Jan Knies 1860 - 1937. Venkovský učitel, známý badatel pleistocénní archeologie, "Peyrony Moravské Dordogne".

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Title in English Jan Knies 1860 - 1937
Authors

KOSTRHUN Petr

Year of publication 2008
Type Monograph
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description The article introduces the remarkable figure of Jan Knies (1860-1937), an amauteur archaeologist and one of the leading exponents of Moravian Palaeolithic archaeology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Knies was particulary devoted to research into Palaeolithic Moravina cave settlements. In 1906 he established the first museum specialising in the Moravian karst archaeology.
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