1. Harm Tjalling "Tjalling" Waterbolk was a Dutch archaeologist.
19 Facts About Tjalling Waterbolk
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Tjalling Waterbolk was a professor of archaeology and director of the Biological-Archaeological Institute at the University of Groningen between 1954 and 1987.
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Tjalling Waterbolk worked in a wide variety of countries, but had special interest in the Northern part of the Netherlands and especially his home province of Drenthe.
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From an early age Tjalling Waterbolk had an interest in nature, with this interest being supported by his parents, teachers and townspeople of Havelte.
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Tjalling Waterbolk attended the University of Groningen to study biology and later botany.
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Since Tjalling Waterbolk had signed the Loyaliteitsverklaring during World War II, he was prevented from taking exams until 1948.
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Tjalling Waterbolk worked for the Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij between 1951 and 1954.
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Tjalling Waterbolk had a teaching assignment in Prehistoric and Germanic archaeology.
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Apart from being professor Tjalling Waterbolk served as director of the Biological-Archaeological Institute of the University.
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Tjalling Waterbolk had influence in the development and usage of radiocarbon dating and palynology in the Netherlands.
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Tjalling Waterbolk had a special interest in the Northern Netherlands and the province of Drenthe where he led excavations in Odoorn, Elp and Gasselte.
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Tjalling Waterbolk looked intensively into the spread of agriculture in societies.
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Tjalling Waterbolk had an academic interest in house plans and cultural landscapes.
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Tjalling Waterbolk was considered as one of the most eminent post-World War II archaeologists of the Netherlands, having shaped archaeology in the Netherlands together with Willem Glasbergen and Pieter JR Modderman.
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Tjalling Waterbolk was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1970.
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Tjalling Waterbolk was known for his involvement in surfacing the archaeological forgery case of Tjerk Vermaning of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Tjalling Waterbolk was married to a botanical analyst, he met his wife at the Nederlandse Jeugdbond voor Natuur.
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Tjalling Waterbolk once stated that the most beautiful thing he ever dug up was his wife.
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Tjalling Waterbolk died on 27 September 2020 in Haren, Groningen, aged 96.