Peder Mortensen

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Peder Mortensen
Born(1934-05-07)7 May 1934
Died8 December 2022(2022-12-08) (aged 88)
Academic background
EducationAarhus University
Academic work
DisciplineArchaeologist
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Peder Mortensen (7 May 1934 – 8 December 2022) was

archaeologist specialized in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods of southwest Asia.[2][3]

Education and career

Mortensen was born on 7 May 1934 in

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. ISBN 9788779341074
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  6. The Great Danish Encyclopedia
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  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. OCLC 57046829
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  10. JSTOR 544837
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  11. JSTOR 544891
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  12. JSTOR 25162275
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