Ella Kivikoski

Ella Kivikoski
Archaeologist Ella kivikoski on a dig 1953
Born
Ella Margareta Kivikoski

(1901-05-25)25 May 1901
Tammela, Finland
Died27 July 1990(1990-07-27) (aged 89)
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
OccupationProfessor of Archaeology
Known forStudies on the Iron Age of Finland, First female PhD in Archaeology of Finland
PredecessorAarne Äyräpää
SuccessorCarl Fredrik Meinander
Scientific career
FieldsArchaeologist
InstitutionsUniversity of Helsinki
Thesis Die Eisenzeit in Auraflussgebiet  (1939)

Ella Margareta Kivikoski (25 May 1901 in Tammela – 27 July 1990) was the first Finnish female to earn a doctorate in archaeology in Finland.[1] In 1931, she studied at the Baltic Institute in Stockholm and developed a scholarly working relationship with the Estonian archaeologist Harri Moora.[2] She was a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Helsinki from 1948 until 1969, specializing in both Finnish and Nordic archaeology.[1] Her specialty was the Finnish Iron Age.[3]

Selected works

  • Die Eisenzeit in Auraflussgebiet. (Thesis/dissertation, 1939.) (Translations in Finnish, English and German.)
  • Suomen historiallinen bibliografia 1901-1925: Finsk historisk bibliografi: Bibliographie historique finlandaise: I-II. (1 vol.) (with Aarno Maliniemi) Helsinki: Suomen historiallinen seura, (1940) (in Finnish)
  • Strena archaeologica (with Aaarne Michael) Helsinki: Puromies, (1945) (in Finnish)
  • Suomen rautakauden kuvasto, Vol 1 Porvoo: W. Söderström, (1947) (in Finnish)
  • Suomen rautakauden kuvasto, Vol 2 Porvoo: W. Söderström, (1951) (in Finnish)
  • Carolla Archaeologica in Honorem C.A. Nordmann (with C A Nordmann) Helsinki: Puromiehen Kirjapaino, (1952) (in Finnish)
  • Suomen historia 1: Suomen esihistoria (with Jalmari Jaakkola) Helsinki: W. Söderström, (1958) (in Finnish)
  • Suomen historia. Osa 1, Suomen esihistoria (with Jalmari Jaakkola) Porvoo: WSOY, (1961) (in Finnish)
  • Suomen arkeologinen bibliografia 1951-1960 = Die archäologische Bibliographie Finnlands 1951-1960 Helsinki: [s.n.], (1962) (in Finnish)
  • Finlands förhistoria (Suomen esihistoria, schwed.) Helsinki: O. Weilin & Göös, (1964) (Translations in Finnish, English, German and Swedish)
  • Suomen kiinteät muinaisjäänökset Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, (1966) Finnish

References

  1. ^ a b "Ella Kivikoski". Helsinki (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Vetenskapskvinnor. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  2. ^ Salminen, Timo (2012). "Harri Moora, Ella Kivikoski and Scandinavia" (PDF). Fornvännen. 107. Stockholm, Sweden: 96–111. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Kivikoski, Ella (1901–1990)". Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Biografiakeskus, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden. 21 March 2005. Retrieved 15 July 2015.


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