Charles Wiener
1851–1913
Austro-French archaeologist. Diploma in education, École Normale de Cluny, 1870. Taught French and German in England, 1870–1. Appointed to the lycée Fontanes, 1872. PhD, 1874. Took part in an archaeological mission to Peru and Bolivia under the auspices of the French government in 1875–7; studied the Sambaquis (shell mounds) of Santa Catarina island, Brazil, with a Brazilian scientific team in late 1875. Explored archaeological sites in Peru and Bolivia from 1876. Naturalised French, 1878. French consul to Chile, 1883–8, after which he held several French consular posts throughout South and Central America.
Source
Wiener 2010
Bibliography
Wiener, Charles. 2010. Voyage au Pérou et en Bolivie (1875–1877). Introduction and notes by Pascal Riviale. Paris: Ginkgo.
