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Coline Lefrancq

Chargée de recherche au CNRS, laboratoire ArScAn UMR 7041, équipe Asie centrale
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Documents

Domaines de recherche

Archéologie et Préhistoire Art et histoire de l'art Histoire Héritage culturel et muséologie Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Compétences

Archéologue et céramologue, spécialiste de l'Asie du Sud

Publications

Publications

The intertwined connection between the suburban sites of Mahasthangarh (Bangladesh) and the environment: How to deal with a ‘biased’ landscape?

Coline Lefrancq , Antoine Darchambeau , Yohan Chabot , Damien Arhan , Vincent Lefèvre et al.

World Archaeological Congress - 10, Claire Smith, Jun 2025, Darwin, Australia, Australia

Communication dans un congrès hal-05533142v1

Preliminary results of the last research program ‘South-East of BairaghiBhita’ (SEB) of the Bangladeshi-French Archaeological Mission in Mahasthangarh (2014-2025)

Coline Lefrancq

The Bengal Symposium. Archaeology, History, and HeritageBeyond Colonial Divides - Online edition, Abu B. Siddiq, Nov 2025, Artuklu, Turkey

Communication dans un congrès hal-05533066v1

The intertwined connection between the suburban sites of Mahasthangarh(Bangladesh) and the environment: How to deal with a ‘biased’ landscape?

Coline Lefrancq , Antoine Darchambeau , Yohan Chabot , Damien Arhan , Vincent Lefèvre et al.

World Archaeological Congress 10, WAC-10, Jun 2025, Darwin, Australia, Australia

Communication dans un congrès hal-05306356v1

Penser les conventions et partenariats avec les collègues asiatiques dans le cadre de l’archéologie

Coline Lefrancq

Archivarcheo25 -Les archives de l’archéologie française à l’étranger : quelles collaborations?, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, Lyon; Association des archivistes français; Consortium Masa+, Nov 2025, Lyon, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-05533081v1

Preliminary results of the last research program of the French-Bangladeshi Archaeological Mission in Mahasthangarh.

Coline Lefrancq

Archaeological Heritage of South Asia, S.B. Darsana, Sep 2025, Tiruchirapalli, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-05306362v1

Preliminary results of the last research program of the French-Bangladeshi Archaeological Mission in Mahasthangarh

Coline Lefrancq

Archaeological Heritage of South Asia, S.B. Darsana, Sep 2025, Tiruchirapalli, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-05533099v1

Modelling urban settlement in Early Historical and Early Medieval South Asia: the case of Mahasthangarh, Bangladesh

Vincent Lefèvre , Coline Lefrancq , Nahid Sultana

The 26th International Conference of the European Society for South Asian Archaeology and Art, EASAA; Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Monika Zin, Sep 2024, Leipzig (DE), Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04864887v1

Focus on the daily-life material culture of Buddhist communities in the ancient Bengal

Coline Lefrancq

History and Archaeology of Buddhist Monasteries in South Asia, Bijoy Kumar Choudhary Bihar Heritage Development Society, Feb 2024, Bodhgaya, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04652149v1

Recherches récentes sur le site de Mahasthangarh, une ville majeure de l’ancien Bengale

Coline Lefrancq

Conférence public élargi dans le cadre du cycle de conférences Jean Pouilloux, MOM Lyon, les amis de la MOM, Les amis de la MOM, Jun 2024, Lyon (Maison de l'Orien et de la Méditerranée), France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04864881v1

Evolution of the fluvial landscape in the Mahasthangarh region (Bangladesh) over the last 2000 years: contribution of satellite images and geomorphological studies to the history of paleoenvironment

Yohan Chabot , Damien Arhan , Coline Lefrancq , Vincent Lefèvre , Nahid Sultana

The 26th International Conference of the European Society for South Asian Archaeology and Art, EASAA; Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Monica Zin, Sep 2024, Leipzig (DE), Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04864893v1

Penser les conventions et partenariats avec les collègues sud-asiatiques (Inde et Bangladesh).

Coline Lefrancq

Enjeux éthiques et juridiques des données numériques de la recherche en études aréales, Vanessa Guéno CNRS IREMAM; Romain Tiquet CNRS IMAF; Coline Lefrancq CNRS ArScAn, Mar 2024, MMSH, Aix-Marseille Université, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04652152v1

Archaeology of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh. Assessments and Perspectives

Coline Lefrancq

Seminar « Ancient History and Archaeology » Prof. Suchira Roychoudhury, Department of AIHC&A, Université de Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Inde, Suchira Roychoudhury, Feb 2024, Santiniketan, India

Communication dans un congrès halshs-04652145v1

Analytical Index of the Pottery from 6th to 13th c. CE: Case study of the Ceramics from Ancient Bengal

