About Jacques Tixier
Lived 1925 – 2018 (aged 92–93). Jacques Tixier was a French prehistorian, archaeologist, university teacher and researcher.
Jacques Tixier (; 1 January 1925 – 3 April 2018) was a French archaeologist and prehistorian notable for his work on prehistory in Qatar, Lebanon, and North Africa. He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 1976. His team, Mission Archéologique Français à Qatar, discovered Al Khor Island that year. He also discovered an archaeological site in Shagra. Tixier published one of two volumes of the team's findings in 1980, with the second volume being published by his colleague Marie‐Louise Inizan in 1988.
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Who was Jacques Tixier?
French archaeologist
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Jacques Tixier was born in 1925 in Bordeaux.
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Jacques Tixier died on 3 April 2018 in Pradines.
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Jacques Tixier was a prehistorian, archaeologist, university teacher and researcher.
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Jacques Tixier was French.
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