Colette Picard

{{short description|French historian}}

{{ infobox Person

| name = Colette Picard

| birth_name = Colette Durand

| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|10|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|10|11|1913|10|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Versailles, France

| occupation = Historian
Archaeologist

| spouse = Gilbert Charles-Picard

| children = Olivier Picard

}}

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.[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/antaf_0066-4871_1999_num_35_1_1304 revue Persée]

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.

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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]