Eike-Meinrad Winkler

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Eike-Meinrad Winkler (born October 3, 1948 in Vienna ; † May 29, 1994 there ) was an Austrian anthropologist .

Life

Eike-Meinrad Winkler first studied theater studies , German and art history , later psychology , medicine , prehistory and palaeontology in Vienna . In 1974 he received his doctorate in psychology and began studying human biology. In 1978 he also received his PhD in human biology. In 1982 he completed his habilitation with a thesis on the taxonomic status of the population of West Kenya . In 1993 he was appointed university professor for the entire subject of anthropology at the University of Vienna . Winkler carried out numerous expeditions to Africa (Kenya and Namibia) and published over 100 scientific articles. He died at the age of only 45 of complications from an infectious heart disease that he contracted on one of his expeditions. He was buried in the Weidlinger Friedhof in Klosterneuburg .

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Eike-Meinrad Winkler's area of ​​activity encompassed the entire spectrum of anthropology. He carried out numerous osteological and paleopathological examinations on historical skeletal finds in Austria, including those of the medieval Austrian ruling family of the Babenbergs . On behalf of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, he led the anthropological studies of the excavations at Tell el Dab'a in Lower Egypt for over ten years .

Winkler was one of the last anthropologists who still carried out anthropological field research on expeditions. He conducted extensive morphological and anthropological studies in Kenya and Namibia by, among other things, the Bushmen of !Kung . In these studies, in which his colleague Kerrin Christiansen also participated, physiological and psychological characteristics were also taken into account. In several papers, Winkler dealt with the typological structure of the indigenous population in East and South Africa, which he evaluated using statistical methods. He also advocated morphological and typological research approaches in a number of theoretical papers.

In addition to his specialist publications, Winkler also published two volumes of poetry: "Kaudawöösch" (Atelier Edition 1991) in Viennese dialect and "With the flashlight into the beyond" (Cantos Verlag 1992) with numerous self-composed illustrations.

Publications (selection)

  • Anthropological findings of the skeletal remains from the tombs I-IV of the Wiener Neustadt Cathedral. In: Find reports from Austria 17, 1978, pp. 87–94
  • together with J. Jungwirth: Results of the anthropological investigation of the Babenberger skeletons in Melk Abbey, Lower Austria. In: Archeol. Austriaca 63, 1979, pp. 63-82
  • together with E. Reuer: Metric group differences between three Bantu and three Nilotic-speaking populations of western Kenya. In: Anthropologischer Anzeiger 38, 1980, pp. 183-205
  • together with M. Weninger: On the importance of multivariate methods for the systematic positioning of Bantu tribes of Kenya, Angola and Mozambique. In: Zt. F. Morphology and Anthropologie 70, 1980, pp. 323-340
  • together with L. Wicke: Hun period skeleton finds with artificially deformed skulls from Gaweinstal, Lower Austria. With a contribution by H. Friesinger. In: Archeol. Austriaca 64, 1980, pp. 119-137
  • together with J. Schweikhardt: Expedition Mensch. Forays into anthropology. C.Ueberreuter, Vienna 1982. ISBN 3-80003181-7
  • Look and Measure: On the Crisis of Morphology in Modern Population Biology. In: Mitt. D. Anthrop. Ges. In Wien 112, 1982, pp. 16-30
  • People, ethnos, culture, type: On the methodology of "ethnic interpretation". In: Mitt. D. Anthrop. Ges. In Wien 113, 1983, pp. 5-14
  • Primeval skull amulets from Sommerein, Nö. In: Find reports from Austria 23, 1984, pp. 93–96
  • On the systematic position of the populations of West Kenya. In: Homo 35, 1984, pp. 73-109
  • We are just modeling. On the importance of sociobiology for anthropology. In: C. Ehalt (Ed.): Between nature and culture. Böhlau, Vienna 1985, pp. 43-61
  • By culturalists and biologists. Kulturation and evolution from the perspective of cultural studies and biology. In: Mitteilungen der Anthropologische Gesellschaft in Wien 116 (1986), pp. 107-131
  • together with RR Sokal: A phenic classification of Kenyan tribes and subtribes. In: Human Biology 59, 121-145
  • together with RR Sokal: Spatial variation among Kenyan tribes and subtribes. In: Human Biology 59, 1987, pp. 121-145
  • Method problems in the racial history of Asia. In: Mitt. D. Anthrop. Ges. In Wien 117, 1987, pp. 171-174
  • Ethnicity, culture, race - reality or fiction? In: E. Oeser, E. Bonet (eds.): Das Realismusproblem (Wiener Studien zur Wissenschaftstheorie, Vol. 2), Vienna 1988, pp. 270–388
  • Methods of soft tissue reconstruction. In: R. Knußmann u. a. (Ed.): Anthropology: Handbook of the comparative biology of humans. G. Fischer, Stuttgart 1988, pp. 600-605
  • together with K. Christiansen: Studies on the implicit personality theory on the connection between skin color and intelligence in East Africa. In: Zt. F. Social psychology and Gruppendynamik 14, 1989, pp. 40-42
  • together with K. Christiansen: Sex hormone levels and body shape in the ǃKung : A contribution to the explanation of the pedomorphism of sanid populations. In: Anthropologischer Anzeiger 48, 1990, pp. 267-277
  • together with R. Erlach, K. Großschmidt, E. Kanelutti, A. Losert, I. Petraschek-Heim, E. Reidinger , Gernot Rabeder, G. Melzer, R. Koch, B. Hahnel, R. Ginner: The medieval church Assumption of Mary in Winzendorf , VB Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria. In: Archaeologia Austriaca 74/1990, pp. 131–236
  • together with S. Kirchengast: Population and class-specific body height differences in Austria from Roman times to the Baroque. In: Mitt. D. Anthrop. Ges. In Wien 121, 1991, pp. 203-220
  • together with H. Wilfing: Tell el Dab'a. VI. The skeleton finds of the excavation campaigns 1966–1969, 1971, 1983. Investigations by the Cairo branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Vol. VI, Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1991
  • together with K. Christiansen: Biological and social correlates of physical aggression in the ǃKung San . In: Wiss. Zt. D. Humboldt University Berlin, Series Medicine 4, 1992, pp. 13-16
  • The evolution of human consciousness from the perspective of paleoanthropology and archeology. In: Wiener Studien zur Wissenschaftstheorie, Vol. 4, Springer, Wien 1992, pp. 181–208
  • Is there a Nilo-Hammite type within the Negrids of East Africa? On the congruence of biotic, linguistic and cultural characteristics distribution in Africa. In: Homo 43, 1992, pp. 162-195
  • together with B. Schweder: The central burial in the chapel of the dead in Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria, and its morpho-metric similarities to the Babenbergers buried in Melk, Lilienfeld and Klosterneuburg. In: Archeol. Austriaca 76, 1992, pp. 249-252
  • together with FW Rösing: On the history of the paradigm of taxonomy: From Bernier to von Eickstedt to Hiernaux. In: Homo 43 (1992), pp. 29-42

literature

  • Sylvia Kirchengast: Obituary for Eike-Meinrad Winkler (1948–1994). In: Human Biology 67, 1995, pp. 949-957 (with complete bibliography)
  • Herbert Kritschner, Johann Szilvássy, Gertrud Hauser: On the history of physical anthropology in Austria. In: Mitt. D. Anthrop. Ges. In Wien 125/126, 1995/96, pp. 43-82

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weidling parish cemetery book. (PDF) Weidling Parish, December 25, 2018, accessed on March 22, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Winkler, Eike-Meinrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian anthropologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1994
Place of death Vienna