Adolfas Tautavičius

Adolfas Tautavičius was a Lithuanian archaeologist and habilitated doctor.
In 1950 Adolfas Tautavičius graduated from Vilnius University and after four years he defended his thesis, Rytų Lietuva I m.e. tūkstantmetyje. In 1997, he became habilitated doctor with the work Vidurinysis geležies amžius Lietuvoje. From 1962 to 1987, he was the head of the archaeology department of the Lithuanian Institute of History. Among other excavations Tautavičius researched the Vilnius Castle Complex, Klaipėda Castle, and Trakai Peninsula Castle sites. Tautavičius wrote more than 600 academic publications and articles.