Josef Szombathy

thumbnail Josef Szombathy born Szombathy József (11 June 1853 – 9 November 1943) was an Austro-Hungarian archaeologist; he was present when the Venus of Willendorf was discovered in 1908.

The Venus of Willendorf is an statuette of a female figure, discovered at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the city of Krems. It is carved from an oolitic limestone that is not local to the area, and tinted with red ochre. It was estimated to have been carved between 24,000 and 22,000 BCE.

As a result of this and other finds, he founded the Department of Prehistory at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna in 1882. Szombathy collected finds from all over the Austro-Hungarian empire, including Galicia, Bukovina, Bohemia, Moravia, Carniola, and Vojvodina.

Josef Szombathy died of natural causes in 1943. Provided by Wikipedia
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Participants: Szombathy, Josef 1853-1943 [ VerfasserIn ]
Published: 1882
Superior document: Enthalten in Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien : Aus der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Commission bei Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1882 85. Band (Jahrgang 1882), 1. Abtheilung, 2. Heft, Seite 90-107, 1 Bildtafel




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Participants: Szombathy, Josef 1853-1943 [ VerfasserIn ]; Hochstetter, Ferdinand von 1829-1884 [ MitwirkendeR ]
Published: 1884
Superior document: Enthalten in Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien : Aus der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, in Commission bei Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1884 89. Band (Jahrgang 1884), 1. Abtheilung, 5. Heft, Seite 353-358