Ola Apenes

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Ola Rasmus Apenes (23 August 1898 – 6 April 1943) was a Norwegian engineer, archaeologist and soldier.

Tlaloc monolith (San Miguel Coatlinchán), Photograph taken by the engineer Ola Just in 1934. The identity of the person on the monolith is unknown.

He was born in Fredriksstad as a son of shipbroker Georg Apenes (1869–1902) and his wife Kitty, née Mørch (1872–1958). His brother Christian was a judge and politician.[1][2] Through him, Ola was an uncle of politician Georg Apenes.[3]

He

ASEA as well as at ETH Zurich in 1923. In 1927 he travelled to the United States to work with railroad electrification, going on to Mexico in 1929 to work as a telephone engineer for Ericsson there. Once there, he became immensely interested in the ancient culture and archaeological artefacts to be found there. He took a university degree in Mesoamerican archaeology in 1933. Among others, he studied the field Chimalhuacán, and found it to have been a dwelling site in conjunction with the Lake Texcoco. He also studied cultural practices such as the Danza de los Voladores, and became known for photography and filming. He was published in several periodicals and in 1937 he was a co-founder of the Anthropological Society of Mexico (Sociedad Mexicana de Antropología).[4][5] He was also a newspaper correspondent.[6]

While in Mexico he started a relationship with anthropologist

References

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    Våre falne 1939-1945
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  2. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Apenes, Christian Bernt". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 25. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Georg Apenes" (in Norwegian). Storting.
  4. ^ a b c Veka, Camilla (24 April 2013). "Nordmannen som fanget forsvunnet historie på film" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ^ a b Husby, Olaf (24 February 2011). "Ola Apenes – teleingeniør og mayaforskar". Dag og Tid (in Norwegian). pp. 22–23.
  6. ^ Hegge, Per Egil (18 August 1990). "Fordrevet fra Norge – myrdet i Mexico". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 22.
  7. ^ "Frances Gillmor". University of South Florida. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2013.