Peder Mortensen Explained

Peder Mortensen
Birth Date:	1934 5, df=yes
Education:	Aarhus University
Discipline:	Archaeologist

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, 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, and then honorary professor in Middle Eastern studies at University of Copenhagen.

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peder Mortensen Dødsannoncer i Danmark . 2022-12-12 . afdoede.dk.
2. Web site: Archaeologists find new evidence of Paleolithic era in Iranian cave. 4 November 2019.
3. Web site: Tilbage til Mellemøsten: Iransk udgravningseventyr venter to arkæologer. 9 May 2016. Newspaper of the University of Copenhagen.
4. Web site: Peder Mortensen - 80 år. 7 May 2014. Stiften. en. 11 November 2019.
5. Book: Thrane, Henrik . From Handaxe to Khan: Essays Presented to Peder Mortensen on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday . Aarhus University Press . 2004 . 9788779341074 . von Folsach . Kjeld . Aarhus . 9–28 . From Jutland to Jordan . Thrane . Henrik . Thuesen . Ingolf.
6. Web site: Peder Mortensen. The Great Danish Encyclopedia. da.
7. Web site: Adj. Professor Peder Mortensen. https://web.archive.org/web/20200811222356/https://www.royalacademy.dk/da/Members/Mortensen-Peder. Danish. Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. 11 August 2020.
8. Web site: Academy of Europe: Mortensen Peder . https://web.archive.org/web/20230307035548/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Mortensen_Peder . 7 March 2023 . www.ae-info.org.
9. Book: Folsach . Kjeld von . Thrane . Henrik . Thuesen . I. . Mortensen . Peder . From handaxe to Khan : essays presented to Peder Mortensen on the occasion of his 70th birthday . Aarhus University Press . 2004 . 87-7934-107-1 . 57046829.
10. Review of Tell Shimshara. McGuire Gibson. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 35. 1. January 1976. 65–67. 544837.
11. Review of The Hilly Flanks and Beyond. Margaret C. Brandt. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 47. 4. October 1988. 294–296. 544891.
12. Review of Bayt al-'Aqqad. Wolf Koenigs. Arabica. 55. 1. January 2008. 156–159. 25162275.