Jean-François Jarrige (5 August 1940,

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– 18 November 2014, Paris) was a French archaeologist specializing in

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and

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. He held a doctorate from the

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in oriental archaeology. He carried out the

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in Baluchistan,

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and

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. In 2004, he became the director of the Musée Guimet in

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Biography

Jean-François Marie Charles Jarrige was born on 5 August 1940 in Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. He studied at the

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where he was classmates with future-French president Jacques Chirac. Jarrige was a specialist in Asian archeology, particularly South Asian, as was his wife, Catherine. The couple were responsible for the discovery in 1974 of the

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settlement of

in Baluchistan, which they and their team excavated continuously from then until 1986. Jarrige was the director of the Musée Guimet from 1986 until 2004, when he was made museum president. He directed a major overhaul of the museum's collection in 2000-2001, reorganizing according to place and time period. As part of his role with the museum, he was also the curator general of special expositions, such as the “Afghanistan: A Thousand Year-Old History” (Barcelona-Paris-Houston, 2001-2002) and "Afghanistan: Treasures Found in the Kabul Museum ”(December 2006 - April 2007) which featured finds from the

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site. He retired from the position in 2008. His wife Catherine was also an archaeologist who worked with him on several sites. The couple had two daughters.Curriculum vitae
Jarrige died 18 November 2014 in Paris following a long battle with stomach cancer.

Honors and awards

Commander of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...

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Commander of the

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Officer of the

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Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres * JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 3Class BAR

Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon * Order_of_Pakistan

Order of Pakistan

Works

*1990 - ''La Préhistoire et la civilisation de l'Indus'' (editor) *1993 - ''The Early architectural traditions of the greater Indus Valley as seen from Mehrgarh, Baluchistan'' (editor) *1995 - ''Du néolithique à la civilisation de l'Inde ancienne: contribution des recherches archéologiques dans le nord-ouest du sous-continent indo-pakistanais''

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*http://www.aibl.fr/fr/membres/academ/jarrige.html
Pictures of Jean-François Jarrige during Gupta exhibition in Paris
* French archaeologists French Sindhologists Asian archaeology 1940 births 2014 deaths People from Lourdes Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Members of the Société Asiatique Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres {{france-archaeologist-stub

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