Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) - Wikipedia Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For the historian of literature, see Erich Schmidt (historian). Erich Friedrich Schmidt (September 13, 1897 – October 3, 1964) was a German and American-naturalized archaeologist, born in Baden-Baden. He specialized in Ancient Near East Archaeology, and became professor emeritus at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. He was also a pioneer in using aerial photography in archaeological research. Contents 1 Biography 2 Notes 3 Works 4 External links Biography[edit] When he was young, his father died, and Erich was sent to the military school (Kadettenkorps) in Karlsruhe. He graduated in 1914 as a lieutenant in the German Army just as WWI started. He fought in the war with distinction, but then was seriously wounded in the fighting in Austrian Galicia in 1916.[1] After the battle, Schmidt was found by the Russians on the battle field, and spent the next four years in a prisoner-of-war camp. In 1920, he found his way home to Germany. There he learned that his mother and three siblings died in the meantime. Then he attended Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität (now Humboldt University of Berlin).[2] In 1923 he moved to U.S., and studied anthropology at Columbia University, where he was a student of Franz Boas. From December 1925 through January 1926, Schmidt conducted stratigraphic test excavations at Pueblo Grande and La Ciudad, two Hohokam sites that he later used for his dissertation. He was one of the pioneers of Hohokam studies. In 1927, James Henry Breasted of the Oriental Institute invited Schmidt to join the Anatolia-Hittite Expedition as an assistant archaeologist. He became co-director of the Oriental Institute Hittite Expedition, with H.H. Von der Osten, and later on dug in sites as Tepe Hissar near Damghan in searching for ancient city Hecatompylos, and Rey. His most celebrated survey took place in Persepolis (Iran), from 1934 up to 1939. Erich Schmidt was pioneer in aerial photography of archaeological sites, especially in Iran. In 1935, Schmidt had to approach Reza Shah Pahlavi directly for permission to fly over the country. After he obtained it, he made many flights and did a lot of mapping.[3] He was married twice, in 1934, to Mary-Helen Warden (who later died), and in 1943, to Lura Florence Strawn, with whom they had two children, Richard Roderick (the noted award-winning filmmaker) and Erika Lura. He died in Santa Barbara, California, in 1964; unfortunately, he was not able to complete many of his plans, and thus much of his excavation work remained unpublished.[4] Some of it was later re-investigated and published by other scholars.[5] Notes[edit] ^ He received the Iron Cross of Germany and the golden medal of Wurttemberg for his service. ^ Erich F. Schmidt - Biography - uchicago.edu ^ Manu P. Sobti and Sahar Hosseini, "Re-examining Persian Civitas: Networked Urbanities and Suburban Hinterlands in Erich Schmidt’s Flights". in Historiography of Persian Architecture, ed. Mohammad Gharipour, 2015 ^ Socio-Economic Transformations on the Tehran Plain dur.ac.uk ^ Ayşe Gürsan-Salzmann, The New Chronology of the Bronze Age Settlement of Tepe Hissar, Iran. University Museum Monograph 142, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 2016 Works[edit] Time-Relations of Prehistoric Pottery Types in Southern Arizona, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 30, no. 5 (1928) Anatolia Through the Ages: Discoveries at the Alishar Mound, 1927-1929 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1931). Excavations at Tepe Hissar, Damghan (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937). Flights Over Ancient Cities of Iran (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1940). Persepolis I: Structures, Reliefs, Inscriptions (Chicago: University of Chicago Press,1953). Persepolis II: Contents of the Treasury and Other Discoveries (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957). Persepolis III: The Royal Tombs and Other Monuments (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970). The Treasury of Persepolis and Other Discoveries in the Homeland of the Achaemenians, OIC 21 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939); External links[edit] Schmidt, Erich Friedrich, 1897-1964 snaccooperative.org The Persian Expedition 1930-1939, and [catalog of expedition photographs], at the Oriental Institute website, Biography and list of papers at the American Museum of Natural History Division of Anthropology Archives (archived); Current version Authority control BIBSYS: 4077285 BNF: cb12315659p (data) CiNii: DA02983644 GND: 133714780 ISNI: 0000 0000 8115 5725 LCCN: n82276039 NLA: 35798730 NTA: 154222879 SNAC: w6bk39d1 SUDOC: 067052843 Trove: 1092410 VcBA: 495/9826 VIAF: 36986035 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n82276039 v t e Persepolis Palace Tachara Gate of All Nations Other sections Tomb of Artaxerxes III builders Darius the Great Xerxes I Artaxerxes I of Persia Researchers Heidemarie Koch Erich Schmidt (archaeologist) Alireza Shapour Shahbazi Related Tangeh Bolaghi 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire Sivand Dam Persepolis Administrative Archives Waterskin Achaemenid architecture Category:Persepolis Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Erich_Schmidt_(archaeologist)&oldid=979846332" Categories: 1897 births 1964 deaths People from the Grand Duchy of Baden People from Baden-Baden German emigrants to the United States Iranologists University of Chicago faculty Naturalized citizens of the United States 20th-century American archaeologists Hidden categories: Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with CINII identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NLA identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers Wikipedia articles with VcBA identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages العربية Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano עברית مصرى Norsk bokmål Edit links This page was last edited on 23 September 2020, at 03:44 (UTC). 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