Indigenous Knowledge and Archaeoinformatics
Oliver Vogels M.A.
Email: oliver.vogels
uni-koeln.de
Research Interests
- Prehistoric Music Cultures
- Media Theorie in Musicology and Archaeology
- Hunter-Gatherer Demography and Sociology
- Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence strategies
- GIS (Geographic Information Systems) based Landscape Archaeology
Detailed information
Own projects
- PhD project: Rock Art and Landscape: GIS based analyses of prehistoric rock art sites in the Daureb (Brandberg) massif (Namibia). Download
- CRC 806 “Our way to Europe”, Project B1 The „Eastern Trajectory“: Last Glacial Palaeogeography and Archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean and of the Balkan Peninsula
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
- Since 2013: Ph.D. student at the Institute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne.
- 2010 – 2013: Ph.D. student at the Institute of Musicology, University of Cologne.
- 2010: M.A. in Ethnomusicology, African Studies and Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne.
- M.A. thesis: Musikethnologische Untersuchungen urgeschichtlicher Musikbogenspieler-Darstellungen in der Felskunst am Brandberg/Daureb (Namibia) - Ein Beitrag zur südwestafrikanischen Musikgeschichtsschreibung [Supervisors: Lars-Christian Koch; Prof. Dr. Jürgen Richter; Dr. Tilman Lenssen-Erz].
- 2002 – 2010: Studies in Musicology, African Studies and Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne.
Professional Experience:
- Since 2010: Scientific research assistant at CRC 806 "Our Way to Europe", Projekt Z1.
- 2009 – 2010: Student research assistant at CRC 806 "Our Way to Europe", Projekt Z1.
- 2009: Student research assistent with Dr. H.C. Strien (principal investigator Prof. A. Zimmermann), for digitisation and processing of published linear pottery ornament styles from Rhineland (Germany) for an online database.
- 2008: Student research assistant at REITIA research unit, Insitute of Prehistoric Archaeology, University of Cologne.
- 2006 – 2007: Student research assistant within the CRC 389 "Arid Climate Adaptation and Cultural Innovation in Africa" (ACACIA), Project A6, Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology, Africa Research Unit, University of Cologne.
Publications
Contributions
- Lenssen-Erz T., Vogels, O. and Fäder, E. 2018: Die „Kölner Schule“: Felsbildforschung am Kölner Institut für Ur- Und Frühgeschichte. In. Richter, J. (ed.), 111 Jahre Prähistorische Archäologie in Köln. Kölner Studien zur Prähistorischen Archäologie 9, 2018, 319–329. Download
- Lenssen-Erz T. and Vogels, O. 2017: Eine Musiklektion vom Daureb (Brandberg): Musibkögen in der Felskunst Namibias und des südlichen Afrika. In: Rupp, N., Beck, G., Franke, G. and Wendt, K.-P. (eds.), Winds of change: Archaeological contributions in honour of Peter Breunig. Frankfurter Archäologische Schriften 35, 2017, 61–72.
- Vogels, O. and Lenssen-Erz T. 2017: Beyond Individual Pleasure and rituality: social aspects of the musical bow in southern Africa's rock art. Rockt Art Research 34(1), 2017, 9–24. Download
- Hauck, Th., Rethemeyer, J., Rentzel, P., Schulte, P., Heinze, St., Ringer, A., Richter, J. Chu, W., Lehmkuhl, F. and Vogels, O. 2016: Neanderthals or Early Modern Humans? A revised 14C chronology and geoarchaeological study of the Szeletian sequence in Szeleta Cave (Kom. Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) in Hungary. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 46, 2016, 271–290. Download
- Vogels, O. and Lenssen-Erz T. 2016: Musical bows in southern Arican rock art: music-archaeological and ethnohistorical observations. In: Gutierrez, M., Honoré, E. (eds.) L'art rupestre d'Afrique: Actes du congrès – Paris le 15-16-17 janvier 2014. Centre Panthéon & musée du quai Branly; Nanterre: 217–231.
- Hauck, Th., Ruka, R., Gjipali, I., Richter, J. and Vogels, O. 2015: Recent discoveries of Aurignacian and Epigravettian sites in Albania. Journal of Field Archaeology 41(2): 148–161. DOI:10.1080/00934690.2016.1156463
- Vogels, O. 2015: Musikbogenspieler in der prähistorischen Felskunst am Daureb/Brandberg in Namibia. Die Tonkunst 4/2015, 2015, 425–429.
- Richter, J., Gjipali, I., Hauck, T., Ruka, R., Vogels, O. and Metalla, A. 2014: The Early Prehistory of Albania: First results of the ”German-Albanian Palaeolithic“ (GAP) programme. In: Përzhita, L., Gjipali, I., Hoxha, G. and Muka, B. (eds.) Proceedings of the International Congress of Albanian Archaeological Studies. Tiranë 2014, 65–82. Download
- Alvermann, J. and Vogels, O. 2012: Das Römisch-Germanische Museum. Eine Grande Dame in neuem Glanz. Null22eins Kölner Kulturen Magazin 3, Frühling 2012, 40–42
- Vogels, O. 2012: Rock Art as Musical Artefact: Prehistoric Representations of Musical Bows in Southern Africa. In: Ricardo Eichmann, Fang Jianjun and Lars-Christian Koch (eds.) Studien zur Musikarchäologie VIII. Rahden/Westf. 2012, 177–194. Download
- Vogels, O. (accepted): Musikbogenspieler-Darstellungen in der Felskunst am Brandberg/Daureb – Über schriftlose Medien einer prähistorsichen Kultur in Namibia. In: Media: Material Conditions and Cultural Practice. Exzellenzcluster-Initiative der Universität zu Köln (accepted)
- Vogels, O. 2009: Musikethnologische Untersuchungen urgeschichtlicher Musikbogenspieler-Darstellungen in der Felskunst am Brandberg/Daureb (Namibia) – Ein Beitrag zur südwestafrikansichen Musikgeschichtsschreibung. Unpubl. Magisterarbeit, Universität zu Köln 2009.
Conference Papers
- Vogels, O. 2013: Fun or Function? Diversity of rock art sites at the Brandberg/Daureb in Namibia (Southwest Africa). Paper presented at the 55. Annual Conference of the Hugo Obermaier Society, Vienna, Austria, 04/2013.
- Vogels, O. 2011: Rock Art as Media: Constituting Cultural Semantics in Non-Literate, Prehistoric Cultures. Paper presented at the International Conference Origins of Pictures - Anthropological Discourses in Image Science, Chemnitz, Germany, 04/2011.
- Vogels, O. 2010: Rock Art as Musical Artefact: Prehistoric Representations of Musical Bows in Southern Africa. Paper presented at the 7th Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology in Tianjin, China, 09/2010.
- Travel expenses funded by FAZIT-Stiftung
Public presentations
- Vogels, O. 2010: Aktuelle Forschungen (Frühjahr 2010) im Wadi Sura ("Cave of Beasts") und die Erkundung des Umfelds im Gilf Kebir, Ägypten. Paper presented at the Sahara Club Foundation Spring Meeting. Westhoven, Germany, 06/2010.
Editorial Work
- Vogelsang, R. and Eichhorn, B. 2011: Under the Mopane Tree – Holocene Settlement in Northern Namibia. Africa Praehistorica 24, Köln 2011.
- Meffert, J. 2009: Die paläovenetische Votivkeramik aus dem Reitia-Heiligtum von Este (Ausgrabungen 1880-1916 und 1987-1991). Santuario di Reitia a Este 4. Mainz 2009.