Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Kultur-, Sozial- und Bildungswissen­schaftliche Fakultät - Institut für Archäologie

Field season 01/2020: Preparation and construction of fence surrounding the Apedemak Temple precinct, preparation of architectural conservation in the Great Enclosure

Field season 01/2020: Excavations, site management, architectural conservation (funded by the Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project, QSAP)

'Das Musawwarat-Projekt im Jahr 2018/19: Kulturerhalt und Forschung' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 14 December)

'What can archaeological heritage contribute to modern (identities in) Sudan?' (Lecture at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, 14 March)

(with Al-Fateh Mohamed Ali Saeed) 'Pastoral communities and their relationship to archaeological heritage: A case study from Musawwarat es-Sufra' (Second Bayuda Conference "Bayuda and its Neigbours", Gdansk, 12-14 October)

'Examining realities of World Heritage: Sources and constraints for sustainable development at Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan)' (Annual Conference of the International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM), Dar es-Salaam (Bagamoyo), 02-05 October)

2019

C. Kleinitz, J. de Torres Rodriguez & P. Rodriguez Simon, (Re-)Investigating (indigenous) cult at Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan): Excavations and mapping at the Apedemak Temple and in adjacent areas during the 2018-2019 field season. Nyame Akuma 92: 25-35.

C. Kleinitz, The 2016/17 season at Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan): From conservation planning, applied conservation and protection measures to archaeological and social anthropological research. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 30, 7-33.

'The GDR-expeditions to Sudan in the late 1950s and 1960s under Fritz Hintze. An exploration of the Sudan Archaeological Collection & Archive at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin' (Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July)

(with Alexandra Verbovsek) 'Introduction' (Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July)

C. Kleinitz, The Sudan Archaeological Collection & Archive at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. History, objects and archival materials (Project poster 'Archaeology at the Archive' for the Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July).

C. Kleinitz & J. Petschner, The Epigraphic Expedition to Sudanese Nubia: Encountering Nubia and Nubians during the UNESCO-Campaigns of the early 1960s (Project poster 'Archaeology at the Archive' for the Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July).

A. Magliocchi & C. Kleinitz, The representation of the Epigraphic Expedition to Sudanese Nubia in the East German print media (Project poster 'Archaeology at the Archive' for the Conference 'BERLIN-SUDAN. The History of Berlin-based Research on Northeast Africa. Change, Continuity and Scientific 'Zeitgeist' from the Kingdom of Prussia until the End of the GDR', Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin + Berliner Antike-Kolleg, 30 June - 01 July).

Preliminary campaign at Meroe (testing of method and equipment, 2 weeks)

'Die Pyramiden von Meroe (Sudan): Antike, mittelalterliche und moderne Graffiti als Zeugnisse ihrer Bau- und Nutzungsgeschichte' (Colloquium on the Cultural History of Ancient Egypt, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 15 December)

'(De-)Constructing Meroe: Graffiti from the pyramids and quarries of the ancient capital of Kush' (Conference 'Rock Art and (Non-textual) Graffiti in Context', German Archaeological Institute Cairo, 11-12 December)'

'Die Graffiti der Pyramiden von Meroe (Sudan): Zeugnisse ihrer Bau- und Nutzungsgeschichte zwischen königlicher Nekropole und UNESCO-Welterbeort' (Colloquium of the Institute of Archaeology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 07 December)

(with Hassan Mustafa Alkhidir) 'Zeitgenössische Graffiti an archäologischen Stätten der ‚Insel von Meroe‘: Problem und Chance für das Site Management' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 29 October)

'Lives of a funerary landscape: Graffiti making at the pyramids of Meroe in diachronic perspective' (Conference 'Signs of Place. A Visual Interpretation of Landscape', TOPOI, Berlin, 27-28 October)

A. Riedel, M.S. Bashir, P. Wolf, M.B. Mohamed & C. Kleinitz, The Qatari Mission for the Pyramids of Sudan – Archaeological Investigation, Conservation and Site Management at Meroe 2015/2016. Sudan & Nubia 20, 62-74.

