Åke Åkerström (26 April 1902 – October 1991) was a Swedish
archaeologist
Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...
and
classical scholar
Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...
. 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 (UU) () 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 operation.
Initially fou ...
in 1934 where he was a student of
Axel W. Persson. 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 (; ) was founded in 1946 and is one of 19 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. The Institute is one of three Swedish research institutes in the Mediterranean, along with the Swedish Insti ...
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
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Åke Åkerström papers, Getty Research Institute
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Uppsala University alumni
1902 births
1991 deaths
20th-century Swedish archaeologists