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Archaeologist · Excavator · Scholar

François Briois

fl. 1992–2012 · France

French archaeologist and excavator, active 1992–2012. Excavated at Parekklisha-Shillourokambos. Excavated with Jean Guilaine; wrote with Bernard Gratuze and Jacques Coularou.

Life and work

  1. 1992
    Co-authored with J. Guilaine and J. Coularou the first report on the Shillourokambos Neolithic work ('Recherches sur le Néolithique. Rapport sur les travaux...').

    ParekklishaGuilaine & Briois 1992

  2. 1995
    Co-authored with Guilaine, Coularou and Carrère the first results of the Shillourokambos excavation (RDAC 1995, 11-49).

    ParekklishaWinkelmann 2020

  3. 1997
    With B. Gratuze and J. Guilaine published the obsidian from Shillourokambos (Paleorient 23, 95-112); cited for the ca. 8200 BC start of the Neolithic.

    Winkelmann 2020Karageorghis 2003

  4. 2001
    With Guilaine, 'Parekklisha Shillourokambos: An Early Neolithic site in Cyprus', in S. Swiny (ed.), The earliest prehistory of Cyprus, CAARI Monographs 2 (Boston), 37-53.

    Winkelmann 2020

Connections

6 people
Jean GuilaineJean-Denis VigneBernard GratuzeJacques CoularouIsabelle CarrèrePhilippe DevèzeFrançois Briois
FieldworkScholarship

Fieldwork & employment

Scholarship

Sources

  1. 1.F. Briois, B. Gratuze, J. Guilaine (1997). “Obsidiennes du site Néolithique Précéramique de Shillourokambos (Chypre)”. Paléorient 23, 95-112.
  2. 2.J. Guilaine, F. Briois, J. Coularou, I. Carrère (1995). “L'établissement Néolithique de Shillourokambos (Parekklisha, Chypre). Premiers résultats”. Report of the Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, 11-31.
  3. 3.Jean Guilaine, François Briois (2001). “Parekklisha Shillourokambos: An Early Neolithic site in Cyprus”. The earliest prehistory of Cyprus. From colonization to exploitation, 37-53. Boston.
  4. 4.F. Briois, C. Petit-Aupert, P.-Y. Péchoux (2005). Histoire de campagnes d'Amathonte I.
  5. 5.Guilaine, J., Coularou, J. and Briois, F. (1992). Recherches sur le Néolithique. Rapport sur les travaux....
  6. 6.Christine Winkelmann (2020). The Neolithic and Chalcolithic Figurines of Cyprus. Münster, Zaphon.
  7. 7.V. Karageorghis (2003). Ancient Cypriote Art in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Athens, Kapon Editions, for the A. G. Leventis Foundation.
  8. 8.M. Given (2024). City and Cemetery: Excavations at Kourion's Amathous Gate Cemetery, Cyprus. The Excavations of Danielle A. Parks. Volume 1: Context, Analysis, and Conclusions. Alexandria, VA, American Society of Overseas Research.