Description: (Archaeologist, Philologist)
Gustaf Kossinna was a German philologist and archaeologist known for pioneering settlement archaeology techniques at the University of Berlin. His nationalistic theories on the origins of Germanic peoples and Indo-Europeans had a significant impact on National Socialist ideology. Despite being politically discredited post-World War II, his methodological contributions continue to shape archaeology today. Recent archaeogenetic findings have sparked a reevaluation of Kossinna's ideas on migration in prehistory.