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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>David Brian Stronach</b> (* <a href="10._Juni" title="10. Juni">10. Juni</a> <a href="1931" title="1931">1931</a> in <a href="Nottingham" title="Nottingham">Nottingham</a>; † <a href="27._Juni" title="27. Juni">27. Juni</a> <a href="2020" title="2020">2020</a> in <a href="Berkeley" title="Berkeley">Berkeley</a>, <a href="Kalifornien" title="Kalifornien">Kalifornien</a>) war ein <a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">britischer</a> <a href="Vorderasiatische_Arch%C3%A4ologie" title="Vorderasiatische Archäologie">Vorderasiatischer Archäologe</a> mit Schwerpunkt <a href="Irak" title="Irak">Irak</a> und <a href="Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben">Leben</h2></div>
<p>David Stronach besuchte die <a href="Gordonstoun" title="Gordonstoun">Gordonstoun</a>-Schule und studierte anschließend am <a href="St_John%E2%80%99s_College_(Cambridge)" title="St John’s College (Cambridge)">St John’s College</a> der <a href="University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>, 1958 erwarb er seinen Master of Arts. Ab 1961 war er Direktor des <a href="British_Institute_of_Persian_Studies" title="British Institute of Persian Studies">British Institute of Persian Studies</a> in <a href="Teheran" title="Teheran">Teheran</a>. Seine Tätigkeit dort musste er in Folge der <a href="Islamische_Revolution" title="Islamische Revolution">Islamischen Revolution</a> 1979 beenden. Von 1981 bis zu seinem Ruhestand 2004 war Professor für Vorderasiatische Archäologie an der <a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>.
</p><p>1954 arbeitete er unter <a href="David_Talbot_Rice" title="David Talbot Rice">David Talbot Rice</a> bei den <a href="Gro%C3%9Fer_Palast_(Konstantinopel)" title="Großer Palast (Konstantinopel)">Grabungen am byzantinischen Kaiserpalast</a> in Istanbul, 1956 und 1957 unter <a href="Seton_Lloyd" title="Seton Lloyd">Seton Lloyd</a> in <a href="Beycesultan" title="Beycesultan">Beycesultan</a>, von 1957 bis 1960 unter <a href="Max_Mallowan" title="Max Mallowan">Max Mallowan</a> in <a href="Nimrud" title="Nimrud">Nimrud</a>, 1958 unter <a href="Mortimer_Wheeler" title="Mortimer Wheeler">Mortimer Wheeler</a> in <a href="Pushkalavati" title="Pushkalavati">Charsadda</a> in Pakistan. 1960 und 1962 grub er in <a href="Yarim_Tepe" title="Yarim Tepe">Yarim Tepe</a>, von 1961 bis 1963 grub er in <a href="Pasargadae" title="Pasargadae">Pasargadae</a>, von 1967 bis 1977 führte er mit <a href="Michael_Roaf" title="Michael Roaf">Michael Roaf</a> fünf Ausgrabungskampagnen in <a href="Nuschidschan_Tappe" title="Nuschidschan Tappe">Nush-i Jan</a> durch. 1967 und 1978 arbeitet er in <a href="Qumis" title="Qumis">Qumis</a>, 1987, 1989 und 1990 grub er in <a href="Ninive" title="Ninive">Ninive</a>. 1992 grub er an der uratäischen Festung von Horom in <a href="Armenien" title="Armenien">Armenien</a>, 1994 bis 1997 in Velikent in <a href="Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, 1999 bis 2003 in <a href="Kerkenes" title="Kerkenes">Kerkenes</a> in der Türkei, und von 2007 bis 2010 in der Festung <a href="Erebuni" title="Erebuni">Erebuni</a> in <a href="Jerewan" title="Jerewan">Jerewan</a> in Armenien.
