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29 December 1788
Born
Copenhagen, Denmark
21 May 1865 (aged 76)
Died
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Archeology
Fields
Museum administration
Known for Introducing the Three-age system
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (December 29, 1788 – May 21, 1865) was a Danish
archaeologist.
Thomsen also wrote one of the first systematic treatises on gold bracteates of the
Migration period.
Early life
Christian Jurgensen Thomsen was born in Copenhagen in 1788. As a young man he
visited Paris and, once he had returned to Denmark, became interested in the
collection of coins. This may have encouraged his awareness of stylistic change
through time.[1]
Working life
Thomsen was invited to catalogue the collections of the Danish Royal Commission
for the Preservation and Collection of Antiquities in 1816; this was not a salaried post.
Over the following years Thomsen developed his "three age system", publishing the
excavation of a barrow in 1837 that coroborated his findings.[2]
References
1. ^ Trigger, B. 2006, p. 122
2. ^ Trigger, B. 2006, p. 127
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