Zsolt Mester and zooarchaeology in the French National Museum of Natural History
Marylène Patou-Mathis
UMR 7194 Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle / CNRS / UPVD, IPH, 1 Rue René Panhard, Paris, 75013 France; E-Mail: marylene.patou-mathis@mnhn.fr
Stéphane Péan
UMR 7194 Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle / CNRS / UPVD, IPH
Antony Borel
UMR 7194 Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle / CNRS / UPVD, IPH; Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-1863
Éva J. Daschek
UMR 7194 Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle / CNRS / UPVD, IPH; ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5916-0469
Marie Seguedy
UMR 7194 Histoire Naturelle de l’Homme Préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d’histoire naturelle / CNRS / UPVD, IPH; Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Cite as: Patou-Mathis, M., Péan, S., Borel, A., Daschek, É. J., & Seguedy, M. (2023). Zsolt Mester and zooarchaeology in the French National Museum of Natural History. In A. Király (Ed.), From tea leaves to leaf-shaped tools. Studies in honour of Zsolt Mester on his sixtieth birthday (pp. 271–280). Lithic Research Roundtable & Institute of Archaeological Sciences, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. https://doi.org/10.23898/litikumsi02a12
Abstract: This paper describes the history of the collaboration between Zsolt Mester and zooarchaeologists from the Muséum National Histoire Naturelle (MNHN, France), which has been lasting for almost 25 years! It has enabled the development of common research projects about Neanderthal and early Homo sapiens subsistence behaviours in Central and Eastern Europe. Through an interdisciplinary approach, our collaboration focuses on the valorisation of the Hungarian and French archaeological cultural heritage. The results of this collaborative research have been disseminated in conference papers and publications. Zsolt has also contributed significantly to animate and strengthen our network through common courses and workshops, the training and supervision of students and PhD candidates and, finally, by joining our MNHN research unit as an associate researcher.
Keywords: Zsolt Mester, France, MNHN, Zooarchaeology, Collaboration, Bilateral project, Hungary
We would like to express our gratitude to all the Hungarian institutions and colleagues who have helped us in any way, in each of the studies of osteological materials that we have conducted, including László Kordos, László Makádi, Klára Palotás (SARA Geological Directorate, Geological collections), Viola T. Dobosi, András Markó (Hungarian National Museum), Mihály Gasparik (Hungarian Natural History Museum), and András Tóth (Aquincum Museum).
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