Peder Mortensen

Peder Mortensen
Born(1934-05-07)7 May 1934
Died8 December 2022(2022-12-08) (aged 88)
Academic background
EducationAarhus University
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeologist
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

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

References

  1. ^ "Peder Mortensen | Dødsannoncer i Danmark". afdoede.dk. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  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. ^ a b c d "Peder Mortensen - 80 år". Stiften. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Peder Mortensen" (in Danish). The Great Danish Encyclopedia.
  7. ^ "Adj. Professor Peder Mortensen" (in Danish). Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Academy of Europe: Mortensen Peder". www.ae-info.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ McGuire Gibson (January 1976). "Review of Tell Shimshara". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 35 (1): 65–67. JSTOR 544837.
  11. ^ Margaret C. Brandt (October 1988). "Review of The Hilly Flanks and Beyond". Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 47 (4): 294–296. JSTOR 544891.
  12. ^ Wolf Koenigs (January 2008). "Review of Bayt al-'Aqqad". Arabica. 55 (1): 156–159. JSTOR 25162275.