Peder Mortensen

Peder Mortensen (born 7 May 1934)[1] is a Danish archaeologist specialized in survey archaeology and the archaeology of memory Paleolithic era in Iranian caves.[2][3] His research and other works made it possible to investigate the late Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic in northeast Jordan and other western Asian nations.[4]

Professor

Peder Mortensen
Born (1934-05-07) 7 May 1934
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeology

Career

He was a curator at the National Museum of Denmark from 1961–1968,[1] the director of the Moesgaard Museum from 1982–1996,[5] director for the Danish Institute in Damascus and cultural advisor to the Danish embassy in Damascus 1996–2001,[1] and then honorary professor in Middle Eastern studies at University of Copenhagen.[1]

Recognition

Mortensen is a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.[6]

In 2004, he was honored by the festschrift From handaxe to Khan : essays presented to Peder Mortensen on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[7]

Books

Mortensen's books include:

  • Tell Shimshara: The Hassuna Period (1970)[8]
  • 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)[9]
  • Bayt al-'Aqqad. The History and Restoration of a House in Old Damascus (2005)[10]
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References
  1. "Peder Mortensen - 80 år". Stiften. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "Archaeologists find new evidence of Paleolithic era in Iranian cave". 4 November 2019.
  3. "Tilbage til Mellemøsten: Iransk udgravningseventyr venter to arkæologer". Newspaper of the University of Copenhagen. 9 May 2016.
  4. Richter, Tobias (2017). "The Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic in the Jordanian Badia: Recent Fieldwork around the Qa' Shubayqa". Near Eastern Archaeology. 80 (2): 94–101. doi:10.5615/neareastarch.80.2.0094.
  5. "Peder Mortensen" (in Danish). The Great Danish Encyclopedia.
  6. "Adj. Professor Peder Mortensen". Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. 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.
  8. McGuire Gibson (January 1976). "Review of Tell Shimshara". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 35 (1): 65–67. JSTOR 544837.
  9. Margaret C. Brandt (October 1988). "Review of The Hilly Flanks and Beyond". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 47 (4): 294–296. JSTOR 544891.
  10. Wolf Koenigs (January 2008). "Review of Bayt al-'Aqqad". Arabica. 55 (1): 156–159. JSTOR 25162275.
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