L. Bouke van der Meer

Who is L. Bouke van der Meer?

Dr. Lammert Bouke van der Meer is a Dutch classicist and classical archaeologist specialized in etruscology. He studied classics and archaeology at Groningen State University. Van der Meer is retired associate professor of Classical Archaeology at Leiden University, 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, cinerary urns from Volterra, sarcophagi and the Etruscan collection in the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities. He is also a member of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici and the editorial board of the archaeological journal BABesch.