Hans-Åke Nordström

His work has included excavations in parts of Nubia, submerged since the construction of the Aswan Dam, and the development of the Vienna System for classifying Egyptian pottery.

Early Nubian Cultures from the Fifth and Fourth Millennia B.C..[5] The work was considered "an important step into the archaeological science", for offering new ways of analysing ceramics and classifying their shapes.

[5] It led to his appointment as docent in archaeological science at Uppsala University, where he was the first person to hold such a position.

[8] Nordström also worked at the Statens historiska museum, where he was Director of the Bronze Age Section.

[5] He also engaged with the Technology and Conservation Department, and established a small laboratory for the exclusive use of visiting scholars.