Industrial archaeology

Industrial archeology is in the narrower sense, the study of the material remains of the industrial age.

Specialist, teaching

Industrial archeology is in close context with terms like " industrial culture", "Industrial Monuments ", " cultural landscape research" and " deserted villages " and can therefore also comprehensive as exploring and cataloging of the cultural landscape be understood. It is a holistic examination of the cultural history of the industrial age, in particular with the development of the geographical space in the industrial landscape. In Germany this is, first used in England, the concept of industrial archeology has never been able to enforce such right. In Germany is often the term " industrial culture " are used.

Like many of the geographical themes raises the industrial archeology as an interdisciplinary dar. In the 1950s began to document the structures of former industrial facilities. The typical operation of the archaeological excavation comes this limited use, since many of the monuments are still get off the ground. In the foreground is a documentation that corresponds to the building survey, as it is practiced in the archeology of the Middle Ages and modern times. From the perspective of archeology Industrial archeology is a branch of " archeology of the modern era ", which also covers topics of the non-technical area ( cultural landscape, the history of mentalities, monuments of recent history [eg POW camps, concentration camps, inner-German border ] ). Evaluations to basic production and craft prehistoric times, however, were research history also understood as part of industrial archeology and played in their development an essential role ( Richard Pittioni ).

As the only German university, the Technical University of Freiberg offers industrial archeology as Bachelor-/Masterstudiengang.

The most well-known in Germany PR exercise for the topic is the " Route of Industrial Heritage " in the Ruhr. This is mainly a tourism initiative of the State of North Rhine -Westphalia, in the 46 sites of the former industrial landscape are to be controlled in different routes. The Ruhr route was an example for the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH ).

The reuse of former industrial sites is complex. Examples are:

• Museums (eg, Westphalian Industrial Museum in the former Zeche Zollern, Deutsches Museum, Technology Museum, German Mining Museum )
• Venues for cultural events (concerts, exhibitions, etc. )
• Experience-oriented venues (eg Landscape Park Duisburg -Nord)

Not recognized subregions

From the wide dispersion of the subject area itself subcategories have trained, but they are not recognized. You have colloquial meaning, that is the professional science will continue to denote activities in such a thematic segment as industrial archeology, while the treatment of the topic is addressed in the context of leisure activity ( amateur archeology) with the notion of subcategory.

For example, the search for remnants of disused railway lines of railway enthusiasts is also called railway archeology, while tram enthusiasts speak in finding disused tram sections of track archeology, even if the activity ( retrieval of rail tracks ) is similar.

Literature (selection )

Theory:

• James Douet (ed.): Industrial Heritage Re - tooled: The TICCIH guide to Industrial Heritage Conservation. Carnegie, Lancaster, 2012, ISBN 978-1-85936-218-1. (English)
• Kenneth Hudson, Pippa fire ( Illustr. ): The archeology of industry. 1st edition. The Bodley Head, London ua 1976, ISBN 0-370-01591-6. (English)
• Rainer Slotta: Introduction to Industrial Archaeology. University Press, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-534-07411-4.
• Ulrich lens: The discovery of technical monuments. About the beginnings of the " industrial archeology " in Germany. In: History of Technology. Volume 53, 1986, ISSN 0040- 117X, pp. 201-222.
• Marilyn Palmer, Peter Neaverson: Industrial Archaeology. Principles and Practice. Routledge, London et al 1998, ISBN 0-415-16626-8. (English)
• Gerhard A. Stadler: Industrial archeology quo vadis? From the dawn of the industrial past. In: Sheets for art history. Band 63.2001. Edition Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna 2002, ISSN 0067-9127, pp. 13-32.
• Gerhard A. Stadler: Industrial Archaeology in Austria. In: Hans -Joachim Braun ( ed.), Reinhard Schmidt: industrial archeology, industry culture, industry monument preservation. Presentations of the Annual Meeting of the Georg- Agricola Society, 2008 Schlattmann ( Switzerland ). ( The history of technology as a model of modern technology, Volume 34 ). Georg- Agricola Society, Freiberg, 2011, ISBN 978-3-931730-15-8 ( ISBN formally wrong ), pp. 53-80.

Practice:

• Manfred Wehdorn: The monuments of metallurgy in Austria. ( A contribution to the study and preservation of technical and economic structures ). Two volumes. Dissertation. Technical University of Vienna, Vienna 1969, OBV.
• Maurice Daumas: L' archéologie industrial en France. (Les hommes et l' histoire ). Laffont, Paris, 1980, ISBN 2-221-50108- X. (French)
• Manfred Hösch: Location typology of industrial enterprises in the district under the Vienna Woods and 1850 dissertation.. Technical University of Vienna, Vienna 1984, OBV. ( Full text PDF: text band ( 16.5 MB) and image band ( plans) ( 10.6 MB) )
• Industrial archeology. Studies to research, documentation and preservation of sources for industrial culture. Purpose Association Industrial Museum of Saxony, Chemnitz 1.2001, ISSN 1617-8998.
• Frank Norbert Nagel ( ed.): Cultural landscape research and industrial archeology. Results of the technical meeting of the 52nd German geographer Tags Hamburg. (Information of the Geographical Society in Hamburg, Volume 91 ). Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-515-07950-5.
• Frank Norbert Nagel ( ed.): towers, chimneys, industrial mills, land art. Meaning and measurement of landmarks in the cultural landscape. ( Cultural landscape research and industrial archeology, Volume 2). Department of Geography, among other things, Hamburg, among others 2006, ISBN 3-8334-5035-5.
• Christiane Segers Bell (ed.): On the trail of an early industrial landscape. Natural area - man - environment in the resin. ( Workbooks for the protection of monuments in Lower Saxony, Volume 21 ). Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8271-8021- X.
• Gerhard A. Stadler: The industrial heritage of Lower Austria. History, art, architecture. Böhlau, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-205-77460-4.