Madeleine Colani

Madeleine Colani

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]

  1. ^ "arch">"World Archaeology, Issue 102, "Plain of Jars"
  2. ^ Russell Ciochon and Jamie James, "Laos Keeps Its Urns" Archived July 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Ciochon's Bioanthropology Website, University of Iowa (last visited July 16, 2012).
  3. ^ "The Stone Jars of Laos", ViewZone Magazine (last visited July 16, 2012).