Charlotte Blindheim
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Charlotte Blindheim |
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Charlotte Blindheim
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| Born | July 6, 1917 |
| Died | March 5, 2005 |
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| Discipline | Archaeology |
| Sub discipline | Viking archaeology |
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Charlotte Blindheim, (née Undset, 6 July 1917 - 5 March 2005) was a Norwegian archaeologist known for her excavations of at the site of Kaupang. She was the first female member of scientific staff at the University of Oslo to be permanently employed when she hired as the museum curator in 1946.
Blindheim completed a master's degree in archaeology in 1946, writing her thesis on Viking costume and jewellery. She was hired as a curator at the University of Oslo in 1946, as the museum's first permanently employees female member of scientific staff. In 1950 Blindheim undertook excavations at the burial ground at Kaupang and continued to excavate and publish on the site throughout her life. In 1968 she became a curator in Vestfold, a position which she retained until her retirement in 1987.
Blindheim is the granddaughter of another Norwegian archaeologist, , and the niece of Sigrid Undset, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
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