Colette Picard

For other uses, see Picard (name).

Colette Picard (née Durand) (1913 – 11 October 1999, Versailles) was a French archaeologist and historian. As curator of the archaeological site of Carthage, she led excavations on the hill of Byrsa in 1947.

Married to historian Gilbert Charles-Picard, Colette Picard was the mother of Hellenist Olivier Picard, former director of the École française d'Athènes and a member of the Institut de France.

Bibliography

• Catalogue du musée Alaoui
• 1951: Carthage, Paris
• 1958: La vie quotidienne à Carthage au temps ď'Hannibal, IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ [in collaboration with G. Charles-Picard]

External links

• Colette Picard on data.bnf.fr
• Gilbert et Colette Picard, La vie quotidienne à Carthage au temps ď Hannibal, IIIe siècle avant Jésus-Christ on Frantic
• Obituary on Persée