François Bordes

François Bordes ( born December 30, 1919 in Rives, Lot- et- Garonne, † April 30, 1981 in Tucson, Arizona) was a French archaeologist and specialist in the Paleolithic. He was Professor of Prehistory and Early History at the University of Bordeaux I. From there, he conducted numerous excavations to the Paleolithic of the Aquitaine region. Among the most famous places of discovery, in which he has carried out excavations or excavations, include La Micoque, Le Moustier, Pech- de - l'Azé, Combe- Grenal, Corbiac and La Quina.

He was also the author of several science fiction books he wrote under the pseudonym Francis Carsac.

Works (selection)

• Books on history " Principes d'une méthode d' étude of the techniques de débitage et de la typology Paléolithique ancien et du moyen ," L' Anthropologie, t. 54 (1950)
• A Tale of two caves, Harper and Row, 169 p. , (1972 )
• Typology Paléolithique ancien et du moyen, Delmas, Publications de l' Institut de Préhistoire de l'Université de Bordeaux, Mémoire n ° 1 (1961 ), réédition CNRS 1988: ISBN 2-87682-005-6
• Leçons sur le Paléolithique, CNRS, 3 vol. (1984)

• Science fiction Ceux de nulle part (English: Those from nowhere ) ( 1954)
• Les Robinsons du Cosmos ( The Robinsons of the Cosmos ) ( 1955)
• Terre en fuite ( Fleeing Earth) (1960 )
• Ce monde est Nôtre ( This world is ours ) ( 1962)
• Pour patrie, l' espace (home country research, space ) ( 1962)
• La vermine du lion (The vermin of the lion ) ( 1967)

Literature on Bordes

• Marc Groenen, Pour une histoire de la préhistoire, Éd. J. Millon (1994 ), ISBN 2-905614-93-5
• Jean -Paul Raynal, " François Bordes, 1919-1981 ," Bulletin de la Société Scientifique, historique et Archaeological de la Corrèze, CIII (1981 ), pp. 201-204
• Jacques Jaubert, " Portrait de François Bordes (1919-1981) ", CNRS - Hebdo Aquitaine Limousin, 17 septembre 2004, n ° 198

• Prehistorians
• University teachers (Bordeaux)
• Author
• Frenchman
• Born in 1919
• Died in 1981
• Man