Henri de Contenson
Henri de Contenson was a French archaeologist and was the Research Director at the CNRS, The Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, a research organization funded by France's Ministry of Research.
He was born in Paris in March 1926. A student of André Parrot, Raymond Lantier and André Leroi-Gourhan, he was Assistant Director of archaeological digs in the Middle East from 1951 to 1976. The results of his work are documented in numerous publications. He died in September 2019 at the age of 93.Books
- 1966 - La Basilique Chrétienne d'Aksha, Aksha I, Paris, 1966.
- 1992 - Préhistoire de Ras Shamra, I. Text, II. Figures and plates, Ras Shamra-Ougarit VIII, ERC, Paris, 1992.
- 1995 - Aswad et Ghoraifé, sites néolithiques en Damascène aux IXe et VIIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne, B.A.H. CXXXVII, Beyrouth, 1995.
- 2000 - Ramad, site néolithique en Damascène aux VIIIe et VIIe millénaires avant l'ère chrétienne, B.A.H. 157, Beyrouth, 2000.
- 2001 - Mémorial 1939-1945, EHRET, Paris, 2001.
- 2004 - 50 ans de tessons. Propos sur l'Archéologie palestinienne, Paris, 2004.
- 2005 - Antiquités éthiopiennes. D'Axoum à Haoulti, Bibliothèque Peiresc 16, Saint-Mandé,
- 2007 - Mémorial 1939-1962, Paris, 2007.
