Jacques Tixier

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Jacques Tixier

Jacques Tixier (French pronunciation:

prehistorian notable for his work on prehistory in Qatar, Lebanon, and North Africa. He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 1976.[2] His team, Mission Archéologique Français à Qatar, discovered Al Khor Island that year.[3] He also discovered an archaeological site in Shagra.[4] Tixier published one of two volumes of the team's findings in 1980, with the second volume being published by his colleague Marie‐Louise Inizan in 1988.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Mort de l'archéologue Jacques Tixier". Le Monde.fr. 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ Jacques Tixier; Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France). Recherches anthropologiques au Proche et Moyen Orient; Qatar. Mudīrīyat al-Siyāḥah wa-al-Āthār (1980). Mission archéologique française à Qatar. CNRS, Recherches anthropologiques au Proche et Moyen Orient. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Prospections et fouilles au Qatar" (PDF) (in French). Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. ^ Fran Gillespie. "The Discovery of Qatar's Past". Qatar Living. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012.
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