Klavs Randsborg (28 February 1944 – 13 November 2016) was a Danish archaeologist. He was Professor of World Archaeology at the

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, where he spent most of his academic life. He was also at times Visiting Professor at various

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, Dutch and

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universities, as well as

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. Randsborg was considered one of the world's leading figures in Scandinavian and world archaeology. He is best known for his research on the

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and

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in Denmark. Throughout his career, Randsborg conducted archaeological excavations in the United States, Europe and

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. From 1984 he was the editor of the archaeological journal '' Acta Archaeologica''. Randsborg died on 13 November 2016 at the age of 72.

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

1944 births 2016 deaths Danish archaeologists People from Aalborg Academic staff of the University of Copenhagen Washington University in St. Louis faculty {{Denmark-archaeologist-stub