Archeology Switzerland
Archeology Switzerland (until 2005 Swiss Society for Prehistory and Protohistory, SGUF) is an association that aims to bring the prehistoric and protohistoric cultural heritage of Switzerland closer to all interested parties.
history
The “Swiss Society for Prehistory” was founded in Brugg in October 1907 . The autodidact and teacher Karl Keller-Tarnuzzer became her secretary in 1928 and shaped the image of society externally for almost 30 years. With the support of long-standing Federal Councilor Philipp Etter , the Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences was created in 1946 . Co-founder was Eugen Tatarinoff and he was president of the society until 1930. From 1949 to 1952 Walter Ulrich Guyan was president of the society.
Since the early 1960s, academics have determined the course of the society, and the secretariat was relocated to Basel . In the mid-1970s, society went through a deep financial and institutional crisis, from which it emerged strengthened through the involvement of the “cantonal archaeologists” appointed in many cantons. As a result, Archeology Switzerland no longer carries out its own excavations and understands its main task to be the communication and networking of knowledge.