Ralph Solecki

Ralph Stefan Solecki is an American archaeologist. (born October 15, 1917 in Brooklyn[1]). He is a former member of the faculty at Columbia University (1959–1988), and his best-known excavations were at the Neanderthal site at Shanidar Cave in Iraq. His publications include early works on aerial photography and photo-interpretation as well as two volumes on Shanidar (1971, 1972). He is the father of American geographer William Solecki and UNHCR official John Solecki. In 2013, he was interviewed about his work by The Wall Street Journal.[2]

See also

  1. Mead, Margaret (1965). Anthropologists and what they do. F. Watts. p. 178.
  2. Archeologist Ralph Solecki Recalls His Neanderthal Cave Discovery



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