Paul Reinecke

Paul Reinecke
Born	Paul Heinrich Adalbert Reinecke September 25, 1872 Berlin
Died	May 12, 1958 Herrsching
Nationality	Germany
Occupation	prehistorian, archaeologist

Paul Heinrich Adalbert Reinecke (September 25, 1872 – May 12, 1958) was a German prehistorian and archaeologist.

Reinecke was born in Berlin. He worked at the Romano-Germanic Central Museum and later at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Protection. Until his death in 1958, he worked on almost all periods of European prehistory and early history, in particular on the chronology of the European Bronze Age and Iron Age. The names Michelsberg culture (1908) and the Altheim culture (1915) as well as the periodization of the Hallstatt culture go back to him. In 1953 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Reinecke died in Herrsching.