Günter Smolla

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Günter Smolla (born August 10, 1919 in Breslau ; † December 30, 2006 in Königstein im Taunus ) was a German prehistoric scientist.

Life

After studying in Breslau , Vienna and Bonn , he obtained his doctorate in his hometown in 1941. From 1946 to 1955 he worked as an assistant at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Tübingen .

In 1955 he received his habilitation at the University of Tübingen. He was appointed director of the Nassau antiquities collection in Wiesbaden . From 1956 he taught at the University of Frankfurt as a lecturer at the chair for ancient history and as a professor at the seminar for prehistory. He was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and a corresponding member of the Anthropological Society in Vienna.

Günter Smolla made the works of Gordon Childe known in Germany in his "Neolithic Cultural Appearances" and at the same time developed ideas about the Neolithic process. He also dealt with the prehistory of Africa and worldwide comparative studies.

At Günter Smolla, Günther Bernhard, Turan Efe, Ernst Ross, Rudolf Gerharz, Christine Peschel, Manfred Korfmann and Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann did their doctorates .

Publications (selection)

  • Neolithic cultural phenomena , Bonn 1960.
  • Epochs of early human times , Freiburg i. Br. 1967.
  • Prehistoric pottery from East Africa . In: Tribus 6, 1957, pp. 35-64
  • Analogies and polarities. In: Studies from Old Europe , Festschrift Kurt Tackenberg , 1964, pp. 30–35.
  • Prehistoric population figures . In: W. Bernhard / A. Kandler (Ed.), Population Biology (Stuttgart 1974) pp. 333–343.
  • Martin Jahn, September 20, 1888 to September 11, 1974 , in: Prähistorische Zeitschrift 50, 1975, pp. 1-8.
  • The Kossinna Syndrome . In: Find reports from Hessen 19/20, 1980, pp. 1-9.
  • A deer astragalus from Cucuteni . In: Peter Snoy (Ed.), Ethnology and History: Festschrift for Karl Jettmar (Heidelberg 1983). ISBN 3-515-04104-4 . Pp. 567-572.
  • Gustaf Kossinna after 50 years. No obituary. In: Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica 16/17, 1984/85, pp. 9-14.
  • with Manfred Korfmann , Gerhard Liesegang: Historical Geography - South Africa (Moçambique, Swaziland, Republic of South Africa). Berlin, Stuttgart 1987. ISBN 3-443-28363-2 .
  • Bronze Age Demographics - Facts and Missing Spots. Attempt to summarize. In: Karl-Friedrich Rittershofer (Ed.), Demography of the Bronze Age. Paleodemography - Possibilities and Limits. Colloquium of the Bronze Age Working Group in Ettlingen 1988 and Frankfurt a. M. 1989. Espelkamp 1997, pp. 313-315, ISBN 3-89646-308-X .
  • Analogies and their limits. In: Prehistory as cultural anthropology (Festschrift Karl J. Narr I) Saeculum 41, 1990, pp. 326–221.
  • Sibylle Kästner, Sigrun M. Karlisch, Günter Smolla, women in early human times. In: Brigitte Löhr (Hrsg.): Women in history. Basics - suggestions. Materials for teaching. Volume 1: Contributions. Tübingen: German Institute for Distance Learning at the University of Tübingen; Academy for Teacher Training Dillingen / Donau 1993, pp. 25–41.
  • Troy - Illion and the sea. About the location of port facilities. In: Rustem Aslan et al. (Ed.), Wall Show. Festschrift Manfred Korfmann, (Remshalden-Grunbach, Bernhard Albert Greiner 2002).

Festschriften

  • Martin Schmidt (Ed.): History means: that's how it was, apart from how it was. Birthday greetings for Günter Smolla. Archaeological Reports 11 (Bonn 1998).
  • Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann (Ed.): Festschrift for Günter Smolla. Materialhefte Vor und Frühgeschichte Hessen 8, Wiesbaden 1999 (pp. XI-XX list of publications).

literature

  • Walter Meier-Arendt : Günter Smolla (1919-2006). In: Archäologisches Nachrichtenblatt 12 (2007) pp. 103-104

credentials

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personal data
SURNAME Smolla, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 2006
Place of death Königstein im Taunus