Patrick Hunt (archaeologist)

Patrick Hunt (born 1951 in California) is an American archeologist and author.

Research

Dr. Patrick Hunt has directed the Stanford University Alpine Archaeology Project since 1994. The project involves leading a team of researchers and students to the Swiss, Italian, and French Alps for various archaeological projects.

In one project, Hunt researches the history of Celtic and Roman presence in the region of the Great St Bernard Pass. In 1996 he discovered the quarry for a temple of Jupiter in the region of the pass. In 2003 he directed a team of researchers and students that discovered a hoard of Roman silver coins at an archaeological site in the Swiss Alps.

In the Hannibal Expedition 2007-2008 sponsored by National Geographic Society, Hunt searched for artifacts of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps in 218 BC, during the Second Punic War. Hunt has investigated 25 alpine passes and is favouring Col de Clapier as the most likely route.

Hunt has broken all together 30 bones in accidents in alpine research;[1] among these is a fracture of his leg in 2002 while doing lichenological research at Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the Pennine Alps, and some smaller fractures since.

He has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society since 1989. Hunt's latest publications also deal with the artists Rembrandt and Caravaggio.

In 2011, he was the expert on the Hannibal team for Spike's TV show Deadliest Warrior.

Works
Monographs
  • Caravaggio (Life & Times), 2004, ISBN 978-1-904341-73-4
  • Rembrandt: His Life in Art, 2006, ISBN 0-9763162-8-5
  • Alpine Archaeology, 2007, ISBN 978-1-934269-00-8
  • Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History, 2007, ISBN 978-0-452-28877-5
  • Hannibal, 2017, ISBN 1439102171
Articles
gollark: Yes. It's still a bad fire extinguisher regardless of how good the designers thought/claimed they were being.
gollark: Systems have no intentions. People in them might, and the designers probably did, and the designers also likely claimed some intention, and people also probably ascribe some to them. But that doesn't mean that the system itself "wants" to do any of those.
gollark: I think you could reasonably argue that it's better to respect institutions than ignore them because it's better for social cohesion/stability, but I don't agree that you should respect them because they're meant to be fair and because you can always get them to fix problems you experience if this isn't actually true.
gollark: If the fire extinguisher actually explodes when used to put out fires, it would be a bad fire extinguisher even if the designers talk about how good it is and how many fires it can remove.
gollark: We should be evaluating it on how well it does what we want it to, not how well the designers *claim it does*.

References
  1. "In the Alps, hunting for Hannibal's trail".
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