Johann Georg Ramsauer (7 March 1795 in Hallstatt – 14 December 1874 in Linz) was an
Austrian mine operator and the director of the excavations at the
Hallstatt cemetery from 1846 to 1863. He spent his life working for the state service of the mines, moving from an
apprentice to Bergmeister. During this time, he lived in the
Rudolfsturm, a medieval
fortress
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, where he raised 24 children. He kept comprehensive field notes, including magnificent
watercolor drawings of grave arrangements and
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s, which were never published but rather became the protocol manuscripts.
[Hodson (1990), p. 4]
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Austrian archaeologists
1795 births
1874 deaths