Dr. Lammert Bouke van der Meer (born 1945 in Leeuwarden, Friesland

Friesland

Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...

) is a Dutch classicist and classical archaeologist

Classical archaeology

Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the great Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about in Latin and Greek texts...

 specialized in etruscology. He studied classics

Classics

Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...

 and archaeology at Groningen State University

University of Groningen

The University of Groningen , located in the city of Groningen, was founded in 1614. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands as well as one of its largest. Since its inception more than 100,000 students have graduated...

. Van der Meer is retired associate professor of Classical Archaeology at Leiden University

Leiden University

Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close...

, The Netherlands.

Van der Meer is a leading authority on Etruscan religion. He published several books and numerous articles on Etruscan mirrors, the Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis, the liver of Piacenza

Liver of Piacenza

The Liver of Piacenza is an Etruscan artifact found on September 26, 1877 near Gossolengo, in the province of Piacenza, Italy. It is a life-sized bronze model of a sheep's liver covered in Etruscan writings. The writings on the liver are names of Etruscan deities. It is believed that the bronze...

, cinerary urns from Volterra

Volterra

Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.-History:...

 (dissertation), sarcophagi and the Etruscan collection in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden

The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands. It is located in Leiden. The Museum grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology...

. He is also a member of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici and the editorial board of the archaeological journal BABesch.

Short bibliography

• Etrusco Ritu. Case studies in Etruscan ritual behaviour (2011)
• Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis. The linen book of Zagreb. A comment on the longest Etruscan text (2007)
• Myths and more. On Etruscan stone sarcophagi, ca. 350-200 B.C. (2004)
• Interpretatio Etrusca. Greek myths on Etruscan mirrors (1995)
• (with R.S.P. Beekes), De Etrusken spreken (1991)
• The bronze liver of Piacenza. Analysis of a polytheistic structure (1987)
• Corpus speculorum Etruscorum: The Netherlands (1983)
• Etruscan urns from volterra. Studies on mythological representations (1978) (dissertation)
• (editor) De Etrusken. Inleiding tot de verzameling Etruskische oudheden in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
  Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
  The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden is the national archaeological museum of the Netherlands. It is located in Leiden. The Museum grew out of the collection of Leiden University and still closely co-operates with its Faculty of Archaeology...
  
  te Leiden (1977)

External links

• http://www.archeologie.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=39&c=52#DrLBvanderMeer
• http://www.babesch.org/79vandermeer.html