Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes

German botanist (1881–1960)

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Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes

Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (18 September 1881 – 1960) was a German archaeologist and botanist specialist of Aizoaceae (Mesembryanthemaceae).

## Life and work

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Schwantes was born in Bleckede and died in Hamburg.[citation needed]

The Duvensee paddle is the preserved part of a Mesolithic spade paddle, which was found during archaeological excavations of a Mesolithic dwelling area at Duvensee near Klinkrade (Herzogtum Lauenburg) Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1926 by Schwantes.[citation needed]

## Publications

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* Deutschlands Urgeschichte (1908)
* "Die Gräber der ältesten Eisenzeit im östlichen Hannover", in: Prähistorische Zeitschrift, vol. 1 (1909), p. 140-162
* Die Bedeutung der Lyngby-Zivilisation für die Gliederung der Steinzeit (Hamburg, 1923)
* Führer durch Haithabu (1932)
* Zur Geschichte der nordischen Zivilisation (Hamburg: Evert, 1938)
* Die Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins, vol. 1, Vorgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins (1939)
* Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. Die Urgeschichte, vol. 1, part 1 (Neumünster, 1958)
* The Cultivation of the Mesembryanthemaceae (1953)
* Flowering Stones and Mid-Day Flowers (1957)

## Tributes

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The genus name Schwantesia is in honour of Gustav Schwantes. Astridia is a genus of plant named after Schwantes' wife, Astrid. Lithops schwantesii is a species name given as another tribute.[citation needed]

The standard author abbreviation Schwantes is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

## References

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1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Schwantes.

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