The Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée (or MOM) is a research body in

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, that specialises in the

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and the

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and the first steps of humanity. It is dedicated to its founder, historian

Jean Pouilloux Professor Jean Pouilloux (born 31 October 1917 in Le Vert (Deux-Sèvres), France; died 23 May 1996 at Pimontin ( Rhone)) was a French hellenist archaeologist. He was educated at the ''École normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm'' from 1939 to 1944 ...

Staff

Anne Schmitt,

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, took over directorship from Rémy Boucharlat on 1 January 2011 and conducts research programs within the ''Archéométrie et archéologie'' laboratory - UMR 5138 of the MOM. Nathalie Donjon serves as secretary general since 2007 after being recruited in 1988 and attached to the

research administration.

History

Founded in 1975, MOM's activity has been characterised by a multidisciplinary working approach. It employs 350 people: archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, with the help of physicists, chemists and geologists. Geographers, political scientists and architects are also employed. It is classed as a research federation involving five joint research units (UMR) of

and two other university teams. This federation is linked to the

Lumière University Lyon 2 Lumière University Lyon 2 (french: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is one of the three universities that comprise the current University of Lyon, having splintered from an older university of the same name, and is primarily based on two campuses in ...

and is especially concerned with historico-morphological studies. The MOM has also created an online application, an atlas of near east archaeological sites 14000 to 5700 BP, presenting work by a large number of archaeologists.Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Website - ASPRO
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Research Units

* HiSoMA, ''History and Sources of the ancient world: UMR 5189 CNRS. * Archéorient, ''Environments and societies of the ancient East: UMR 5133 CNRS. * GREMMO, ''Group Research and Studies on the Mediterranean and the Middle East'': UMR 5195 CNRS. * Archaeometry and Archaeology, ''originally dating and Materials Technology'': HiSoMA-UMR 5138 CNRS. * APRI, Institute of Research on''ancient architecture'': UMR 6222 CNRS, Lyon office. * Romanitas: Young team 2409. * Centre Jean Palerne: host team 3067, Saint Etienne.

References

External links

Website of MOM

Atlas des sites du Proche-Orient - MOM's online application - Atlas of Near East Archaeological Sites
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