Paul Reinecke

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Paul Heinrich Adalbert Reinecke (born September 25, 1872 in Berlin -Charlottenburg, † May 12, 1958 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) was a German prehistorian and state archaeologist in Bavaria .

life and work

Paul Reinecke studied medicine and general natural sciences with Rudolf Virchow . He was also interested in prehistory and attended courses with the anthropologist Johannes Ranke (1836–1916) and the archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler (1853–1907). During his studies in 1893, Reinecke went on an extensive study trip through Austria and Hungary .

After receiving his doctorate in 1897, he worked as an assistant at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum (RGZM) in Mainz until 1908 . From the chronological reorganization of the holdings (casts), which were previously arranged according to the museums of origin, Paul Reinecke produced numerous essays on the chronology of Central European prehistory. His contributions to Volume V of the “Antiquities of our pagan prehistoric times” are of particular importance, where he developed, among other things, a southern German chronology system that has essentially remained valid to this day. For example, in a contribution published in 1902 on the knowledge of the Latène monuments of the zone north of the Alps, he came up with a division of the Latène period into 4 levels (Lt A - Lt D). It was based on closed complexes of finds , an art-historical analysis of stylistic features and typological features.

After he had already worked on the "inventory of prehistoric monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria" in 1903, he was chief curator at the General Conservatory of Art Monuments and Antiquities of Bavaria and later the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation from 1908 to 1937 . In 1925 he turned down a call to the RGZM. In 1917 he was appointed royal professor.

Until his death in 1958, he worked on almost all periods of European prehistory and early history. The names Michelsberger Kultur (1908) and Altheimer Gruppe (1915) as well as the periodization of the (early and middle) Central European Bronze Age (Bz A - Bz D) and the following Urnfield and Hallstatt Period (Ha A - Ha D) go back to him.

Honors

Publications

  • Cremation graves from the beginning of the Hallstatt period from the eastern Alpine countries and the chronology of the Hallstatt grave field . In: Mitteilungen der Anthropologische Gesellschaft in Wien 30, 1900, pp. 44 ff.
  • Contributions to the knowledge of the early Bronze Age in Central Europe . In: Mitteilungen der Anthropologische Gesellschaft Wien 32, 1902, p. 104 ff.
  • To learn about the Latène monuments in the area north of the Alps . In: Festschrift RGZM (1902) pp. 53-109.
  • Our row graves from the Merovingian period according to their historical significance. Bavarian history sheets 5, 1925, pp. 54-64.
  • On the question "Row graves and church cemeteries" . Germania 14, 1930, 175-177.
  • Late Celtic Oppida in Bavaria on the right bank of the Rhine . Bavarian Prehistory Friend 9, 1930, pp. 29–52.
  • Archaeological monuments of late Celtic iron extraction on the lowest Altmühl (Munich, around 1934/35).
  • Mainz essays on the chronology of the Bronze and Iron Ages (Bonn 1965). (Reprint of the essays from the 'Antiquities of our pagan prehistoric times V')

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SURNAME Reinecke, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reinecke, Paul Heinrich Adalbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 12, 1958
Place of death Herrsching