Anna Elsa Hornum, also known as Annaelse Hornum (born 1877 in Ribe, died 1971 in Rudkøbing) was a Danish amateur archaeologist,[1] who was the housekeeper and the closest employee to the Langeland archaeologist Jens Jørgen Winther, who founded the Langelands Museum in Rudkøbing.
Hornum became housekeeper for Jens Winther in 1912 in Østergade in Langeland and immediately became interested in his passion for archaeology.
[1] In addition to managing the household, she was an active participant in Winther's archaeological excavations at, for example, the well-known Stone Age sites Troldebjerg[2] and Blandebjerg[3] and Lindø.
[2] Her skill as an archaeologist at Troldebjerg earned her an invitation to an excavation in Greenland, "where she took part in investigations of Eskimo sites.
[1] In 1951, with the recommendation of professor Johannes Brøndsted, Hornum was admitted to the Royal Nordic Society of Antiquaries, making her the second woman invited to become a member.