Definition: German archaeologist Theodor Wiegand is perhaps best known for his excavations at Pergamum, and his innovative work with aerial photography in the late 1920s, when he formed a Turkish military flying unit to take photographs of archaeological sites. He conducted or directed excavations in Syria, Palestine and Turkey, including Baalbek, Palmyra, Jerusalem, Damascus, Priene and Miletus. Trained at the universities of Munich, Berlin and Freiburg and under Wilhelm Dorpfeld, Wiegand was professionally associated with the Berliner Museen mit dem Sitz in Constantinople, the Pergamon-Museums auf der Berliner Museumsinsel, and was director of the museum for the Weimarer Republik and president of the Deutsche Archäologische Institut from 1932 until his death in 1936. During his tenure at the DAI, Wiegand prevented the takeover of ideological control of classical archaeology studies by the Nazis, but this didn't last after his death.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
