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(1917-2019) Author, archaeologist. Ralph Solecki was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Livingston, New Jersey.

Full Name

Ralph Solecki

Locations

Suffolk

Author's Timeline


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RESIDENCE

As a child, Mr. Solecki lived with his family in Cutchogue, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Solecki graduated from Newtown High School in Elmhurst, Queens, New York.

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OTHER

Mr. Solecki received a master's degree from Columbia University.

1917

BIRTH

Stefan Rafael Solecki was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 15, 1917.

1942

OTHER

Mr. Solecki received a bachelor of science degree in geology from City College of New York in 1942.

1953

LITWORK

Exploration of an Adena Mound at Natrium, West Virginia
Smithsonian

Nonfiction.

1958

OTHER

Mr. Solecki received a doctorate in anthropology from Columbia University in 1958.

1959

OTHER

Mr. Solecki taught at Columbia University from 1959 to 1988.

1960

LITWORK

Three Adult Neanderthal Skeletons From Shanidar Cave, Northern Iraq
Smithsonian Institution

Nonfiction.

1971

LITWORK

Shanidar: The First Flower People
Knopf
0394445112 / 978-0394445113
Nonfiction.

1972

LITWORK

Shanidar: The Humanity of Neanderthal Man
Allen Lane
0713903066 / 978-0713903065
Nonfiction.

1973

LITWORK

Archaeological Reconnaissances North of the Brooks Range in Northeastern Alaska
University of Calgary, Dept. of Archaeology

Nonfiction.

2004

LITWORK

The Proto-Neolithic Cemetery in Shanidar Cave
Texas A&M University Press
1585442720 / 978-1585442720
Nonfiction written with Rose L. Solecki and Anagnostis P. Agelarakis.

2019

DEATH

Ralph Solecki died in Livingston, New Jersey, on March 20, 2019.

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