Moriz Hoernes (prehistoric)

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Moriz Hoernes , also Moritz Hoernes (born January 29, 1852 in Vienna ; † July 10, 1917 ibid), was an Austrian prehistorian .

Life

Grave of Moriz Hoernes in the Vienna Central Cemetery

Hoernes studied classical philology and archeology at the University of Vienna and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . He was one of the sons of the director of the then kk Hof-Mineralien-Kabinett Moriz Hoernes . His brother Rudolf Hoernes was a geologist and paleontologist in Graz. He did his military service as a one-year volunteer in 1871/1872. He also took part in the Bosnian campaign in 1878. He visited the occupied area in the following years for study purposes. From 1885 he worked as a volunteer , from 1889 as an assistant at the Natural History Museum in Vienna.

From 1892 he completed his habilitation in “Prehistoric Archeology” at the University of Vienna and became a private lecturer, from 1899 he was an unpaid associate professor. In 1904 he became curator II. Class. From 1911 he was a full professor. From 1900 he was also the curator of the kk Central Commission for Art and Historical Monuments , where he also became a member of the Central Commission in 1910 and of the Monument Council in 1911.

In 1913 he became a real member of the Archaeological Institute , in 1916 a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences . From 1914 to 1917 he was also President of the Vienna Prehistoric Society . Moriz Hoernes is buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery in the grave of honor of his father, the geologist Moriz Hoernes , director of the kk Hof Mineralien Kabinet .

Act

Hoernes is considered to be the founder of the chair for human prehistory at the University of Vienna . His research trips led to all parts of Austria-Hungary . The main focus was on Carniola , Bosnia and Herzegovina .

He wrote around 200 publications on prehistory. In addition to work on locally limited found materials, he has mainly left behind summarizing standard works covering all of Europe. His main work is The Prehistory of the Fine Arts in Europe , which was published in three editions and is still of fundamental importance today in its essential statements. Hoernes was the leading and trend-setting prehistoric historian of his time in Austria. His working method was continued and refined by Oswald Menghin , Richard Pittioni and Herwig Friesinger .

Publications (selection)

  • The prehistory of man according to the current state of science. Hartleben, Vienna et al. 1892, ( digitized ).
  • Dinaric walks. Culture and landscape images from Bosnia and Hercegovina. Graeser, Vienna 1888, ( digitized ; 2nd edition increased with an introduction. Ibid. 1894, digitized 2nd edition ).
  • Prehistory of the visual arts in Europe from the beginnings to around 500 BC Holzhausen, Vienna 1898, ( digitized ; 2nd, thoroughly revised and newly illustrated edition. Schroll, Vienna 1915, digitized 2nd edition ; 3rd edition, reviewed and supplemented by Oswald Menghin. Schroll, Vienna 1925).
  • Natural and prehistory of man. 2 volumes. Hartleben, Vienna et al. 1909.
  • The Hallstatt burial ground, its composition and development. Kabitzsch, Leipzig 1921, ( digitized version ).
  • Ancient culture. 3 volumes. Göschen, Leipzig 1912;
    • 1: Stone Age. (The pre-metallic times. Older and younger Stone Age in Europe. Similar cultures in other parts of the world) (= Göschen Collection . 564);
    • 2: Bronze Age. (The oldest times of metal use, copper and bronze ages in Europe, the Orient and America) (= Göschen collection. 565);
    • 3: Iron Age. (Hallstatt and La Tène periods in Europe. The first appearance of iron in other parts of the world) (= Göschen Collection. 566).

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personal data
SURNAME Hear it, Moriz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hear, Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1917
Place of death Vienna