Danielle Stordeur
Encyclopedia
Danielle Stordeur is a French
Archaeologist and Directeur de Recherche at the CNRS. She is also Director of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs permanent mission to El Kowm
-Mureybet
(Syria
), replacing Jacques Cauvin
in 1993 until 2010, when Frédéric Abbès
is due to take over this position.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
Archaeologist and Directeur de Recherche at the CNRS. She is also Director of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs permanent mission to El Kowm
El Kowm (archaeological site)
El Kowm or Al Kawm is a circular, gap in the Syrian mountains that houses a series of archaeological sites. The El Kowm oasis is located northeast of Palmyra in Syria, near Al-Sukhnah...
-Mureybet
Mureybet
Mureybet is a tell, or ancient settlement mound, located on the west bank of the Euphrates in Ar-Raqqah Governorate, northern Syria. The site was excavated between 1964 and 1974 and has since disappeared under the rising waters of Lake Assad...
(Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
), replacing Jacques Cauvin
Jacques Cauvin
Professor Jacques Cauvin was a French archaeologist who specialised in the prehistory of the Levant and Near East.-Biography:...
in 1993 until 2010, when Frédéric Abbès
Frédéric Abbès
Frédéric Abbès is a French Archaeologist working on postdoctoral research, specialising in the stone or lithic industry of the Near East and Mediterranean...
is due to take over this position.
Positions held
- Member of the Editorial Committee of 'La Revue Syria' and BAH publications.
- Member of the Editorial Committee of 'La Revue Neo-Lithics'.
Fieldwork
- 1978–1987 Excavations at El KowmEl Kowm (archaeological site)El Kowm or Al Kawm is a circular, gap in the Syrian mountains that houses a series of archaeological sites. The El Kowm oasis is located northeast of Palmyra in Syria, near Al-Sukhnah...
- 1989–1993 Excavations at QdeirQdeirQdeir is a prehistoric, Neolithic Tell and plateau in the El Kowm oasis, a gap in the Syrian mountains that houses a series of archaeological sites...
- 1995–1999 Excavations at Jerf el Ahmar
- 2001–2007 Excavations at Tell AswadTell AswadTell Aswad , Su-uk-su, Shuksa or Tell Sukas is a large prehistoric, Neolithic Tell, about in size, located around from Damascus in Syria, on a tributary of the Balikh River at the eastern end of the village of Jdeidet el Khass.-Excavation:...