'Graffiti in the ancient sandstone quarries of Meroe: a diachronic perspective' (Meeting of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society: Recent Archaeological Fieldwork in Sudan, The British Museum, London, 09 May)

'Making and marking the Landscape: Pictorial and inscriptional graffiti in the ancient sandstone quarries of Meroe, Sudan' (Public Lecture at UCLQatar, Doha, 08 September)

C. Kleinitz, Graffiti from the ancient sandstone quarries of Meroe: An overview. In: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren & Ali Mohamed Abdelrahman (eds.), The Quarries of Meroe. Part 1: Texts, Part 2: Catalogue. UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology, Volume 2, Doha.

J. Hallof & C. Kleinitz, Meroitic cursive inscriptions in the sandstone quarries of Meroe. In: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren & Ali Mohamed Abdelrahman (eds.), The Quarries of Meroe. Part 1: Texts, Part 2: Catalogue. UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology, Volume 2, Doha.

A. Tsakos & C. Kleinitz, Medieval graffiti in the sandstone quarries of Meroe: Texts, monograms and cryptograms of Christian Nubia. In: Brigitte Cech, Thilo Rehren & Ali Mohamed Abdelrahman (eds.), The Quarries of Meroe. Part 1: Texts, Part 2: Catalogue. UCL Qatar Series in Archaeology, Volume 2, Doha.

(with Stefania Merlo and Hassan Mustafa Alkhidir) 'Immanent Architecture: constructing and transforming mudbrick family compounds on Mograt and Kindi Islands, Sudan' (International Conference on Vernacular Architecture as frame of life in historic and ancient communities, Technische Universität Berlin, 04-07 April)

(with Stefania Merlo) 'Oral histories and the archaeologist: A view from the African continent' (Conference of the European Association of Archaeologists, Glasgow, 02-05 September)

(with Stefania Merlo and Hassan Mustafa Alkhidir) 'Community heritage on Mograt: a collaborative exploration of the Island's recent past' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 04 July)

(with Stefania Merlo) 'Representing the heritages of Mograt Island: a reflection on identification processes among archaeological and local communities in Sudan' (Conference 'Ancient Identities and Modern Identification. Space, Knowledge and Representation', TOPOI, Berlin, 18-19 June)

(with Stefania Merlo) 'Engaging local and archaeological communities in development contexts: a case study from Sudan' (Conference 'African Heritage Challenges: Development and Sustainability', CRASSH, University of Cambridge, 15-16 May)

(with Stefania Merlo) 'Re-thinking archaeological practice in development contexts in Sudan: Exploring community heritage on Mograt Island' ('Cultural Heritage in Sudan: Current Work and Future Possibilities', Meeting at the University of Copenhagen, 10 April)

C. Kleinitz & S. Merlo, Towards a collaborative exploration of community heritage in archaeological salvage contexts: Participatory mapping on Mograt Island, Sudan. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 25, 161-175.

Musawwarat Site Management Planning Project (co-ordinator):

'Protecting and presenting Sudan's World Heritage: A study of tourist behaviour and experience at Musawwarat es Sufra' (lead researcher)

'Tourism at Musawwarat es Sufra: a study of visitor expectation, behaviour and experience' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 04 July)

C. Kleinitz, Protecting and presenting Sudan's World Heritage: An evaluation of visitor behaviour and expectations at Musawwarat es-Sufra as a prerequisite for site management planning (Poster for the 13th International Conference for Nubian Studies (ISNS), Université de Neuchâtel, 01-06 September).

'African Cultural Heritage Online: the Open Access Musawwarat Graffiti Archive' (21st Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA), University of Toronto, 20-24 June)

(with Robert Casties & Simone Rieger): 'The Musawwarat Graffiti Archive. African cultural heritage and the globalization of knowledge' (Poster at the Berlin 9 Open Access Conference, Washington DC, 9-10 November)

Discussant at the Workshop 'Advancing Archaeology and Heritage in Lesotho: Workshopping Lessons from the Metolong Dam Cultural Resource Management Project' (National University of Lesotho, Roma, 10-12 July)

(with Claudia Näser) 'Archäologie, Kulturerbe und Gesellschaft. Archaeological Heritage Management im Sudan' (46. Ständige Ägyptologenkonferenz 'Ägypten liegt in Afrika. Altägypten und seine südlichen und südwestlichen Nachbarn' (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 20-22 June)

