# Jean Perrot

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{{Short description|French archaeologist (1920–2012)}}
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'''Jean Perrot''' (10 June 1920 – 24 December 2012) was a French [archaeologist](/source/Archaeology) who specialised in the late [prehistory](/source/prehistory) of the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) and [Near East](/source/Near_East).<ref name="Yar-Shater2001">{{cite book|author=Ehsan Yar-Shater|title=Encyclopaedia Iranica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wBIZAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2 May 2011|year=2001|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|isbn=978-0-933273-56-6}}</ref>

==Biography==
Perrot was a graduate of the [Ecole du Louvre](/source/Ecole_du_Louvre) where he studied under two experts in [Syria](/source/Syria)n archaeology; [André Parrot](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Parrot) and [René Dussaud](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Dussaud). He went on to study at the [École biblique et archéologique française de Jérusalem](/source/%C3%89cole_Biblique) in 1945.
He researched a number of ancient sites in [Iran](/source/Iran), [Israel](/source/Israel) and [Turkey](/source/Turkey), animating the research at international level. He first went to Iran in 1968, a year after the retirement of [Roman Ghirshman](/source/Roman_Ghirshman), to head the ''Delegation Archéologique Français'' (DAFI) and excavations of the country's ancient sites. He headed a multidisciplinary team in conjunction with the Iranian Centre of Archaeological Research, including experts from France, Iran and the [United States](/source/United_States) who continued studies until the revolution in 1979. He worked on sites such as [Susa](/source/Susa) and Jafar Abad and took measures to safeguard the vestiges of the [Achaemenid](/source/Achaemenid) period (between the sixth and fourth century [BC](/source/Before_Christ)). His notable discoveries included ancient items such as the headless statue of [Darius](/source/Darius_the_Great) which is now housed in the [National Museum of Iran](/source/National_Museum_of_Iran) in [Tehran](/source/Tehran).<ref name="Bagherzadeh1990">{{cite book|author=Firouz Bagherzadeh|title=Jean Perrot, ami de l'Iran: Témoignage et hommage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNbYSAAACAAJ|accessdate=2 May 2011|date=1990 }}</ref>

In Israel Perrot excavated at [Munhata](/source/Munhata), [Ain Mallaha](/source/Ain_Mallaha) and the [Chalcolithic](/source/Chalcolithic) sites at [Abu Matar](/source/Abu_Matar) and [Bir es-Safadi](/source/Bir_es-Safadi) near [Beersheba](/source/Beersheba), belonging to the so-called [Beer Sheva culture](/source/Beer_Sheva_culture).

In 1952, Perrot founded the ''"Mission archéologique française"'', now called the [French Research Center in Jerusalem](/source/French_Research_Center_in_Jerusalem); a joint research unit of the General Directorate for International Cooperation and Development and the [CNRS](/source/CNRS). It is the CNRS's oldest foreign branch and became a permanent archaeological base in 1974. The current director since 1996 is Dominique Bourel.

In 1973, Perrot founded the notable journal [Paléorient](/source/Pal%C3%A9orient) with Bernard Vandermeersch along with the aid of the Wenner-Gren Foundation.<ref name="française1982">{{cite book|author=Société préhistorique française, p.3|title=Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kc5nAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=4 May 2011|year=1982|publisher=Société préhistorique française}}</ref> In 1975, this became a publication of the CNRS. The journal is now published twice a year and distributed in twenty-two countries, it is recognized for presentations and discussions of research in all aspects of the [prehistory](/source/prehistory) and [protohistory](/source/protohistory) of the near and middle east.<ref name="Paléorient2006">{{cite book|author=Association Paléorient|title=Paléorient|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCw7AQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2 May 2011|year=2006|publisher=Éditions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique|isbn=978-2-271-06451-6}}</ref>

Perrot returned to France to become director of the [CNRS](/source/CNRS), which he joined in 1946 and for which he was an honorary research director and correspondent.

==Selected bibliography==
* Perrot, Jean., Et ils sortirent du paradis ... , carnets d'un archéologue en Orient, 1945–1995, Editions de Fallois, 334 pages, 1997.<ref name="Perrot1997">{{cite book|author=Jean Perrot|title=Et ils sortirent du paradis--: carnets d'un archéologue en Orient, 1945–1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nj5tAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2 May 2011|year=1997|publisher=Editions de Fallois|isbn=978-2-87706-297-8}}</ref>
* Perrot, Jean., Le palais de Darius à Suse: une résidence royale sur la route de Persépolis à Babylone, Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne, 520 pages, 2010.<ref name="Perrot2010">{{cite book|author=Jean Perrot|title=Le palais de Darius à Suse: une résidence royale sur la route de Persépolis à Babylone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kM4xAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=2 May 2011|year=2010|publisher=PUPS, Presses de l'université Paris-Sorbonne|isbn=978-2-84050-681-2}}</ref>
* Perrot, J. and Y. Madjidzadeh, 2003 Découvertes récentes á Jiroft (sud du plateau Iranien), CRAIBL, pp.&nbsp;1087–1102.
* Perrot, Jean, Darius le Grand - Roi de Perse - Roi de Babylone – Rois des Rois – Pharaon d’Egypte (522-486 av. J.-C.), Dossiers d’Archéologie, hors série n° 23, janvier 2013, 78 pages.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511211950/http://web.mae.u-paris10.fr/Pale/version_anglaise/index2.htm Paléorient Journal Information]
*[https://www.persee.fr/authority/141483 Jean Perrot bibliography]
*[http://www.payvand.com/news/05/feb/1078.html Payvand Iran News Jean Perrot: Jiroft Is the Archaeological Capital of the World 2/8/05] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829014332/http://www.payvand.com/news/05/feb/1078.html |date=29 August 2012 }}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110926233411/http://www.cnrs.fr/Cnrspresse/n386/html/en386a07.htm CNRS – French Research Center in Jerusaelem]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313172032/http://www.fravahr.org/spip.php?breve1084 Le Palais de Darius à Suse: conférence de Jean Perrot]
*[http://www.bibliomonde.net/auteur/jean-perrot-2959.html Bibliomonde – Jean Perrot] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727072337/http://www.bibliomonde.net/auteur/jean-perrot-2959.html |date=27 July 2011 }}
*[http://www.librairiedialogues.fr/personne/jean-perrot/192737/ librariedialogues.fr – Jean Perrot Biography]
*[http://histoire-cnrs.revues.org/3272?&id=3272 La Revue pour l'histoire du CNRS]
*[http://www.tavoosonline.com/News/NewsDetailEn.aspx?src=21162 Great archeologist and researcher of Susa, Jean Perrot dies at age 92 ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531123724/http://www.tavoosonline.com/News/NewsDetailEn.aspx?src=21162 |date=31 May 2014 }} at Tavoos Art Magazine site
*[http://prehistory.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%99-%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%97%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA.pdf]{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} Obituary in ''Mitekufat Haeven - Journal of the Israel Prehistoric Society'', vol. 43 
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