Wolfgang Weißmüller

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Wolfgang Weißmüller (born November 23, 1950 in Kelheim ; † March 25, 2005 ) was a German prehistoric scientist . He was a renowned expert on the Paleolithic and prehistory of Bavaria .

Scientific career

Wolfgang Weißmüller grew up in Kelheim (Lower Bavaria). After graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship as an industrial photographer from 1970 to 1973. From 1974 he studied prehistory , classical archeology and paleontology at the universities of Erlangen, Vienna and Freiburg. In 1983 he received his doctorate from Konrad Spindler with his thesis Post-Mesolithic Finds from Caves and Abrises using the example of the southern Ries border area at the University of Erlangen . In the 1980s, he was temporarily responsible for the local excavation management at the Middle Pleistocene cave ruins of Hunas , district of Nürnberger Land. From 1984 he was a research assistant at the Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory at the University of Erlangen. In 1987 he began work on the flint artifacts of the lower layers of the chair rock grotto , with which he completed his habilitation in 1993 in Erlangen. From 1993 to 1997 he was senior assistant at the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory at the University of Erlangen.

A commemorative publication in recognition of the scientific achievements of Wolfgang Weißmüller appeared in 2013 in the series of the Erlangen Institute for Prehistory and Early History.

Fonts (selection)

  • Post-Mesolithic finds from caves and abrises using the example of the southern Ries margin area . British Archaeological Reports International Series 279, Oxford 1986.
  • Archaeological distribution maps in the southern Riesrand area . In: Rieser Kulturtage VI / 1, 1986, pp. 175-195.
  • An open field site of the Middle Upper Palaeolithic (Périgrodien-Gravettia) on the southern edge of the Straubing Senke near Salching, district of Straubing-Bogen . In: Quaternary 37/38, 1987, p 109-134. doi: 10.7485 / QU37_06
  • Preliminary report on the excavation at the newly discovered paleolithic site of Regensburg, Florian-Seidl-Straße . In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 17, 1987, pp. 429-436.
  • The graphic simulation of the edge effect for a better understanding of the core preparation . In: Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 21, 1991, pp. 173–186.
  • The flint mining of Flintsbach-Hardt, district Deggendorf (D 27) . In: Der Anschnitt 45, 1993, pp. 170–178.
  • The flint artifacts of the lower layers of the armchair grotto. A contribution to the problem of the Moustérien . Quaternary Library 6, 1995.
  • Three sites with leaf shapes from the south-east Bavarian Danube region. A contribution to the western expansion of the Szeletien . In: Quartär 45/46, 1995, pp. 99-134. doi: 10.7485 / QU45_05
  • An unusually rich site from the Upper Palaeolithic near Vilshofen. In: Excavations and finds from Altbayern 1995/96. Catalog of the Gäubodenmuseum Straubing No. 24.
  • Evaluating the Incompleteness of Middle Palaeolithic Silex Inventories . In: Quaternaria Nova VI, 1996, pp. 127-148.
  • A correlation of the delta 18 E events of the Greenland ice sheet with the interstadials of Atlantic and continental Europe in the period from 45 to 18 ka . In: Quaternary 47/48, 1997, 51-111.
  • Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age on the Bavarian Danube between Lech and Inn - an overview. In: Karl Schmotz (Hrsg.): Lectures of the 20th Lower Bavarian Archaeological Day. Verlag M. Leidorf, 2002, pp. 165-201.

Literature about Wolfgang Weißmüller

  • Sven Feldmann, Thorsten Uthmeier (eds.): Thought loops - memorial for Wolfgang Weißmüller. Erlangen studies on prehistoric archeology 1. Faustus Verlag, 2013 ISBN 9783933474667

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Feldmann & Uthmeier 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Weißmüller, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German prehistorian
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Kelheim
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2005