Thomas van der Hammen
Dutch palaeontologist, botanist and geologist (1924–2010)
The Bogotá savanna, where Van der Hammen did a lot of his work Map of the Thomas van der Hammen Reserve in the north of Bogotá Thomas van der Hammen (Schiedam , Netherlands , 27 September 1924 - Chía , Colombia , 12 March 2010) was a Dutch palaeontologist , botanist and geologist .[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
Thomas van der Hammen was born in the city of Schiedam in South Holland, western The Netherlands and studied botany and palaeontology at Leiden University from 1944 to 1949. He was a deeply religious man.[ 3]
After his studies and years of research at the University of Amsterdam , Van der Hammen arrived in Bogotá in 1951.[ 3]
Thomas van der Hammen analysed the Bogotá savanna and concluded a great lake (Lake Humboldt ) was present there around 60,000 years BP, covering present-day Bogotá, Soacha , Funza , Mosquera , Madrid , Cota , Chía and Cajicá .[ 4] geology of the Bogotá savanna and surrounding areas. He has worked with Gonzalo Correal Urrego towards an understanding of the prehistoric sites , as El Abra , Tequendama and Tibitó in central Colombia and has defined and described various geological formations, such as the Marichuela ,[ 5] Tunjuelo ,[ 6] Subachoque Formations .[ 7] Cacho Formation .[ 8]
In 2000, a natural reserve in the north of Bogotá bordering Chía and Cota , Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve , was named after the naturalist. The mayor of Bogotá, Enrique Peñalosa who ran twice for the Green Party , allowed for the construction of homes in the reserve, leading to protests of the people.[ 9] [ 10]
In 2003, Dr. van der Hammen granted a wide-ranging interview to Radio Netherlands about his work and his life.[ 11]
Works
This list is a selection.[ 1] [ 2] [ 12]
Books
2008 - La Cordillera Oriental Colombiana Transecto Sumapaz - Estudios de Ecosistemas Tropandinos
2007 - Atlas de Páramos de Colombia
1986 - La Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia) Transecto Buritaca-La Cumbre
1979 - Changes in life conditions on Earth during the past one million years
1953 - Late-glacial flora and periglacial phenomena in the Netherlands
Articles
2006 - La conservación de la biodiversidad: hacia una estructura ecológica de soporte de la nación colombiana
2001 - Diversidade biológica e cultural da Amazonia
1997 - El bosque de Condalia
1981 - Environmental changes in the Northern Andes and the extinction of Mastodon
1978 - Stratigraphy and environment of the Upper Quaternary of the El Abra corridor and rock shelters (Colombia)
1972 - Changes in vegetation and climate in the Amazon basin and surrounding areas during the Pleistocene
1966 - The Pliocene and Quaternary of the Sabana de Bogotá (The Tilatá and Sabana Formations)
1957 - Climatic periodicity and evolution of South American Maestichtian and Tertiary floras
1951 - Vegetatie en stratigrafie van het Laat-glaciaal en het Pleni-glaciaal
1949 - De Allerod-oscillatie in Nederland. Pollenanalytisch onderzoek van een laatglaciale meerafzetting in Drente The standard author abbreviation Hammen citing a botanical name .[ 13]
See also
References
^ a b (in Spanish) Curriculum Vitae Thomas van der Hammen ^ a b List of publications by Thomas van der Hammen - WorldCat ^ a b (in Spanish) Van der Hammen, the last great naturalist - El Espectador ^ (in Spanish) Lake Humboldt on the Bogotá savanna around 60,000 years BP ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.65
^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.71
^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.69
^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.57
^ (in Spanish) Thomas van der Hammen Reserve and Enrique Peñalosa ^ (in Spanish) Van der Hammen Reserve ^ "Under Foreign Skies - Thomas van der Hammen", Radio Netherlands Archives, 20 November 2003 ^ Overview of publications by Thomas van der Hammen Archived 1 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine ^ International Plant Names Index . Hammen
Bibliography
Montoya Arenas, Diana María; Reyes Torres, Germán Alfonso (2005), Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá , INGEOMINAS , pp. 1–104
Notable works by Van der Hammen
Morales M., Otero J., Hammen Thomas van der., Torres A., Cadena-Vargas C., Pedraza C., Rodríguez N., Franco C., Betancourth J.C., Olaya E., Posada E. y Cárdenas L. 2007. Atlas de páramos de Colombia . Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Bogotá, D. C. 208 p. ISBN 978-958-8151-91-5
Hammen, Thomas van der; Correal Urrego, Gonzalo (2003), "Supervivencia de mastodontes, megaterios y presencia del hombre en el Valle del Magdalena (Colombia) entre 6000 y 5000 A.P. - Survival of mastodonts, megatheriums and the presence of man in the Magdalena Valley (Colombia) between 6000 and 5000 years BP" (PDF) , Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. (in Spanish), 27 : 159–164, ISSN 0370-3908 , retrieved 8 July 2016 Hammen, Thomas van der (2003), La conservación de la biodiversidad: hacia una estructura ecológica de soporte de la nación colombiana The conservation of the biodiversity: towards an ecological structure supported by the Colombian nation ] (PDF) (in Spanish), Universidad Nacional de Colombia , pp. 286–291, retrieved 8 July 2016 Hammen, Thomas van der (1994), Stratigraphic Dating and Cultural Sequences of Pre-Hispanic Northern South America (PDF) , The Getty Conservation Institute, pp. 381–393, ISBN 0-89236-249-9 , retrieved 8 July 2016 Hammen, Thomas van der; Cleef, Antoine M. (1983), "Datos para la Historia de la Flora Andina" [Data on the History of the Andean Flora] (PDF) , Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (in Spanish), 56 : 97–107, retrieved 8 July 2016
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