(with Claudia Näser) 'Development realities: disentangling the ethics of archaeological salvage in Sudan' (7th World Archaeological Congress, Dead Sea, Jordan, 13-18 January)

'Sources of pride or sources of conflict? Deconstructing values in archaeological and other 'development narratives'' (7th World Archaeological Congress, Dead Sea, Jordan, 13-18 January)

(with Claudia Näser) 'Conceptions of heritage in contested development projects in Africa: Theory vs. practice' (Inaugural Conference of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, University of Gothenburg, 5-8 June)

'Archaeological places and politics of identity in Sudan' (17th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Oslo, 14-18 September)

'Whose heritage? Local responses to cultural heritage practices in northern Sudan' (32nd Annual Meeting of the Theoretical Archaeology Group, University of Bristol, 17-19 December)

'Heritage politics: Attitudes towards archaeological places in northern Sudan' (Colloquium: Denkmalkultur. Attitues to Heritage, BTU Cottbus, 9-11 November)

'European archaeology abroad: a case study from Sudan' (16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Den Haag, 30 August-4 September)

(with Claudia Näser) 'The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project at the Fourth Nile Cataract in Northern Sudan' (Workshop: Archaeotopia: the Archaeological Site as Focus, Expression and Motor of Collective Identities, TOPOI, Berlin, 4-5 June)

(with Claudia Näser) ‘The good, the bad and the ugly: a case study on political, ethical and scientific dimensions of salvage archaeology from northern Sudan’ (Society of Africanist Archaeologists Biennial Meeting, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, 8-11 September)

‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: political and ethical dimensions of rescue archaeology on the Middle Nile’ (6th World Archaeological Congress, University College Dublin, 29 June - 4 July)

2013

C. Kleinitz, Between valorisation and devaluation: making and unmaking (world) heritage in Sudan. Archaeologies 9 (3), 427-469.

C. Kleinitz, C. Näser & S. Altekamp (eds.), Global Heritage – Worlds Apart? The Cultural Production, Appropriation and Consumption of Archaeological Heritage Spaces in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Special Issue of Archaeologies 9 (3).

2013

C. Kleinitz, C. Näser & S. Altekamp, Global heritage - worlds apart? Archaeologies 9 (3), 357-361.

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, Archaeology, development and conflict: a case study from the African continent. Archaeologies 9 (1), 162-191.

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser (eds.), 'Nihna nas al-bahar – We are the people of the river'. Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region (Sudan). Meroitica 26. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

C. Näser & C. Kleinitz, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: a case study on the politicisation of archaeology and its consequences from northern Sudan. In: C. Kleinitz & C. Näser (eds.), 'Nihna nas al-bahar – We are the people of the river'. Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region (Sudan). Meroitica 26. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 269-304.

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, Introduction. In: C. Kleinitz & C. Näser (eds.), 'Nihna nas al-bahar – We are the people of the river'. Ethnographic Research in the Fourth Nile Cataract Region (Sudan). Meroitica 26. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1-4.

C. Kleinitz & C. Näser, The loss of innocence: political and ethical dimensions of the Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project at the Fourth Nile Cataract (Sudan). Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 13 (2-3), 253-280.

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, eighth field season

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, seventh field season

10/2013

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, fifth field season

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, fourth field season: RTI-recording of early graffiti at the Great Enclosure at Musawwarat es Sufra (Sudan)

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, third field season: RTI-recording, photogrammetry of early graffiti at the Great Enclosure at Musawwarat es Sufra (Sudan) (in cooperation with the Archaeological Computing Research Group, University of Southampton)

02/2009


 

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, second field season: graffiti recording using 3D white-light scanning (in cooperation with Trigon-Art), 3D laser scanning of the Great Enclosure (in cooperation with Zamani Project, University of Cape Town)

Musawwarat Graffiti Project, first field season: photographic recording, tracing of graffiti, development of database structure, motif thesaurus and data recording methodology

