Emil Carthaus

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Emil Carthaus (* 1860 or 1861 ; † 1933 in Berlin ) was a German geologist and speleologist .

Among other things, he examined the Bilstein cave in 1887, the Karhof cave in 1891 and the Veleda cave in 1909.

His finds in the Sauerland (remains of Ice Age mammals, stone tools, ceramic remains, jewelry and human skeletal remains) were exhibited in the back room of the old cave restaurant in Warstein , later they were stored in the storeroom of the Museum Haus Kupferhammer .

Works

  • Communications about the Triassic formation in north-eastern Westphalia and in some neighboring areas (= negotiations of the Physikalisch-Medicinische Gesellschaft zu Würzburg. New series, vol. 19.6). Stahel, Würzburg 1886 (= dissertation , University of Würzburg, 1886).
  • Guide through the Bilstein caves near Warstein in Westphalia. O. Senftleben Warstein 1889.
  • The Bilstein Caves near Warstein: Festschrift for the 21st general meeting of the German Anthropological Society on 11-16 August 1890 in Münster in Westphalia presented by the Westphalian group of the society. Coppenrath, Münster 1890.
  • From the realm of Insulinde: Sumatra and the Malay Archipelago. W. Friedrich, Leipzig 1891 ( online ).
  • The climatic conditions of the geological prehistoric times from the pre-cambrian to the present and their influence on the development of the main types of the animal and plant kingdom. R. Friedländer & Sohn, Berlin 1910.
  • About the excavations in the Veleda cave not far from Velmede in the upper Ruhr valley. In: Prehistoric Journal . Volume 3 (1911), Issue 1–2, pp. 132–144 (with illustrations of selected finds).
  • (Ed., Together with Rudolf Wagner) The Philosopher's Stone: Illustrated magazine for the dissemination of natural and technical knowledge. Atlas Verlag, Berlin 1914/15.
  • Earthquakes and volcanoes (= ways to knowledge. Vol. 33). Ullstein, Berlin 1925 ( table of contents ; PDF; 77 kB).
  • The Bilstein caves near Warstein. Hennecke, Warstein 1928.
  • In search of the Pithekantropus , the “ape man” of Java (= Universal Library . Vol. 6854). Reclam, Leipzig 1928.

literature

  • "In the dark of wondrous caves ..." Excavations in the Karhof cave near Volkringhausen (town of Balve, Märkischer Kreis) by Emil Carthaus in 1891. In: Der Märker . Vol. 43 (1994), No. 4-6, pp. 49-60.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Looking around. Illustrated weekly publication on advances in science and technology. Vol. 37 (1933), p. 671 ( excerpt ).
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personal data
SURNAME Carthaus, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geologist and speleologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1860 or 1861
DATE OF DEATH 1933
Place of death Berlin