Entrance City Center: Am Amphitheater
Entrance Harbor Temple: Am Rheintor
Entrance LVR-RömerMuseum: Trajanstraße 10
46509 Xanten
Research and projects
The LVR-APX preserves an archaeological site of European importance. Ongoing excavations and various research projects make Xanten an important location for Roman archaeology.
The Archaeological Park is therefore a venue for a wide range of research projects. Researchers at the site collaborate closely with universities, museums, and other research institutions.
Here you will find an overview of the ongoing projects.
A list with short descriptions (in German) can be found in the German version of this website.
- Geophysical prospection (geomagnetics) at the University of Hamburg
Head: Prof. Dr. Martina Seifert
Dissertation project of Dr. Nikola Babucic - The CUT from an archaeobotanical perspective
Editors: Dr. Jutta Meurers-Balke, Michael Herchenbach, Dr. Tanja Zerl - Roman Craftsmen's Houses
Edited by Dr. Peter Kienzle - The hostel's thermal baths - renovation and operation
Edited by Dr. Peter Kienzle - The finds from the excavations at the southeast corner of Insula 26
Edited by Dr. Bernd Liesen - Settlement development on Insula 17
Editors: Sabine Leih M.A. and Dr. Bernd Liesen - Residential development on Insula 22
Teaching excavation of the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne. Project leader: Prof. Dr. Eckhard Deschler-Erb, Archaeology of the Roman Provinces, Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne. - The amphitheater of the CUT
Edited by: Dr. Martin Müller, Dr. Elisabeth Krieger, Prof. Dr. Renate Thomas, PD Dr. Werner Oenbrink - Roman wall paintings from the urban area of the CUT. Finds from public buildingsEditors: Elisabeth Hähner, Dr. Brita Jansen, Dr. Michael Zelle
- The Great Baths of Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Edited by Dr. Norbert Zieling - Corpus of Roman bronze vessels from Xanten
Edited by Dr. Christoph Eger - The Forum of the Colonia Ulpia Traiana
Edited by Dr. Valeria Selke, Dr. Regina Franke - Geoarchaeological and archaeobotanical reassessment of the harbor excavations near the CUT
Editors: Prof. Dr. Renate Gerlach, Dr. Jutta Meurers-Balke, Michael Herchenbach, Sabine Leih M.A. - Stone mortars from the CUT
Edited by Dr. Bernhard Rudnick - The Gallo-Roman Temple on Insula 13
Editor: Dr. Elisabeth Krieger
The “CostruEnS” Research Project of the LEIZA
Project Lead: Prof. Dr. Dominik Maschek, Head of the “Roman Archaeology” Competence Area and Deputy Director General at LEIZA
The APX is participating in the interdisciplinary, cross-regional research project led by the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology (LEIZA) titled “ConstruEnS – Construction, Environment, and Society on the Rhine and Danube Frontiers of the Roman Empire.” Using innovative tools and methods, the research team is investigating the impact of Roman monumental architecture along the northern frontier zone on the development of the Roman Empire. For the first time, the interplay between Roman architecture and societal and environmental structures is being systematically analyzed. Alongside other leading heritage and research institutions situated along Europe’s former northern Roman frontiers, the APX is providing key data for this methodological analysis.
The project is funded by an “ERC Advanced Grant” from the European Research Council (ERC).
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apx@lvr.de