Gustav Behrens (prehistoric)

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Gustav Behrens (born October 18, 1884 in Birkenfeld , † August 20, 1955 in Mainz ) was a German prehistorian.

Life

He was the son of the savings bank administrator August Behrens and studied classical philology and classical archeology in Marburg , Bonn , Berlin and Göttingen . In 1909 he received his doctorate on the subject of Quaestiones metricae . After completing his doctorate, he became a volunteer at the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum (RGZM) in Mainz and, in 1911, an assistant there. From 1922 he acted as a monument conservationist for Rheinhessen. In 1927 Behrens became the first director of the RGZM.

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • with Heinrich Baldes: Birkenfeld. Collection of the society for antiquity in the principality of Birkenfeld (= catalogs of west and south German antiquity collections. 3, ZDB -ID 991352-X ). Baer, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1914
  • Bronze Age of Southern Germany (= catalogs of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum . 6, ZDB -ID 983841-7 ). Wilckens, Mainz 1916.
  • Bingen. Municipal antiquity collection (= catalogs of West and South German antiquity collections. 4). Baer, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1920.
  • Land documents from Rheinhessen. Picture booklet on the prehistory and early history of Rheinhessen. Volume 1: The pre-Roman times. Schneider, Mainz 1927.
  • Germanic and Gallic gods in Roman garb (= directory of the Central Museum for German Pre- and Early History in Mainz. 18, ZDB -ID 984144-1 ). Wilckens, Mainz 1944.
  • Merovingian period. (Original antiquities of the Central Museum in Mainz) (= catalogs of the Roman-Germanic Central Museum. 13). Schneider, Mainz 1947.

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personal data
SURNAME Behrens, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Birch field
DATE OF DEATH 20th August 1955
Place of death Mainz