Pierre Demargne
Pierre Demargne (French: [dəmaʁɲ]) (8 February 1903 – 13 December 2000) was a French historian and archaeologist.
Biography
Pierre Demargne went to school at
Pierre Demargne continued his research and publications into old age: from 1926, he was a member of the French School at Athens; and from 1969 to his death, he was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.
Overall, Pierre Demargne was a man of letters; however, he was also a fieldworker and renowned scientific expert, who was respected by the scientific community around the world. The majority of his career took place during a pivotal period in archaeological methods: from traditional archaeology, which was inspired from ancient texts and the hopes of finding treasure; to the more literary and artistic approaches of archaeology of the 17th and 18th centuries, which was inherited from the cabinets of curiosities; the archaeology of Pierre Demargne's time was changing to ever-increasing modern methodologies and tools and also (as budgets decreased) to more systematic and rigorous field methods.
Publications
- La Crète dédalique : études sur les origines d'une renaissance (1947)
- Naissance de l'art grec (1974 ; 1985)