Robert du Mesnil du Buisson

Count Robert du Mesnil du Buisson (9 April 1895, Champobert, Bourges – 8 April 1986, Caen) was a French historian, soldier, and archeologist. He was noted for his early use of geophysical survey for archaeology.[1][2][3] He was the son of Auguste, comte du Mesnil du Buisson and Berthe Roussel de Courcy, and married Jeanne Leclerc de Pulligny on 26 June 1923.[4] He was the nephew of the geologist Geoffroy d'Ault du Mesnil.[5] He named one of his daughters Ita after the Sphinx found at Ita (in Qatna).[6]

  1. ^ The Global History of Paleopathology: Pioneers and Prospects - Page 463 Jane Buikstra, Charlotte Roberts - 2012 "Count Robert du Mesnil du Buisson (1895–1986), a French precursor in geophysical survey for archaeology."
  2. ^ Bulletin - Page 17 Société nationale des antiquaires de France - 1987 "Robert du Mesnil du Buisson, né à Champobert le 19 avril 1895, s'est éteint le 8 avril 1986 à Caen, des suites d'un accident de voiture survenu la veille à Argentan. Il a été inhumé le 12 avril à Villebadin, près de son manoir de Champobert.
  3. ^ "Robert du Mesnil du Buisson", in Je m'appelle Byblos, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, H & D, 2005, p.255, ISBN 2 914 266 04 9.
  4. ^ Hahn, Hans Peter; Klöckner, Anja; Wicke, Dirk (2022-03-24). Values and Revaluations: The Transformation and Genesis of 'Values in Things' from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives. Oxbow Books. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-78925-814-1.
  5. ^ Browman, David L.; Williams, Stephen (2002-02-19). New Perspectives on the Origins of Americanist Archaeology. University of Alabama Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-8173-1128-5.
  6. ^ Wicke, Dirk; Hahn, Hans Peter; Klöckner, Anja (2022). Values and Revaluations: The Transformation and Genesis of 'values in Things' from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives. Oxbow Books. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-78925-815-8.

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