Helmut de Terra, 1900-1981

When Helmut de Terra went on his first geological field trip in 1927-28, he literally got to the top of the world-the Himalayan area of East Asiaand there, in addition to engaging in geological pursuits, he investigated two caves containing evidence of early human occupancy. Thereafter, he was seldom willing to settle down for any extended period of time or to give up combining archaeology with geology. Over the next couple of decades he both promoted and directed a series of expeditions, mainly to Southeast Asia and Mexico, that yielded much new geological, biological, and cultural information relating to man's first appearance in, and subsequent spread through, these areas. When he died on July 22, 1981, he was living in retirement in Switzerland at Chateaux d'Oex just east of Lac Leman, among mountains that must have reminded him of the many scenic places of his explorations

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• Preliminary Note on the Discovery of Fossil Man at Tepexpan in the Valley of Mexico

  Open Access•Helmut De Terra•American Antiquity•1947

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• Studies on the Ice Age in India and Associated Human Cultures

  Helmut De Terra, T T Paterson•Geographical Journal•1940

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• The Quaternary Terrace System of Southern Asia and the Age of Man

  Open Access•Hellmut De Terra•Geographical Review•1939

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• Prehistoric Caves North of the Himalaya

  Open Access•Helmut De Terra•American Anthropologist•1931

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