Valter Lang

Valter Lang is an Estonian archaeologist and academic whose research has centred on the prehistory of Estonia and the eastern Baltic, especially settlement archaeology in northern Estonia, the Bronze Age and Iron Age, and archaeological approaches to the emergence of Finnic-speaking communities. He has been professor of archaeology at the University of Tartu since 1999 and a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences since 2010. A two-time recipient of the Estonian state science prize, he was awarded the Order of the White Star, 4th Class, in 2001.