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Henri de Contenson (born 4 March 1926 in Paris), is a French Archaeologist and was 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.

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Henri de Contenson Henri de Contenson a personal memoir

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. The results of his work are documented in numerous publications.

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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).

    • 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 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

    Henry Contenson is a special 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

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