Hans Christian Broholm

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Hans Christian Broholm (until 1915 Hans Christian Broholm-Hansen , born March 8, 1893 at Broholm Manor in Bellinge , Funen , † June 16, 1966 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish prehistoric archaeologist who worked at the Danish National Museum . As a specialist in the Bronze Age , he gained an international reputation.

life and work

Hans Christian Broholm-Hansen was the son of the veterinarian and farmer Hans Peter Hansen (1864–1918) and Laurine Petrine Marie born. Jørgensen (1863-1950). He attended grammar school (Katedralskole) in Odense and studied history and classical philology (Greek and Latin) at the University of Copenhagen from 1912 to 1919 . Among his academic teachers were the philologist and science historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854–1928) and the archaeologist Christian Blinkenberg (1863–1948), who decisively promoted his scientific interests. A job at the Danish National MuseumBroholm got in Copenhagen on January 1, 1919, initially as an employee in the 1st department, after the master's examination in the rank of sub-inspector (from October 1, 1919). He spent his entire career at this museum.

His initial research focus was the archeology of the Mediterranean. After relevant publications, Broholm undertook a long study trip to Italy in 1926 as a scholarship holder of the Svenska Institutet i Rome . After his return, his focus of interest and work shifted more and more to prehistory and early history , especially to the Bronze Age , due to his professional activity . In 1930 he undertook an extensive research trip through northern Germany, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Turkey, as the fruit of which his studies on the Younger Bronze Age ( Studier over den yngre Bronzealder ) appeared in 1933 . For this work, the University of Copenhagen awarded him a doctorate (Dr. phil.) Without an oral examination.

Broholm was promoted to 2nd inspector at the National Museum in 1931 and 1st inspector in 1936. From the 1930s onwards, he became increasingly involved in national and international cooperation between prehistorians and archaeologists. In 1934 he became a member of the Oldskrift-Selskabs Oldsagsafdeling and permanent advisory board of the International Archaeological Congress. In 1936 the German Archaeological Institute elected him as a corresponding member. In 1937 he took part in the preparation of an international Nordic museum congress. In 1941 he received the title of Museum Councilor. During the Second World War , he and many other Danish scholars resigned from the German Archaeological Institute in 1942.

Broholm was also an honorary member of the Polish Prehistoric Society in Poznan and a long-term member of the Holberg Society (Vice Chairman 1947–1953, President 1953–1959). In 1959 at the latest, he was back at the German Archaeological Institute, now as a full member. In 1965 Broholm retired from the National Museum.

Broholm dealt with all aspects of prehistoric culture as far as they can be recorded from archaeological finds. He wrote technical and popular scientific presentations that ranged from the Paleolithic to Roman times . The main focus of his work was the Bronze Age bait finds and clothing from the Bronze Age, on which he worked intensively with the textile historian Margrethe Hald .

Fonts (selection)

  • Harpyiemonumentet i Xanthos In: Studier fia Sprog- og Oltidsforskning . Volume 126 (1923), pp. 1-40
  • Cyrene. En mykensk Gudinde. Et tydningsforsøg . Copenhagen 1925
  • Nye Fund fra den ældste stenalder, Holmegaard- og Sværdborgfundene . In: Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie . 3rd episode, 11th year, 1924 (1925), pp. 1–144
  • Nouvelle trouvailles du plus ancien age de la pierre: le trouvailles de Holmegaard et de Svaerdborg . Copenhagen 1926
  • Langøfundet. En boplads fra den ældre stenalder paa Fyn. In: Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie . 3rd episode, 14th year, 1927, pp. 129–190
  • Study over den yngre bronzealder i Danmark . Copenhagen 1933
  • La céramique de l'âge du bronze au Denmark . In: Mémoires de la Societé royale des antiquaires du Nord . Year 1933 (1934), pp. 546–648
  • with Margrethe Hald: Danske bronzealders dragter . Copenhagen 1935 (= Nordiske Fortidsminder 2.5–6)
    • English translation: Costumes of the Bronze Age in Denmark . Copenhagen 1940
    • abridged English edition: Bronze Age Fashion . Copenhagen 1948
  • Kvindedragten i bronzealderen . Copenhagen 1938
  • with Margrethe Hald: Skrydstrupfundet en sønderjydsk kvindegrav fra den ældre bronzealder . Copenhagen 1939 (= Nordiske Fortidsminder 3.2)
  • Mandsdragten i bronze alderen . Copenhagen 1941
  • Danmarks Bronzealder . 4 volumes, Copenhagen 1943–1949
    • Volume 1 (1943): Collect the fund from the ældre bronzealder
    • Volume 2 (1944): Kultur og folk i den ældre bronzealder
    • Volume 3 (1946): Collect the fund from the yngre bronzealder
    • Volume 4 (1949): Danmarks culture i den yngre bronzealder
  • Danmark og Romer-Riget: a cultural history sketch . Copenhagen 1952
  • Aeldre bronzealder . Copenhagen 1952 (= Danske Oldsager 3)
  • Yngre Bronzealder . Copenhagen 1953 (= Danske Oldsager 4)
  • Bronzelurerne i National Museet: en arkaeologisk undersøgelse . Copenhagen 1958
  • with William P. Larsen and Godtfred Skjerne: The Lures of the Bronze Age. An Archaeological, Technical and Musicological Investigation . Copenhagen 1959
  • Kulturforbindelser mellem Danmark and Syden i aeldre Jaernalder . Copenhagen 1960
  • Lurfundene from bronzealderen . Copenhagen 1965

literature

personal data
SURNAME Broholm, Hans Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broholm, HC; Broholm-Hansen, Hans Christian (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish prehistoric
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Bellinge , Funen Island
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1966
Place of death Copenhagen