Jacques Tixier Explained

right|250px|thumb|Jacques TixierJacques Tixier (in French pronounced as /ʒak tiksje/; 1 January 1925 – 3 April 2018)[1] was a French archaeologist and prehistorian notable for his work on prehistory in Qatar, Lebanon, and North Africa. He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 1976.[2] His team, Mission Archéologique Français à Qatar, discovered Al Khor Island that year.[3] He also discovered an archaeological site in Shagra.[4] Tixier published one of two volumes of the team's findings in 1980, with the second volume being published by his colleague Marie‐Louise Inizan in 1988.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mort de l'archéologue Jacques Tixier. Le Monde.fr. 16 April 2018.
  2. Book: Jacques Tixier. Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France). Recherches anthropologiques au Proche et Moyen Orient. Qatar. Mudīrīyat al-Siyāḥah wa-al-Āthār. Mission archéologique française à Qatar. 23 July 2011. 1980. CNRS, Recherches anthropologiques au Proche et Moyen Orient.
  3. Web site: Prospections et fouilles au Qatar. Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès. French. 16 December 2015.
  4. Web site: The Discovery of Qatar's Past. Qatar Living. Fran Gillespie. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014145725/http://www.qatarvisitor.com/index.php?cID=430&pID=1326. 14 October 2012.
  5. Book: Abdul Nayeem, Muhammad. Qatar Prehistory and Protohistory from the Most Ancient Times (Ca. 1,000,000 to End of B.C. Era). Hyderabad Publishers. 1998. 39. 9788185492049.

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