Yvon Thébert (20 February 1943 – 2 February 2002, aged 58) was a 20th-century French archaeologist and historian of marxist inspiration.

Biography

Agrégé d'histoire, assistant at the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences of Tunis (1969-1971), a member of the

École française de Rome The École française de Rome (EFR) is a French research institute for history, archaeology, and the social sciences; overseen by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, and a division of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et ...

(1971), Yvon Thébert taught at the école normale supérieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud from 1973. His major excavation sites were

Bulla Regia Bulla Regia was a Berbers, Berber, Punics, Punic, and ancient Romans, Roman town near present-day Jendouba, Tunisia. Its surviving ruins and archaeological site are noted for their Emperor Hadrian, Hadrianic-era semi-subterranean housing, a prote ...

(from 1965 to 1985) and the on the

Palatine Hill The Palatine Hill (; Classical Latin: ''Palatium''; Neo-Latin: ''Collis/Mons Palatinus''; ), which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the ...

in Rome (from 1986 to 1997). Continuing the excavations he conducted at Bulla Regia, he devoted much of his research to

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and the architecture of

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, topic of his State thesis. He also devoted much of his work to the study of social and cultural mechanisms of

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, offering a critical analysis of the concepts of romanization or conquest, from the analysis of social hierarchies rather than cultural hyphenation.

Publications

Books

*1977: , Roger Hanoune, Yvon Thébert (éd.), ''Les ruines de Bulla Regia'', CEFR 28, Rome *1989: Jean-Louis Biget, Jean-CIaude Hervé, Yvon Thébert (éd.), ''Les cadastres anciens des villes et leur traitement par l'informatique : actes de la table ronde'', CEFR 120, Rome *1993: Henri Broise, Yvon Thébert (éd.), ''Recherches archéologiques franco-tunisiernnes à Bulla Régia. 2. 1, Les architectures. Les thermes memmiens : étude architecturale et histoire urbaine'', CEFR 28/2, 1, Rome *2000: Henri Broise, Patrick Boucheron, Yvon Thébert (éd.), ''La brique antique et médiévale : production et commercialisation d'un matériau : actes du colloque international de Saint-Cloud, 16-18 novembre 1995'', CEFR 272, Rome *2003: Yvon Thébert, ''Thermes romains d'Afrique du Nord et leur contexte méditerranéen : études d'histoire et d'archéologie'', École française de Rome

Articles

*1973
''La romanisation d'une cité indigène d'Afrique : Bulla Regia''
''

Mélanges de l'École française de Rome The ''Mélanges de l'École française de Rome'' is a journal of history and archeology Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of a ...

. Antiquité'', Année 1973, 1, (pp. 247–312). *1978: Yvon Thébert, �
Romanisation et déromanisation en Afrique : histoire décolonisée ou histoire inversée ?
», ''Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales'', v.33, n° 1, (pp. 64–82). *1980
Économie, société et politique aux deux derniers siècles de la république romaine
», ''Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales'', 5, (pp. 895-911) *1980: Réflexions sur l'utilisation du concept d'étranger : évolution et fonction de l'image du Barbare à Athènes à l'époque classique », '' Diogène'', 112, (pp. 96–115). *1983: L'évolution urbaine dans les provinces orientales de l'Afrique romaine tardive », ''Opus'', 2,(pp. 99-131). *1982: recension of A. Giardina and A. Schiavone (dir.), ''Società romana e produzione schiavistica, Vol. I., L'Italia : insediamenti e forme economiche, vol. II, Merci, mercati e scambi nel Mediterraneo, vol III, Modelli etici, diritto e trasformazioni sociali'' in ''Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales'', 37, 5-6, (pp. 788-791

*1985: "Vie privée et architecture domestique en Afrique romaine", in Paul Veyne dir., ''Histoire de la vie privée'' I, Paris, (pp. 301–415). *1986: "Permanence et mutations des espaces urbains dans les villes d'Afrique du Nord orientale : de la cité antique à la cité médiévale", ''Actes du IVe congrès international d'histoire et de civilisation du Maghreb, Tunis, 11–13 April 1986, Cahiers de Tunisie'', 34, (pp. 31–46). *1988
À propos du "triomphe du christianisme
, ''Dialogues d'Histoire Ancienne'', 14, (pp. 277-345). *1988: with Filippo Coarelli
"Architecture funéraire et pouvoir : réflexions sur l'hellénisme numide
, ''Mélanges de l'École française de Rome: Antiquité'', Année 1988, 2, (pp. 1761–818) *1990: with J.-L. Biget
"L'Afrique après la disparition de la cité classique : cohérence et ruptures dans l'histoire maghrébine"
in ''L'Afrique dans l'Occident romain. Actes du colloque de Rome, 3–5 December 1987'', C.E.F.R. 134, Rome, (pp. 575–602). *2002: "L'esclave" in Andrea Giardina dir., ''L'homme romain'', Paris,

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, (pp. 179–225)(translation of the Italian edition, 1989) *1995: "Nature des frontières de l'empire romain : le cas germain", in Aline Rousselle éd., ''Frontières terrestres, frontières célestes dans l'antiquité'', Perpignan, (pp. 221–235) *2005
"Royaumes Numides et hellénisme"
''Afrique et histoire'', 2005, 3, (pp. 29–37) (supplemented edition of an article written for the exhibition catalog "Carthage" ( Petit-Palais, 1995).

Bibliography

''Afrique & histoire'', vol. 3, 2005/1
Dossier: "Afriques romaines: impérialisme antique, imaginaire colonial. Relectures et réflexions à l'école d'Yvon Thébert". * ''Antiquité tardive'', volume 10/2002, . * A. Beschaouch, Yvon Thébert, ''Antiquités africaines'', t. 38–39, 2002–2003, (obituary)

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