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The project's aim is to verify the existence of Herero and Nama skulls among the roughly 1370 skulls in the Alexander Ecker collection (AEC). Methods include historical research, which was mainly concerned with the AEC and especially Eugen Fischer during his time as curator, as well as the methods of acquisition of human remains and scientific methods to verify the identity of the relevant skulls. Scientific methods include morphological sex and age-at-death verification, morphological estimation of ancestry, morphometric analysis and the application of UV light to decipher old labels on the skull surfaces, as well as a molecular biology approach (mtDNA) and stable isotope analyses. Out of 19 preselected skulls, 14 revealed a significant probability for a Herero/Nama ancestry, although identification of specific skulls according to the historical documentation was not possible.

Bertram Jenisch / Andreas Haasis-Berner / Johanna R. Regnath / Werner Konold (Hg.), „Im Krieg ist weder Glück noch Stern“. Barocke Festungen, Schanzen und Schlachtfelder am südlichen Oberrhein (Veröffentlichung des Alemannischen Instituts Freiburg i. Br. 88). Ostfildern: Jan Thorbecke 2021. 328 S. mit 200 Abb. ISBN 978-3-7995-1534-4. € 34,–

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Jürgen Dendorfer / Birgit Studt (Hg.), Zum Gedenken an Dieter Mertens, Ansprachen und Vorträge beim Trauergottesdienst in der Liebfrauenkirche zu Günterstal (17. Oktober 2014) und der Akademischen Gedenkfeier an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (13. November 2015) (Freiburger Beiträge zur Geschichte des Mittelalters 2), Ostfildern: Thorbecke 2019. 76 S., 1 Abb. ISBN 978-3-7995-85514. € 10,–