Wilhelm Solheim II
:''This article refers to Wilhelm G. Solheim II, the anthropologist. For his father, Wilhelm G. Solheim I the botanist, see Wilhelm Solheim (botanist).'' Wilhelm G. Solheim II (1924—2014) was an American anthropologist recognized as the most senior practitioner of archaeology in Southeast Asia, and as a pioneer in the study of Philippine and Southeast Asian prehistoric archaeology. He is perhaps best known, however, for hypothesizing the existence of the Nusantao Maritime Trading and Communication Network (NMTCN), one of two dominant hypotheses regarding the peopling of the Asia-Pacific region during the Neolithic age. Life and education Wilhelm ‘Bill’ Gerhard Solheim II was born on the 19th of November 1924 in Champaign, Illinois. He entered the University of Wyoming in 1941, with Mathematics as his major and Physics as his minor. In 1943 he joined the US Air Force to train as a meteorologist. He spent his Air Force years stationed in Casablanca, central coasta ...
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Wilhelm Solheim (botanist)
Wilhelm G. Solheim I (1898–1978) was a botanist after whom the Wilhelm G. Solheim Mycological Herbarium at the University of Wyoming is named. His son, Wilhelm G. Solheim II :''This article refers to Wilhelm G. Solheim II, the anthropologist. For his father, Wilhelm G. Solheim I the botanist, see Wilhelm Solheim (botanist).'' Wilhelm G. Solheim II (1924—2014) was an American anthropologist recognized as the most s ... was an archeologist and a senior practitioner of archaeology in Southeast Asia. Sources * 1898 births 1978 deaths People from Wyoming 20th-century American botanists {{US-botanist-stub ...
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