Consultant

Dr. Jürg P. Ewald, born in 1938, studied Archaeology, Prehistory, Latin as well as German Philology and Anthropology at the University of Basel. From 1968 to 1998 he was Head of the State Department for Archaeology of the Swiss Canton of Basel-Landschaft and Director of the Kantonsmuseum, Liestal. From 1970 to 1995 Dr. Ewald was also responsible for all archaeological investigations as well as the museum and the conservation studios at the extensive Roman site of Augusta Raurica (Augst, Canton Basel-Landschaft) including the late Roman legionary camp of Castrum Rauracense (Kaiseraugst, Canton Aargau) and many other smaller Roman sites in the Canton of Basel-Landschaft. He is a co-founder (1974) of the “Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit in der Schweiz (SAM)”. He is also a former board member and president of the Swiss Society for Prehistory. Furthermore he is (since 1983) a Honorary Member of this society as well as of the Naturforschende Gesellschaft Basel-Landschaft (since 1999). He was a co-editor of several series of archaeological publications ("Forschungen in Augst", "Jahresberichte aus Augst und Kaiseraugst"; "Archäologie und Museum"; "Archäologie der Schweiz"). From 1969 to 1997 he was the president of the "Interkantonale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Anthropologie". Since 1999 Dr. Ewald is a free-lance archaeologist and a scientific publisher and writer.

With several decades of relevant experience in the field Dr. Ewald is an expert in Roman archaeology. Dr. Ewald is currently heading the project “The Roman Army at Satala". He is also assisting in the "Roman Army at Zeugma" project.