Joachim Boessneck

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Joachim Boessneck (born February 26, 1925 in Glauchau , † March 1, 1991 in Munich ) was a German archaeozoologist , osteologist , paleoanatomist and historian of veterinary medicine . With his approach to the comprehensive determination of animal bones in archaeological excavations, he founded the paleoanatomy or osteoarchaeology and the domestication research associated with it in Germany.

Life

Joachim Boessneck studied from 1946 to 1950 veterinary medicine in Munich and after a few semesters zoology at the universities of Munich and Kiel and was in Munich in 1953 with his thesis The pets in ancient Egypt doctorate . He then took on an assistant position at the Animal Anatomy Institute and completed his habilitation in Munich in 1957 with the thesis on the development of pre-historic and prehistoric domestic and wild animals in Bavaria for anatomy, histology and embryology of animals. After he was first appointed associate professor in 1963 , he was appointed full professor to the newly established chair for paleoanatomy, domestication research and the history of veterinary medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 1965.

Joachim Boessneck has written and published more than 230 monographs and articles over a period of 40 years of research. By 1990, over 580 publications were published by his institute. He worked on nearly 300 sites from all over Europe, the Middle East, Egypt and South Africa. For Bavaria, a picture of the ancient animal world could be created through his research, such as the earliest beginning of the breeding of domestic animals, growth and size changes over time and the importance of this animal world in the different cultures. During his investigations he was able to prove the occurrence of animals that are now extinct in the countries concerned. Joachim Boessneck was able to identify the giant aalk in Spain , the lion in Greece , the fish eagle in Egypt , the wild horse in Asia Minor and the elephant in Syria . In addition to the evidence of a whale bone in Mesopotamia, there is also evidence of a house urchin in the Sumerian metropolis Uruk-Warka from the end of the 4th millennium BC. Of particular importance. Against the background of this evidence, the Middle East and no longer Egypt is now being considered for the domestication of this oriental pet.

As a veterinary anatomist, Joachim Boessneck has also created a comparative collection of 13,840 skeletons over the years.

Joachim Boessneck became a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute in 1960 and a full member in 1976 . In 1972 he became a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , 1980 a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy for Literature, History and Antiquity Research and in 1985 he was admitted to the veterinary medicine section of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina .

His successor as head of the "Institute for Paleoanatomy, Domestication Research and History of Veterinary Medicine" at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich was taken over by the archaeozoologist Angela von den Driesch in 1993 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The domestic animals in ancient Egypt . In: Publications of the Zoological State Collection Munich, 3, Pfeiffer, Munich 1953, pp. 1-49 ( digitized version )
  • On the development of prehistoric domestic and wild animals in Bavaria in the context of the simultaneous animal world of Central Europe . Studies on prehistoric animal remains in Bavaria, 2, Munich 1958
  • Common concerns of Egyptology and zoology from the point of view of the zoo archaeologist. Presented on June 12, 1981 . Meeting reports of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Philosophical-Historical Class, 5, Munich 1981 ( digitized version )
  • The wildlife of ancient Egypt . CH Beck, Munich 1988

literature

  • Barthel Hrouda : Joachim Boessneck February 26, 1925– March 1, 1991 . In: Yearbook of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich 1991 ( digitized version )
  • Mostefa Kokabi: Joachim Boessneck 1925–1991 . In: Find reports from Baden-Württemberg , 16, 1991, pp. 657–658 ( digitized version )

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Member entry of Joachim Boessneck at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 31, 2020.
  2. ↑ Member entry by Joachim Boessneck at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 31, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Boessneck, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeozoologist and historian of veterinary medicine
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Glauchau
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1991
Place of death Munich