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Madeleine Colani (August 13, 1866 – June 2, 1943) was a French archaeologist from the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient.[1] Colani was "a pioneering fieldworker who combined the roles of geologist, paleobotanist, archeologist, and ethnographer."[2] She is well known for discovering the Hoabinhian culture from approximately 16,000 BCE, and for her investigations on the Plain of Jars.[3]