Jean-François Jarrige Quotes

French archaeologist (1940-2014)

Jean-François Jarrige (August 5, 1940, Lourdes – November 18, 2014, Paris) was a French archaeologist specializing in South Asian archaeology and Sindhology. He held a doctorate from the University of Paris in oriental archaeology. He carried out the excavations in Baluchistan, Mehrgarh and Pirak. In 2004, he became the director of the Musée Guimet in Paris.

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Although basic similarities exist, linking Mehrgarh with comparable Levantine and Zagrosian aceramic neolithic groups, “...they are sufficiently general to discount straightforward diffusion among communities that otherwise preserved their own, highly individual characteristics” (Jarrige 1991: 40).