Gustaf Kossinna, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gustaf Kossinna

German archaeologist

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1858

Place of Birth: Sovetsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1931

Profession: writer, librarian, university teacher, archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gustaf Kossinna (28 September 1858 – 20 December 1931) was a German linguist and professor of German archaeology at the University of Berlin.
Along with Carl Schuchhardt he was the most influential German prehistorian of his day, and was creator of the techniques of Siedlungsarchaeologie, or "settlement archaeology." His nationalistic theories about the origins of the Germanic peoples influenced aspects of Nazi ideology; nevertheless, he was rejected by the party as their official prehistorian.