Dr. Schmidt, Conrad

Kurzvita

Mitgliedschaften in wissenschaftlichen Organisationen

• DOG - Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft
• IASA - International Association for the Study of Arabia

Forschung

Schwerpunkte

• Sozioökonomie und materielle Kultur der Bronzezeit
• Mobilität und mobile Gruppen
• Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehung

Projekte

• Ausgrabungsprojekt Bāt, Al-Zebah und Al-Ayn, Sultanat Oman (2010–2015)
• Ausgrabungsprojekt Al-Khashbah, Sultanat Oman (2015–2019)
• Verbundprojekt UmWeltWandel, Sultanat Oman (2020–2024)
• Ausgrabungsprojekt Sinaw–Al-Mutayla, Sultanat Oman (2026–2029)
• Surveyprojekt Marschen Südbabyloniens, Irak (2026)
   

Publikationen

Monographien

• Schmidt, C. 2012, Ausgrabungen 1998–2001 in der Zentralen Oberstadt von Tall Mozan/Urkeš. Die Keramik der Früh-Ğazīra V- bis Alt-Ğazīra II-Zeit vom Tall Mozan. Studien zur Urbanisierung Nordmesopotamiens A, Volume 4, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2012.
  Dazu der Internetkatalog Die Keramik der Schichten C07 bis C04 vom Tall Mozan: http://www.keramik-mozan.uni-tuebingen.de/app/keramik.html
• Schmidt, C. 2020, Die Bestattungsgruben in Bat, Arabia Orientalis 1, Oxford, Archaeopress. https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781789697391
  Dazu der Fundkatalog Die Bestattungsgruben in Bat: https://tinyurl.com/9781789697391-der-fundekatalog
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. – Kluge, J. – Petrella, S. – Ochs, U. – Kirchhoff, N. – Maier, S. – Walter, M. 2021, Die Entstehung komplexer Siedlungen im Zentraloman: Archäologische Untersuchungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte von Al-Khashbah, Arabia Orientalis 5, Oxford, Archaeopress. https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781803271002
• Pfälzner, P. – Schmidt, C. – Dohmann, H. 2024, Der Königsgruftkomplex von Qaṭna. Teil 2: Die Grabkammern – Befund, Kontext, Rekonstruktion, Qaṭna Studien 9, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz.
   

