René Rebuffat
René Rebuffat is a French historian and archaeologist, specializing in ancient Africa. He has conducted archaeological excavations at Thamusida in Morocco, Bu-Njem Gholaia in Libya, and in the Sebou basin in Morocco. He also worked on archaeological sites of Aléria and Jublains.
Career
A student of the École normale supérieure (class 1952), then a member of the École française de Rome (1959), he was detached to the service of Antiquities of Morocco (1961) where he began his scientific career. He entered the CNRS in 1963, which he left in 1998 with the title of Emeritus Research Director.
In the field of historical linguistics, he contributes since 2002 to research on linguistic practices of ancient North Africa, and among others to research on Numidian language inscriptions.
Publications (partial list)
- Le complexe fortifié de Jublains [collaborations], J. Naveau, Recherches sur Jublains et sur la cité des Diablintes,, 1997
- Thamusida I, II,III, [collaborations], Collection de l'Ecole Française de Rome, 1965, 1970, 1977, 1977
- Aires sémantiques des principaux mots libyques, in MEFRA 118/1, 2006, p. 267-295
External links
- René Rebuffat on data.bnf.fr
- Resume on Archeo.ens
- Peinture et inscriptions on Persée
- René Rebuffat with collaboration by Gilbert Hallier and Jean Marion, Thamusida II - Fouilles du service des antiquites du Maroc on Persée