Ralph Solecki
American archaeologist
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| Intro | American archaeologist | ||
| Places | United States of America | ||
| is | Anthropologist Archaeologist | ||
| Work field | Social science | ||
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| Birth | 15 October 1917, Brooklyn | ||
| Age | 107 years | ||
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Ralph Stefan Solecki is an American archaeologist. (born October 15, 1917 in Brooklyn). He is a former member of the faculty at Columbia University (1959–1988), and his best-known excavations were at the Neanderthal site at Shanidar Cave in Iraq. His publications include early works on aerial photography and photo-interpretation as well as two volumes on Shanidar (1971, 1972). He is the father of American geographer William Solecki and UNHCR official John Solecki.