Joachim Hahn (prehistoric)

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Joachim Hahn

Joachim Hahn (born August 12, 1942 in Chemnitz , † April 27, 1997 in Essen ) was a German prehistoric scientist . He was an expert on the Upper Paleolithic .

Life

Joachim Hahn began his studies in 1962 at the University of Cologne , further stations were Talence ( University of Bordeaux ) and the University of Tübingen . The doctorate took place in Cologne with a thesis on Das Aurignacien in Central and Eastern Europe , which was published in 1977. Since 1973 he has been a research assistant at the University of Tübingen. The subsequent habilitation took place there on the subject of figurative representations of the Aurignacia in south-west Germany and their position in Upper Palaeolithic art . This work was published in 1986 under the title Strength and Aggression. The message of Ice Age art in the Aurignacia of southern Germany? published.

The first man who succeeded in assembling over 200 splinters to form the figure of the lion man was Joachim Hahn

From 1985 Hahn taught as an academic advisor and private lecturer at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Tübingen. In 1988 he was appointed Associate Professor there. He was active in teaching, research, excavation and public relations at museums and exhibitions. Hahn was a founding member of the Society for Prehistory in Blaubeuren and its 1st Chairman from 1988 to 1997. Guest lectureships have taken him to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor , the State University of New York in Birmingham , the University of Paris and the University of Zurich . He died of complications from cancer at the age of 54.

In December 1969, while trying to assemble over 260 ivory fragments from the Hohlenstein , Joachim Hahn discovered that the object was a hybrid of a human and a big cat, probably a cave lion . Today this figure is world-famous as a lion person.

Hahn carried out excavations mainly in the Ach Valley in caves on the Swabian Alb , which have since become known as important places for Ice Age art . From 1974 to 1991 Hahn worked at the Geißenklösterle near Blaubeuren , and from 1977 also at the Hohlen Fels near Schelklingen . Some groundbreaking discoveries have been made here. In addition, Hahn worked on the techniques of the younger Paleolithic and the oldest man-made works of art. He published over 100 writings.

Honors

Due to his significant excavations in the area around the small town of Blaubeuren in Baden-Württemberg , the high school there was named Joachim-Hahn-Gymnasium in his honor in 2006.

Hahn was awarded the Baden-Württemberg State Teaching Prize during his lifetime .

Fonts

  • Ice age caves in the Lone Valley. Archeology of a landscape in the Swabian Alb. (with Hansjürgen Müller-Beck and Wolfgang Taute ). Müller and Gräff, Stuttgart 1973 ( Guide to prehistoric and early historical monuments in Baden-Württemberg. H. 3, ZDB -ID 527337-7 ).
  • Aurignacia. The older Upper Paleolithic in Central and Eastern Europe. Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 1977, ISBN 3-412-04376-1 ( Fundamenta. Series A, Vol. 9).
  • Archeology of the Upper Paleolithic. Lassleben, Kallmünz 1982, ISBN 3-7847-5120-2 ( The Speckberg near Meilenhofen  2 = catalogs of the Prehistoric State Collection  20).
  • The Stone Age settlement of the Eselsburger valley near Heidenheim. Theiss, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3806207690 .
  • Strength and aggression. The message of Ice Age art in the Aurignacia of southern Germany? Verlag Archaeologica Venatoria, Tübingen 1986, ISBN 3-921618-74-X , ( Archaeologica Venatoria  7).
  • The Geißenklösterle cave in the Achtal near Blaubeuren. Volume 1. Theiss, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0794-1 ( research and reports on prehistory and early history in Baden-Württemberg  26).
  • Recognize and identify stone and bone artifacts. Introduction to artifact morphology. Tübingen 1991, ISBN 3-921618-31-2 ( Archaeologica Venatoria  10).
  • Ice Age jewelry on the Swabian Alb. Alb-Donau-Kreis, Ulm 1992, ISBN 3-88-294-180-4 , ( Alb and Danube, Art and Culture  5).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aurignacia. The older Upper Paleolithic in Central and Eastern Europe. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 1977 ( Fundamenta. Series A, Vol. 9).
  2. ↑ Strength and aggression. The message of Ice Age art in the Aurignacia of southern Germany? Publishing house Archaeologica Venatoria, Tübingen 1986 ( Archaeologica Venatoria 7).
  3. ↑ Max Erdmann: The founding members of the GfU in 1988. In: 1988–2013 25 Years Society for Prehistory and Friends of the Prehistory Museum Blaubeuren e. V. Self-published, Blaubeuren 2014, p. 12 .
  4. ^ Joachim Hahn: The position of the male ivory statuette from the Hohlenstein barn in Upper Palaeolithic art. In: Germania. Volume 48, 1970, pp. 1-12.

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personal data
SURNAME Hahn, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 1997
Place of death eat