Aufsätze

• Schmidt, C. 2005, Überregionale Austauschsysteme und Fernhandelswaren in der Ur III-Zeit, Baghdader Mitteilungen 36: 7–151.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2011, Die Grabtürme der Nekropolen von Bāt und Al-Ayn im Sultanat Oman. Bericht über die Vorkampagne 2010, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 143: 293–321.
• Schmidt, C. 2012, The Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC Pottery Tradition in the Syrian Jazirah and Beyond, in: N. Laneri – P. Pfälzner – S. Valentini (eds.), Looking North. The Socioeconomic Dynamics of Northern Mesopotamian and Anatolian Regions during the Late Third and Early Second Millennium BC (= Studien zur Urbanisierung Nordmesopotamiens D, Suppl. 1): 163–174.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2013, Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2011 und 2012 in Bāt und Al-Ayn, Sultanat Oman, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 145: 23–52.
• Schmidt, C. 2013, Late 3rd millennium ‛Ur III’ carinated bowls, in: M. Lebeau (ed.), Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean. Interregional Vol. I: Ceramics: 409–415.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2014, Chlorite Vessels from Tomb 155 and Tomb 156 in Bāt, Sultanate of Oman, in: C. C. Lamberg-Karlovsky – B. Genito – B. Cerasetti (eds.), ‘My Life is like the Summer Rose’, Maurizio Tosi e l’Archeologia come modo di vivere: Papers in honour of Maurizio Tosi for his 70th birthday, BAR International Series 2690, BAR Archaeopress, Oxford: 187–192.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2014, German Expedition to Bāt and Al-Ayn, Sultanate of Oman: The 2010 to 2013 seasons, The Journal of Oman Studies 18: 187–230.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2014, Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2013 und 2014 in Bāt und Al-Ayn, Sultanat Oman, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 146: 55–85.
• Schmidt, C. 2015, The well-room of the Royal Palace of Qatna and its analogy to Hazor and Megiddo, in: P. Pfälzner (ed.), Qatna and the Networks of Bronze Age "Globalism". Proceedings of an international conference held from 17 - 19 Oktober 2009 at Landesmuseum Württemberg Stuttgart and 20 Oktober 2009 at Schloss Hohentübingen, Qatna Studien, Suppl. 2: 431–440.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2015, Necropoleis of Bāt and Al-Ayn, The BFSA Bulletin 20: 20–21.
• Thornton, C. P. – Schmidt, C. 2015, The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bat and Al-Ayn: Past, Present, and Future, in: Ministry of Heritage and Culture Sultanate of Oman, Proceedings of the Symposium “The Archaeological Heritage of Oman”. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, September 7th 2012: 155–163.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2016, Umm an-Nar pottery assemblages from Bāt and al-Zībā and their functional contexts, in: J. Starkey – O. Elma (eds.), Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Volume 46, Papers from the forty-seventh meeting of the Seminar for Arabian Studies held at the British Museum, London, 24 to 26 July 2015: 247–261. http://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/PSAS/article/view/1257/863
• Schmidt, C. 2016, Mobile Pastoralists as Global Players: Excavations at Al-Zebah, Sultanate of Oman, in: Rolf A. Stucky – Oskar Kaelin – Hans-Peter Mathys (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), 9-13 June 2014, Basel, Volume 3: Reports: 689–696.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2016, Von monumentalen Türmen und kupferverarbeitenden Nomaden, Antike Welt 6/2016: 77–83.
• Lang, M. – Behrens, T. – Schmidt, K. – Svoboda, D. – Schmidt, C. 2016, A Fully Integrated UAV System for Semi-automated Archaeological Prospection, in: S. Campana, R. Scopigno, G. Carpentiero and M. Cirillo (eds.), CAA2015. Keep the Revolution going, Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods In Archaeology, March 31st to April 2nd 2015, Siena, Vol. 1, Archaeopress, Oxford: 989–996.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2017, The development of complexity at third-millennium BC al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman: results of the first two seasons, 2015 and 2016, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 47: 215–226. https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/PSAS/article/view/1232/838
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2017, Die Entstehung komplexer Siedlungen im nördlichen Inner-Oman im 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr.: Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2015 und 2016 in Al-Khashbah, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 149: 121–158.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2018, The Umm an-Nar burial pits of the necropolis of Bat, in: S. Cleuziou – M. Tosi (eds.), In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundation of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman, 2nd edition, Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman: 377–380.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2018, The Umm an-Nar settlement of Al-Zebah, in: S. Cleuziou – M. Tosi (eds.), In the Shadow of the Ancestors: The Prehistoric Foundation of the Early Arabian Civilization in Oman, 2nd edition, Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman: 381–384.
• Herrmann, J. T. – Faßbinder, J. W. E. – Scheiblecker, M. – Kluge, P. – Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C., Magnetometer survey of a Hafit monumental complex, al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 48 (2018), 119–124. https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/PSAS/article/view/1015/620
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2018, Settlement Continuity and Discontinuity in Northern Central-Oman, in: B. Horejs – C. Schwall – V. Müller – M. Luciani – M. Ritter – M. Giudetti – R. S. Salisbury – F. Höfelmayer – T. Bürge (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), 25–29 April 2016, Vienna, Volume 2: Prehistoric and Historical Landscapes & Settlement Patterns: 163–174.
• Schmidt, C. 2018, Pastoral Nomadism in 3rd Millennium BC Eastern Arabia: A view from Al-Zebah in Central Oman, Paléorient 44.1: 105–118.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2018, Al-Khashbah Archaeological Project, The BFSA Bulletin 23: 13–14.
• Schmidt, C. 2018, The Umm an-Nar Settlement of Al-Zebah, in: S. Döpper (ed.), Beyond Tombs and Towers. Domestic Architecture of the Umm an-Nar Period in Eastern Arabia, Arabia Orientalis 4, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden: 71–86.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2019, The Hafit period at Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman: results of four years of excavations and material studies, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 49: 265–274. https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/PSAS/article/view/350/25