</p><p>Verheiratet war er mit der israelischen Archäologin Ruth Stronach, geborene Vaadia (1937–2017)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, ihre Tochter ist die Schauspielerin <a href="Tami_Stronach" title="Tami Stronach">Tami Stronach</a> (* 1972).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ehrungen">Ehrungen</h2></div>
<ul><li>1963: Fellow der <a href="Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London" title="Society of Antiquaries of London">Society of Antiquaries of London</a></li>
<li>1973: korrespondierendes Mitglied des <a href="Deutsches_Arch%C3%A4ologisches_Institut" title="Deutsches Archäologisches Institut">Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts</a></li>
<li>1975: Order of the British Empire</li>
<li>1988: korrespondierendes Mitglied der Belgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften</li>
<li>2004: <a href="Goldmedaille_des_Arch%C3%A4ologischen_Instituts_von_Amerika" title="Goldmedaille des Archäologischen Instituts von Amerika">Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement</a> des <a href="Archaeological_Institute_of_America" title="Archaeological Institute of America">Archaeological Institute of America</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Schriften_(Auszug)"><span id="Schriften_.28Auszug.29"></span>Schriften (Auszug)</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>The Development and Diffusion of Metal Types in Early Bronze Age Anatolia</i>. In: <i>Anatolian Studies</i> 7, 1957, S. 89–125.</li>
<li><i>The Development of the Fibula in the Near East</i>. In: <i>Iraq</i> 21, 1959, S. 181–206.</li>
<li><i>Excavations at Ras al 'Amiya</i>. In: <i>Iraq</i> 23, 1961, S. 95–137.</li>
<li><i>Urartian and Achaemenian Tower Temples.</i> In: <i><a href="Journal_of_Near_Eastern_Studies" title="Journal of Near Eastern Studies">Journal of Near Eastern Studies</a>.</i> Band 26, 1967, S. 278–288.</li>
<li><i>Excavations at Tepe Nūsh-i Jan, 1967.</i> In: <i>Iran.</i> Band 7, 1969, S. 1–20.</li>
<li><i>Pasargadae. A Report on the Excavations Conducted by the British Institute of Persian Studies from 1961 to 1963.</i> Clarendon Press, Oxford 1978, ISBN 0-19-813190-9.</li>
<li><i>Tepe Nushi-i Jan: The Median Settlement</i> (= <i>The Cambridge History of Iran.</i> Band 2). Cambridge 1985, S. 832–837.</li>
<li><i>On the Evolution of the Early Iranian Fire Temple.</i> In: <i>Acta Iranica.</i> Band 25, 1985, S. 605–627.</li>
<li>David Stronach: <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic">Median and Achaemenid</cite>. In: <a href="Ehsan_Yarshater" title="Ehsan Yarshater">Ehsan Yarshater</a> (Hrsg.): <cite class="lang" lang="en" dir="auto" style="font-style:italic"><a href="Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Iranica" title="Encyclopædia Iranica">Encyclopædia Iranica</a></cite>. 15. Dezember 2011 (englisch, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/archeology-ii">iranicaonline.org</a> [abgerufen am 27. Januar 2022] mit Literaturangaben).<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rfr_id=info:sid/de.wikipedia.org:David+Stronach&rft.atitle=Median+and+Achaemenid&rft.au=David+Stronach&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Iranica&rft.date=2011-12-15&rft.genre=book" style="display:none"> </span></li>
<li><i>Early Achemenid Coinage: Perspectives from the Homeland.</i> In: <i>Iranica Antiqua.</i> Band 14, 1989, S. 255–284.</li>
<li><i>On the Genesis of the Old Persian Cuneiform Script</i>. In: François Vallat (Hrsg.): <i>Contribution à l’histoire de l’Iran. Mélanges offerts à Jean Perrot.</i> Paris 1991, S. 195–203.</li>
<li><i>The Garden as a Political Statement. Case Studies from the Near East in the First Millennium B.C.</i> In: <i>Bulletin of the Asia Institute.</i> Neue Folge 4, 1990, S. 171–180 (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/24048359?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents">JSTOR</a>).</li>
<li><i>The Achaemenid Lobed Bracelet.</i> In: <a href="Abbas_Alizadeh" title="Abbas Alizadeh">Abbas Alizadeh</a>, Y. Majidzadeh, S. M. Shahmirzadi (Hrsg.): <i>The Iranian World. Essays in Iranian Art and Archaeology Presented to <a href="Ezzatollah_Negahban" title="Ezzatollah Negahban">Ezat O. Negahban</a>.</i> Teheran 1999, S. 178–193 und Tafel 1–6.</li>
<li><i>Ernst Herzfeld and Pasargadae.</i> In: Ann C. Gunter, <a href="Stefan_R._Hauser" title="Stefan R. Hauser">Stefan R. Hauser</a> (Hrsg.): <i>Ernst Herzfeld and the Development of Near Eastern Studies. 1900–1950.</i> Brill, Leiden 2005, ISBN 90-04-14153-7, S. 103–136.</li>
<li>mit Michael Roaf: <i>Nush-i Jan I – the major Buildings of the Median Settlement.</i> The British Institute of Persian Studies, London 2007, ISBN 978-90-429-1850-4.</li>
