Hans Walter (archaeologist)

Hans Walter (born October 5, 1920 in Auerbach; † March 4, 2001 ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Walter received his doctorate in 1953 under Ernst Buschor at the University of Munich and completed his habilitation there in 1963. In 1966 he accepted a full professorship at the University of Salzburg , which he held until his retirement in 1986.

Walter dealt mainly with the archeology of Greek sanctuaries. Initially involved in the excavation in the Heraion of Samos , he has been in charge of the excavations of Old Aegina since 1966 . In addition, he also researched mythological representations, vase painting and sculpture. He was married to the Greek archaeologist Elena Walter-Karydi .

Publications

• Mythical scenes on Attic vases of the fourth century BC Chr. Dissertation. Munich 1953
• The people of ancient Aegina 3000-1000 BC Chr. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1983
• The figure of the woman. Pictorial works from 30,000 - 20 BC Chr. Anthropological considerations. Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1985
• The Greek sanctuary: depicted at the Heraion von Samos Urachhaus, Stuttgart 1990 ISBN 3-878-38630-3
• Pan's return. The god of the Greek wilderness. Piper, Munich / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-492-02588-9 . Revised new edition Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2001 ISBN 3-423-30811-7

literature

• Klaus Dornisch : Memories of Hans Walter. In: Nürnberger Blätter zur Archäologie 17, 2000-01, pp. 198–199
• T. Knischka: Memories of Hans Walter. In: Antike Welt 32, 2001, pp. 546-547
• Andreas Prater: Hans Walter. In: Gnomon 74, 2002, pp. 92-94
• Fritz Fellner , Doris A. Corradini (Ed.): Austrian History in the 20th Century. A biographical-bibliographical lexicon (= publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 99). Böhlau, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-77476-0 , p. 438.

Web links

• Literature by and about Hans Walter in the catalog of the German National Library