Coline Lefrancq

History, Science and Technology of South Asian Ceramics (3rd International Conference in Commemoration of Padma Shri Awardee Iravatham Mahadevan), K. Rajan Tamil Nadu State Archaeological Department; Sivananthan dir. Tamil Nadu State Archaeological Department; Alok Kanungo IIT Gandhinagar, Jan 2024, Chennai (India), India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386805v1

Archaeology of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh. Assessments and Perspectives

Coline Lefrancq

séminaire « Ancient History and Archaeology » du Prof. Suchira Roychoudhury, Department of AIHC&A, Université de Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Inde, Prof. Suchira Roychoudhury, Department of AIHC&A, Université de Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, Inde, Feb 2024, Santiniketan, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04864870v1

The debate on the urbanization during the early medieval period in South Asia explained (with a focus on the northeastern part of Indian Peninsula).

Coline Lefrancq

Archaeology of the Medieval World: Sources and Cities, Hagit Nol, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Allemagne, Jun 2024, Franckfort, Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04652153v1

Archaeology of South India and the Bay of Bengal with a focus on maritime trade and Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh

Coline Lefrancq

International workshop on Archaeology of South India and the Bay of Bengal, V. Selvakumar, Aug 2023, Thanjavur, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386818v1

Trente ans de recherches en Asie du Sud : les archives de Mahasthangarh et la mémoire vivante de la mission française de coopération archéologique au Bangladesh

Coline Lefrancq , Vincent Lefèvre , Marie-Françoise Boussac

Archives en Réseaux, Julien Aliquot; Laure Bézard; Romain Boissat, Dec 2023, Lyon, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386808v1

Chronique du troisième programme de fouilles de la mission française de coopération archéologique au Bangladesh, Mahasthangarh : le secteur au sud-est des temples de Bairāgīr Bhiṭā (SEB)

Coline Lefrancq

Conférence mensuelle de la Société asiatique de France, Paris, Société asiatique de France, Jan 2023, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386822v1

Archaeology of the urban site of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh: assessments and perspectives

Coline Lefrancq

Archaeological seminar at the Archaeological Department of University of Calcutta, Rajat Sanyal; Kaushik Gangopadhyay, Sep 2023, Calcutta, India, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386814v1

Chronique du troisième programme de fouilles de la mission française de coopération archéologique au Bangladesh, Mahasthangarh : le secteur au sud-est des temples de Bairāgīr Bhiṭā (SEB)

Coline Lefrancq

Conférence mensuelle de la Société asiatique de France, Paris, France, Société asiatique de France, Jan 2023, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996630v1

Archaeology of the urban site of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh: assessments and perspectives

Coline Lefrancq

Seminar of the Bihar Heritage Society, Bihar Heritage Society Bijoy Chaudhary, Jan 2023, Patna, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386824v1

Critical presentation of the excavated archaeological sites occupied from 6th to 13th c. CE in Tamil Nadu

Coline Lefrancq

Pondicherry DHARMA Workshop, Emmanuel Francis, Aug 2023, Pondicherry, India

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386816v1

Southern versus Northern India: archaeology of the Gupta period (4th to 6th c. CE), with special reference to ancient Bengal

Coline Lefrancq

South India between the 4th and the 6th century CE, Ariane de Saxcé; Valérie Gillet; Coline Lefrancq, Oct 2023, Bonn, Germany

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386810v1

Discussing the Late Prehistoric and Early Historical Bay of Bengal Networks in the Light of Indian and Indian-Related Ceramic From Peninsular Thailand and Myanmar

Coline Lefrancq , Bérénice Bellina , Aude Favereau

22nd Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress (IPPA 2022), Silpakorn University; Fine Arts Department; Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Nov 2022, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Communication dans un congrès hal-03905049v1

The Archaeological site of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh: assessment and perspectives in the framework of the ERC project – DHARMA

Coline Lefrancq

World Archaeological Congress – 9, 2022, WAC, Jul 2022, Prague (en ligne), Czech Republic

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386831v1

Discussing the Late Prehistoric and Early Historical Bay of Bengal Networks in the light of Indian and Indian-Related Ceramics from Peninsular Thailand and Myanmar

Coline Lefrancq , Bérénice Bellina , Aude Favereau

22nd congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA 22), Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Nov 2022, Chian Mai, Thailand

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996677v1

To each his own pot? Focus on the daily-life of Brahmanical and Buddhist communities in Early Medieval East India (ca. 600-1200 CE)

Coline Lefrancq

Śaiva-Buddhist Encounters in Early Medieval East India, Lucas den Boer, Shivadharma ERC project, Oct 2022, Naples (Italie), Italy

