Nicholas J. Conard

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Nicholas John Conard (born July 23, 1961 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) is an American-German prehistoric archaeologist , who became known for the discovery of the world's oldest art in the caves of the Swabian Alb ( Venus vom Hohlen Fels ).

life and work

Conard studied in 1980, 1981 and 1983 at the University of Rochester , New York, where he received a Bachelor of Arts with highest distinction in anthropology and chemistry in 1983 . In 1982 he studied ethnology and chemistry at the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg and between 1984 and 1989 Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Cologne . From 1985 to 1986 he carried out interdisciplinary studies in physics , geology and anthropology at the University of Rochester, where he obtained his Master of Science degree in 1986 . From 1987 to 1990 Conard studied at Yale University , New Haven (Connecticut), where he received his Master of Philosophy in 1988 and the Doctor of Philosophy in 1990 .

From 1991 to 1993, Conard was an assistant professor at the University of Connecticut . He has been a professor since 1995 and is now director of the Department of Ancient Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology at the Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Archeology of the Middle Ages at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and headed the Collaborative Research Center 275 of the German Research Foundation (DFG) from 1996 to 2001 . Since 1995 he has been the scientific director of the Blaubeuren Museum of Prehistory .

Conard deals with the early development of mankind in the Eurasian and South African region as well as the beginnings of agriculture and animal husbandry. On these issues he carried out numerous excavations and field work in Syria (Ain Dabbour, Kaus Kozah), South Africa (Geelbek Dunes and Sibudu Cave ) and Iran (Gahr-i-Boof). His main research area in Germany includes in particular prehistoric excavations in caves on the Swabian Alb ( Hohler Fels , Vogelherdhöhle , Geißenklösterle , Hohlenstein-Stadel ), during which he came across the oldest sculptural works of art in the world. The most recent sensational finds include the Vogelherd mammoth and the Venus von Schelklingen ( Alb-Danube district ) from Aurignacia, discovered in September 2008 .

Conard lives in Tübingen . On May 8, 2010 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg by Prime Minister Stefan Mappus . In 2011 he was accepted as a full member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences .

Fonts

  • with Harald Floss : New Ice Age artworks from the Swabian Alb. Booklet accompanying the special exhibition in the Hohentübingen Castle Museum, February 16, 2001 to July 1, 2001 (= museum booklet . H. 4). City of Blaubeuren, Blaubeuren 2001.
  • Where does man come from? Attempto Verlag, 2nd edition, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-89308381-7 .
  • When Neanderthals and modern humans met. Kerns, Tübingen 2006, ISBN 978-3-935751-03-2 .
  • with Jürgen Wertheimer : Venus from the ice. How our culture came into being 40,000 years ago. Albrecht Knaus, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-8135-0376-0 .
  • with Michael Bolus, Ewa Dutkiewicz, Sibylle Wolf: Ice Age Archeology on the Swabian Alb. The sites in the Ach and Lone Valley and in their surroundings. Kerns, Tübingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-935751-24-7 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Nicholas Conard  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Curriculum Vitae at the University of Tübingen ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-tuebingen.de
  2. ↑ Excavations at Vogelherd produce spectacular new works of art from the Ice Age: Researchers from Tübingen discover the first completely preserved ivory figure. ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. June 20, 2007 on the website of the University of Tübingen @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-tuebingen.de
personal data
SURNAME Conard, Nicholas J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conard, Nicholas John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American prehistoric
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati , Ohio