François Bordes
François Bordes (born December 30, 1919 in Rives , Lot-et-Garonne , † April 30, 1981 in Tucson , Arizona) was a French archaeologist and specialist in the Paleolithic . He was professor of prehistory at the University of Bordeaux I . From there he carried out numerous excavations relating to the Palaeolithic of Aquitaine . Some of the most famous sites where he has carried out excavations or re-excavations include La Micoque , Le Moustier , Pech-de-l'Azé ,Combe-Grenal , Corbiac and La Quina .
He was also the author of several science fiction books that he wrote under the pseudonym Francis Carsac .
Fonts (selection)
- To the prehistory
- Principes d'une méthode d'étude des techniques de débitage et de la typologie du Paléolithique ancien et moyen. In: L'Anthropologie. Vol. 54, No. 1/2, 1950, ISSN 0003-5521 , pp. 19-34.
- A tale of two caves. Harper & Row, New York NY 1972, ISBN 0-06-040855-3 .
- Typologie du Paléolithique. Ancien et moyen (= Publications de l'Institut de Préhistoire de l'Université de Bordeaux. Mémoire. 1, ZDB -ID 1125913-9 ). 2 volumes. Delmas, Bordeaux 1961, (5e édition. Center National Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-87682-005-6 ).
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Leçons sur le Paléolithique (= Cahiers du Quaternaire. 7). 3 volumes. Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 1984;
- Volume 1: Notions de la geologie quaternaire. 1984, ISBN 2-222-03314-4 ;
- Volume 2: Le Paléolitique en Europe. 1984, ISBN 2-222-03315-2 ;
- Volume 3: Le Paléolitique hors d'Europe. 1984, ISBN 2-222-03316-0 .
- Science fiction
- Ceux de nulle part ( English : Those from nowhere) (1954)
- Les Robinsons du Cosmos (The Robinsons of the Cosmos) (1955)
- Terre en fuite (Fleeing Earth) (1960)
- La voix du loup ( German .: The voice of the wolf) (1960)
- Ce monde est nôtre (This world is ours) (1962)
- Pour patrie, l'espace (For homeland, space) (1962)
- La vermine du lion (The vermin of the lion) (1967)
Literature overboard
- Marc Groenen: Pour une histoire de la préhistoire. Le paleolithique. Editions J. Millon, Grenoble 1994, ISBN 2-905614-93-5 .
- Jean-Paul Raynal: François Bordes. 1919-1981. In: Bulletin de la Société scientifique, historique et archéologique de la Corrèze. Vol. 103, 1981, ISSN 1148-8654 , pp. 201-204.
- Jacques Jaubert: Portrait de François Bordes (1919–1981) . In: CNRS-Hebdo. Aquitaine. No. 198, 17 September 2004.
Web links
- Literature by and about François Bordes in the catalog of the German National Library
- François Bordes in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about François Bordes at Open Library
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SURNAME | Bordes, François |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carsac, Francis (pseudonym) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French archaeologist and specialist in the Paleolithic |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1919 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Rives , Lot-et-Garonne |
DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 1981 |
Place of death | Tucson , Arizona |