Joachim Hahn (12 August 1942 in – 27 April 1997) was a German archaeologist and expert on the

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era. Beginning in 1962, he studied at the

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and the

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. At the latter, he was promoted to research fellow in 1973. He published a thesis in 1977 at the University of Cologne, entitled "The Aurignacian in Central and Eastern Europe", and subsequently published several more papers. Beginning in 1985, Hahn was a prehistory and early history professor and member of the Academic Council at the University of Tübingen, where he was promoted to adjunct professor in 1988. He was a guest teacher at the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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, as well as being active in research, excavation and public relations. He led excavations in the Ach Valley and the caves of the

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, where important discoveries were made, and he worked with some of the oldest man-made works of art. His publications number over 100. In 1997, at age 54, he died of complications of cancer.

Publications

* ''Eiszeithöhlen im Lonetal. Archäologie einer Landschaft auf der. Schwäb. Alb'' (mit Hansjürgen Müller-Beck und Wolfgang Taute), Müller und Gräff, Stuttgart 1973 (Führer zu vor- und frühgeschichtlichen Denkmälern in Baden-Württemberg, H. 3) * ''Aurignacien. Das ältere Jungpaläolithikum in Mittel- und Osteuropa'', Böhlau, Köln und Wien 1977 (Fundamenta. Reihe A, Bd. 9) * ''Archäologie des Jungpaläolithikums'', Lassleben, Kallmünz 1982 (Der Speckberg bei Meilenhofen, Teil 2/Kataloge der Prähistorischen Staatssammlung, Nr. 20) * ''Kraft und Aggression. Die Botschaft der Eiszeitkunst im Aurignacien Süddeutschlands?'' Archaeologica Venatoria 7, Tübingen 1986. * ''Die Geißenklösterle-Höhle im Achtal bei Blaubeuren I.'' Forsch. u. Ber. Vor- u. Frühgesch. Bad.-Württ. 26, Stuttgart 1988 * ''Erkennen und Bestimmen von Stein- und Knochenartefakten. Einführung in die Artefaktmorphologie.'' Archaeologica Venatoria 10, Tübingen 1991. * ''Eiszeitschmuck auf der Schwäbischen Alb.'' Ulm 1992.

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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110719043735/http://www.ice-age-art.de/entdecken_und_erforschen/forscher.php {{DEFAULTSORT:Hahn, Joachim 1942 births 1997 deaths University of Michigan people University of Cologne alumni University of Bordeaux alumni University of Tübingen alumni Academic staff of the University of Tübingen