Jacques Jaubert (born 26 July 1957) is a French

prehistorian Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...

and professor of Paleolithic archaeology at

University of Bordeaux 1 The University of Bordeaux 1 (french: Université Bordeaux-I) was one of the four universities in the Academy of Bordeaux, together with the Bordeaux Segalen University (Bordeaux 2), Michel de Montaigne University (Bordeaux 3) and Montesquieu ...

Academic career

He obtained his MA and PhD at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. He obtained his

Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches Habilitation is the highest academic degree, university degree, or the procedure by which it is achieved, in many European countries. The candidate fulfills a university's set criteria of excellence in research, teaching and further education, us ...

(HDR) in 2000 at

University of Toulouse-Le Mirail A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

with a thesis entitled ''Middle Paleolithic and Early Upper Palaeolithic in Southwestern Europe and Northeastern Asia''. He is a member of the editorial boards of a number of international journals, including ''

Archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

'', '' Ethnology'', and ''Anthropology of Eurasia''.

Research

The majority of Jaubert's studies have been centered around

Middle Paleolithic The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. The term Middle Stone Age is used as an equivalent or a synonym for the Middle Paleoli ...

and

Neanderthal Neanderthals (, also ''Homo neanderthalensis'' and erroneously ''Homo sapiens neanderthalensis''), also written as Neandertals, are an extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago. While th ...

s in southwestern Europe and western Asia. He has been the director or co-director of a number of archaeological projects in France, including Quercy (Coudoulous,

Espagnac Espagnac (; oc, Espanhac) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Geography The landscape is typically wooded hills. Economy The main economic activity is cattle raising though it now benefits from the recent trend of rura ...

) and

Saintonge Saintonge may refer to: *County of Saintonge, a historical province of France on the Atlantic coast *Saintonge (region), a region of France corresponding to the historical province Places *Saint-Genis-de-Saintonge, a commune in the Charente-Mari ...

( Jonzac),

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

(Aimak of Hovd in

Mongolian Altai The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan converge, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob River, Ob have their headwaters. The m ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(Mar Tarik cave and

Qaleh Bozi Qal'eh Bozi is a complex of caves sites located about south-southwest of Isfahan, Iran; northeast of Dizicheh and north of Hassanabad. The sites include two rock shelters and a cave located at altitudes between above sea level. The caves are fou ...

Cave) and

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

. He has also published many scholarly papers, co-edited books and a written book about Neanderthals for general readers in 1999.

Teaching activities

Jaubert is the co-director of the master of biological anthropology and prehistory program at the University of Bordeaux 1.

Selected publications

*Jaubert Jacques, Biglari Feiredoun, Crassard Rémy, Mashkour Marjan, Rendu William et Shidrang Sonia (2010).Paléolithique moyen récent de la grotte de Qaleh Bozi 2 (Ispahan, Iran) : premiers résultats de la campagne 2008. ''Iranian Archaeology'', vol. 1, N° 1, p. 21-31. *Jaubert J., Biglari F., Mourre V., Bruxelles L., Bordes J.-G., Shidrang S., Naderi R., Mashkour M., Maureille, B., Mallye J.-B., Quinif Y., Rendu W., Laroulandie V. (2009) The Middle Palaeolithic occupation of MarTarik, a new Zagros Mousterian site in Bisotun Massif (Kermanshah, Iran). - In : Otte M., Biglari F., Jaubert J.(eds.), Iran Palaeolithic. - Actes du XVe Congrès de l’UISPP, Lisbonne, septembre 2006, Session C15. - Oxford : Archaeopress, p. 7-27. - (BAR International Series ; 1968) *Otte M., Biglari F., Jaubert J., éds. (2009) - Iran Palaeolithic. - Actes du XVè Congrès de l’UISPP,Lisbonne, septembre 2006, Session C15. - Oxford : Archaeopress. - (BAR International Series ; 1968) *Cleyet-Merle J.-J., Jaubert J., Vandermeersch B. (2008) - Conclusion. - In : Vandermeersch B., Cleyet-Merle,J.-J., Jaubert J., Maureille B., Turq A. (éds), Première Humanité, gestes funéraires des Néandertaliens. -Catalogue d’exposition, Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. - Paris : Réunion des Musées Nationaux, p. 128. *Jaubert J. (2008) - Quels peuplements avant l’Aurignacien sur le versant nord des Pyrénées ? Qui est l’Aurignacien ? - Actes du Colloque d'Aurignac, 20-21 septembre 2003. - Aurignac : Édition Musée-forum, p. 9-25. - (Cahier ; 3) *Jaubert J. et Maureille B. (2008) - Les dents humaines moustériennes du Rescoundudou (SébazacConcourès, Aveyron). - ''Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française'', t. 105, n° 4, p. 677-690. *Jaubert J. 1999 Chasseurs et artisans du Moustérien. : La Maison des Roches Editeurs, Collection « Histoire de la France préhistorique de −250 000 à 30 000 ans », Paris *Jaubert, J., P. H. Giscard, Z. Batsaikhan, D. Erdenebaatar, and C. Servelle. 1997. Contribution a la connaissance du Paléolithique de Mongolie: étude des sites de L’Aimak de Hovd (Altai Mongol). ''L’Anthropologie'' 101(3): 419-447.

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Jacques Jaubert
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