'The Graffiti from the Great Enclosure at Musawwarat es-Sufra (Sudan): Practices of Text and Image Making in a Diachronic Perspective' (International Conference: Stone Canvas - Towards a better integration of rock art and graffiti studies in Egypt and Sudan, IFAO + PCMA, Cairo, 10-12 November)

'Meroitic pictorial graffiti: The challenging corpus from the Great Enclosure of Musawwarat es-Sufra' (14th International Conference for Nubian Studies (ISNS), Musée du Louvre + Sorbonne Université, Paris, 10-15 September)

'Rock art and graffiti of ancient Sudan' (Lecture at the Centre for Rock Art Research and Management, University of Western Australia, Perth, 10 December)

'Rock art and graffiti of ancient Sudan: images, inscriptions and markings in landscape and built contexts along the Nile' (Lecture at the University of Bergen, Norway, 17 November)

'Meroitic iconography between the 'formal' and the 'informal': Investigating the graffiti of Musawwarat es Sufra, Sudan' (13th International Conference for Nubian Studies (ISNS), Université de Neuchâtel, 01-06 September)

'Computational photography in rock art and graffiti documentation' (14th Congress of the Panafrican Archaeological Association and 22nd Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA), University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 14-18 July)

'Writing and image making practices in the Meroitic world: contextualising the graffiti of Musawwarat es Sufra, Sudan' (Scribbling Through History: Comparative Studies of Graffiti from Ancient Egypt Onwards, University of Oxford, 23-25 September)

'Highlight RTI and the Documentation of Ancient Graffiti at Musawwarat es Sufra (Sudan)' (Workshop: Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) for Cultural Heritage Documentation, TOPOI, Berlin, 22-25 October)

'Kulturerbe analog und digital: Neues zu den Sekundärbildern und -inschriften von Musawwarat es Sufra' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 19 May)

'The Musawwarat Graffiti Project: Shedding New Light on the Ancient Graffiti of the Great Enclosure' (Meeting of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society: Recent Archaeological Fieldwork in Sudan, The British Museum, London, 14 May)

'The Great Enclosure at Musawwarat es Sufra (Sudan). Inscriptional and pictorial graffiti from the 3rd century BC to the present time: an online presentation' (Transliteration and Transfiguration of Cultural Traditions: Archaeology, Medical Knowledge, Art, and Science, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, 18-19 March)

'Digital cultural heritage from and for Africa: a Case Study from Sudan' (Digital Transformations: New Developments in Cultural Heritage Imaging, University of Oxford, 25 February)

'Marking and making the Meroitic world' (13th
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(with Claudia Näser) 'Der Baukomplex von Musawwarat es Sufra, Sudan. 3D-Scanning und Modelle'. (Conference: Digitale Dokumentationsmethoden in TOPOI, TOPOI, Berlin, 13 November)

(with Thomas Bauer and Mark Praus) 'Moderne Verfahren zur Untersuchung der Sekundärbilder der Großen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 6 June)

‘Imagining the Meroitic world: new work on the pictorial graffiti of Musawwarat es Sufra’ (11th International Conference for Meroitic Studies, University of Vienna Wien, 1-4 September)

'Neue Arbeiten zu den Sekundärbildern der Grossen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 31 May)

C. Kleinitz, The graffiti of Musawwarat es-Sufra: current research on historic inscriptions, images and markings at the Great Enclosure. Sudan & Nubia 18, 93-103.

C. Kleinitz,  Die Sekundärbilder und -inschriften der Großen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra und das Musawwarat Graffiti Project. In: St. Wenig & K. Zibelius-Chen (eds.), Die Kulturen Nubiens – ein afrikanisches Vermächtnis. Dettelbach: J.H. Roell, 399-413.

(with Hembo Pagi): 'Illuminating Africa’s Past: Using Reflectance Transformation Imaging Techniques in Documenting Ancient Graffiti at Musawwarat es Sufra' (Poster at the CAA - Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology 2012 Conference, University of Southampton, 26-29 March)

C. Kleinitz, Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) in der Bestandsdokumentation der Sekundärbilder und -inschriften von Musawwarat es Sufra im Rahmen des Musawwarat Graffiti Project. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 23, 7-20.

