Maria Hopf (13 September 1913 – 24 August 2008) was a pioneering archaeobotanist, based at the RGZM, Mainz.
She then moved to the Romisch Germanisches Zentral Museum in Main, working first as a scientific assistant, before being appointed as the head of the newly founded division of archaeobotany in 1961.
During her career, Hopf received scholarships to study at the Israel Museum and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
[4] Hopf's work spanned the regions of Europe and Asia, and all time periods, with a particular focus on Germany, Spain and the Balkans.
[5] In Iberia, Hopf studied plant remains from Neolithic sites in the Pais Valenciano and Andalucia.