Paul Bernard (13 June 1929—1 December 2015) was a French archaeologist, best known for excavating the Hellenistic site of Ai-Khanoum in present-day Afghanistan between 1964 and 1978.[1] In his role as director of excavations, Bernard wrote several treatises on the excavations on the site.[2] He also produced the accounts of Ai-Khanoum that had the most influence on the scholarship on the city: foremost among these was a 1982 article in Scientific American titled 'An Ancient Greek City in Centra Asia', which presented the city as a Hellenistic colony in Central Asia.[3][4] His emphasis on the Greek traditions of Ai-Khanoum have influenced all subsequent accounts of the Hellenistic Far East.[5]
Paul Bernard | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 13, 1929 |
| Died | December 1, 2015 (aged 86) |
| Known for | Director of excavations at Ai-Khanoum |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Classical archaeology |
| Institutions | DAFA, EPHE |
References
edit- ^ Martinez-Sève 2020, p. 220.
- ^ Mairs 2014, pp. 21–22.
- ^ Mairs 2014, pp. 24–25.
- ^ Bernard 1982, p. 148.
- ^ Mairs 2014, p. 23.
Sources
edit- Bernard, Paul (1982). "An Ancient Greek City in Central Asia". Scientific American. No. 246. pp. 148–159. JSTOR 24966505. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
- Mairs, Rachel (2014). The Hellenistic Far East: Archaeology, Language, and Identity in Greek Central Asia (1st ed.). University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520292468. JSTOR 10.1525/j.ctt7zw3v4. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- Martinez-Sève, Laurianne (2020). "Afghan Bactria". In Mairs, Rachel (ed.). The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek World (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 217–248. doi:10.4324/9781315108513-13. ISBN 9781315108513. S2CID 243416462.
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