Karl Viktor Decker

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Karl Viktor Friedrich Maria Decker (born April 18, 1934 in the Villa Maria in Mariaweiler near Düren , † October 31, 2019 ) was a German prehistorian .

Karl Viktor Decker studied ancient history and archeology at the universities of Munich, Vienna and Bonn from 1954 and in Mainz from 1964 , where he received his doctorate in July 1966 under Rafael von Uslar . From 1966 until his retirement in the spring of 1999 he worked at the Landesmuseum Mainz , most recently as chief curator, and here in particular responsible for the prehistoric collections.

Publications (selection)

  • The younger La Tène period in the Neuwied Basin . Mainz 1966 (dissertation).
  • with Wolfgang Selzer : Mainz from the time of Augustus to the end of Roman rule. In: Hildegard Temporini, Wolfgang Haase (Hrsg.): Rise and decline of the Roman world : History and culture of Rome in the mirror of recent research . Volume II 5, 1, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1976, ISBN 3-11006-690-4 , pp. 457-559.
  • Hechtsheim in prehistoric times . Mainz 1990.

literature

  • Brigitte Heide: Karl Viktor Decker (1934–2019) . In Focus on Archeology 1/2020 , pp. 77–78.
personal data
SURNAME Decker, Karl Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Decker, Karl Viktor Friedrich Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Mariaweiler near Düren
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2019