Christensen, Ole A.

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Christensen, Ole A.

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        - 1974

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        Ole Christensen completed his BA in 1970 and his MA in 1972, at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Calgary. After field work in South America, he came to the ANU as a PhD scholar in 1972, and worked for the Department of Prehistory's project at Kuk in the upper Wahgi valley, led by Dr Jack Golson. Christensen was involved in the study of the agricultural history of the area, especially scrutinizing resource utilization near the site of the Department's excavations at Kuk. Ole Christensen died, aged 29, in a car accident on 16 December 1974.

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        Department of PreHistory (1969 -)

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        Golson, Jack (1926-2023)

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        Created by C. Ziegler 18 January 2021

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            Christensen, O.A. (1975), Hunters and Horticulturalists: A Preliminary Report of the 1972–4 Excavations in the Manim Valley, Papua New Guinea. Mankind, 10: 24-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1835-9310.1975.tb00909.x, accessed 18 January 2021.
            Rhys Jones, 'Christensen, Ole (?–1974)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/christensen-ole-218/text219, accessed 18 January 2021.

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