Jean Marie Casal
Jean Marie Casal ( June 30, 1905 in Troyes - December 12, 1977 in Antibes ) was a French archaeologist and curator at the Museum Guimet ( Paris ) since 1957 , who had specialized in the study of the Indus culture and the prehistory of Afghanistan . One of his most important excavations was the uncovering of the Bronze Age city of Mundigak in Afghanistan between 1951 and 1958.
Works
- Fouilles de Virampatnam - Arikamedu , Paris 1949.
- Fouilles de Mundigak , Mémoires de la Délégation Archéologique Française en Afghanistan, tome XVII, Paris, 1961.
- Fouilles d'Amri , Paris 1964.
- Nindowari - A Chalcolithic Site of South Baluchistan , Pakistan Archeology, Vol. 3, 1966, pp. 10-21.
- La civilization de l'Indus et ses énigmes , Paris 1969.
- Excavations at Pirak, West Pakistan , South Asian Archeology, Vol. 1, 1973, pp. 171-180.
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| SURNAME | Casal, Jean Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French oriental archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Troyes |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1977 |
| Place of death | Antibes |