| Activity | Frederick Zeuner's two hundred or so publications, including a trio of standout books, reveal a man of great breadth of interest and a technical knowledge equal to these various pursuits. Zeuner started out as an entomologist, eventually leaning toward studies on fossil groups (including his Ph.D. dissertation on orthopterans). The geological emphasis in his work later became dominant and was manifest in a central interest in dating and chronology, especially of Pleistocene environments, and on all three of these subjects he became a pioneering authority. Archeology and zooarcheology were also important elements in his life's work; so too, human ecology and the evolution of domesticated animal forms. Zeuner was active in the field, involving himself in projects in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, North America, Australia, and the Canary Islands. By all accounts he was a very inspiring teacher, and left many disciples.
1931 - 1934 lecturer in Geology, University of Freiburg. 1934 - 1936 research associate, BM(NH). 1936 - 1945 lecturer in geochronology, University of London Institute of Archaeology. WWII works at the Anti-Locust Centre in South Kensington. 1946 - 1963 professor and head of environmental archaeology, University of London Insitute of Archaeology. 1954 president, Geologisches Vereinigung. 1963 vice president Royal Anthropoligical Institute. |