Sur les chemins d’Onagre: Histoire et archéologie orientales

Hommage à Monik Kervran

Edited by Claire Hardy-Guilbert Edited by Hélène Renel Edited by Axelle Rougeulle Edited by Eric Vallet

Book cover: Sur les chemins d’Onagre: Histoire et archéologie orientales

Extent: 254 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(November 2018)

ISBN: 9781784919849

8.07 x 11.42 inches

Price: $64.00

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This volume is in honour of Monik Kervran, a pioneer of the French Islamic archaeology in the Middle East. Through the nineteen international contributions found within, the editors and contributors wish to highlight the variety of Monik Kervran’s scientific interests.


A pioneer of the French Islamic archaeology in the Middle East, Monik Kervran (CNRS, lab The Orient & The Mediterranean) was first renowned for her excavations at Susa in Iran and the discovery of the Darius’ statue at the start of her career in 1972. She then directed in the 70’s and 80’s excavations on the Arabian coasts of the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, at the main pre-Islamic and Islamic maritime centers of Qal’at al-Bahrain and Sohar. She also led researches in Central Asia and Eastern Iran, excavating Nishapur, and, since the 90’s, in the Indus delta where she opened excavations at Sehwan Sharif and Banbhore. Through the nineteen international contributions of this volume, the editors and contributors wish to highlight the variety of Monik Kervran’s scientific interests. In this way, they express their admiration and gratitude for her many achievements, in the archaeology, history, architecture, iconography and material culture of the Middle East and Western Indian Ocean during the late pre-Islamic and Islamic periods. u Pionniere de l’archeologie islamique francaise au Moyen-Orient, Monik Kervran (Cnrs, laboratoire Orient & Mediterranee) s’est illustree des le debut de sa carriere par ses fouilles a Suse en Iran et la decouverte de la statue de Darius en 1972. Elle a dirige dans les annees 70 et 80 la fouille d’importants sites portuaires de la cote arabe du golfe Persique et de la mer d’Oman, a Qal’at al-Bahrain et Sohar. Elle a egalement mene des recherches en Asie centrale et en Iran oriental, notamment a Nishapour, puis, depuis les annees 90, dans le delta de l’Indus ou elle a ouvert des fouilles a Sehwan Sharif et Banbhore. A travers les dix-neuf contributions internationales presentees dans cet ouvrage, les editeurs et les contributeurs ont desire mettre en lumiere la diversite des interets scientifiques de Monik Kervran. Ils souhaitent ainsi exprimer leur admiration et leur gratitude pour ses apports majeurs aux champs de l’archeologie, de l’histoire, de l’architecture, de l’iconographie et de la culture materielle du Moyen-Orient et de l’ocean Indien occidental aux periodes pre-islamique tardive et islamique.

  • Edited by Claire Hardy-Guilbert
  • Edited by Hélène Renel
  • Edited by Axelle Rougeulle
  • Edited by Eric Vallet