Peder Mortensen
Peder Mortensen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1934 |
| Died | 8 December 2022 (aged 88) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Aarhus University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Archaeologist |
| Sub-discipline | |
| Institutions | |
Peder Mortensen (7 May 1934 – 8 December 2022) was[1] a Danish archaeologist specialized in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods of southwest Asia.[2][3]
Education and career
[edit]Mortensen was born on 7 May 1934 in Jutland.[4] He studied prehistoric archaeology at Aarhus University and graduated with an MA degree in 1960.[5] He was a curator at the National Museum of Denmark from 1961–1968,[4] the director of the Moesgaard Museum from 1982–1996,[6] director for the Danish Institute in Damascus and cultural advisor to the Danish embassy in Damascus 1996–2001,[4] and then honorary professor in Middle Eastern studies at University of Copenhagen.[4]
Recognition
[edit]Mortensen was a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters[7] and a member of the Academia Europea.[8]
In 2004, he was honored by the festschrift From handaxe to Khan : essays presented to Peder Mortensen on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[9]
Books
[edit]Mortensen's books include:
- Tell Shimshara: The Hassuna Period (1970)[10]
- The Hilly Flanks and Beyond: Essays on the Prehistory of Southwestern Asia Presented to Robert J. Braidwood, 15 November 1982 (edited with T. Cuyler Young Jr. and Philip J. Smith, 1983)[11]
- Bayt al-'Aqqad. The History and Restoration of a House in Old Damascus (2005)[12]
- Excavations at Tepe Guran. The Neolithic Period (2014). Peeters, Leuven
- Mount Nebo. An Archaeological Survey of the Region. Volume I: The Palaeolithic and Neolithic Periods (2013) (with Ingolf Thuesen and Inge Demant Mortensen)
- Mount Nebo. An Archaeological Survey of the Region. Volume II: The Early Bronze Age (2019) (with Ingolf Thuesen and Inge Demant Mortensen)
- Eyes on a Street in Cairo. (2017). Copenhagen, Orbis Publishing House
References
[edit]- ^ "Peder Mortensen | Dødsannoncer i Danmark". afdoede.dk. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ "Archaeologists find new evidence of Paleolithic era in Iranian cave". 4 November 2019.
- ^ "Tilbage til Mellemøsten: Iransk udgravningseventyr venter to arkæologer". Newspaper of the University of Copenhagen. 9 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Peder Mortensen - 80 år". Stiften. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ Thrane, Henrik (2004). "From Jutland to Jordan". In von Folsach, Kjeld; Thrane, Henrik; Thuesen, Ingolf (eds.). From Handaxe to Khan: Essays Presented to Peder Mortensen on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. pp. 9–28. ISBN 9788779341074.
- ^ "Peder Mortensen" (in Danish). The Great Danish Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Adj. Professor Peder Mortensen" (in Danish). Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Academy of Europe: Mortensen Peder". www.ae-info.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023.
- ^ Folsach, Kjeld von; Thrane, Henrik; Thuesen, I.; Mortensen, Peder (2004). From handaxe to Khan : essays presented to Peder Mortensen on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Aarhus University Press. ISBN 87-7934-107-1. OCLC 57046829.
- ^ McGuire Gibson (January 1976). "Review of Tell Shimshara". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 35 (1): 65–67. JSTOR 544837.
- ^ Margaret C. Brandt (October 1988). "Review of The Hilly Flanks and Beyond". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 47 (4): 294–296. JSTOR 544891.
- ^ Wolf Koenigs (January 2008). "Review of Bayt al-'Aqqad". Arabica. 55 (1): 156–159. JSTOR 25162275.
- 1934 births
- 2022 deaths
- Danish archaeologists
- Danish prehistorians
- Archaeologists of the Near East
- Aarhus University alumni
- Academic staff of Aarhus University
- Moesgaard Museum
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen