Ella Kivikoski Explained

Ella Kivikoski
Birth Name:	Ella Margareta Kivikoski
Birth Date:	25 May 1901
Birth Place:	Tammela, Finland
Death Place:	Helsinki, Finland
Nationality:	Finnish
Workplaces:	University of Helsinki
Alma Mater:	University of Helsinki
Fields:	Archaeologist
Predecessor:	Aarne Äyräpää
Successor:	Carl Fredrik Meinander
Thesis Title:	Die Eisenzeit in Auraflussgebiet
Thesis Year:	1939
Known For:	Studies on the Iron Age of Finland, First female PhD in Archaeology of Finland
Occupation:	Professor of Archaeology

Ella Margareta Kivikoski (25 May 1901 in Tammela – 27 July 1990) was the first Finnish female to earn a doctorate in archaeology in Finland. In 1931, she studied at the Baltic Institute in Stockholm and developed a scholarly working relationship with the Estonian archaeologist Harri Moora.^[1] She was a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Helsinki from 1948 until 1969, specializing in both Finnish and Nordic archaeology.^[2] Her specialty was the Finnish Iron Age.^[3]

Selected works

• Die Eisenzeit in Auraflussgebiet. (Thesis/dissertation, 1939.) (Translations in Finnish, English and German.)
• Suomen historiallinen bibliografia 1901-1925: Finsk historisk bibliografi: Bibliographie historique finlandaise: I-II. (1 vol.) (with Aarno Maliniemi) Helsinki: Suomen historiallinen seura, (1940) (in Finnish)
• Strena archaeologica (with Aaarne Michael) Helsinki: Puromies, (1945) (in Finnish)
• Suomen rautakauden kuvasto, Vol 1 Porvoo: W. Söderström, (1947) (in Finnish)
• Suomen rautakauden kuvasto, Vol 2 Porvoo: W. Söderström, (1951) (in Finnish)
• Carolla Archaeologica in Honorem C.A. Nordmann (with C A Nordmann) Helsinki: Puromiehen Kirjapaino, (1952) (in Finnish)
• Suomen historia 1: Suomen esihistoria (with Jalmari Jaakkola) Helsinki: W. Söderström, (1958) (in Finnish)
• Suomen historia. Osa 1, Suomen esihistoria (with Jalmari Jaakkola) Porvoo: WSOY, (1961) (in Finnish)
• Suomen arkeologinen bibliografia 1951-1960 = Die archäologische Bibliographie Finnlands 1951-1960 Helsinki: [s.n.], (1962) (in Finnish)
• Finlands förhistoria (Suomen esihistoria, schwed.) Helsinki: O. Weilin & Göös, (1964) (Translations in Finnish, English, German and Swedish)
• Suomen kiinteät muinaisjäänökset Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, (1966) Finnish

External links

• WorldCat
• Ella Kivikoski in 375 humanists. 10 May 2015. Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.

Notes and References

1. Salminen. Timo. Harri Moora, Ella Kivikoski and Scandinavia. Fornvännen. 2012. 107. 96–111. 15 July 2015. Stockholm, Sweden. 15 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150715102943/http://samla.raa.se/xmlui/bitstream/handle/raa/3300/2012_096.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Ella Kivikoski. Helsinki. Vetenskapskvinnor. 15 July 2015. Helsinki, Finland. Finnish.
3. Web site: Kivikoski, Ella (1901–1990). Kansallisbiografia. Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden. 15 July 2015. Helsinki, Finland. Finnish. 21 March 2005.