Hans Horkheimer was a German specialist in ancient American studies and an ethnohistorian. He emigrated to Peru in 1939 after he was offered a professorship at the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo.

Material:

• 1 manuscript (research report “Gesamtbericht an die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft seitens des Dr. Hans Horkheimer, Lima – Perú, über die Tätigkeit und Ergebnisse der von ihm geleiteten Misión Arqueológica Chancay”, excavation in 1961)
• 1 typed manuscript (“La alimentación en el Perú prehispanico, su obtención y la influencia sobre diferentes sectores culturales” and accompanying bibliography, circa 1956)
• 1 sketch (preparatory materials for another publication)
• 19 black-and-white photographs

Provenance: The research report was part of Georg Petersen’s papers.
Keywords: Peru, archaeology