Klaus Schmidt (archaeologist)
Klaus Peter Schmidt (born December 11, 1953 in Feuchtwangen ; † July 20, 2014 in Ückeritz ) was a German prehistoric scientist . From 1995 he led the excavations at Göbekli Tepe .
Life
Klaus Schmidt studied prehistory and early history as well as classical archeology and geology at the universities of Erlangen and Heidelberg from 1974 to 1983 . In 1983, Schmidt received his doctorate from Harald Hauptmann in Heidelberg . From 1984 to 1986 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . From 1986 to 1995 he was a research fellow of the German Research Foundation and a research assistant at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Heidelberg and worked on various projects at the German Archaeological Institute and the University of Heidelberg. From 1995 Klaus Schmidt was head of the excavations at Gürcütepe and Göbekli Tepe. In 1999 he completed his habilitation at the University of Erlangen, where from 2000 he worked as a private lecturer for Prehistory and Protohistory at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory; In 2007 he was appointed adjunct professor at the University of Erlangen . From 2001 onwards he was a consultant for prehistoric archeology of the Near East at the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute. Schmidt had been a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute since 2006.
The excavations at Göbekli Tepe after the publication of the book They built the first temples attracted particular attention . The enigmatic sanctuary of the Stone Age hunters .
Klaus Schmidt was married to the Turkish archaeologist Çiğdem Köksal-Schmidt. He died of a heart attack at the age of 60 while on a beach holiday on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom .
Fonts (selection)
- Norsuntepe. Small finds I. The lithic industry. 1996.
- Early Neolithic temples. A research report on the pre-ceramic Neolithic Upper Mesopotamia. In: Mitteilungen der deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 130, 1998, ISSN 0342-118X , pp. 17–49.
- Gobekli Tepe, Southeastern Turkey. A preliminary report on the 1995-1999 Excavations . In: Paléorient 26, 2001, ISSN 0153-9345 , pp. 45-54 ( full text ).
- Norsuntepe. Small finds II. Artifacts made of rock, bones and antlers, clay, metal and glass. 2002.
- with Joris Peters: Animals in the symbolic world of Pre-Pottery Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, south-eastern Turkey: a preliminary assessment. In: Anthropozoologica 39, 1, 2004, ISSN 0761-3032 , pp. 179-218 ( full text ).
- They built the first temples. The enigmatic sanctuary of the Stone Age hunters. The archaeological discovery at Göbekli Tepe. Beck, Munich 2006; 2nd, improved edition 2006; 3rd, expanded and updated edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-53500-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Klaus Schmidt in the German Digital Library
- Klaus Schmidt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Klaus Schmidt on the website of the German Archaeological Institute
- Klaus Schmidt (1953–2014) , obituary on the website of the German Archaeological Institute, July 21, 2014
- Klaus Schmidt on the website of the University of Erlangen
- Interview with Klaus Schmidt about finds in Göbekli Tepe in the Eurasischer Magazin , April 30, 2006
Individual evidence
- ^ Message from the Consulate General. Ambassador Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu on the death of Prof. Dr. Klaus Schmidt. Consulate General of the Republic of Turkey, July 25, 2014, accessed August 4, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Klaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, Klaus Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prehistorian, researcher of Anatolian prehistory and early history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wet cheeks |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th July 2014 |
| Place of death | Ückeritz |