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Inora Newsletter #44 Obituary HANS NIEMEYER FERNÁNDEZ (1921-2005) Hans Nimeyer Fernández, well known archaeologist of Chile, died in October 2005 at the age of 84. He was one of the pioneers of South American rock art research. Niemeyer started working as a civil engineer and was in charge of numerous water projects in the Andean region of Chile. During the first years of creation of the department of social and anthropological sciences at the University of Chile in Santiago, he joined the staff as professor of topography for students of archaeology and prehistory. He served in this faculty for 30 years.
His contributions to the study of the Archaic and late periods in the north of Chile, his studies in the valley of Copiapó and investigation of Molle, Diaguita and Inca cultures in Chile are especially important. Among the subjects to which he felt specially inclined was the study of rock art. He investigated numerous rock art sites and participated in numerous rock art symposia between 1966 and 2000. He published the first comprehensive book on Chilean rock art with Grete Mostny, apart from many regional studies. He received a special tribute at the international congress organized by SIARB in Cochabamba, Bolivia in 1997 (together with C. N. Dubelaar, Carlos Gradin and Antonio Nuñez Jiménez). Matthias STRECKER SIARB, La Paz Principal rock art publications by H. Niemeyer Fernández  1966. — El Arte rupestre indígena en la zona centro-sur de Chile. Actas del 37 Congreso de Americanistas, IV, p. 119- 152. Mar del Plata. (H. Niemeyer F. & J. Montané). 1968. — Petroglifos del río Salado o Chuschul (San Pedro de Atacama, Depto. del Loa, Prov. de Antofagasta, Chile). Boletín de Prehistoria de Chile, 1, p. 85-92. Universidad de Chile. 1969. — Los Petroglifos de Taltape (Valle de Camarones, Prov. de Tarapacá). Boletín del M.N.H.N., XXX, p. 95-117. Santiago. 1971. — Los Petroglifos de la cordillera andina de Linares (Provincia de Talca y Linares, Chile). Actas, VI Congreso de Arqueología Chilena, p. 405-470. Santiago. (H. Niemeyer F. & L. Weisner). 1972. — Las Pinturas rupestres de la Sierra de Arica. Santiago. 1978. — La Cueva con pinturas indígenas del río Pedregoso (Depto. de Chile Chico, Prov. Aisén, Chile). Actas y Memorias, IV Congreso Nacional de Arqueología Argentino, p. 339-364. San Rafael, Mendoza. 1981. — El Arte rupestre en el valle de Huancarane (Camarones). Chungara, 7, p. 61-98. Arica. 1983. — Arte Rupestre Chileno. Santiago. (G. Mostny & H. Niemeyer F.). 1985. — El yacimiento de petroglifos de Las Lizas (Región de Atacama, Prov. de Copiapó, Chile). Estudios en Arte Rupestre, p. 131-171. Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago. 1986. — Les Gravures rupestres de la Quebrada Las Pintadas de Marquesa (Norte Chico, Chili). Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, Paris. 1995. — L’Art rupestre dans la haute vallée du Rio Illapel (Norte Chico, Chili). INORA, 12, p. 10-13. (H. Niemeyer F. & D. Ballereau). 1998. — Las Pictografías de los aleros de Itiza y de Mullipongo de la Sierra de Arica. Chungara, 28 (1-2), p. 253-276. (V. Schiappacasse & H. Niemeyer F.). 1998. — Los Petroglifos del cerro La Silla, región de Coquimbo. Chungara, 28 (1-2): 277-317. 1998. — Le Site de gravures rupestres de Mialqui, Río Grande, Norte Chico, Chile. INORA, 19, p. 1-7. (H. Niemeyer F. & D. Ballereau). 2004. — Arte rupestre del Río Grande, cuenca del río Limarí, Norte Chico, Chile. Chungara, 36 (1), p. 37-101.| Homepage | Newsletter Index | Subscription | Links | Contact |
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