The Société préhistorique française is a society founded in 1904, recognized as being of public utility in 1910. It obtained the Grand Prix de l'Archéologie in 1982. Its main activities are the organization of scientific meetings and the publication of monographs, of proceedings of conferences and of the journal ''
Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française
The ''Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française'' is a French quarterly review published by the Société préhistorique française, the French Prehistoric Society. It has been published continuously from 1904 to the present day.
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Past presidents
The French Prehistoric Society was notably chaired by
Léon Henri-Martin,
Léon Coutil,
Armand Viré,
Jean Pagès-Allary,
Félix Régnault,
André Vayson de Pradenne,
Paul Rivet
Paul Rivet (7 May 1876, Wasigny, Ardennes – 21 March 1958) was a French ethnologist known for founding the Musée de l'Homme in 1937. In his professional work, Rivet is known for his theory that South America was originally populated in pa ...
,
Saint-Just Péquart,
Henri Breuil
Henri Édouard Prosper Breuil (28 February 1877 – 14 August 1961), often referred to as Abbé Breuil, was a French Catholic priest, archaeologist, anthropologist, ethnologist and geologist. He is noted for his studies of cave art in the Somme an ...
,
André Leroi-Gourhan
André Leroi-Gourhan (; ; 25 August 1911 – 19 February 1986) was a French archaeologist, paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, and anthropologist with an interest in technology and aesthetics and a penchant for philosophical reflection.
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,
Louis-René Nougier,
Camille Arambourg,
René Joffroy
René Joffroy (10 June 1915 – 5 May 1986) was a French archaeologist.
Publications
*1960: ''L'Oppidum de Vix et la civilisation hallstattienne finale'' thèse d'État
*1961: ''La tombe princière de Vix Côte d'or'', Boudrot
*1979: ''Vix et ...
,
Pierre-Roland Giot
Pierre-Roland Giot (September 23, 1919 – January 4, 2002) was a French anthropologist, archaeologist and geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial pl ...
,
Jacques Briard,
Denise de Sonneville-Bordes,
Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist. A graduate from the University of Rennes and Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October ...
,
Jean Roche,
Jean Clottes
Jean Clottes is a prominent French prehistorian. He was born in the French Pyrenees in 1933["Jean C ...](_blank)
et
Jacques Jaubert.
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Gérard Bailloud, Christiane Éluère,
Jean Clottes
Jean Clottes is a prominent French prehistorian. He was born in the French Pyrenees in 1933["Jean C ...](_blank)
,
Yves Coppens
Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist. A graduate from the University of Rennes and Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October ...
,
Henri de Lumley,
Jean Guilaine, Jean-Pierre Mohen, Claude Constantin and Jean Leclerc are honorary presidents.
References
External links
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1904 establishments in France
Historical societies of France
National archaeological organizations
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