Maria da Piedade de Jesus

Maria da Piedade de Jesus is an archaeologist and former Minister of Culture in Angola.

Biography Maria da Piedade de Jesus was born in Moçâmedes, Angola. She is an archaeologist who has worked on lithic technology from the Palaeolithic period Her PhD was entitled "Recherches sur le paléolithique inférieur de la bande côtière d'Angola: étude comparative techno-typologique et tracéologique du matériel lithique des sites: de Dungo IV; Dungo V; Dungo XII" ("Research into the Lower Palaeolithic of the coastal region of Angoloa: comparative techno-typological and traceological study of lithic material of the sites Dungo IV, Dungo V, Dungo XII").

da Piedade de Jesus has worked as the provincial director of culture in Namibe province and as Director General of the Angolan National Institute of Cultural Heritage.

Selected publications Manuel Gutierrez, Claude Guérin, Claudine Karlin, Maria da Piedade de Jesus, Maria Helena Benjamim, Anne-Élisabeth Lebatard, Didier L. Bourlès, Régis Braucher and Laetitia Leanni, "Recherches archéologiques à Dungo (Angola). Un site de charognage de baleine de plus d'un million d'années", Afrique Archelogies Arts 6 (2010), pp. 25–47