Author: Kongelige Nordisk Oldskriftselskab
Title: Christian Jurgensen Thomsen 1788 - 29 december - 1988
Description: Kobenhavn, Kon.Nordisk Oldskriftselskab, 1988. orig. boards. 26x18cm, 227 pp, Aarbog for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, 1988. Frontis.textual photos. Minor rubbing, VG, dustwrapper ¶ Contains 17 papers, all in Danish, each with English summaries concerning Thomsen's life & work. (Thomsen's "Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed" (1836) described the Three Age System as a scientific theory, thus laying the foundations of modern archaeology and introducing the terms & concepts " Stone Age"; "Bronze Age" and "Iron Age")

Keywords: History of archaeology, Anthropology, Ethnology, Denmark, Thomsen, C. J., , , ,