<li>mit Felix Ter-Martirosov, Alina Ayvazian, William Collins, Catherine Demos, Soroor Ghanimati: <i>Erebuni 2007</i>. In: <i>Iranica Antiqua</i> 44, 2009, S. 181–206.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festschrift">Festschrift</h2></div>
<ul><li>Rémy Boucharlat, John E. Curtis, Ernie Haerinck (Hrsg.): <i>Neo-Assyrian, Median, Achaemenian and other studies in honor of David Stronach.</i> 2 Bände. <i>Iranica Antiqua.</i> Band 33 und 34. Brill und Peeters Verlag. Leiden/Löwen 1998 und 1999.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Neo-Assyrian, Median, Achaemenian and other studies in honor of David Stronach</i> (= <i>Iranica Antiqua</i>. Band 33–34). Peeters, Gent 1998–1999.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li>Benjamin W. Porter: <i>In Memoriam David Stronach</i>. University of California 2021. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/david-stronach.html">Digitalisat</a>)</li>
<li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/449356/Scottish-archaeologist-David-Stronach-famed-for-intensive-Iranian"><i>Scottish archaeologist David Stronach, famed for intensive Iranian studies, dies at 89.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Stronach&rft.title=Scottish+archaeologist+David+Stronach%2C+famed+for+intensive+Iranian+studies%2C+dies+at+89&rft.description=Scottish+archaeologist+David+Stronach%2C+famed+for+intensive+Iranian+studies%2C+dies+at+89&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tehrantimes.com%2Fnews%2F449356%2FScottish-archaeologist-David-Stronach-famed-for-intensive-Iranian"> </span></li>
<li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.archaeology.org/0403/etc/president.html"><i>From the President: Gentleman and Scholar.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Stronach&rft.title=From+the+President%3A+Gentleman+and+Scholar&rft.description=From+the+President%3A+Gentleman+and+Scholar&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.archaeology.org%2F0403%2Fetc%2Fpresident.html"> </span></li>
<li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041009160537/https://ls.berkeley.edu/new/04/stronach.html"><i>Archaeologist David Stronach, the 39th Recipient of the AIA's Gold Medal, Describes Highlights in a Long Career.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Stronach&rft.title=Archaeologist+David+Stronach%2C+the+39th+Recipient+of+the+AIA%27s+Gold+Medal%2C+Describes+Highlights+in+a+Long+Career&rft.description=Archaeologist+David+Stronach%2C+the+39th+Recipient+of+the+AIA%27s+Gold+Medal%2C+Describes+Highlights+in+a+Long+Career&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20041009160537%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fls.berkeley.edu%2Fnew%2F04%2Fstronach.html"> </span></li>
<li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.archaeology.org/online/interviews/stronach.html"><i>David Stronach: The Spearhead for the Institute.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Stronach&rft.title=David+Stronach%3A+The+Spearhead+for+the+Institute&rft.description=David+Stronach%3A+The+Spearhead+for+the+Institute&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.archaeology.org%2Fonline%2Finterviews%2Fstronach.html"> </span></li>
<li><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bips.ac.uk/a-short-film-dedicated-to-professor-david-stronach-to-celebrate-bips-60th-anniversary/"><i>A short film dedicated to Professor David Stronach to celebrate BIPS’s 60th Anniversary.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 27. Januar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Stronach&rft.title=A+short+film+dedicated+to+Professor+David+Stronach+to+celebrate+BIPS%E2%80%99s+60th+Anniversary&rft.description=A+short+film+dedicated+to+Professor+David+Stronach+to+celebrate+BIPS%E2%80%99s+60th+Anniversary&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bips.ac.uk%2Fa-short-film-dedicated-to-professor-david-stronach-to-celebrate-bips-60th-anniversary%2F"> </span></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bips.ac.uk/ruth-stronach-1937-2017/"><i>Ruth Stronach (1937–2017).</i></a> In: <i>British Institute of Persian Studies.</i> 15. September 2017,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 22. Oktober 2020</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+Stronach&rft.title=Ruth+Stronach+%281937%E2%80%932017%29&rft.description=Ruth+Stronach+%281937%E2%80%932017%29&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bips.ac.uk%2Fruth-stronach-1937-2017%2F&rft.date=2017-09-15"> </span></span>
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