Gilbert Kaenel

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Gilbert Kaenel
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Born17 September 1949 Edit this on Wikidata
Died20 February 2020 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 70)
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Gilbert Kaenel (17 September 1949 – 20 February 2020),[1][2] known as "Auguste",[3][4] was a Swiss archaeologist and historian specialising in the protohistoric and classical periods.[2] He was the director of the from 1985 to 2014 and a professor at the University of Geneva.[2][4] Kaenel was known for his research on the La Tène culture in Switzerland, including his excavations at the eponymous site of La Tène.[3]

Education and career[]

Kaenel's bachelor thesis, published in 1974, was a study of decorated Gallo-Roman pottery from Aventicum. He then turned to protohistoric archaeology, specifically the Iron Age and the La Tène culture in Switzerland. His doctoral thesis, published in 1990, was entitled, Recherches sur la période de La Tène en Suisse occidentale ("Research on the La Tène period in Western Switzerland").[3] In 2007, he initiated resumed research and excavations at La Tène, a major Iron Age settlement and type site of the La Tène culture, for the first time since 1917.[5][6] He also led the discovery of a significant new La Tène site at La Mormont.[3]

He joined the University of Geneva as a chargé de cours (lecturer) in 1982 and was appointed a full professor in 2002.[3] He also served as the director of the 1985 from 2014, during which time he significantly expanded the museum, overhauled the display of its permanent collection, and organised some twenty temporary exhibitions.[4]

Kaenel was appointed a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2015.[2] He was a member of the scientific council of the (Inrap).[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Besse, Marie (2020-02-28). "Hommage à Gilbert Kaenel, dit Auguste (1949 – 2020)". Laboratoire d'archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie (in French). University of Geneva. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Garcia, Dominique (2020-02-24). "En mémoire de Gilbert Kaenel". Actualités de l'Inrap (in French). . Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Hommage à Gilbert Kaenel". Actualités. . Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Décès de Gilbert Kaenel". Site officiel état de Vaud (in French). 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  5. ^ Kaeser, Marc-Antoine; Reginelli Servais, Gianna (2018). "La Tène: une dynamique internationale". AS Archéologie Suisse (in French). 41: 11–15.
  6. ^ Kaeser, Marc-Antoine (2017). "La Tène, nouvelles recherches, nouvelles interprétations". Antiquités (in French). 8: 48–59.
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