Call for Data
Help us with providing data for the European Database on Jewish Archaeology
European Database
A general survey has been initiated of past and present projects on the archaeology of European Jewish settlements. Contact was made with officials of antiquities services connected with the Council of Europe, as well as with city governments, museums, and universities known to have participated in projects relevant for Jewish Archaeology.
Because of the present haphazard distribution of the data—as well as the frequent lack of communication between archaeologists working in different parts of Europe—it was decided to begin the construction of an online database that could centralize and make available data on Jewish Archaeology. The database will be designed to be accessible via the Internet with the possibility of uploading data. In order to facilitate this data collection, a major effort will be made to solicit information directly from scholars and heritage professionals throughout Europe.
Call for data on Jewish Archaeology in Europe
Project Yesod launches an appeal for contributing relevant data on archaeological investigations of Jewish settlement areas and/or monuments throughout Europe. For any contributions, please fill out the relevant data sheet below and/or contact:
Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation
Abdijstraat 13-15
9700 Oudenaarde
BELGIUM
Tel: + 32 55 30 03 44
Fax: + 32 55 30 35 19
info@enamecenter.org
View an example of a data sheet on Oswiecim (Poland)
- Country: Poland
- Locality: Oswiecim
- Site Name: Klueger House
- Institutional Involvement: The Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation (Belgium), The Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation (Poland), Department of Anthropology at Rutgers State University (New Jersey, USA)
- Contact: Carmel Shrire and Elizabeth Grzymala Jordan, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers State University, New Brunswick NJ 08901, USA
- Site Type: Habitation
- Structural Remains: Demolition and stabilization material and foundations of Klueger House
- Artefacts: Ceramics, bottles, shoes, tiles, bricks, metal, faunal remains
- Period: 18th and 19th century debris; early 20th century (occupation of Klueger House)
- Description: Investigation of a Jewish household in Oswiecim’s former Jewish quarter. Two excavation areas: one 2x4m trench (Klueger House 1:KL1) extending from the retaining wall into the yard and the second trench (Kleuger House 2:KL2) was a small exposure excavated under the floorboards of the basement. Nothing was found suggesting that Klueger House occupants were Jews, other than the absence of pig bones or shells, which were forbidden foods.
- Published Material: Carmel Shrire and Elizabeth Grzymala Jordan 2004 Report on Archaeological Excavations at the Klueger House, Oswiecim (Poland): Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation.
- Potential for Excavation/Research: Good. Other parts of the Jewish Quarter could be explored before any further demolition or renovation takes place. Intact stratigraphic deposits and more evidence on diet and material identity should be investigated.