C. Kleinitz, H. Rüther & C. Näser, Die 3D-Laserscan-Erfassung der Großen Anlage und weiterer Monumente von Musawwarat es Sufra – ein Beitrag zur virtuellen Erhaltung und Präsentation des sudanesischen Kulturerbes. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 21, 23-32.

C. Kleinitz, T. Bauer & C. Näser, Optische 3D-Messungen zur digitalen Bestandsdokumentation von dekorierten Bauelementen und Sekundärbildern der Großen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra: ein Pilotprojekt. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 20, 33-48.

C. Kleinitz, Meroitic ‚property marks’ in Fourth Nile Cataract rock art? A re-evaluation of an enigmatic class of graphic markings. In: B.J.J. Haring & O.E. Kaper (eds.), Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual Identity Marks in Practical Use in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. Egyptologische Uitgaven XXV. Leiden: NINO, 179-198.

C. Kleinitz, Neue Arbeiten zu den Sekundärbildern der Grossen Anlage von Musawwarat es Sufra. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 19, 27-38.

University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB)/Arizona State University (ASU) - Fourth Cataract Rock Art Project (sub-project director)

02-04/2007
 

Humboldt University Nubian Expedition (HUNE) Islands - Fourth Cataract Rock Art Project (sub-project director): The Us and Sur Islands survey

11/2006-02/2007
 

SARS/The British Museum - Fourth Cataract Rock Art Project (sub-project director): The Hadiab rock art survey

(with Rupert Till, Christopher A. Sevara and Brenda J. Baker) 'Sounds of the past: archaeological and musicological perspectives on rock gongs in the ASU BONE concession above the Fourth Nile Cataract' (Meeting of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society: Recent Archaeological Fieldwork in Sudan, The British Museum, London, 11 May)

'Rock gongs at the Fourth Nile Cataract, Sudan: investigating variation in physical features, locations and sound properties' (Lithophones International Conference, University of Warsaw and Gdansk Archaeological Museum, Gdansk, 14 December)

'Multi-sensory engagements with stone surfaces on the African continent: evidence from landscape and architectural contexts' ('Cultures of Stone. Interdisciplinary Research in the Materiality of Stone', University College Dublin, 18-20 September)

‘Transitions: Rock art of the Meroitic and post-Meroitic Periods at the Fourth Cataract’ (11th International Conference for Meroitic Studies, University of Vienna, 1-4 September)

‘Rock art rescue: approaches to the documentation and public presentation of the vanishing rock art of the Nubian Nile valley’ (6th World Archaeological Congress, University College Dublin, 29 June-4 July)

2007

'Rock art of the Fourth Nile Cataract: symbolic universes imprinted in stone' (Prehistory of Northeastern Africa - New Ideas and Discoveries, Poznan, 2-5 July)

2007

'Rock art on Us Island : a window into past life-worlds in the Fourth Cataract Region' (4e Conference Internationale sur L'Archeologie de la 4e Cataracte du Nil, University of Lille, 22-23 June)

2007

'Felskunst im Fluss: die Bilderwelt der Insel Us' (Tagung der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft (SAG), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 16 June)

2007

'The SARS Fourth Cataract Rock Art Project' (Research Day of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society, The British Museum, London, 15 May)

2006

'Rock art of the Nile valley: visual and acoustic aspects of Fourth Nile Cataract landscapes' (Lecture at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 26 October)

2006

'Rock art of the Nile valley: visual and acoustic aspects of Fourth Nile Cataract landscapes' (Lecture at the University Leiden, Netherlands, 19 October)

2006

'Soundscapes of the Nile valley: 'rock music' in the Fourth Cataract region (Sudan)' (5. Symposium of the International Study Group on Music Archaeology, German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, 19-23 September)

2006

'Acoustic elements of the rock art landscape in the SARS concession above the Fourth Nile Cataract: Three seasons of research' (11^th International Conference of Nubian Studies, University of Warsaw, 27 August-2 September)

2006

(with Dr. Pawel Wolf): 'Rock art versus Graffiti - a comparative approach to Nubian graphic expressions' (11^th International Conference of Nubian Studies, University of Warsaw, 27 August-2 September)

2006

'Rock art above the Fourth Nile Cataract: some reflections after three seasons of research' (3^d Conference on the Archaeology of the Fourth Nile Cataract, Africa Department, University of Cologne, 14-16 July)

2006

'Zeichen der Zeit - die Felsbilder des Vierten Nilkatarakts in vergleichender Perspektive' (Lecture at the Seminar für Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte Nordostafrikas der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10 July).

