Jan Peder Lamm (27 October 1935 – 15 June 2020
), 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 ...
. He received his
Ph.D.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...
in 1973 from the
University of Stockholm
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, soci ...
for a dissertation about a
Migration Period
The Migration Period was a period in European history marked by large-scale migrations that saw the fall of the Western Roman Empire and subsequent settlement of its former territories by various tribes, and the establishment of the post-Roman ...
elite cemetery near
Drottningholm
Drottningholm, literally "Queen's Islet", is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden, with 398 inhabitants in 2010.
It is on the island Lovön in lake Mälaren on the outskirts of Stockholm. Dro ...
.
Lamm taught archaeology at the University of Stockholm in the 1970s and then worked until retirement as Head Curator for the Swedish Iron Age at the
Swedish History Museum
The Swedish History Museum ( sv, Historiska museet or Statens historiska museum) is a museum located in Stockholm, Sweden, that covers Swedish archaeology and cultural history from the Mesolithic period to present day. Founded in 1866, it operat ...
in Stockholm. He was a member of the editorial board of the journal ''
Fornvännen
''Fornvännen'' ("The Friend of the Distant Past"), ''Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research'' is a Swedish academic journal in the fields of archaeology and Medieval art. It is published quarterly by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, Histor ...
'' and took active part in the
Helgö
Helgö is an island in Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. Helgö is an island situated in Lake Mälaren. The island's greatest width is about , it is about long and covers .
Excavations at Helgö
The island is perhaps best known fo ...
project from the 1960s onward. From 1975 to 2007 he was member of the editorial staff for the ''Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde''. He actively furthered cooperation between Swedish archaeologists and those from the Baltic countries. After his retirement in 2000 he continued research on the Swedish Migration Period gold collars and conducted excavations of a Medieval brick kiln at
Saltsjö-Boo in the Stockholm archipelago.
Lamm was married to archaeologist Kristina Lamm and father of antiques specialist and television personality
Peder Lamm.
Publications
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References
External links
FornvännenA Swedish archaeological journal.
1935 births
2020 deaths
Swedish archaeologists
Stockholm University alumni
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