Mika Lavento | |
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Born | Mika Tapio Lavento March 29, 1962 Kajaani, Finland |
Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
Occupation | Professor of Archaeology |
Employer | University of Helsinki |
Predecessor | Ari Siiriäinen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Archaeologist |
Thesis | Textile ceramics in Finland and on the Karelian Isthmus (2001) |
Mika Tapio Lavento (born 29 March 1962) [1] is a Finnish archaeologist. He has worked as the Professor of Archaeology at the University of Helsinki since 2004. [1]
Lavento was born in Kajaani on 29 March 1962, to father, dentist Ari Lavento and mother, Auli Lavento. [2]
He got interested in archaeology in the early 1980s, after having taken part in a tour of the local archaeological sites, arranged by the Kainuu Museum. [3]
Lavento studied in the University of Helsinki. During his studies, he worked at the National Board of Antiquities, where he did archaeological field works, and was later hired to work on the first iteration of the National Archaeological Site Registry. [3]
In 2001, Lavento graduated as a doctor of philosophy from University of Helsinki on September 11, 2001. [2] He wrote his doctoral dissertation about prehistorical textile ceramics in Finland and on the Karelian Isthmus. [4] In the dissertation, he expands on the ideas of Carl Fredrik Meinander and collected comparative archaeological material from Russia [2]
In 2004, he was chosen as the professor of archaeology at University of Helsinki, after his predecessor Ari Siiriäinen had retired in 2002. [2] Lavento is a member of the Indigeneity Research Unit of Hokkaido University, Japan. [5] He was also the chairman of the Archaeological Society of Finland in 1999-2002 [1] and the chairman of the Finnish Antiquarian Society from 2010 to 2016 [6]
In 2011, Lavento was invited as a full member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. [7]
In 2022, a Festschrift honouring Lavento was published by the Archaeological Society of Finland for his 60th birthday. [8]
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