Kristian Kristiansen (archaeologist)
Kristian KristiansenFSAFSA Scot(born 21 August 1948) is a Danisharchaeologistknown for his contributions to the study ofBronze Age Europe,heritage studiesandarchaeological theory.He is a professor at theUniversity of Gothenburg.[1]
Education and career[edit]
Kristiansen was born in Hyrup on 21 August 1948.[1]He studiedprehistoric archaeologyatAarhus Universityand theUniversity of Copenhagen,[2]obtaining his Special Magister Thesis from Aarhus University in 1975, and his Dr Phil at Aarhus University in 1998 on his synthesis "Europe Before History". He was the director of theDanish Archaeological Heritage Administrationfrom 1979 to 1994, and since then has been a professor at theUniversity of Gothenburg.[1]
Kristiansen initiated the founding of theEuropean Association of Archaeologistsin 1994, and served as its first president until 1998. He was also the founding editor theEuropean Journal of Archaeology.He has heldvisiting professorshipsat theSorbonne,Stanford University,theUniversity of Cambridgeand theUniversity of Oxford.[1]
Awards and honours[edit]
- Knight of theOrder of the Dannebrog,1985[1]
- Honorary fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries of Scotland,1991[1]
- Member of theRoyal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg,1994[1]
- Foreign member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities,2002[3]
- European Archaeological Heritage Prize,2005[4]
- Society for American ArchaeologyBook Award, 2007 (forThe Rise of Bronze Age Society)[5]
- Honorary fellow of theSociety of Antiquaries of London,2009[6]
- British AcademyGrahame Clark Medal,2016[7]
Selected publications[edit]
- Kristiansen, Kristian (1998).Europe Before History.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- —; Larsson, Thomas B. (2005).The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations.Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
References[edit]
- ^abcdefg"Kristian Kristiansen".University of Gothenburg.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^Barker, Graeme,ed. (1999).Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology.Vol. 1. London: Routledge. pp. xxiii.ISBN9780415064484.
- ^"Utländska ledamöter".Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"EAA Heritage Prize".European Association of Archaeologists.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"SAA Book Award"(PDF).Society for American Archaeology.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Fellows Directory".Society of Antiquaries. Archived fromthe originalon 11 October 2017.Retrieved11 October2017.
- ^"Kristian Kristiansen received British Academy's Grahame Clark Medal".European Association of Archaeologists.Retrieved11 October2017.
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- Recipients of the Grahame Clark Medal
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