Ralph Stefan Solecki (October 15, 1917 – March 20, 2019) was an American archaeologist. Solecki was born in
Brooklyn, New York in October 1917,
[ the son of Polish immigrants – Mary (nee Tarnowska), a homemaker, and Casimir, an insurance salesman.][ From 1959 to 1988, he was a member of the faculty at Columbia University. 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 was married to fellow archaeologist ]Rose Solecki
Rose L. Solecki (born November 18, 1925) was an American archaeologist, who worked with her husband Ralph Solecki on excavations in Iraq, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Sudan.
Early life
Rose Muriel Lilien was born in New York City, th ...
, and they were the parents of American geographer William Solecki and UNHCR official John Solecki
John Solecki was the head of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in the Pakistani city of Quetta. Solecki had been working in Balochistan to help the Afghan refugees, the communities hosting them and the local people affec ...
. In 2013, he was interviewed about his work by The Wall Street Journal.[ He died in March 2019, at the age of 101.][
]
See also
* List of fossil sites ''(with link directory)''
* List of hominina (hominid) fossils ''(with images)''
References
External links
*Matthew R. Goodrum: "Ralph Solecki." In: ''Biographical Dictionary of the History of Paleoanthropology''. Edited by Matthew R. Goodrum. (2020) Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uR944nQWfZrH_2vL0yjwoqUs5MI6sifU/view
Ralph Stefan Solecki (b. 1917)
1917 births
2019 deaths
American archaeologists
American centenarians
American expatriates in Iraq
American people of Polish descent
Columbia University faculty
Men centenarians
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