William Waldren

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William Henre Waldren (born February 5, 1924 in New York , † November 26, 2003 in Oxford ) was an American sculptor , painter and prehistoric artist .

Life

William Waldren studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Académie Julian in Paris . In 1959 he came to Mallorca for the first time on vacation . He settled in Deià in western Mallorca, where in 1962 he co-founded the artist group Els Deu d'Es Teix. In Mallorca he developed his interest in the prehistory and early history of the island. In 1962 he founded a private archaeological museum Deià Archaeological Museum Research Center (DAMARC).

From 1965 he carried out excavations at the Es Figueral de Son Real site together with Guillermo Rosselló Bordoy . From 1968 to 1975 excavations were carried out at the Son Matge rock shelter . Skeletal remains of the extinct species of goat Myotragus balearicus were found there. From 1973 to 1981 excavations took place at the archaeological site Torralba d'en Salord in Menorca .

In 1975 he began studying archeology at Linacre College of the University of Oxford and received his doctorate at Oxford 1,981th

Many of the exhibits that he found during his research on Mallorca are now in the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals .

Publications (selection)

  • Aspects of Balearic prehistoric ecology and culture . 4 volumes. Dissertation Oxford 1981.
  • Balearic prehistoric ecology and culture. The excavation and study of certain caves, rock shelters and settlements . 3 volumes, BAR, Oxford 1982, ISBN 0860541878
  • The Balearic pentapartite division of prehistory. Radiocarbon and other age determination inventories . BAR Oxford 1986, ISBN 0860543641
  • The Beaker culture of the Balearic Islands. An inventory of evidence from caves, rock shelters, settlements and ritual sites . Archaeopress, Oxford 1998, ISBN 9780860548904

literature

  • Obituary . In: The Independent December 30, 2003
  • Pilar Serra Segura: William Waldren. November 2004 . Consell de Mallorca, Dept. de Cultura, Palma de Mallorca 2004, ISBN 84-96069-29-X
  • Axel Thorer: Mallorca - Lexicon of island secrets . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-455-50006-6 , p. 399.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Waldren Collection .
personal data
SURNAME Waldren, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldren, William Henre (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sculptor, painter, and prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 2003
Place of death Oxford