Georges Chenet

Georges Chenet (13 June 1881 - 31 May 1951) was a French archeologist from Argonne who participated in excavation in Syria.

Biography Pot and lid, painted terracotta, recent Bronze Age I. Discovered at Ras Shamra (formerly Ugarit), Eastern low city, tomb n° 53. Chenet served in the French infantry during the First World War. He became the last Master tiler at Claon, where he was also elected mayor, serving in that office from de 1929 to 1939.

Chenet started his career as a specialist of Gallo-Roman pottery in Argonne, with no academic credentials or diploma. His work in the region focuses on the Gallo-Roman ceramics of Argonne, on the Merovingian cemetery of Lavoye and on the prehistory of the upper Aisne valley.

In the Middle East, Chenet worked with Claude F.-A. Schaeffer in the mission to Ras Shamra near Latakia, in Syria.

Chenet's personal collection were looted during the First World War and again in 1940; the remainder is kept at the National Archaeological Museum in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

Part of his notes is kept at the Departmental Archives of Meuse.

In 2018, the Terres d'Argonne association published a biography, authored by Colette Méchin.

Publications Main publications

Georges Chenet also published numerous articles:

. Des extraits de cet article sont consultables dans la notice sur les sifflets en terre cuite du Mucem.du Mucem.