• Deckers, K. – Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2019, Vegetation, land and wood use at the sites of Bat and Al-Khashbah in Oman (fourth-third millennium BC), Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 30.1: 1–14.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2019, Bericht über die Ausgrabungen 2017 und 2018 in Al-Khashbah, Sultanat Oman, Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 151: 5–36.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2019, A Hafit Period Copper Workshop at Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman, The Journal of Oman Studies 20: 1–24.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2020, Die Anfänge der Kupferproduktion in Oman und ihre Verbindung zu den archaischen Texten aus Uruk, in: J. Baldwin – J. Matuszak (Hrsg.), mu-zu an-za3-še3 kur-ur2-še3 ḫe2-gal2. Altorientalistische Studien zu Ehren von Konrad Volk, dubsar 17, Zaphon, Münster: 433–443.
• Schmidt, C. – Döpper, S. 2020, Bat, Al-Zebah and Al-Ayn Archaeological Project, University of Tuebingen, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. http://hdl.handle.net/10900.1/7c79db75-bac1-4e96-aaa2-3b74761c26e0
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2020, Nothing but tombs and towers? Results of the Al-Mudhaybi Regional Survey 2019, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 50: 155–168. https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781789696530
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2020, Two Wadi Suq and Early Iron Age Stamp Seals from Tawi Said, Sultanate of Oman, The Journal of Oman Studies 21: 144–151.
• Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2020, The Foreign Relations of Bat and Al-Khashbah, Sultanate of Oman, and the Role of the Oman Peninsula in the Bronze Age Gulf Trade, in: M. Jansen – M. Liehner-Jansen (eds.), Ports and Trans-Ports: Evolution and Revolution(s) in the Indian Ocean World. Proceedings of the Workshop, GUTech, March 4–6, 2019, Aachen: 123–150.
• Schmidt, C. (im Druck), Aus Alt mach Neu - Bestattungssitten in Bat, Sultanat Oman, in: R. Slotta (Hrsg.), Gedenkschriften für Gerd Weisgerber (Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum).
• Schmitt, K. E. – Walliser, E. O. – Schöne, B. R. – Gey, C. J. – Schmidt, C. 2022, Environmental reconstructions based on aquatic and terrestrial snails originating from the Early Bronze Age and the Late Islamic Period– A stable isotope case study from the Al-Khashbah archaeological Site, Sultanate of Oman, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 45, 103620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103620.
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Find Drawings 2015-2020, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.zsssr-3d430
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Plans, Sections, Views 2015-2019, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.ph5zk-4r567
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Field Sketches 2015-2019, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.q41cm-9s092
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Find Photos 2015-2020, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.66hht-7v765
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Field Photos 2019-2020, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.qvfte-pp937
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Field Photos 2017-2018, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.ktgh0-xaq71
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Al-Khashbah Field Photos 2015-2016, University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.1yhar-msd72
• Giardino, C. – Bottaini, C. – Schmidt, C. 2023, The Earliest Copper Smelting Activity in South-Eastern Arabia. Some Preliminary Results from Al-Khashbah, in: N. Marchetti, M. Campeggi, F. Cavaliere, C. D’Orazio, G. Giacosa, E. Mariani (eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), 06–09 April 2021, Bologna, Volume 1: Environmental Archaeology, Hammering the material world, Cognitive archaeology, Modeling the past, Networked archaeology, Endangered cultural heritage: 351–364.
• Schmidt, C. 2023, Umweltveränderungen im Zentraloman in der frühen Bronzezeit und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Menschen, Alter Orient aktuell 20 – 2023: 26–31.
• Schmitt, K. E., Schmidt, C., Schöne, B. R. und Lindauer, S. 2023, Terrestrische und aquatische Schnecken aus dem Sultanat Oman: isotopengeochemisch untersucht!, Metalla 2023, Sonderheft 12: 36–38. https://doi.org/10.46586/metalla.v.2023.i12
• Loges, L. – Schmidt, C. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Schmitt, K. E. – Unkelbach, J. – Reinhardt, A. – Proctor, L. 2024, Leben mit dem Verschwinden des Wassers – Wie Menschen in der Bronzezeit mit Umweltveränderungen umgingen, Antike Welt 2/24: 46–55.
• Proctor, L. – Döpper, S. – Schmidt, C. 2024, Hafit period fuelwood preferences associated with early copper production at Building V, al-Khashbah, Oman, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 53: 230–247. https://archaeopresspublishing.com/ojs/index.php/PSAS/article/view/2253/2108
• Beuzen-Waller, T. – Lindauer, S. – Pietsch, D. – Proctor, L. – Schmidt, C. – Schmitt, K. E. – Unkelbach, J. (eds.) 2024, Proceedings of the International Conference Human-Environment Interactions in Ancient Arabia (HEIAA), 6–8 November 2023, Tübingen, Germany (Collection, Open Quaternary 10:5–11:10). https://openquaternary.com/collections/Human-Environment-Interactions
• Schmitt, K. E. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Schmidt, C. – Proctor, L. – Lindauer, S. – Gey, C. J. – Pietsch, D. – Schöne, B. R. 2024, Melanoides tuberculata and Zootecus insularis gastropod shells provide a snapshot into past hydroclimatic conditions of arid environments: New perspectives from Oman, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112542
• Schmitt, K. E. – Schmidt, C. 2025, XRF in Areas B and H. University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.hkykb-b4t70
• Beuzen-Waller, T. – Pietsch, D. – Proctor, L. – Schmidt, C. – Schmitt, K. E. – Schlütz, F. – Reinhardt 2025, A. Field Photos 2021-2024. University of Tübingen. https://doi.org/10.57754/FDAT.40g73-78z16
• Schmidt, C. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Pietsch, D. – Proctor, L. – Schmitt, K. E. – Schöne, B. R. – Unkelbach, J. – Reinhardt, A. – Lindauer, S. 2025, A Multi-Proxy Investigation of the Anthropogenic Landscape Near the Early Bronze Age Building VII at Al-Khashbah, Oman, Open Quaternary, 11.1: 1–24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.153
• Schmitt, K. E. – Proctor, L. – Beuzen-Waller, T. – Schmidt, C. – Lindauer, S. – Jean, M. – Maiorano, M. P. – Sauvage, M. – Swerida, J. – Pietsch, D. – Schöne, B. R. 2025, Unlocking the potential of the terrestrial gastropod species Zootecus insularis as a climate archive for arid regions, Scientific Reports 15, 13754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98131-8

• Unkelbach, J. – Behling, H. – Schmidt, C. 2025, Reconstruction of vegetation, climate, fire and human activity at an Iron Age oasis site in Lizq, northern Central Oman, beginning in 400 cal yr BCE, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2025, 113091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2025.113091