Paul Fontaine (archaeologist)
Paul Fontaine (born July 7, 1954 in Ixelles / Elsene in the capital region of Brussels ) is a Belgian classical archaeologist .
Paul Fontaine studied from 1972 to 1978 classical philology , archeology and art history at the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL). During this time he began field research in Umbria in 1976 , which he continued until 1989. He has been teaching ancient languages since 1978 and at a lycée in Uccle / Ukkel since 1984 .
From 1979 to 1982 Fontaine took part in excavations in Artena ( Lazio ) in Italy. In 1982/1983 he received a research grant from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique . In 1988 Fontaine received his doctorate with a thesis on Les enceintes des cités de l'Ombrie occidentale . In 1991/92 he worked for 6 months as a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on a research project on Etruscan fortification walls, which was headed by Henner von Hesberg at the University of Cologne . In 1993 he took part in excavations in Apamea on the Orontes , 2001-2002 in Castellina del Marangone in Latium.
From 1992 to 2003 Fontaine taught etruscology and Italian cultures as well as Roman archeology at UCL. Since 2005, he has also been a lecturer in ancient history, archeology and ancient art history at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels.
Fontaine was editor from 1987 to 1999, and from 1999 to 2003 director of the Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire, Section Antiquité . Since 1980 he has been a member of the Institut Historique Belge de Rome , since 2003 of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici in Florence.
literature
- oA in Nürnberger Blätter zur Archäologie , Volume 12 (1995/96), p. 74
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| SURNAME | Fontaine, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ixelles / Elsene |