Patrick Hunt

Patrick Hunt (* 1951 in California ) is an American archaeologist .

research

Hunt that guides since 1994 Alpine Archeology Project of Stanford University . In 1996 he found the quarry for the Temple of Jupiter on the Great Saint Bernard Pass at the Fenêtre de Ferret pass . In 2003 he found a hoard of Roman silver coins in the Swiss Alps.

As part of the Hannibal Expedition 2007-2008 , which is financially supported by the National Geographic Society , Hunt searched for the remains of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC. BC with his army and 37 elephants during the Second Punic War . Hunt has examined 25 Alpine passes so far and favors the Col de Clapier among them .

To date, Hunt broke 30 bones in several alpine accidents; including a fracture of the leg in 2002 during lichenological examinations above Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the Valais Alps and since then some hand and foot bones. He has been a member of the Royal Geographical Society since 1989. In more recent publications he has dealt with Rembrandt van Rijn and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , among others .

Selection of works

Monographs

Provenance, Weathering and Technology of Selected Archaeological Basalts and Andesites. Ph.D. Dissertation, Institute of Archeology, UCL, University of London, 1991.
Caravaggio (Life & Times). 2004, ISBN 978-1904341734
Rembrandt: His Life in Art. Ariel Books, New York, 2006, ISBN 0976316285
Alpine archeology. 2007, ISBN 978-1934269008
Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History. 2007, ISBN 978-0452288775

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personal data
SURNAME	Hunt, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	1951
PLACE OF BIRTH	California