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'''Henri de Contenson''' (born 4 March 1926 in Paris), is a French [[Archaeologist]] and was the Research Director at [[CNRS]], The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), a research organization funded by France's Ministry of Research.
'''Henri de Contenson''' (4 March 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a French archaeologist and a researcher at the [[CNRS]], The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), a research organization funded by France's Ministry of Research.


A student of [[André Parrot]], [[Raymond Lantier]] and [[André Leroi-Gourhan]], he was Assistant Director of archaeological digs in the Middle East from 1951 to 1976.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kafafi |first1=Zeidan A. |title=HENRI DE CONTENSON'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE JORDAN VALLEY: A RE-EVALUATION |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40649381? |website=Syria |pages=69–82 |date=2006}}</ref> The results of his work are documented in numerous publications.
He was born in Paris in March 1926. A student of [[André Parrot]], [[Raymond Lantier]] and [[André Leroi-Gourhan]], he was Assistant Director of archaeological digs in the Middle East from 1951 to 1976.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kafafi |first1=Zeidan A. |title=Henri De Contenson's archaeological fieldwork in the eastern part of the Jordan valley: a re-evaluation |journal=Syria |volume=83 |pages=69–82 |date=2006|jstor=40649381 }}</ref> The results of his work are documented in numerous publications. He died in September 2019 at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.libramemoria.com/defunts/de-contenson-henri/ff7f8c9583d4484495e9cd32905ff551 Comte Henri de CONTENSON]</ref>


==Books==


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*1966 - ''La Basilique Chrétienne d'Aksha'' (The Christian Basilica of [[Aksha, Sudan|Aksha]]), Aksha I, Paris, 1966 (with appendices by J. de Heinzelin and P. Leman).
== Positions held ==
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*1992 - ''Préhistoire de [[Ras Shamra]]'' (Prehistory of Ras Shamra), I. Text, II. Figures and plates, Ras Shamra-Ougarit VIII, ERC, Paris, 1992 (in collaboration with Jacques Blot, Liliane Courtois, Monique Dupeyron & Arlette Leroi-Gourhan).

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*1995 - ''[[Aswad]] et [[Ghoraifé]], sites néolithiques en Damascène (Syrie) aux IXe et VIIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne,'' B.A.H. CXXXVII, Beyrouth, 1995 (in collaboration with Patricia Anderson, Marie-Claire Cauvin, Jacques Clère, Pierre Ducos, Monique Dupeyron, Claudine Maréchal & Danielle Stordeur).
*'''1948-1951''': Student of the [[École du Louvre]]: Eastern Archaeology ([[André Parrot]]), Prehistoric Archaeology (Raymond Lantier).
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*2000 - ''[[Tell Ramad|Ramad]], site néolithique en Damascène (Syrie) aux VIIIe et VIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne,'' B.A.H. 157, Beyrouth, 2000 (in collaboration with Marie-Claire Cauvin, Liliane Courtois, Pierre Ducos, Monique Dupeyron, Willem van Zeist).
*'''1951-1953''': Sstudent of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem, Fellow of the "Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres" in 1952-1953, writing a paper on:''The [[Chalcolithic]] material from Murabba'at caves.''
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*2001 - (in collaboration with Pierre de Longuemar) Mémorial 1939–1945, EHRET, Paris, 2001.
*'''1955''': Graduated top at the École du Louvres, awarded a "Diplômé de la Section Supérieure" with highest honors and praise for his thesis : ''The Recent Discoveries from Palestinian Chalcolithic Pottery.''
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*2004 -'' 50 ans de tessons. Propos sur l'Archéologie palestinienne'', Paris, 2004.
*'''1956-1959''': Expert Archaeologist for the Imperial government of Ethiopia, Director of excavations in [[Ethiopia]].
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*2005 - ''Antiquités éthiopiennes. D'Axoum à Haoulti,'' Bibliothèque Peiresc 16, Saint-Mandé,
*'''1963-1974''': Director of the Franco-Syrian archaeological mission in [[Damascus]].
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*2007 - (in collaboration with Pierre de Longuemar) Mémorial 1939–1962, Paris, 2007.
*'''1970-1973''': Deputy Director (1970) and Director (1971–1973) of the Archaeological Mission in Ras Shamra ([[Syria]]) ([[Ugarit]]).

National Center for Scientific Research:

* 1954: Research Intern, 1955: Researcher, 1962: Research Fellow, 1967: Senior Fellow, 1976: Research Director, 1992: Cessation of activity.

== Fieldwork ==

*'''1949-1950''': Caving in surveys Vicdessos Valley (Ariege), leading to the discovery of prehistoric footprints in La grotte de Niaux (Niaux Cave).
*'''1950-1951''''''1954''': Excavations for CRDP, the Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Préhistoriques (Centre for Pre-historic Research and Documentation) with [[Andre Leroi-Gourhan]] in [[Arcy-sur-Cure]], Yonne.
*'''1951-1953''': Excavations in the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem with [[Roland de Vaux]] at [[Qumran]] ([[Jordan]]), leading the discovery of the [[Copper Scroll]] of the cave Q3 ([[Dead Sea Scrolls]]).
*'''1953''': Surveys on behalf of the Antiquities Department of [[Jordan]] in the valleys of [[Yarmouk River|Yarmouk]] and [[Jordan]], carrying out three surveys at the sites of Tell esh-Shuna, Tell Abu Habil and Saidiyeh Tell es el Tahta.
*'''1954-1955''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission in [[Israel]] with Jean Perrot at Bir es-Safadi near Beersheba ([[Beersheba]]).
*'''1955''': Excavations of the permanent Archaeological Mission in [[Lebanon]] with Maurice Dunand at [[Byblos]].
*'''1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission of Enkomi ([[Cyprus]]) with Claude Schaeffer.
*'''1955-1956''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission in [[Ras Shamra]] ([[Syria]]) ([[Ugarit]]) with Claude Schaeffer.
*'''1957-1959''': Excavations in [[Ethiopia]]: at Aksum ([[Axum]]), then Enda Cerqos, Ouchatei Golo and Haoulti (Ethiopia). This research in Ethiopia marked a break in Henri de Contenson's career. Excavations at Aksum revealed a large number of official buildings that have helped clarify the periodization of the archeology of Northern Ethiopia.
*'''1959''': Excavations of the French Biblical and Archaeological School of Jerusalem with [[Roland de Vaux]] at Tell el-Far'ah ([[Jordan]]).
*'''1961''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission at [[Sudan]] with John Vercoutter at Aksha.
*'''1962-1963''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission in Ras Shamra ([[Syria]]) with Claude Schaeffer.
*'''1963-1973''': Excavations of the Franco-Syrian mission to Damascus at [[Tell Ramad]].
*'''1965''': Excavations of the Franco-Syrian mission to Damascus at [[Bouqras]].
*'''1968''': Excavations of the Franco-Syrian mission to Damascus to [[Tell Khazzam]].
*'''1968-1970''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission in Ras Shamra ([[Syria]]) with Claude Schaeffer.
*'''1971-1972''': Excavations in the Mission Franco-Syrian Damascene at [[Tell Aswad]].
*'''1974''': Excavations of the Franco-Syrian mission to Damascus to [[Tell Ghoraifé]].
*'''1971-1976''': Excavations of the French Archaeological Mission in Ras Shamra ([[Syria]]).
*'''1979''': Archaeological survey in the area of the [[Sajur River]] and the Upper Syrian [[Euphrates]] with Paul Sanlaville.

== Society memberships ==
{{unreferenced section|date=December 2017}}
Henri de Contenson is a member of the following scientific societies:
* 1947: Société préhistorique française (French Prehistoric Society)
* 1960: [[Société asiatique]]
* 1973: Amis du Dardon (Friends of Dardon)
* 1982: French Society for Ethiopian Studies
* 1985: French Society of History of Religions (société Ernest-Renan)
* 1993: Association des danses macabres d'Europe

== Bibliography ==

===Boooks===
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*1966 -'' La Basilique Chrétienne d'Aksha ''(The Christian Basilica of Aksha), Aksha I, Paris, 1966 (with appendices by J. de Heinzelin and P. Leman).
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*1992 - ''Préhistoire de Ras Shamra'' (Prehistory of Ras Shamra), I. Text, II. Figures and plates, Ras Shamra-Ougarit VIII, ERC, Paris, 1992 (in collaboration with Jacques Blot, Liliane Courtois, Monique Dupeyron & Arlette Leroi-Gourhan).
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*1995 - ''Aswad et Ghoraifé, sites néolithiques en Damascène (Syrie) aux IXe et VIIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne,'' B.A.H. CXXXVII, Beyrouth, 1995 (in collaboration with Patricia Anderson, Marie-Claire Cauvin, Jacques Clère, Pierre Ducos, Monique Dupeyron, Claudine Maréchal & Danielle Stordeur).
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*2000 - ''Ramad, site néolithique en Damascène (Syrie) aux VIIIe et VIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne,'' B.A.H. 157, Beyrouth, 2000 (in collaboration with Marie-Claire Cauvin, Liliane Courtois, Pierre Ducos, Monique Dupeyron, Willem van Zeist).
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*2001 - (in collaboration with Pierre de Longuemar) ''Mémorial 1939-1945'', EHRET, Paris, 2001.
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*2004 - ''50 ans de tessons.'' Propos sur l'Archéologie palestinienne, Paris, 2004.
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*2005 - ''Antiquités éthiopiennes. D'Axoum à Haoulti'', Bibliothèque Peiresc 16, Saint-Mandé,
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*2007 - (in collaboration with Pierre de Longuemar)'' Mémorial 1939-1962,'' Paris, 2007.


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 14:59, 15 June 2023

Henri de Contenson

Henri de Contenson (4 March 1926 – 8 September 2019) was a French archaeologist and a researcher at the CNRS, The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (National Center for Scientific Research), a research organization funded by France's Ministry of Research.

He was born in Paris in March 1926. A student of André Parrot, Raymond Lantier and André Leroi-Gourhan, he was Assistant Director of archaeological digs in the Middle East from 1951 to 1976.[1] The results of his work are documented in numerous publications. He died in September 2019 at the age of 93.[2]

Books

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  • 1966 - La Basilique Chrétienne d'Aksha (The Christian Basilica of Aksha), Aksha I, Paris, 1966 (with appendices by J. de Heinzelin and P. Leman).
  • 1992 - Préhistoire de Ras Shamra (Prehistory of Ras Shamra), I. Text, II. Figures and plates, Ras Shamra-Ougarit VIII, ERC, Paris, 1992 (in collaboration with Jacques Blot, Liliane Courtois, Monique Dupeyron & Arlette Leroi-Gourhan).
  • 1995 - Aswad et Ghoraifé, sites néolithiques en Damascène (Syrie) aux IXe et VIIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne, B.A.H. CXXXVII, Beyrouth, 1995 (in collaboration with Patricia Anderson, Marie-Claire Cauvin, Jacques Clère, Pierre Ducos, Monique Dupeyron, Claudine Maréchal & Danielle Stordeur).
  • 2000 - Ramad, site néolithique en Damascène (Syrie) aux VIIIe et VIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne, B.A.H. 157, Beyrouth, 2000 (in collaboration with Marie-Claire Cauvin, Liliane Courtois, Pierre Ducos, Monique Dupeyron, Willem van Zeist).
  • 2001 - (in collaboration with Pierre de Longuemar) Mémorial 1939–1945, EHRET, Paris, 2001.
  • 2004 - 50 ans de tessons. Propos sur l'Archéologie palestinienne, Paris, 2004.
  • 2005 - Antiquités éthiopiennes. D'Axoum à Haoulti, Bibliothèque Peiresc 16, Saint-Mandé,
  • 2007 - (in collaboration with Pierre de Longuemar) Mémorial 1939–1962, Paris, 2007.

References

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  1. ^ Kafafi, Zeidan A. (2006). "Henri De Contenson's archaeological fieldwork in the eastern part of the Jordan valley: a re-evaluation". Syria. 83: 69–82. JSTOR 40649381.
  2. ^ Comte Henri de CONTENSON
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