Mark A. Brandes
Mark A. Brandes (born October 20, 1929 in Frankenau ; † November 14, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German archaeologist from the Near East .
Life
Brandes, born in Frankenau in 1929, graduated from Heidelberg with Adam Falkenstein , where he received his doctorate in 1959. He then taught at the University of Freiburg , where he completed his habilitation in 1968 and taught as professor for Near Eastern Archeology from 1980 until his retirement in 1994.
Mark A. Brandes died on November 14, 2011 at the age of 82.
Publications
- Investigations on the composition of the pen mosaics on the pillar hall of Layer IVa in Uruk-Warka , Baghdader Mitteilungen, supplement 1, Berlin, Gebrüder Mann 1968 (= dissertation)
- Unrolled seals from the archaic building layers in Uruk-Warka , Freiburg ancient oriental studies 3, Wiesbaden, Steiner 1979 (= habilitation thesis)
Web links
- Literature by and about Mark A. Brandes in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary of Mark A. Brandes - Professor Mark A. Brandes died on November 14th, 2011 at Freiburg in Breisgau (Germany). He was 82, in Vanderbilt University, Divinity School and Graduate Department of Relegion
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Brandes, Mark A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brandes, Mark Adolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German archaeologist from the Near East |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankenau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 2011 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |