Jacques Tixier

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Tixier in 1987

Jacques Tixier (1 January 1925 ? 3 April 2018) [1] was a French archaeologist and prehistorian . He was known for his work on prehistory in Qatar , Lebanon , and North Africa . He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 1976. [2] He helped discover Al Khor Island that year. [3] He also discovered an archaeological site in Shagra . [4]

Tixier died in Paris on 3 April 2018 at the age of 93. [5]

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  1. ↑ "Mort de l'archeologue Jacques Tixier" . 16 April 2018 – via Le Monde.
  2. ↑ Jacques Tixier; Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France). Recherches anthropologiques au Proche et Moyen Orient; Qatar. Mud?r?yat al-Siy??ah wa-al-?th?r (1980). Mission archeologique francaise a Qatar . CNRS, Recherches anthropologiques au Proche et Moyen Orient . Retrieved 23 July 2011 .
  3. ↑ "Prospections et fouilles au Qatar" (PDF) (in French). Maison Archeologie & Ethnologie, Rene-Ginouves . Retrieved 16 December 2015 .
  4. ↑ Fran Gillespie. "The Discovery of Qatar's Past" . Qatar Living. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. {{ cite web }} : |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 14 October 2012 suggested ( help )
  5. ↑ Mort de l’archeologue Jacques Tixier (in French)


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