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Carl Vilhelm Hartman (19 August 1862 – 19 June 1941), was a 
From 1896 to 1898, Hartman led an anthropological expedition to the Central American states of Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. He conducted studies there in the fields of
Anthropologist C.V Hartman
1862 births 1941 deaths Swedish anthropologists Swedish botanists {{Sweden-botanist-stub
Carl Vilhelm Hartman (19 August 1862 – 19 June 1941), was a Swedish
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botanist and anthropologist.
Trained as a botanist, Hartman joined Norwegian
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ethnographer
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Carl Sofus Lumholtz on a three-year expedition to the Sierra Madre
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Mountains in Mexico
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. One of Hartman's duties was to conduct studies of plants used by the native population. Working alongside Lumholtz, his interest turned from botany to anthropology. After completion of his work in Mexico in 1893, Hartman accompanied Lumholtz to the World's Columbian Exposition
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in Chicago
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, spending six months organizing exhibits in its anthropological department. In 1894, he published an anthropological essay titled "The Indians of Northwestern Mexico".
From 1896 to 1898, Hartman led an anthropological expedition to the Central American states of Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala. He conducted studies there in the fields of archaeology
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 landsca ...
, ethnology
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, and anthropometry
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as well as anthropology. One of the sites he excavated was Las Mercedes. Returning to Sweden, he served as a curator
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at the ''Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
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'' in Stockholm. In 1901, Hartman published a monograph called "Archaeological Researches in Costa Rica". From 1908 to 1923, he was director of the ethnographical section of the museum.
Hartman died in Stockholm on 19 June 1941.
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1862 births 1941 deaths Swedish anthropologists Swedish botanists {{Sweden-botanist-stub