Archives of the DAI Athens and the Archaeology of Greece (ArchAthen)

DAI雅典是德国考古研究所（DAI）在国外第二古老的部门，拥有大量的档案，可以追溯到1874年该部门的基础。目前，该部门的档案馆拥有几个收藏品，包括行政和机构文件，考古插图，摄影档案，地图收藏，航空摄影收藏，照片印刷品和学术论文（Nachlässe）。这些独特的文件提供了主要的原始材料，用于跟踪研究所的历史，古典奖学金，以及德国的国际文化关系。该项目旨在通过在线提供必要的索引资源、记录描述以及数字化文件本身，使学术界和更广泛的公众更容易获得这些档案收藏的很大一部分。鉴于对机构历史、学科和德国-希腊关系的兴趣日益增加，这些数字资源将大大提高在这些领域工作的学者获得原始资料的能力。此外，数字化预计将为长期保护和储存这些重要但也易腐的材料提供坚实的基础。从2020年开始，该项目计划为期六年，将致力于数字化，索引和在线提供选定的收藏品。第一阶段致力于1944年之前的机构和行政文件，1941/1942年的航空照片的独特收藏，以及属于19世纪末和20世纪初之间的重要考古学家和经典学者的六篇学术论文集。在第二阶段，该项目将包括1951年至1974年的机构文件，考古插图集，以及杰出学者的其他六个论文集。这些收藏品见证了DAI雅典档案馆的独特性，原创性和更广泛的意义，同时也反映了作为研究工具的巨大潜力，可以在各种议程的背景下使用。这些行政文件为重建希腊最古老和最大的考古机构之一的历史提供了原始材料，并追踪了它对希腊过去研究的贡献。此外，预计将航空照片和个别学者的论文集等特定收藏品数字化，不仅可以增强我们对希腊考古学的了解，还可以使旧发现和未发表的结果重新背景化。更重要的是，考虑到DAI雅典自成立以来一直是希腊考古活动的中心，其档案与德国的古典学术史以及19世纪末和20世纪世纪的希腊考古学史特别相关。

The DAI Athens is the second-oldest department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) abroad and home to an extensive archive dating back to the department’s foundation in 1874. At present the department’s archive hosts several collections, including administrative and institutional documents, archaeological illustrations, the photographic archive, the map collection, the collection of aerial photography, photo prints and scholarly papers (Nachlässe). These unique documents provide primary source material for tracking the history of the institute, Classical scholarship, as well as Germany’s international cultural relations. This project sets out to make a large part of these archival collections more accessible to the academic community and the wider public by making available online the necessary indexing resources, description of records as well as the digitized documents themselves. Given the increasing interest in the history of institutions, academic disciplines and the German-Greek relations, such digital resources will enhance significantly the availability of primary source material for scholars working in these fields. In addition, digitization is expected to provide a solid basis for long-term protection and storage of these important but also perishable materials. Starting from 2020, the project is planned for six years and will devote itself to digitizing, indexing and making available online selected collections. The first phase is dedicated to the institutional and administrative documents until 1944, a unique collection of aerial photographs from 1941/1942, as well as six collections of scholarly papers belonging to important archaeologists and scholars of Classics of the time between the late 19th and the early 20th century. In a second phase, the project will include the institutional documents from 1951 to 1974, the collection of archaeological illustrations, as well as further six collections of papers by prominent scholars. These collections bear witness to the uniqueness, originality and wider significance of the archives housed in the DAI Athens, while also reflecting an enormous potential as research tools that can be utilized in the context of various agendas. The administrative documents, for one, provide source material for reconstructing the history of one of the oldest and largest archaeological institutions in Greece and for tracking its contribution to the study of Greece's past. Furthermore, it is expected that digitization of specific collections such as the aerial photos and the collected papers of individual scholars will not only enhance our knowledge about Greek archaeology but also enable the re-contextualization of old finds and unpublished results. Not least, given that the DAI Athens was a hub of archaeological activities in Greece since its foundation, its archives are especially relevant for the history of Classical scholarship in Germany and of Greek archaeology in the late 19th and 20th century.