Adolf Schulten

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Adolf Schulten (b. 1870 in Elberfeld - d. 1960 in Erlangen) was a German author with a Doctorate in Geology by the University of Bonn (1892), crossed Italy, Africa and Greece pensioned by the Institute of Archaeology. After obtaining the Chair of Old History in the University of Erlangen, he continued his works in Spain with such dedication that today is the foreign investigator to whom more must Spanish archaeology. He excavated the old Numancia (1905-12); he looked for, although without success, the location of Tartessos (1924); worked in the ruins of Tarraco (1948) and in the localizations of Mainake, Munda and Segeda.

Named as Doctor Honoris Causa, by the University of Barcelona, also gained the Cross of Alfonso X "the Wise" (1940), he belonged to the Institute of Archaeology and also to the Institute of History "Patria de Módena", and was corresponding of the Austrian Institute of Archaeology and the Academy of the History of Madrid.

Their works, fundamental for the studies archaeological, and which were translated to many languages, demonstrate that he had so much of artist as of scholar. In his abundant production they emphasize Numantia (1914); Die Keltiberer und ihre Kriege mit Rom (1914); Tartessos (1924); Viriato; Sertorius; L'amour, l'amour est la véritable clef de l'Histoire; Los cántabros y astures y su guerra con Roma (1943); and his most important monographs on the excavations that he made.