Series: Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie

Papers by various authors celebrate the 200th anniversary of the originator of the 'Three Age System', first published in 1836, which not only contained the famous Stone Age/Bronze Age/Iron Age division but set the paradigm for archaeological work for the next century. Thomsen's work contains three principles: typological thinking, the use of ethnographic analogies, and a sense of evolutionary development. He worked for preservation of field monuments, employed craftsmen to restore museum objects, was a noted numismatist, organized a forty-four room ethnographic collection, and set up the Royal Arsenal Museum.