Jan Filip (prehistoric)
Jan Filip (born December 25, 1900 in Chocnějovice , † April 30, 1981 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak prehistorian .
Life
Filip was professor of prehistory at the University of Prague , director of the Archaeological Institute and a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences . He wrote numerous scientific works, including two works that are fundamental to archaeological research in Central Europe. He was also the founder of the specialist journal Archeologické rozhledy , which has been published since 1949. In 1966 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and in 1976 of the British Academy .
Filip shaped the next generation of Czech researchers. Through his statements, which are not impaired by national or political reasons, he has a role model effect. A large part of his works is still relevant today.
Fonts
- Popelnicová pole a pocátky zelezné doby v Cechách. = The urn fields and the beginnings of the Iron Age in Bohemia. Self-published, Prague 1937.
- Kulturní kapitoly z našeho pravěku (= Stopami věků. 10). Společnosti přatel Starožitností, Prague 1940, (cultural chapter from our prehistory).
- Umělecké řemeslo v pravěku (= Stopami věků. 16/17). Nákladem Společnosti Přátel Starožitností, Prague 1941, (handicrafts in prehistoric times).
- Počátky slovanského osídlení v Československu. = The Beginnings of Slaw Settlements in Czechoslovakia (= Knihovna Společnosti Přátel Starožitností. 5). Společnost Přátel Starožitností, Prague 1946.
- Keltové ve střední evropě (= Monumenta archaeologica. Acta praehistorica, protohistorica et historica Instituti Archaeologici Academiae Scientarum Bohemoslovenicae. 5). Nakladatelství Československá Academy Věd, Prague 1956, (The Celts in Central Europe).
- Keltská civilisace a její dědictví (= Nové obzory védy. 3). Nakladatelství Československé Akad. Věd, Prague 1959, (In German: The Celtic civilization and its legacy. Publishing house of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, etc., Prague 1961).
- Jan Filip with the participation of numerous scholars and scientific institutions: Encyclopedic Handbook on Prehistory and Early History in Europe. 2 volumes. Akademia - Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences, Prague 1966–1969, (In addition: Volume 3: Addenda. Compiled from the estate of Jan Filip, supplemented and corrected by Jirí Hrala. Institute of Archeology, Prague 1998, ISBN 80-86124-07- X ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Filip in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 80.
- ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 27, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Filip, Jan |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak archaeologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chocnějovice |
DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1981 |
Place of death | Prague |