弗罗贝尼乌斯,利奥
弗罗贝尼乌斯,利奥
lā´ō frōbā´nēo͝os [key], 1873–1938, German archaeologist and anthropologist. An authority on prehistoric art and culture, especially of Africa, he organized 12 expeditions to Africa between 1904 and 1935. In 1922 he founded the Institute for Cultural Morphology, Frankfurt, where he established a noted collection of facsimiles of prehistoric paintings and engravings. He also dealt with living African cultures and their folklore. He wroteThe Voice of Africa(tr. 1913) and was coauthor (in English) ofPrehistoric Rock Pictures in Europe and Africa(1937).
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