Joachim Hahn (born August 12, 1942 in Dresden – 27 April 1997) was a German archaeologist. He was a renowned expert in the Upper Paleolithic.
Joachim Hahn began his studies in 1962 at the University of Cologne, more stations were Talence (Bordeaux University) and the University of Tübingen. The promotion took place in Cologne, with a thesis on "The Aurignacian in Central and Eastern Europe," which was published 1977th [1] Since 1973, he was a research fellow at the University of Tübingen. The subsequent habilitation was there on "Figurative depictions of the Aurignacian in southwestern Germany and its place in the Upper Palaeolithic art. " This work was in 1986 under the title "Power and aggression. The message of the Ice Age art in the Aurignacian in southern Germany? "published [2]. Hahn has taught since 1985 as Academic Council and professor at the Institute of Prehistory and Early History of the University of Tübingen. In 1988 he was appointed adjunct professor there. He was active in teaching, research, excavation and in public relations at museums and exhibitions. Guest teaching brought him to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, the State University of New York in Birmingham, the University of Paris and the University of Zurich. He died at the age of 54 years of complications of cancer. Hahn led excavations, especially in the Ach Valley, in caves in the Swabian Alb (Geißenklösterle at Blaubeuren, near Schelklingen Hohler Fels), by. Some important discoveries were made. In addition, Hahn worked on the techniques of the Upper Palaeolithic and the oldest man-made works of art. He has published over 100 publications. Because of his important excavations in the area around the small town of Baden-Wuerttemberg Blaubeuren received the college in his honor the name of Joachim-Hahn-Gymnasium.