GERARD Patrice

Patrice Gérard

mail : patrice.gerard@univ-tlse3.fr

Assistant-engineer archaeological field CNRS.

Co-director of the French Archaeological Mission in Eastern Siberia since 2009 (MAFSO)

Main activities

  • Survey mission, archaeological excavation, acquisition and processing of field data and their archiving;
  • Photography, mainly on the excavations in which I participate, but also archaeological material in laboratory;
  • Creation of graphic and cartographic data to illustrate the different interventions (courses, seminars, publications, etc..) researchers and teachers;
  • Publication preparation: proofreading and formatting of illustrations
  • Sampling mission

Selected exhibitions

In 2019, as part of the 80th anniversary of the CNRS, a public exhibition was mounted at the new Yakutsk museum « Russia, my history ». This exhibition organized by L. Romanova, S. Duchesne, P. Gérard and C. Petit brought together 100 exceptional pieces unearthed over the past 17 years by the Franco-Yakut archaeological missions as well as 30 panels 40X60 format showing photos of land and reconstructions of graves and clothing.

Selected Publications

  • Zvénigorosky V, Duchesne S, Romanova L, Gérard P et al. The genetic legacy of legendary and historical Siberian chieftains. Commun Biol 3, 581 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-01307-3
  • Keyser C, Zvénigorosky V, Gonzalez A, Fausser J-L, Jagorel F, Gérard P, Tsagaan T, Duchesne S, Crubézy E & Ludes B, Genetic evidence suggests a sense of family, parity and conquest in the Xiongnu Iron Age nomads of Mongolia. Hum Genet (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-020-02209-4
  • L Romanova, V Balter, L Simon, P Gerard, N Pokatilova, E Crubezy, Diet of autochthonous populations in Yakutia using isotopic, ethnographic, historical and archaeological data, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volume 28, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102022.
  • Colleter R, Dedouit F, Duchesne S et al. Study of a seventeenth-century French artificial mummy: autopsical, native, and contrast-injected CT investigations. Int J Legal Med 132, 1405–1413 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-018-1830-8