Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (December 29, 1788–May 21, 1865) was a Danish archaeologist. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ...

Although he lacked academic training, he was in 1816 appointed head of those 'antiquarian' collections which later developed into the Danish National Museum for History, Copenhagen. It was when grouping the antiquities that he proposed the Three-age system, an achievement for which he is remembered internationally. 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... link titleAn antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ... City nickname: none Location in Denmark Area  - Total  - Water 526 km² xxx km² xx% Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density 502,204 1,116,979 954/km2 [including water] xxx/km2 [land only] Time zone Eastern: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 55°43 N 12°34 W Copenhagen (Danish: København) is... The three-age system is a system of classifying human prehistory into three consecutive time periods, named for their respective predominant tool-making technologies: The Stone Age The Bronze Age The Iron Age Its formal introduction is attributed to the Dane Christian Jürgensen Thomsen in the 1820s in order...

Thomsen also wrote one of the first systematic tretises on the migration period gold bracteates. Categories: Stub | Numismatics ...