2005

'Rock art landscapes of the Fourth Nile Cataract: characterisations and first comparisons' (2^nd Conference on the Archaeology of the Fourth Nile Cataract, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 4-6 August)

2005

'Rock art and 'rock music' of the Fourth Nile Cataract region: The Merowe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project' (12^th Congress of the Panafrican Archaeological Association, University of Botswana, Gaborone, 3-10 July)

2005

'Felskunst an Vierten Nilkatarakt: Visuelle und akustische Aspekte einer bedrohten Kulturlandschaft' (Lecture at the University of Cologne, Colloquium Africanum lecture series, 3 May)

2005

'Rock art landscapes of the Fourth Nile Cataract' (British Rock Art Group Conference, University of Bristol, 23-24 April)

2004

'For whom the bell tolls: rock art and 'rock gongs' in the Merowe Dam reservoir area of the Fourth Nile Cataract (Sudan)' ('African rock art in the 21^st century', Trust For African Rock Art, Nairobi, 1-4 November)

2004

'More than meets the eye: visual and non-visual aspects of an Upper Nubian rock art landscape' (17^th Meeting of the Society of Africanist Archaeologists, Bergen, Norway, 26-29 June)

2004

'The Ishashi island rock art survey' (Research Day of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society, The British Museum, London, 12 May)

2004

'Non-visual aspects of making and using rock art in the Forth Nile Cataract, Sudan' (British Rock Art Group Conference, University of Newcastle, 24-25 April)

C. Kleinitz, R. Till & B.J. Baker, The Qatar-Sudan Archaeological Project – Archaeology and acoustics of rock gongs in the ASU BONE concession above the Fourth Nile Cataract, Sudan: a preliminary report. Sudan & Nubia 19, 106-114.

C. Kleinitz, Rock art of the Fourth Nile cataract: an overview. In: H-P. Wotzka (ed.), Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Archaeology of the Fourth Nile Cataract, University of Cologne 13-14 July 2006. Africa Praehistorica 22. Cologne: Heinrich-Barth-Institut, 31-48.

C. Kleinitz, Acoustic elements of (pre)historic rock art landscapes at the Fourth Nile Cataract. In: W. Godlewski & A. Lajtar (eds.), Between the Cataracts. Proceedings of the 11th Conference of Nubian Studies, Warsaw University, 27 August - 2 September 2006. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean Supplement Series Volume, 2, Part 2, Fasc. 1 (Session Papers). Warsaw: Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology & Warsaw University Press, 149-160.

C. Kleinitz, Meroitic ‚property marks’ in Fourth Nile Cataract rock art? A re-evaluation of an enigmatic class of graphic markings. In: B.J.J. Haring & O.E. Kaper (eds.), Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual Identity Marks in Practical Use in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. Egyptologische Uitgaven XXV. Leiden: NINO, 179-198.

C. Kleinitz, Rock art on Us island: a window into past life-worlds at the Fourth Cataract. In: B. Gratien (ed.), Actes de la 4e Conférence Internationale sur l’Archéologie de la 4e Cataracte du Nil. Villeneuve d’Ascq, 22 et 23 Juin 2007. Lille: Université Charles-de-Gaulle, 85-107.

2008

C. Kleinitz, Soundscapes of the Nile valley: ‘Rock music’ in the Fourth Cataract region. In: A.A. Both, Eichmann, R., Hickmann, E. und L. Koch (eds.), Studies in Music Archaeology VI. Challenges and Aims in Music Archaeology. Rahden: Verlag Marie Leidorf, 131-146.

2007

C. Kleinitz, Rock art and archaeology: the Hadiab Survey. Sudan & Nubia 11, 34-42.

C. Kleinitz, Magisch-religiöse Zeichen der meroitischen und postmeroitischen Epochen in Nubien. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 18, 99-113.

