Peder Mortensen
Danish archaeologist (1934–2022)
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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]
Peder Mortensen | |
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| Born | 7 May 1934 |
| Died | 8 December 2022 (aged 88) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Aarhus University |
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| Discipline | Archaeologist |
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Education and career
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
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
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