Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (18 September 1881 – 1960) was a German

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

specialist of

Aizoaceae The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large family of dicotyledonous flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is d ...

(

Mesembryanthemaceae The Aizoaceae, or fig-marigold family, is a large Family (biology), family of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing 135 genus, genera and about 1800 species. They are commonly known as ice plants or carpet weeds. They are often called vygies ...

Life and work

Schwantes was born in

Bleckede Bleckede (, Polabian ''Bleketsa'') is a town in the district of Lüneburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated mostly on the left bank of the Elbe, approx. 20 km east of Lüneburg. Bleckede is located on the German Timber-Frame Road. H ...

and died in Hamburg. The

Duvensee paddle The Duvensee paddles is the preserved part of a Mesolithic spade paddle, which was found during archaeological excavations of a Mesolithic dwelling area at Duvensee near Klinkrade (Herzogtum Lauenburg) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 1926. Aft ...

is the preserved part of a Mesolithic spade paddle, which was found during archaeological excavations of a Mesolithic dwelling area at

Duvensee Duvensee is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Ru ...

near

Klinkrade Klinkrade is a municipality in the district of Lauenburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after R ...

(Herzogtum Lauenburg) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1926 by Schwantes.

Publications

* ''Deutschlands Urgeschichte'' (1908) * "Die Gräber der ältesten Eisenzeit im östlichen Hannover", in: ''Prähistorische Zeitschrift'', vol. 1 (1909), p. 140-162 * ''Die Bedeutung der Lyngby-Zivilisation für die Gliederung der Steinzeit'' (Hamburg, 1923) * ''Führer durch Haithabu'' (1932) * ''Zur Geschichte der nordischen Zivilisation'' (Hamburg: Evert, 1938) * ''Die Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins'', vol. 1, ''Vorgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins'' (1939) * ''Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. Die Urgeschichte'', vol. 1, part 1 (Neumünster, 1958) * ''The Cultivation of the Mesembryanthemaceae'' (1953) * ''Flowering Stones and Mid-Day Flowers'' (1957)

Tributes

The genus name ''

Schwantesia ''Schwantesia'' is a genus of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is named in honor of the German botanist and archaeologist Gustav Schwantes (1881 - 1960).Genaust, Helmut (1976). ''Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen'' ''Sc ...

'' is in honour of Gustav Schwantes. '' Astridia'' is a genus of plant named after Schwantes' wife, Astrid. ''

Lithops schwantesii ''Lithops schwantesii'' is a succulent plant of the genus ''Lithops'' and a member of the family Aizoaceae. ''L. schwantesii'' receives its name from Gustav Schwantes, a prominent archaeologist and botanist of late 19th and 20th century. The succ ...

'' is a species name given as another tribute.

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1881 births 1960 deaths Archaeologists from Lower Saxony 20th-century German botanists People from Bleckede {{Germany-archaeologist-stub