Thomas Barthel

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Thomas Barthel

Anthropology

#942

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#1271

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• Anthropology

Thomas Barthel's Degrees

• PhD Mesoamerican Studies University of Bonn

Why Is Thomas Barthel Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Thomas Sylvester Barthel was a German ethnologist and epigrapher who is best known for cataloguing the undeciphered rongorongo script of Easter Island. Life and career Barthel grew up in Berlin and graduated from secondary school in 1940. During the Second World War, he worked as a cryptographer for the Wehrmacht. After the war he studied folklore, geography, and prehistory in Berlin, Hamburg, and Leipzig. He received his doctorate in Hamburg in 1952 with a thesis on Mayan writing. From 1953 to 1956 he was a Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, in 1957 a lecturer in Hamburg, and from 4 July 1957 to 1 February 1958 he was a guest researcher with the Institute for Easter Island Studies at the University of Chile.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Thomas Barthel?

Thomas Barthel is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Tübingen
• University of Bonn