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| '''Antoine Poidebard''' (], 12 October 1878 – ], 17 August 1955) was a French archaeologist |
'''Antoine Poidebard''' (], 12 October 1878 – ], 17 August 1955) was a French ], ] missionary, and pilot. He pioneered ] in the Middle East, flying over ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Past from Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites |authorlink=Georg Gerster |last=Gerster |first=Georg |author2=Charlotte Trümpler |pages= |year=2007 |publisher=Getty Publications |isbn=9780892368754 |url=https://archive.org/details/pastfromaboveaer0000gers/page/17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Je m'appelle Byblos |authorlink=Jean-Pierre Thiollet |last=Thiollet |first=Jean-Pierre |page=256 |year=2005 |publisher=H & D Publications |isbn=2-914-266-04-9 }}</ref> Poidebard exploited shadows and differences in vegetation to discover mounts indicating past settlements and Roman roads, photographing these from the air and visiting some of the sites on the ground.<ref name="hritz">{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s10814-013-9072-2|title=Contributions of GIS and Satellite-based Remote Sensing to Landscape Archaeology in the Middle East|author=Carrie Hritz|journal=J Archaeol Res|date=18 January 2014|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24018073}}</ref> | ||
| Poidebard went to ] in 1924, as an aerial observer during the ].<ref name="ltdr" /> | |||
| His work was published in the ''Syria'' journal, attached to the ], with 55 photos published from 1927 to 1933. They were also displayed in the ] in 1930. | |||
| Poidebard's 1934 book ''The Trace of Rome in the Syrian Desert'' (''La Trace de Rome dans le désert de Syrie'') covered his work from 1925 to 1932 and included over 200 photographs. {{ill|René Mouterde|fr}} collaborated on this book, and co-authored another book (''Le limes de Chalcis'') with him. Five of the photos were also published in ] in June 1934.<ref name="ltdr">{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/09639489.2016.1171464|title=La Trace de Rome? Aerial Photography and Archaeology in Mandate Syria and Lebanon|journal=History or Photography|date=13 September 2016|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09639489.2016.1171464}}</ref> | |||
| While Poidebard dates items to the Roman era, many are actually from the ] era, such as the ]. The Lebanon-Syrian Mandate was motivated to highlight Roman legacy over Arab history, Westernizing its history and linking the ] of the Romans to that of the Mandate.<ref name="ltdr" /> | |||
| ==Surveyed items== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| ==Published works== | |||
| * Poidebard, A. (1927). Les routes anciennes en haute-Djezireh. Syria 8: 55-65.<ref name="hritz"/> | |||
| * Poidebard, A. (1929). Resultats de sa mission en haute Djezire en automne 1928. Comptes-rendus des Seances de I'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 72: 91-94.<ref name="hritz"/> | |||
| * Poidebard, A. (1931). Recherches sur le limes romain (campagne d'automne 1930). Syria 12: 274-280.<ref name="hritz"/> | |||
| * Poidebard, A. (1934). La trace de Rome dans le desert de Syrie: le limes de Trajan a la conquete arabe: recherches aeriennes (1925-1932), Geuthner, P<ref name="hritz"/> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Antoine Poidebard (Lyon, 12 October 1878 – Beirut, 17 August 1955) was a French landscape archaeologist, Jesuit missionary, and pilot. He pioneered aerial archaeology in the Middle East, flying over Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. Poidebard exploited shadows and differences in vegetation to discover mounts indicating past settlements and Roman roads, photographing these from the air and visiting some of the sites on the ground.
Poidebard went to Beirut in 1924, as an aerial observer during the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon.
His work was published in the Syria journal, attached to the Service des antiquités, with 55 photos published from 1927 to 1933. They were also displayed in the Musée de l’Orangerie in 1930. Poidebard's 1934 book The Trace of Rome in the Syrian Desert (La Trace de Rome dans le désert de Syrie) covered his work from 1925 to 1932 and included over 200 photographs. René Mouterde [fr] collaborated on this book, and co-authored another book (Le limes de Chalcis) with him. Five of the photos were also published in L'Illustration in June 1934.
While Poidebard dates items to the Roman era, many are actually from the Umayyad dynasty era, such as the Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi. The Lebanon-Syrian Mandate was motivated to highlight Roman legacy over Arab history, Westernizing its history and linking the civilizing of the Romans to that of the Mandate.
Surveyed items
Published works
- Poidebard, A. (1927). Les routes anciennes en haute-Djezireh. Syria 8: 55-65.
- Poidebard, A. (1929). Resultats de sa mission en haute Djezire en automne 1928. Comptes-rendus des Seances de I'Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 72: 91-94.
- Poidebard, A. (1931). Recherches sur le limes romain (campagne d'automne 1930). Syria 12: 274-280.
- Poidebard, A. (1934). La trace de Rome dans le desert de Syrie: le limes de Trajan a la conquete arabe: recherches aeriennes (1925-1932), Geuthner, P
References
- Gerster, Georg; Charlotte Trümpler (2007). The Past from Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites. Getty Publications. pp. 17–19. ISBN 9780892368754.
- Thiollet, Jean-Pierre (2005). Je m'appelle Byblos. H & D Publications. p. 256. ISBN 2-914-266-04-9.
- ^ Carrie Hritz (18 January 2014). "Contributions of GIS and Satellite-based Remote Sensing to Landscape Archaeology in the Middle East". J Archaeol Res. doi:10.1007/s10814-013-9072-2.
- ^ "La Trace de Rome? Aerial Photography and Archaeology in Mandate Syria and Lebanon". History or Photography. 13 September 2016. doi:10.1080/09639489.2016.1171464.
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