Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
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Christian Jürgensen Thomsen was a Danish antiquarian who developed early archaeological techniques and methods.
J. V. Gertner, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, 1849
Thomsen showing visitors around the collection in 1848. Contemporary drawing.
Oscar Montelius
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Gustaf Oscar Augustin Montelius, known as Oscar Montelius was a Swedish archaeologist who refined the concept of seriation, a relative chronological dating method.
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
…generations of prehistorians in Scandinavia, and he taught his methods to archaeologists such as J. J. A. Worsaae and Bror Emil Hildebrand and later Oscar Montelius. He also importantly influenced and was influenced by contemporary Swedish prehistorians such as Sven Nilsson. Thomsen's Ledetraad til Nordisk Oldkyndighed…
Oscar Montelius, painted by Emerik Stenberg (Photo of painting from the Swedish periodical Ord & Bild 1913)