The 150 pieces of Alb-Hegau ceramics from the LEIZA – originals as well as copies – provide a good basis to research the symbolic world, rituals, and manufacturing processes of the Early Iron Age.

3D Alb Hegau – is a project in cooperation with the LEIZA (Leibniz Center for Archaeology) to analyze Alb-Hegau ceramics through
3D scans.

Contact person: Andrea Stinner (astinner@students.uni-mainz.de)

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Co-investigators:

  • Dipl.-Ing. Anja Cramer (LEIZA)
  • PD Ursula Brosseder (University of Bonn, Head of Prehistoric Archaeology at LEIZA)
  • Benjamin Streubel (LEIZA)
  • Apl. Prof. Holger Baitinger (Goethe University Frankfurt, LEIZA)

With a highly precise 3D structured light scanner (Zeiss Atos Q) 30 Alb-Hegau vessels have been documented: their shapes, such as conical neck vessels, bowls, and plates, as well as their typical decorations. The objects vary in diameter (10-50 cm) and height (3-35 cm).

Images and 3D model used with the courtesy of Anja Cramer, LEIZA.

Take a look at one of the 3D scans:
LEIZA Object: O.28465

Alb-Hegau Ceramics

Regarded as “the peak of prehistorical pottery” between Lake Constance (Bodensee) and Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb), these vessels captivate with their artistic geometrical patterns that vary regional and chronologically. The objects can be found predominantly in burial mounds. Alb-Hegau Ceramics approximately date from 800 to 600 BC.