis, Hesse) in 2006, a large early medieval terraced cemetery was discovered, which was almost completely excavated in the following years.
Research trips in times of pandemic: Gold of Mycenae
In 2021, Prof Ernst Pernicka and Moritz Numrich travelled to various European museums to take minimally invasive samples of objects using the innovative portable laser ablation technique (pLA) as part of the research project "Mycenaean gold - investigations into origin, distribution and authenticity" funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation.
CEZA strengthens regional networks
In terms of networking, CEZA benefited greatly from the lifting of coronavirus restrictions in 2022 and was able to strengthen its networking activities through personal contacts as well as re-establish face-to-face dialogue with many institutions and associations.
Ice Age encounter: hippopotamus meets mammoth
New findings from the research project "Ice Age Window Upper Rhine Graben", funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation, revise previously held ideas about the living environment of the last Ice Age in the Upper Rhine region. It has been shown that hippos lived here until around 32,000 years ago.
1000 years of Europeans in America
Mannheim researchers, as part of an international team, date the earliest activity of Europeans in the Americas for the first time.
Annual growth rings Radiocarbon comparison
CEZA's radiocarbon laboratory has successfully participated in an international tree ring radiocarbon comparison.
Climate reconstruction of the 8.2k event
Climate reconstruction of the 8.2k event - a DFG project at CEZA in co-operation with national partners.
Uncovering the cave bear fauna in the Alp
CEZA has contributed to a publication revealing the former cave bear fauna in the Alps with a radiocarbon analysis (14C).
BMBF funding for innovative research with radiocarbon (¹⁴C)
CEZA received funding from the BMBF on the basis of the Research Grants Act for the project "Basic research into the carbon cycle and its influence on climate and archaeology".
Micro-¹⁴C-dating at CEZA: A case study on the dating of ice aprons
CEZA has contributed to a case study with micro-14C dating (gas ion source) in which an ice apron was successfully dated.