C. Kleinitz, Felskunst im Fluss: Die Bilderwelt der Insel Us am Vierten Nilkatarakt. Der Antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin 18, 51-75.

2007

C. Kleinitz, Rock art landscapes of the Fourth Nile Cataract: characterisations and first comparisons. In: C. Näser and M. Lange (eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Archaeology of the Fourth Nile Cataract. Berlin, 4-6 August 2005. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 213-234.

2007

C. Kleinitz, For whom the bell tolls: rescue recording of petroglyphs and rock gongs in the Merowe Dam reservoir area of the Fourth Nile Cataract (Sudan). In: J. Deacon (ed.), African Rock Art: The Future of Africa's Past. Nairobi: Trust for African Rock Art, 86-94.

2006

Kleinitz, C. & R. Koenitz, Fourth Cataract petroglyphs in context. The Ed-Doma and Dirbi Island rock art survey. Sudan & Nubia 10, 34-42.

2005

C. Kleinitz & C. Olsson, Christian period rock art landscapes in the Fourth Nile Cataract region: the Dar el-Arab and et-Tereif rock art surveys. Sudan & Nubia 9, 31-38.

2004

C. Kleinitz, Rock art and 'rock gongs' in the Fourth Nile Cataract region: the Ishashi island rock art survey. Sudan & Nubia 8, 12-17.

09/2001

Ethnoarchaeological study of rock art at Songo, Pays Dogon, central Mali

04-06/2001

Rock art survey and documentation in the Baoulé-Bakoye region, southwest Mali

12/2000-02/2001

Rock art survey and documentation in southern and central Mali

03-04/2000

Rock art survey and documentation in the Baoulé-Bakoye region, southwest Mali

'Sketchy memory: Dynamics in making and unmaking memory spaces in sub-Saharan West Africa' (Conference: Memory Sites and Memory Networks. TOPOI, Berlin, 23-24 May)

2003

'Fanfannyégèné Donsoma I: a biographical approach to the study of rock art in sub-Saharan Mali' (Current Research in African Archaeology in Britain and Ireland II, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 14 June)

2002

'Rock art and ethnography in sub-Saharan West Africa: pitfalls and possibilities', (Current Research in African Archaeology in Britain and Ireland I, St Hugh's College, Oxford, 20 April)

2001

'Pregnant women and cows' - new research on rock art in the Massif de Kita, south-west Mali, and its implications for the settlement history of sub-Saharan West Africa' (14. International Congress of the Pre- and Protohistorical Sciences (UISPP), Liege, 2-8 September)

2001

'Rock art in sub-Saharan Mali: the Boucle du Baoule and beyond' (11^th Congress of the Panafrican Archaeological Association, Bamako, Mali, 7-12 February)

2000

'Rock art in sub-Saharan West Africa - recent research in the Upper Niger region of Mali' (4th AURA (Australian Rock Art Research Association) and IFRAO (International Federation of Rock Art Organisations Congress, Alice Springs, Australia, 10-14 July)

2004

C. Kleinitz & B. Dietz, Art rupestre au pays Dogon: L'auvent de Songo. In: R.M.A. Bedaux und J.D. van der Waals (eds.), Regards sur les Dogon du Mali. Leiden (Exhibition Catalogue Musée National du Mali and Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden). Gand: Editions Snoeck, 138-145.

2003

C. Kleinitz & B. Dietz, Times of the signs - signs of the times. Rock art and circumcision among the Dogon of Songo, Bandiagara plateau, Mali. Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde)

2001

C. Kleinitz, Rock art in sub-Saharan Mali. Antiquity 75, 799-800.

2000

C. Kleinitz, Tracing a West African Past: Rock art recording in sub-Saharan Mali. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 11, 85-88.

07/1999

Rock art documentation in Wooler, Northumberland, England (Rock Art Pilot Project)

08/1998

Rock art documentation in Paspardo, Valcamonica, Italy (project member)

1992-1998

Project member in excavations in Germany (Bronze age grave field, Eisenhüttenstadt; Slavic and early German settlements and fortifications in Lausitz; Heuneburg castle, Hesse), Czech Republic (Hradshin Castle, Prague), Mali (Neolithic and Iron Age sites in Central Mali)