Tjalling Waterbolk

Harm Tjalling "Tjalling" Waterbolk (18 May 1924 – 27 September 2020) was a Dutch archaeologist. He was a professor of archaeology and director of the Biological-Archaeological Institute at the University of Groningen between 1954 and 1987.

Tjalling Waterbolk
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Tjalling Waterbolk (1978)
Born
Harm Tjalling Waterbolk

(1924-05-18)18 May 1924
Havelte, Netherlands
Died27 September 2020(2020-09-27) (aged 96)
Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Groningen
ThesisDe praehistorische mens en zijn milieu : een palynologisch onderzoek naar de menselijke invloed op de plantengroei van de diluviale gronden in Nederland (1954)
InfluencesVictor Westhoff, Albert Egges van Giffen
Academic work

Waterbolk was known for his interdisciplinary work in archaeology.

Waterbolk died on 27 September 2020 in Haren, Groningen, aged 96.[1]

References

  1. Frank von Hebel (3 October 2020). "Oud-hoogleraar archeologie Harm Tjalling Waterbolk overleden" (in Nederlands). Dagblad van het Noorden. Retrieved 3 October 2020.