Witold Hensel
Polish politician and archaeologist
About Witold Hensel
Lived 1917 – 2008 (aged 91). Witold Hensel was a Polish anthropologist, archaeologist, medievalist, university teacher, prehistorian and politician.
Witold Maria Hensel (March 29, 1917 in Gniezno – November 22, 2008 in Warsaw) was a Polish archaeologist. He was a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and a member of the Sejm in PRL (SD, 1985–1989).
Publications Archaeological research in Poland; by Witold Hensel and Aleksander Gieysztor, Warsaw : Polonia Pub. House, 1958. (Available at Warburg Institute) The Origins of Western and Eastern Slav Towns, Witold Hensel, World Archaeology, Vol. 1, No. 1, Recent Work and New Approaches (Jun., 1969), pp. 51–60 Polska Starożytna (En:ancient Poland); by Witold Hensel; January 1988, Book, 3rd edition ; Excavations of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Sites in South-Eastern Poland;by Sarunas Milisauskas, Witold Hensel, Instytut Historii Kultury Materialnej (Polska Akademia Nauk); January 1985; Paperback ; Przemiany Ludnościowe I Kulturowe I Tysiaclecia P.N.E. Na Ziemiach Miedzy Odra a Dnieprem: Materiay Z Polsko-Radzieckiego Sympozjum Paleodemograficznego, Warszawa, 6-9 Grudnia 1977 by Polska Akademia Nauk, Witold Hensel; January 1983, Book;; Archeologia Medioevale Polacca in Italia; by Witold Hensel, Stanisaw Tabaczynski; January 1981, Book ;
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Who was Witold Hensel?
Polish politician and archaeologist (1917-2008)
When was Witold Hensel born?
Witold Hensel was born on 29 March 1917 in Poznań, Gniezno.
When did Witold Hensel die?
Witold Hensel died on 22 November 2008 in Warsaw.
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Witold Hensel was an anthropologist, archaeologist, medievalist, university teacher, prehistorian and politician.
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Witold Hensel was Polish.
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