Theodoor de Booy

Theodoor Hendrik Nikolaas de Booy ( born December 5, 1882 in Hellevoetsluis, The Netherlands, † February 18, 1919 in Yonkers, New York) was an American archaeologist and Altamerikanist Dutch origin.

In 1906, De Booy emigrated to the United States, where he married in 1909 Elizabeth Hamilton Smith. In 1916 he became an American citizen. In 1911 he undertook an expedition with his wife to the Bahamas, where he found remarkable artifacts such as a paddle from the time of pre-Columbian Lucayan culture in the caves and middens. In the following years he worked for the National Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation in New York City. Through his ärchaologische field work in the West Indies and Venezuela de Booy was an outstanding expert on the history of the Arawak culture over time.

1919 de Booy died at the age of 36 years from the effects of influenza.

Dedikationsnamen

After De Booy the extinct Rail Nesotrochis debooyi are ( Wetmore, 1918) and the fossil snail Mitrella debooyi ( Maury, 1917) named.

Writings (selection )

• Lucayan Artifacts from the Bahamas. 1913
• Pottery from Certain Caves in Eastern Santo Domingo, West Indies. 1915
• Certain West - Indian Superstitions Pertaining to Celts. 1915
• Notes on the Archaeology of Iceland Margarita, Venezuela. 1916
• Certain Archaeological Investigations in Trinidad, British West Indies. 1918
• The Virgin Islands Our New Possessions and the British Islands. 1918
• Indian Notes and Monographs Volume 1, no. 2: Santo Domingo Kitchen Midden and Burial Ground. 1919
• Indian Notes and Monographs Vol 10, No. 3: An Illinois Quilled Necklace. 1920
• Onder de Motilone 's van de Sierre de Perija (Venezuela ). 1926