Hans-Åke Nordström (1933–2022)[1][2] was a Swedish archaeologist and professor atUppsala University. His work has included excavations in parts ofNubia, submerged since the construction of theAswan Dam, and the development of the Vienna System for classifying Egyptian pottery.
Hans-Åke Nordström was born 1933.[1] During the 1960s he excavated parts ofNubia, an area betweenAswan in Egypt andKhartoum in Sudan, which were submerged following the construction of theAswan Dam.[3][4]
In 1972 he received his Ph.D., on the basis of his thesisCeramic Ecology and Ceramic Technology. Early Nubian Cultures from the Fifth and Fourth Millennia B.C..[5] The work was considered "an important step into the archaeological science", for offering new ways of analysing ceramics and classifying their shapes.[5] It led to his appointment asdocent in archaeological science atUppsala University, where he was the first person to hold such a position.[5] The thesis also preceded Nordström's 1980 creation, together withDorothea Arnold,Manfred Bietak, Janine Bourriau, and Helen and Jean Jacquet, of "TheVienna System", now the standard classification system for ancient Egyptian pottery;[6][7] the name was a result of the system's invention in Arnold's kitchen inVienna.[8]
Nordström also worked at theStatens historiska museum, where he was Director of the Bronze Age Section.[5] He also engaged with the Technology and Conservation Department, and established a small laboratory for the exclusive use of visiting scholars.[5]
In 1993 Nordström was given leave to focus once more on research related to his 1960s Nubian excavations.[5] Several publications resulted, including, in 2014,The West Bank Survey from Faras to Gemai I: Sites of Early Nubian, Middle Nubian and Pharaonic Age.[4]
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