Archaeological Bibliography (Realkatalog)

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The Archaeological Bibliography began in 1956 in the Rome Department with description of the literature in all areas of archaeology from Scandinavia to the Near East. Today the bibliography is compiled by the departments of Rome, Athens and Istanbul and the head office in Berlin. The literature on Greek and Roman culture and its peripheral cultural is processed, as is the literature on Etruscan, Minoan and Mycenaean culture, the Anatolian cultures, prehistory and ancient history including epigraphy and numismatics. From 1956 to the present day, approx. 400,000 titles (monographs and articles) have been systematically described.

Evolution of the Archaeological Bibliography

1956 bis 1997
Changes since 1998 und 1999
Changes since 2006

1956 bis 1997

The literature on the following fields has been processed:
Graeco-Roman culture and its marginal cultures
Ancient history
Epigraphy
Numismatics
Etruscan culture
Minoan and Mycenaean culture
Egyptian culture
Oriental cultures
Prehistory from northern Europe to central Asia
Early Middle Ages to the end of the 8th cent. AD
Philosophy
Anthropology
Paleolithic and mesolithic ages

The following has been surveyed and made available for research:
Monographs
Articles from journals
Contributions from congress reports pertaining to the core area of classical archaeology
Contributions from festschrifts and multiple-author volumes
Reviews from all journals, admitted highly selectively

Changes since 1998 and 1999

The following areas are no longer processed:
Egyptian culture
Oriental cultures
Early Middle Ages
Philosophy
Anthropology
Paleolithic and mesolithic ages
Prehistory: Alpine countries, Anatolia, Armenia, Benelux, Black Sea region, Britain, Canary Islands, Caucasia, Central Asia, Central Europe, Cimmerians, Eastern Europe, France, Iberian Peninsula, Middle Asia, North Africa, Northern Europe, Sahara, Sibiria, South-eastern Europe, Steppe peoples.

Time frame: Neolithic to early Byzantine period (to the end of the 8th cent. AD), since Paleolithic and mesolithic ages is no longer processed.
The DAI is highly selective in its admission of reviews, which are now drawn only from the most important review sources.
Since late 1999 the Archaeological Bibliography has been compiled in the Rome Department and the head office in Berlin.

Changes since 2006

Erweiterung der Bibliographie:
As a result of the involvement of the Athens and Istanbul departments in compiling the bibliography (since spring 2006), considerably more Greek and Turkish journals and monographs have been described and made available for research, in view of the holdings of those libraries. The Archaeological Bibliography is being expanded additionally in the following areas: prehistory/Anatolia and among the oriental cultures: Hittites and Urartu. Contributions from Festschrifts and Congress reports are archived in strict selection. Reviews are currently not admitted. Spanish and Portuguese journals are catalogued by the Madrid department in the "Bibliography of the Archaeology of the Iberian Peninsula.".

If you have any queries, please contact: Sabine Thänert M.A. st@dainst.de
Scientific oversight of the bibliography: Dr. Michael Krumme