Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes

Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes was a German archaeologist and botanist specialist of Aizoaceae.

Life and work

Schwantes was born in Bleckede and died in Hamburg.
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 Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, in 1926 by Schwantes.

Publications

Deutschlands Urgeschichte

"Die Gräber der ältesten Eisenzeit im östlichen Hannover", in: Prähistorische Zeitschrift, vol. 1, p. 140-162Die Bedeutung der Lyngby-Zivilisation für die Gliederung der Steinzeit Führer durch Haithabu Zur Geschichte der nordischen Zivilisation Die Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins, vol. 1, Vorgeschichte Schleswig-Holsteins Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins. Die Urgeschichte, vol. 1, part 1 The Cultivation of the Mesembryanthemaceae
''Flowering Stones and Mid-Day Flowers''

Tributes

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.