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Karakorum: Ecology of the Frist Mongol Royal Capital and Seeds of Urbanism in the Steppe | A Conversation with Dr. Susanne Reichert
Susanne Reichert is a visiting researcher, funded by a Feodor Lynen-scholarship of the German Alexander von Humboldt-foundation. Her work spans the Eurasian continent with a focus on Western early medieval archaeology and the archaeology of the Mongol World Empire in Mongolia. In her project, she will look into the Empires of Charlemagne of the 8th and 9th centuries CE in Western Europe and the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan in the 13th century in a cross-cultural perspective in order to overcome the hackneyed cliché of the Nomad-sedentary dichotomy. Her research will explore the areas of economy, military, ideology, and administration through intensive comparisons between the two case studies. In recent years, Susanne led several field research campaigns around Karakorum, the first capital of Mongol Empire in the Orkhon Valley, Central Mongolia, as well as Khar Khul Khaany Balgas, a contemporaneous habitation site in Central Mongolia, to arrive at a better understanding of city–hinterland relations and the nature of pastoralist city foundations.
Fields of Study:
Early Medieval Archaeology of Western Europe
East Asian Archaeology
Empire Studies
Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies
Power and Authority
Urbanism
Karakorum: Ecology of the Frist Mongol Royal Capital and Seeds of Urbanism in the Steppe | A Conversation with Dr. Susanne Reichert
Susanne Reichert is a visiting researcher, funded by a Feodor Lynen-scholarship of the German Alexander von Humboldt-foundation. Her work spans the Eurasian continent with a focus on Western early medieval archaeology and the archaeology of the Mongol World Empire in Mongolia. In her project, she will look into the Empires of Charlemagne of the 8th and 9th centuries CE in Western Europe and the Mongol World Empire founded by Chinggis Khan in the 13th century in a cross-cultural perspective in order to overcome the hackneyed cliché of the Nomad-sedentary dichotomy. Her research will explore the areas of economy, military, ideology, and administration through intensive comparisons between the two case studies. In recent years, Susanne led several field research campaigns around Karakorum, the first capital of Mongol Empire in the Orkhon Valley, Central Mongolia, as well as Khar Khul Khaany Balgas, a contemporaneous habitation site in Central Mongolia, to arrive at a better understanding of city–hinterland relations and the nature of pastoralist city foundations.
Fields of Study:
Early Medieval Archaeology of Western Europe
East Asian Archaeology
Empire Studies
Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies
Power and Authority
Urbanism
