Christine Pümpin

PhD-Thesis
Study of formation processes of Urban Dark Earth in Switzerland and Germany.

Key Research Interests

  • Soil formation processes of dark earth-sediments in rural, proto-urban and urban context from roman times to the Middle Ages.
  • Syn- and postdepositional preservation of indoor and outdoor spaces (e.g. streets, pithouses, constructed floor, etc.).
  • Natural and anthropogenic homogenisation processes.
  • Site formation processes in archaeological context (e.g. pit infill, dumps); accumulation of waste materials (e.g. latrines, phosphates, coprolites, ashes).
  • Taphonomy of different materials (e.g. organic materials, bones, shells, stones and minerals).
  • Endoparasite eggs in thin sections of archaeological sediments (pits, latrines, faeces, occupation layers, etc.).
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Main Publications

For full publication list, please visit: Christine at IPAS, University of Basel

  • Ismail-Meyer, K., Pümpin, Ch., Rentzel, P. (2022) Paludal Settings: Wetland Geoarchaeology. In: Gilbert, A.S., Goldberg, P., Mandel, R.D., Aldeias, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham - Second Edition. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44600-0_158-1
  • Pümpin, Ch., Röpke, A., Schmitz, D., Rentzel, Ph., Deschler-Erb, E. (2021) Dark Earth in Köln. Ein Beispiel aus der Antoniterstrasse unter dem Mikroskop, in: Classen, E., Trier, M. (Eds.), Archäologie im Rheinland 2020. Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag, Oppenheim, pp. 151–153.
  • Hüglin S., Alder C., Brombacher Ch., Hüster-Plogmann H., Pümpin Ch., Schäfer M., Rentzel Ph., Vandorpe P. (2019) Latrine und Mörtelmischmaschine. Hochmittelalterliche Befunde und Funde der Grabung Martinsgasse 6+8, Basel. Jahrbuch Archäologie Schweiz 102, 77-122.
  • Pümpin, Ch., Le Bailly, M., Pichler, S. (2017) Ova of Intestinal Parasites, in: Nicosia, C., Stoops, G. (Eds.), Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2017, pp. 91-98.
  • Brönnimann, D., Pümpin, Ch., Ismail-Meyer, K., Rentzel, Ph., Égüez, N. (2017) Excrements of Omnivores and Carnivores, in: Nicosia, C., Stoops, G. (Eds.), Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2017, pp. 67-82.
  • Rentzel, Ph., Nicosia, C., Gebhardt, A., Brönnimann, D., Pümpin, Ch., Ismail-Meyer, K. (2017) Trampling, Poaching and the Effect of Traffic, in: Nicosia, C., Stoops, G. (Eds.), Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2017, pp. 281-298.
  • Brönnimann, D., Ismail-Meyer, K., Rentzel, Ph., Pümpin, Ch., Lisá, L. (2017) Excrements of Herbivores, in: Nicosia, C., Stoops, G. (Eds.), Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2017, pp. 55-66.
  • Rentzel, Ph., Pümpin, Ch. (2017) Geoarchäologische Untersuchungen zur Entstehung der spätrömischen und frühmittelalterlichen Schichten, in: Asal, M. (Ed.), Basilia - Das spätantike Basel. Untersuchungen zur Siedlungsgeschichte Basels in spätrömischer Zeit und am Übergang zum Frühmittelalter ausgehend von der Grabung Martinsgasse 6+8 [2004/1] und weiteren Grabungen im Nordteil des Münsterhügels. Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt, Basel 2017, pp. 112-120.