Ingeburg Nilius
Ingeburg Nilius (born October 28, 1927 in Halle (Saale) , † November 18, 1984 in Greifswald ) was a German prehistorian .
Life
Ingeburg Nilius came from Halle (Saale) and was already interested in prehistoric topics as a student. After graduating from high school, she worked as an unskilled worker at the Landesmuseum Halle from 1947 to 1949 . In 1949 she began studying prehistory, history and geology at the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg . In addition, she learned Nordic languages. In 1953 Nilius presented her diploma thesis on the subject of the various economic forms in Sweden during the 3rd millennium vd Ztr . She then worked at the Rostock City Museum , but in 1957 she moved to the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald , where she took up an assistant position. In 1967 she did her doctorate on the subject of the Neolithic in Mecklenburg at the time and with special attention to the funnel beaker culture . Nilius led numerous excavations, worked in the preservation of monuments in the Greifswald district and in teacher training in history. In 1969 Nilius became the custodian of the prehistoric collection of the Ernst Moritz Arndt University.
Nilius' doctorate is still a standard work on the Neolithic in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . In addition to numerous specialist articles, she also published translations of Swedish monographs.
Fonts
- The Neolithic in Mecklenburg at the time and with special consideration of the funnel beaker culture (1971)
literature
- Nilius, Ingeburg. In: Hiram Kümper (ed.): Historikerinnen. A biobibliographical search for traces in the German-speaking area (= series of publications of the Archives of the German Women's Movement. Volume 14). Archive of the German Women's Movement Foundation, Kassel 2009, ISBN 978-3-926068-15-6 , p. 245.
- Grete Grewolls : Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons. Hinstorff, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 ( online ).
- Joachim Preuß : Ingeburg Nilius in memory. In: Ethnographic-Archaeological Journal. Volume 26, 1984, pp. 479-480.
Web links
- Literature about Ingeburg Nilius in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Ingeburg Nilius in the state bibliography MV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nilius, Ingeburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prehistorian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1984 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |