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* 1954: Research Intern, 1955: Researcher, 1962: Research Fellow, 1967: Senior Fellow, 1976: Research Director, 1992: Cessation of activity.
* 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.{{cn|date=September 2018}}


== Society memberships ==
== Society memberships ==

Revision as of 20:35, 2 September 2018

Henri de Contenson

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.

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.

Positions held

  • 1948-1951: Student of the École du Louvre: Eastern Archaeology (André Parrot), Prehistoric Archaeology (Raymond Lantier).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1956-1959: Expert Archaeologist for the Imperial government of Ethiopia, Director of excavations in Ethiopia.
  • 1963-1974: Director of the Franco-Syrian archaeological mission in Damascus.
  • 1970-1973: Deputy Director (1970) and Director (1971–1973) of the Archaeological Mission in Ras Shamra (Syria) (Ugarit).[citation needed]

National Center for Scientific Research:

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

Society memberships

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

References

  1. ^ Kafafi, Zeidan A. (2006). "HENRI DE CONTENSON'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE JORDAN VALLEY: A RE-EVALUATION". Syria. pp. 69–82.
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