Kristian Kristiansen (archaeologist)
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Kristian Kristiansen {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FSA|FSAs}} (born 21 August 1948) is a Danish archaeologist known for his contributions to the study of Bronze Age Europe, heritage studies and archaeological theory. He is a professor at the University of Gothenburg.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xkrikr|title=Kristian Kristiansen|publisher=University of Gothenburg|language=en|access-date=2017-10-11}}
Education and career
Kristiansen was born in Hyrup on 21 August 1948. He studied prehistoric archaeology at Aarhus University and the University of Copenhagen,{{Cite book|title=Companion Encyclopedia of Archaeology|publisher=Routledge|year=1999|isbn=9780415064484|editor-last=Barker|editor-first=Graeme|editor-link=Graeme Barker|volume=1|location=London|pages=xxiii}} 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 the Danish Archaeological Heritage Administration from 1979 to 1994, and since then has been a professor at the University of Gothenburg.
Kristiansen initiated the founding of the European Association of Archaeologists in 1994, and served as its first president until 1998. He was also the founding editor the European Journal of Archaeology. He has held visiting professorships at the Sorbonne, Stanford University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.
Awards and honours
- Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, 1985
- Honorary fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1991
- Member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg, 1994
- Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, 2002{{Cite web|url=http://www.vitterhetsakad.se/ledamoter/utlandska_ledamoter|title=Utländska ledamöter|publisher=Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- European Archaeological Heritage Prize, 2005{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/Awards/EAA_Heritage_Prize/EAA/Navigation_Prizes_and_Awards/EAA_Heritage_Prize.aspx?hkey=134e91f6-c03c-4a79-9804-83819710303b|title=EAA Heritage Prize|publisher=European Association of Archaeologists|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- Society for American Archaeology Book Award, 2007 (for The Rise of Bronze Age Society){{Cite web|url=http://www.saa.org/Portals/0/SAA%20Book%20Award%202018-Info%20Sheet.pdf|title=SAA Book Award|publisher=Society for American Archaeology|access-date=2017-10-11}}
- Honorary fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 2009{{Cite web|url=https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=Kristian+Kristiansen&page=1|title=Fellows Directory|publisher=Society of Antiquaries|language=en|access-date=2017-10-11|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011182117/https://www.sal.org.uk/about-us/fellows-directory/?fs=Kristian+Kristiansen&page=1|url-status=dead}}
- British Academy Grahame Clark Medal, 2016{{cite web|url=https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA/EAA/Navigation_News/Kristiansen_award.aspx|title=Kristian Kristiansen received British Academy's Grahame Clark Medal|website=European Association of Archaeologists|access-date=11 October 2017}}
Selected publications
- {{Cite book|title=Europe Before History|last=Kristiansen|first=Kristian|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1998|location=Cambridge}}
- {{Cite book|title=The Rise of Bronze Age Society: Travels, Transmissions and Transformations|last=Kristiansen|first=Kristian|last2=Larsson|first2=Thomas B.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2005|location=Cambridge|author-mask=1}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/staff/?languageId=100001&userId=xkrikr Staff profile] at the University of Gothenburg
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Category:Danish archaeologists
Category:Aarhus University alumni
Category:University of Copenhagen alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg
Category:Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog
Category:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Category:Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Category:Members of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg
Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities