Georges Chenet

Georges Chenet (born June 13, 1881 in Cumières , Meuse , † May 31, 1951 in Agen , Lot-et-Garonne ) was a French provincial Roman archaeologist .

Life

Georges Chenet was actually a tiler in Le Claon , Meuse, and mayor of this village. Together with his father-in-law, the doctor and archaeologist Jules Meunier (1852-1924), he researched the Roman remains in the Argonne , in particular the terra sigillata pottery from the 2nd to 4th centuries, and carried out fundamental research on the Argonne sigillata .

From 1931 he also undertook excavations in Ugarit ( Syria ) with Claude Schaeffer .

Publications (selection)

La céramique gallo-romaine d'Argonne du IVe siècle et la terre sigillée decorée à la molette. (= Fouilles et documents d'archéologie antique en France 1). Macon 1941.
with Guy Gaudron: La céramique sigillée d'Argonne des IIe et IIIe siècle. (= Gallia préhistoire Supplément 6). Paris 1955.

literature

Guy Gaudron: Georges Chenet. In: Gallia . Volume 8, 1950, p. 107 ( full text ).

Web links

Footnotes

↑ Horizons d'Argonne , No. 95 (Juin 2018), p. 160.
↑ Daniel and Catherine Hochedez Cobbler: Sortie culturelle en Argonne Meusienne: Lavoye et Rarécourt . In: Horizons d'Argonne , No. 95 (Juin 2018), pp. 149–156, here p. 151.

personal data
SURNAME	Chenet, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French provincial Roman archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 13, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cumières , Meuse
DATE OF DEATH	May 31, 1951
Place of death	Agen , Lot-et-Garonne

[1] Horizons d'Argonne , No. 95 (Juin 2018), p. 160.

[2] Daniel and Catherine Hochedez Cobbler: Sortie culturelle en Argonne Meusienne: Lavoye et Rarécourt . In: Horizons d'Argonne , No. 95 (Juin 2018), pp. 149–156, here p. 151.