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386829v1

L’environnement religieux du centre urbain de Mahasthangarh au Bangladesh du 6e au 13e siècle de notre ère : l’apport des sources écrites et de la culture matérielle

Coline Lefrancq

Séminaire Actualité de la recherche sur l’Asie du Sud du Centre d’Etudes Inde – Asie du Sud (CEIAS, UMR 8564), CEIAS, Apr 2022, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996776v1

Recent discoveries made by the French Archaeological Mission in Peninsular Thailand and Myanmar on the pottery of “Indian” origin or of “Indian” influence

Coline Lefrancq , Bérénice Bellina , Aude Favereau , Kalayar Myat Myat Htwe , Maung Sun Win

9th World Archaeological Congress (WAC-9), World Archaeological Congress Association, Jul 2022, Prague, Czech Republic

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996706v1

The religious background (Monastic institutions and “Hindu” temples) of Mahasthangarh and the Varendra region through the lens of archaeology from 6th to 13th c. CE

Coline Lefrancq , Vincent Lefèvre

Institutionalized Religion and Asceticism in South and Southeast Asia in the Pre-Modern Period - ERC DHARMA, Annette Schmiedchen, Mar 2022, Berlin (DE), Germany

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996841v1

Discussing the early Bay of Bengal networks in the light of early historical Indian and Indian-related ceramics from Peninsular Thailand and Myanmar

Coline Lefrancq , Bérénice Bellina , Aude Favereau

European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art (EASAA) 2022, European Association of South Asian Archaeology and Art, Jul 2022, Barcelone, Spain

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996721v1

The Archaeological site of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh : assessment and perspectives in the framework of the ERC project – DHARMA

Coline Lefrancq

World Archaeological Congress – 9, 2022, World Archaeological Congress Association, Jul 2022, Prague (République Tchèque), Czech Republic

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996697v1

The religious environment of the urban center of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh from the 6th to the 13th century CE: the contribution of written sources and material culture

Coline Lefrancq

Celebration of 50 years of Bangladesh Independence, CEIAS - INALCO - EHESS - GIS Asie, Jun 2022, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996733v1

Recent discoveries made by the French Archaeological Mission in Peninsular Thailand and Myanmar on the pottery of « South Asian » origin and of « South Asian » influence

Coline Lefrancq , Aude Favereau , Bérénice Bellina

World Archaeological Congress – 9, 2022, WAC, Jul 2022, Prague (en ligne), Czech Republic

Communication dans un congrès hal-04386834v1

Understanding the reasons of the technological changes in the pottery of ancient Bengal during the Early Medieval period (6th – 13th centuries)

Coline Lefrancq

The Archaeology of Technological Change. A CReA-Patrimoine hybrid workshop, May 2022, Bruxelles (Belgique), Belgium

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996782v1

To each his own pot? Focus on the daily life of Brahmanical and Buddhist communities in Early Medieval East India (ca. 600-1200 CE)

Coline Lefrancq

Śaiva-Buddhist Encounters in Early Medieval East India (ca. 600 – 1200 CE), Lucas den Boer, Shivadharma ERC project, Oct 2022, Naples (Italie), Italy

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996668v1

The settlement occupation and its variations through time from 3rd c. BCE to 12th c. CE in Ancient Bengal: Back to archaeological evidence into historical debates

Coline Lefrancq

Regional Histories of South Asia in Light of Archaeological and Textual Sources, Noémie Verdon, Oct 2021, Lausanne (Suisse), Switzerland

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996854v1

Peninsular Myanmar Early Port-Cities of the Maritime Silk Road and the Bay of Bengal. Indian and Indian-related Ceramics in Maliwan and Aw Gyi

Coline Lefrancq , Aude Favereau

Maritime History and Marine and Underwater Archaeology - Indian Ocean Lecture Series, Veerasamy Selvakumar, Jan 2021, Thanjavur, India

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996906v1

Centre of Information on the Archaeological Site of Arikamedu

Coline Lefrancq

Works and updates of Task Force A - ERC project DHARMA, ERC project DHARMA n°809994, Jun 2021, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996862v1

L’ancien Bengale, terre de compromis en matière d’archéologie et d’étude du matériel

Coline Lefrancq

Le terrain en Asie du Sud en contexte difficile : tour d’horizon des méthodologies développées par les chercheuses et chercheurs en sciences humaines et sociales, Valérie Gillet, Coline Lefrancq, Oct 2021, Paris, France

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996849v1

Updates on archaeological operations in ancient Bengal : fieldwork, data and archives management

Coline Lefrancq

Works and updates of Task Force B - ERC project DHARMA, ERC project DHARMA n°809994, Apr 2021, Berlin (DE), Germany

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996895v1

Comment l’étude de la céramique de l’ancien Bengale est devenue un « visa/passeport pour le monde » asiatique

