The revision and new conception of the prehistoric exhibition at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte in Berlin affected, among other things, the museum’s Pre-Roman Iron Age division, featuring artifacts from ancient Europe and Eurasia. In setting up the new exhibition at “Neues Museum”, the focus was not only on portraying Iron Age cultural groups, but also and especially on the subject of iron and iron smelting as a new raw material and a new technology.
Three central themes were explored in close cooperation with the research conducted by research group (A-5) Iron as a raw material:
1) “Display windows” showcasing current Topoi research were integrated into the museum exhibition; presentational concepts were developed for these windows in conjunction with individual research group projects. The exhibition depicts the ways in which the new iron technology spread throughout the region, as well as the cultural upheaval that resulted, and the inception and development of smelting technology.
2) Additionally, the group conducted a fundamental review and evaluation of museum holdings that provide evidence of early iron usage or processing. Relevant material was compared with current research results – especially those obtained from Teltow region and integrated into scientific research concerning the origins and smelting of iron.
3) From the museum’s point of view, the aspects of this theme which concern the history of research constitute a central aspect of the preparatory process. Thus, the group investigated what changes can be discerned in museum treatments of the subject of iron, e.g. as a new, epoch-defining material, or from a technological point of view. When did iron first and first iron objects gain the attention of museums? In particular, the group evaluated Berlin museum archival holdings of relevance to these issues, most likely supplemented by older collections with long-standing traditions.
The Iron Age section of the newly designed exhibition on prehistory and early history at the Neues Museum Berlin now includes archaeological finds from Glienick (Brandenburg, Germany), that correspond to various stages in the iron production process, from mining ore to smelting in a bloomery to forging bar iron. The exhibition also presents the results of iron smelting experiments conducted in a bloomery of the type discovered in Glienick. This includes a lump of iron created with the support of the Excellence Cluster Topoi during the Event “Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften”.
Additionally, the research project was presented within the series “Topoi im Museum“
Utaratibu wa kurekebisha na kubadili maono ya maonyesho ya zamani ya kihistoria katika Jumba la Makumbusho la Historia ya Mapema na ya Mapema huko Berlin, ilihusisha, kati ya mambo mengine, mgawanyiko wa Jumba la Makumbusho la Kipindi cha Kabla ya Roma cha Chuma, na kuonyesha vitu vya kale kutoka Ulaya na Eurasia. Katika kuanzisha maonyesho mapya katika <unk>Neues Museum<unk>, lengo lilikuwa si tu juu ya kuelezea makundi ya utamaduni wa Enzi ya Chuma, lakini pia na hasa juu ya mada ya chuma na chuma kutengenezwa kama nyenzo mbichi mpya na teknolojia mpya. "Mtazamo wa ""Mzizi wa Maonyesho"" ni pamoja na ""Mzizi wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzizi wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzizi wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzizi wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho"" na ""Mzigo wa Maonyesho.""" Maonyesho hayo yanaonyesha jinsi teknolojia mpya ya chuma ilivyosambaa katika eneo hilo, na vilevile mvurugo wa kitamaduni uliosababishwa na hilo, na kuanzishwa na maendeleo ya teknolojia ya kutengeneza chuma. Kwa kuongezea, kikundi hicho kilifanya ukaguzi wa msingi na tathmini ya hifadhi za makumbusho ambazo hutoa ushahidi wa matumizi ya chuma au usindikaji wa mapema. Vifaa vinavyohusiana vililinganishwa na matokeo ya utafiti wa sasa - haswa yale yaliyopatikana kutoka mkoa wa Teltow na kuunganishwa katika utafiti wa kisayansi kuhusu asili na kuyeyuka kwa chuma. 3) Kutoka kwa mtazamo wa makumbusho, mambo ya mandhari hii ambayo yanahusu historia ya utafiti ni sehemu kuu ya mchakato wa maandalizi. Hivyo, kundi alichunguza nini mabadiliko inaweza kutambuliwa katika matibabu makumbusho ya mada ya chuma, kwa mfano. kama nyenzo mpya, ya kuamua enzi, au kutoka kwa mtazamo wa kiteknolojia. Ni lini chuma na vitu vya kwanza vya chuma vilipata uangalifu wa majumba ya makumbusho? Hasa, kundi lilitathmini hifadhi za kumbukumbu za makumbusho ya Berlin zinazohusiana na masuala haya, uwezekano mkubwa wa kuongezwa na makusanyo ya zamani na mila ya muda mrefu. Sehemu ya Enzi ya Chuma ya maonyesho ya hivi karibuni ya historia ya kale na ya mapema katika Jumba la Makumbusho la Neues Berlin sasa inajumuisha uvumbuzi wa akiolojia kutoka Glienicke (Brandenburg, Ujerumani) ambao unalingana na hatua mbalimbali katika mchakato wa uzalishaji wa chuma, kutoka madini ya madini hadi kutengenezwa kwa chuma. Maonyesho hayo pia yanaonyesha matokeo ya majaribio ya kuchimba chuma yaliyofanywa katika kiwanda cha maua kama kile kilichogunduliwa huko Glienick. Hii ni pamoja na lump ya chuma iliyoundwa kwa msaada wa Excellence Cluster Topoi wakati wa Tukio <unk>Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften<unk>. Kwa kuongezea, mradi wa utafiti ulionyeshwa ndani ya mfululizo wa <unk>Topoi im Museum<unk>