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Scholar · Expedition member

Carl-Herman Hjortsjö

fl. 1947–1959 · Sweden

Swedish scholar and expedition member, active 1947–1959. Wrote with B. Axmacher.

Life and work

  1. 1947
    Published 'To the knowledge of the prehistoric craniology of Cyprus' (Lund); Dikaios cites it for the Karavas (near Lapithos) Chalcolithic female skull.

    Dikaios 1953Benson 1972

  2. 1952
    Led a party of Swedish anthropologists studying the skulls from the current Enkomi excavations, and examined skulls recently found at other prehistoric sites.

    EnkomiMegaw 1953

  3. 1959
    With B. Axmacher published 17 skulls of Middle and Late Bronze Age date from Kourion-Bamboula, excavated by George McFadden; Benson says Hjortsjö made mistakes, probably because the excavator in charge (Daniel) had died, and that the skulls may have been re-broken in shipping to Sweden.

    KourionBenson 1972

Connections

3 people
George H. McFaddenJohn Franklin DanielB. AxmacherCarl-Herman Hjortsjö
Scholarship

Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.Carl-Herman Hjortsjö (1947). “To the knowledge of the prehistoric craniology of Cyprus”. Kungl. Humanistiska Vetenskapssamfundet i Lund, Årsberättelse 1946-1947. Lund.
  2. 2.B. Axmacher, C.-H. Hjortsjö (1959). “Examen anthropologique des crânes constituant le matériel protohistorique exhumé à Bamboula, Kourion, Chypre”. Lunds Universitets Årsskrift N.F. Avd. 2 55.
  3. 3.A. H. S. Megaw (1953). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1952”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 73. Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
  4. 4.J. L. Benson (1972). Bamboula at Kourion: The Necropolis and the Finds Excavated by J. F. Daniel. Philadelphia, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.
  5. 5.P. Dikaios (1953). Khirokitia: Final Report on the Excavation of a Neolithic Settlement in Cyprus on Behalf of the Department of Antiquities, 1936-1946. Oxford, Oxford University Press.