Heiko Steuer (born 30 October 1939) is a German archaeologist, notable for his research into social and economic history in early Europe.
[1] In 1976 he was appointed director of the Kölnischen Stadtmuseums (de), the Cologne City Museum; he held the position until 1984.
During this time, in 1979, Steuer habilitated himself, on studies of prehistory and early history at the Ruhr University Bochum.
[1] Steuer stepped down from the Cologne City Museum in 1984, the same year he became a full professor of prehistory and early history at the University of Freiburg and also director of the Institute of Prehistory and Archeology of the Middle Ages.
[1] He also edited the Journal of Archeology of the Middle Ages starting in 1972 (with Sebastian Brather (de) and Ulrich Müller), and the Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde starting in 1994.