Philippe Leveau

Philippe Leveau
Born (1940-01-04) 4 January 1940
Angoulême, France
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Provence - Aix-Marseille I
Academic work
DisciplineHistory and Archaeology
InstitutionsLycée Louis-Barthou
University of Algiers 1
Aix-Marseille University

Philippe Leveau (born 4 January 1940) is a French historian and archaeologist.

Biography

As a student in Bordeaux, where he carried out research on the political ideology of Roman emperor Julian, Leveau obtained the Agrégation d'histoire in 1963 (ranked 36th).[1] As an assistant in ancient history at the University of Algiers for six years (1966-1972), he began researching the area around Caesarea in Mauretania.

From 1972 to 1984, Leveau was a lecturer at the Aix-Marseille University, where in 1979 he defended a post-graduate thesis under the supervision of Paul-Albert Février. It was published in 1984 by the Presses de École française de Rome. The same year, he was elected Professor of National Antiquities at the Aix-Marseille University, where he ended his career in 2002, having been awarded emeritus status.

He was a member of the Conseil national de la recherche archéologique from March 13, 1995 to March 13, 1999, and a member of the Commission pour les fouilles sous-marines, elected by the Commission interrégionale de la recherche archéologique Sud-est.

Works

  • Caesarea de Maurétanie : une ville romaine et ses campagnes, Éditions de l'École française de Rome, 1984, X + 556 pages (recension here)
  • Ph. Leveau et J.-L. Paillet, L'alimentation en eau de Caesarea de Maurétanie et l'aqueduc de Cherchel (in collaboration with J.-L. Paillet), Ed. L'Harmattan, Paris 1976, 185 pages, 10 plans hors-texte.
  • J. Gascou, Ph. Leveau et J. Rimbert, Inscriptions latines de la cité d'Apt, Supplément à Gallia, Paris, CNRS, 1997, 220 p.
  • Burnouf J. et Leveau Ph., (dir.), Fleuves et Marais, une Histoire au Croisement de la Nature et de la Culture. Sociétés préindustrielles et milieux fluviaux, lacustres et palustres : pratiques sociales et hydrosystèmes, CTHS, Paris, 2004.
  • Ph. Leveau et J.P. Saquet ., Milieu et sociétés dans la vallée des Baux, Supplément 31 à la Revue Archéologique de Narbonnaise, 390 p.
  • Leveau Ph. et Rémy B., La ville des Alpes occidentales à l’époque romaine, CHRIPA, Grenoble, 2008.

References

  1. ^ "Leveau Philippe". Fonds d'archives du Centre Camille Jullian UMR 7299 - HumaNum.