Gero Merhart von Bernegg (17 October 1886 in
Bregenz
Bregenz (; gsw, label= Vorarlbergian, Breagaz ) is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost state of Austria. The city lies on the east and southeast shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switze ...
– 4 March 1959) was a German archaeologist. Although he worked at the same time when German nationalism and
Nazi archaeology
Nazi archaeology was the movement led by various Nazi leaders, such as Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler, which encouraged archaeologists and other scholars to look back into Germany's archeological past for research and study in order to streng ...
was dominant in Germany, he was not a "Nazi archaeologist". He came into conflict with
Hans Reinerth
Hans Reinerth (13 May 1900, in Bistritz, Austria-Hungary – 13 April 1990, in Unteruhldingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) was a German archaeologist. He was a pioneer of Palynology (pollen analysis) and modern settlement archaeology, but is co ...
.
1886 births
1959 deaths
Austrian archaeologists
People from Bregenz
20th-century archaeologists
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