Duisburg and its environs at the confluence of Rhine and Ruhr from the Late Antiquity to the Industrial Age: Essential aspects of its development according to archaeological and historical sources

From 1980 to about 1994 large scale interdisciplinary urban excavations took place in the former Old Town of Duisburg. They have provided a rich database for the development of the city and its environs. It widely exceeds historical sources and helps to clarify the change of this settlement area, caused by man and nature from the early beginnings to our days.