Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865-1874). He played a key role in the foundation of scientific archaeology. Worsaae was the first to excavate and use stratigraphy to prove C. J.
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Willem SandbergAlso won Knight of the Order of the Polar Star
Lauge KochAlso won Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the DannebrogSven Ivar SeldingerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
Åke LindmanAlso won Professor
Timo SarpanevaAlso won Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog
Christen Andreas FonnesbechAlso won Knight of the Order of the Polar StarAbout this person
Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae was a Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, who was the second director of the National Museum of Denmark (1865-1874). He played a key role in the foundation of scientific archaeology. Worsaae was the first to excavate and use stratigraphy to prove C. J. Thomsen's sequence of the Three-age system: Stone, Bronze, Iron. He was also a pioneer in the development of paleobotany through his excavation work in the peat bogs of Jutland. Worsaae served as Kultus Minister of Denmark for Christen Andreas Fonnesbech from 1874 to 1875.
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