From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Jean Clottes is a prominent French prehistorian He was born in the French Pyrénées in 1933 and began to study archaeology in 1959 while teaching high school He initially focused on Neolithic dolmens which were the topic of his 1975 PhD thesis at the University of Toulouse After being appointed director of prehistoric antiquities for the MidiPyrénées in 1971 he began to study prehistoric cave art in order to fulfill the responsibilities of that position In the following years he led a series of excavations of prehistoric sites in the region In 1992 he was named General Inspector for Archaeology at the French Ministry of Culture in 1993 he was appointed Scientific Advisor for prehistoric rock art at the French Ministry of Culture He formally retired in 1999 but remains an active contributor to the field To date he has written over 300 scientific papers and has edited coedited written or coauthored a total of over 20 books He has also lectured around the world taught at the University of Toulouse and the University of California at Berkeley and engaged in numerous public outreach and professional service activities12 He has received several honors from the French government and also from the Blue Tuareg people of the Sahara Desert who made him an honorary Tuareg in 2007 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Clottes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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