Klavs Randsborg

Klavs Randsborg (February 28, 1944 – November 13, 2016) was a Danish archaeologist.[1][2] He was Professor of World Archaeology at the University of Copenhagen, where he spent most of his academic life. He was also at times Visiting Professor at various British, Dutch and German universities, as well as George Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.[2]

Photo of Klavs Randsborg

Randsborg was considered one of the world's leading figures in Scandinavian and world archaeology.[1] He is best known for his research on the Nordic Bronze Age and Viking Age in Denmark. Throughout his career, Randsborg conducted archaeological excavations in the United States, Europe and Africa. From 1984 he was the editor of the archaeological journal Acta Archaeologica.[2]

Randsborg died on November 13, 2016 at the age of 72.[2]

Selected works
  • The First Millennium AD in Europe and the Mediterranean, 1991
  • The Anatomy of Denmark, 2009
  • The Archaeology of Death (New Directions in Archaeology), 2011
  • Bronze Age Textiles (Debates in Archaeology), 2011
  • Danskernes huse på Guldkysten 1659-1850 (antologi), 2011
  • Roman Reflections (Debates in Archaeology), 2015

References
  1. Hodges, Richard (2017). "Klavs Randsborg". Acta Archaeologica. 88 (1): 15–26. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0390.2017.12174.x. ISSN 1600-0390.
  2. Hodges, Richard (November 15, 2016). "Obituary: Klavs Randsborg (1944-2016)". World Archaeology. Routledge & Kegan Paul. Retrieved April 3, 2020.


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