Quick Facts
| Intro | German archaeologist |
| A.K.A. | Wolfgang Wurster |
| Was | Archaeologist Historian Building researcher |
| From | Germany |
| Field | Engineering Social science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 7 July 1937, Aalen |
| Death | 29 December 2003, Bonn (aged 66 years) |
| Star sign | Cancer |
Biography
Wolfgang W. Wurster (7 July 1937 - 29 December 2003) was a German researcher in the fields of architecture and archaeology.
Wolfgang Wurster was born in Aalen, Germany. He studied architecture at the TU München. He undertook additional studies in art history and American history, in the United States and Spain. In 1963 he received his Diplom from his German university. From this point on, he concentrated on excavation methodology, CRM, and the history of architecture. In 1971, he obtained a doctorate of engineering, his dissertation being Der dorische Peripteraltempel auf dem Kolonnahügel in Aegina. In addition to holding academic positions in Munich, he also was a faculty member of the Universität Darmstadt. He did field work in the Mediterranean and South American (Ecuador and Peru).
His book Die Schatz-Gräber. Archäologische Expeditionen durch die Hochkulturen Südamerikas (1991) brought him the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn's Ceram-Preis for the best book of archeology.
Publications
- Alt-Ägina. Band 1: Der Apollontempel, von Zabern, Mainz 1974
- Die Schatz-Gräber. Archäologische Expeditionen durch die Hochkulturen Südamerikas, GEO, Hamburg 1991 ISBN 3-570-01000-7
About Wurster
- Burkhart Vogt: Wolfgang W. Wurster † (7 July 1937 – 29 December 2003), In: Bericht über die 42. Tagung für Ausgrabungswissenschaft und Bauforschung, Habelt, Bonn 2004
- Klaus Dornisch: Einem Freund zur Erinnerung. Wolfgang W. Wurster in memoriam, In Nürnberger Blätter zur Archäologie 20 (2004), S. 198-200
