Carl Blegen

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Carl Blegen was an American archaeologist renowned for his influential excavations at Troy and Pylos, which significantly advanced the study of Bronze Age Greece.

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instanceOf American archaeologist
archaeologist
human
affiliation Archaeological Institute of America NERFINISHED
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America NERFINISHED
burialPlace First Cemetery of Athens NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1887-01-27
dateOfDeath 1971-08-24
educatedAt University of Minnesota NERFINISHED
Yale University
employer University of Cincinnati NERFINISHED
familyName Blegen NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Aegean prehistory
Bronze Age archaeology
classical archaeology
givenName Carl NERFINISHED
hasAcademicAdvisor Benjamin Dean Meritt (among others, approximate) NERFINISHED
heritage Norwegian-American
influenced study of Mycenaean Greece
knownFor advancing the study of Bronze Age Greece
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American School of Classical Studies at Athens NERFINISHED
name Carl William Blegen NERFINISHED
notablePublication The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia NERFINISHED
Troy and the Trojans NERFINISHED
notableWork discovery of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos
excavations at Pylos
excavations at Troy
occupation archaeologist
placeOfBirth Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Athens, Greece NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of classical archaeology at the University of Cincinnati
residence Athens, Greece NERFINISHED
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Denny Pierce NERFINISHED
studied Homeric archaeology
Mycenaean civilization NERFINISHED
workLocation Pylos, Greece NERFINISHED
Troy, Turkey NERFINISHED

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Troy excavatedBy Carl Blegen
Pylos excavatedBy Carl Blegen
Hisarlik excavatedBy Carl Blegen