Åke Åkerström (26 April 1902 – October 1991) was a Swedish

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

classical scholar Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

. He is best known for his work on architectural terracottas and Ancient vase painting.

Biography

Åkerström received his doctoral degree at

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

in 1934 where he was a student of

Axel W. Persson Axel Waldemar Persson (1 June 1888 – 7 May 1951) was a Swedish archaeologist. He was professor of classical archaeology and ancient history at Uppsala University and conducted excavations of sites in Greece and in Asia Minor. Biogr ...

. His dissertation was titled ''Studien über die etruskischen Gräber, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung des Kammergrabes'' and dealt with Etruscan chamber tombs. He was the director of the

Swedish Institute at Athens The Swedish Institute at Athens ( sv, Svenska institutet I Athen; el, Σουηδικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών) was founded in 1946 and is one of 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. The Institute is one of ...

during two periods, 1948-1956 and 1970–1972.

Bibliography

* 1934 ''Studien über die etruskischen Gräber, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung des Kammergrabes'' * 1940 ''Larisa am Hermos: die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen 1902-1934. 2, Die architektonischen Terrakotten'' * 1943 ''Der geometrische Stil in Italien'' * 1951 ''Architektonische Terrakottaplatten in Stockholm'' * 1966 ''Die Architektonischen Terrakotten Kleinasiens'' * 1987 ''Berbati vol. 2, The Pictorial Pottery''

References

External links

Archive of Åke Åkerström
Gothenburg University Library * Åke Åkerström papers, Getty Research Institute {{DEFAULTSORT:Akerstrom Ake Swedish archaeologists Uppsala University alumni 1902 births 1991 deaths 20th-century archaeologists