Gabriel Welter

Franz Gabriel Welter (16 May 1890 – 2 August 1954) was a German archaeologist.

Biography

Welter was born in Metz. While still in his early teens, he performed archaeological investigations in the Alsace.[1] He studied under Franz Winter at the University of Strasbourg and at Leipzig University with Franz Studniczka.[2] Later on, he was associated with the German Archaeological Institute, and conducted archaeological excavations on the islands of Aegina and Naxos. On Aegina, he is remembered for his work at Kolonna and at the Temple of Aphaea. Additionally, he performed archaeological studies in Palestine,[1] publishing Stand der Ausgrabungen in Sichem (1932) as a result. He died in Athens, aged 64.

Published works
  • Aus der Karlsruher Vasensammlung, 1922 – On the Karlsruhe collection of vases.
  • Stand der Ausgrabungen in Sichem, 1932 – About the excavations at Shechem.
  • Aigina, 1938 – Aegina.
  • Troizen und Kalaureia, 1941 – Troizen and Kalaureia.
  • Chalkis, 1955 – Chalkis.[3]
gollark: What?
gollark: Why? Heating armour and weapons and stuff?
gollark: Or use some other magic thing to "see" inside them, if that counts.
gollark: Well, you can still heat up their outside bit. Or argue that you can see some parts of their body which shouldn't be filled with water. Or command their skeleton if they have an exposed broken bone somehow.
gollark: smh not using radians

References
  1. Open Library Gabriel Welter, with photo
  2. "Sentence based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. Works by or about Gabriel Welter in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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