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Bachofen, Johann Jacob

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    Full Name: Bachofen, Johann Jacob

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1815

    Date Died: 1887

    Place Born: Basel, Basle-Town, Switzerland

    Home Country/ies: Germany

    Subject Area(s): archaeology


    Overview

    Professor of law who converted to archaeology in mid-life. Specialized in funerary art and the archaeology of grave sites.


    Selected Bibliography

    Versuch über die Gräbersymbolik der Alten. 1859; Mutterrecht, 1861.


    Sources

    Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 41-42.


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    Contributors: Emily Crockett and Lee Sorensen


    Citation

    Emily Crockett and Lee Sorensen. "Bachofen, Johann Jacob." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/bachofenj/.


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