About Gustav Riek
Lived 1900 – 1976 (aged 76). Gustav Riek was a German prehistorian, university teacher, concentration camp guard and geologist.
Johannes Gustav Riek (May 23, 1900 in Stuttgart − November 1, 1976 in Feldstetten) was a German archaeologist from the University of Tübingen who worked with the SS Ahnenerbe in their excavations, and led the teams that excavated the Vogelherd Cave in 1931, the Heuneburg Tumulus burial mounds in 1937 and the Brillenhöhle 1955–63.
At Vogelherd, Riek discovered ivory figurines of the Aurignacian archeological tradition.
Works Die Eiszeitjägerstation am Vogelherd im Lonetal (1934) Kulturbilder aus der Altsteinzeit Württembergs (1935) Die Mammutjäger vom Lonetal (1951)
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Who was Gustav Riek?
German archaeologist (1900–1976)
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Gustav Riek was born on 23 May 1900 in Stuttgart.
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Gustav Riek died on 1 November 1976 in Stuttgart.
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Gustav Riek was a prehistorian, university teacher, concentration camp guard and geologist.
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Gustav Riek was German.
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