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price" without bothering to secure the rights to continue the scientific work to its conclusion. This caused the demise of what
Stephan called "a unique opportunity in Germany" to excavate an untouched medieval site. The new owner prohibited excavation of a well 40 meters (130 ft) deep, despite
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Excavation work took place with groups of other archaeologists, assistants and students, many from other countries, totaling hundreds of researchers over the years. Excavation work in the village of
Schmeeson took place between 2004 and 2007. Initially, Stephan and his team thought they had found a
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castle in 1992. The land was untouched since medieval times, the town never rebuilt, presenting an excellent site for archaeological exploration. Excavation work began in 1996. Stephan is the lead archaeologist into long-term research into the settlement, which was founded
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M. Koch, J. Lepper, U. Siewers, and H.-G. Stephan "Iron Ore
Occurrences in the Mesozoic Uplands of Southern Lower Saxony and Northern Hesse (Germany and Their Geochemical Characterization for an Archaeometallurgical Project,"
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small, squarish building, but in 2004, the site was covered by brush, later cleared away by the local historical society, which supports the project. This enabled
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Großalmerode. Ein entrum der
Herstellung von technischer Keramik, Steinzeug und Irdenware in Hessen. Die Geschichte der keramischen Gewerbe in Großalmerode und die Entwicklung ihrer Produktion vom 12 bis zum 19.
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C. Zientek, H. Urban, H. J. Bollingberg, A. König, and H.-G. Stephan, "Analytical
Results of Copper Alloys from Medieval Saxonian Artifacts," In S. Demirci, A. M. Özer, and G. D. Summers (eds.),
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Die bemalte Irdenware der Renaissance in Mitteleuropa. Ausstrahlungen und Verbindungen der Produktionszentren im gesamteuropäischen Rahmen.
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