Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes
German botanist
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| Intro | German botanist | |
| A.K.A. | Schwantes | |
| A.K.A. | Schwantes | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Anthropologist Archaeologist Historian Scientist Botanist | |
| Work field | Science Social science | |
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| Birth | 18 September 1881, Bleckede, Germany | |
| Death | 17 November 1960Hamburg, Germany (aged 79 years) | |
| Star sign | Virgo | |
| Politics: | Nazi Party |
The details
Biography
Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (18 September 1881, near Hanover – 1960, in Hamburg) was a German archaeologist and botanist specialist of Aizoaceae (Mesembryanthemaceae).
Works
The Duvensee paddle is the preserved part of a Mesolithic spade paddle, which was found during archaeological excavations of a Mesolithic dwelling area at Duvensee near Klinkrade (Herzogtum Lauenburg) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1926 by Schwantes.
Publications
- Deutschlands Urgeschichte 1908
- Die Gräber der ältesten Eisenzeit im östlichen Hannover in: Prähistorische Zeitschrift Vol. 1, 1909. 140 - 162
- Die Bedeutung der Lyngby-Zivilisation für die Gliederung der Steinzeit Hamburgo 1923
- Führer durch Haithabu 1932
- Zur Geschichte der nordischen Zivilisation. Hamburgo: Evert, 1938
- Die Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. 1. Vorgeschichte Schleswig - Holsteins 1939
- Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. Die Urgeschichte. Vol. 1, Teil 1. Neumünster 1958
- The Cultivation of the Mesembryanthemaceae, 1953
- Flowering Stones and Mid-Day Flowers, 1957
Tributes
The genus name Schwantesia is in honor of Gustav Schwantes. Astridia is a genus of plant named after Schwantes' wife, Astrid. Lithops schwantesii is a species name given as another tribute.