Coline Lefrancq

Journées des jeunes chercheurs du CReA-Patrimoine, CREA-Patrimoine ULB, Nov 2020, Bruxelles - Belgique, Belgium

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996915v1

The archaeological site of Mahasthangarh in Bangladesh : assessments and perspectives + Overview of an ongoing project of creation of a Centre of Information at Arikamedu

Coline Lefrancq

Séminaire international de Università degli Studi di Napoli L’Orientale, Florinda De Simini, May 2020, Naples (Italie), Italy

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996924v1

Survey and Excavations conducted in Ancient Vidarbha. ERC project ‘Asia. Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State’ + Some insight on the Centre of Information of the archaeological site of Arikamedu

Coline Lefrancq

Séminaire du département des sciences sociales de l’Institut Français de Pondichéry (IFP), Inde, Institut Français de Pondichéry Inde, Sep 2019, Pondichéry, India

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996950v1

The excavations of Mahasthan (ancient Pundravardhana), Bangladesh

Vincent Lefèvre , Coline Lefrancq

Kick Off Meeting du projet ERC – DHARMA, ERC project DHARMA n°809994, Sep 2019, Berlin (DE), Germany

Communication dans un congrès halshs-03996931v1
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1992. Coopération archéologique au Bangladesh – Mahasthangarh

Coline Lefrancq , Vincent Lefèvre , Marie-Françoise Boussac , Bruno Helly , Rifat Rashid

50 histoires mondiales de la MOM, MOM éditions, pp.48-51, 2025

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-05534625v1

Pottery of Bengal during the Early Medieval period

Coline Lefrancq

The Archaeology of Early Medieval and Mediaval South Asia. Contesting Narratives from the Eastern Ganga-Brahmaputra Basin, Routledge Tailor and Francis group, pp.265-287, 2023, 9781032656625

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-04386792v1

Pottery of the 'Gauda era' from Mazar in Mahasthangarh: Some Results

Coline Lefrancq

Sources of the Gauda Period in Bengal. Essays in Archaeology, 2020

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-03203981v1

Circulation of Pots and People: Reflections on Trade-Marked Potteries from Bengal to South-East Asia

Coline Lefrancq

Cross-Cultural Networking in the Eastern Indian Ocean Realm, c. 100 – 1800, 2020

Chapitre d'ouvrage hal-03203957v1

Grounding texts and theories of societal change

Jason Hawkes , Riza Abbas , Anne Casile , Jaseera C.M. , Coline Lefrancq et al.

Antiquity, 2022, 96 (387), pp.611-627. ⟨10.15184/aqy.2022.28⟩

Article dans une revue (article de synthèse) hal-03941757v1

Vingt-huit ans de fouilles franco-bangladaises à Mahasthangarh

Vincent Lefèvre , Coline Lefrancq

Arts Asiatiques, 2020, Tome 75, pp.161-196. ⟨10.3406/arasi.2020.2090⟩

Article dans une revue hal-03203909v1

Accepting Variation and Embracing Uncertainty: Creating a Regional Pottery Typology in South Asian Archaeology

Coline Lefrancq , Jason Hawkes

Open Archaeology, 2020, 6 (1), pp.269-328. ⟨10.1515/opar-2020-0112⟩

Article dans une revue hal-03203924v1

Report on the Dating of the Historical Period Site at Mahurjhari, Vidarbha

R.K. Mohanty , Jason D Hawkes , Coline Lefrancq , Riza Abbas

Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology , 2019

Article dans une revue hal-03205237v1

A Typology of Practice: The Archaeological Ceramics from Mahurjhari

Coline Lefrancq , Jason Hawkes , C.M. Jaseera , R.K. Mohanty

Internet Archaeology, 2019, 52, ⟨10.11141/ia.52.9⟩

Article dans une revue hal-03203968v1

Northern Black Polished Ware versus Fine Black Slipped Ware: towards a new designation for the ‘NBPW of the second generation’ in Bengal

Coline Lefrancq

Puravritta, 2016

Article dans une revue hal-03203949v1

Aperçu de la céramique d’époque kouchane à partir du matériel issu du ‘complexe cultuel’ de Termez

Coline Lefrancq

Annales d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archéologie, 2013

Article dans une revue hal-03203954v1

Compte rendu de Ceramic Exchange and the Indian Ocean Economy (AD 400-1275). Volume I : Analysis. Volume II : Indian Ocean Pottery Classification, Seth M.N. Priestman, Research Publication 223, British Museum, Londres, 2021

Coline Lefrancq , Sterenn Le Maguer

Volume 25/2, 2022, pp.773-782

Autre publication scientifique hal-04386797v1

Compte rendu de History of Bangladesh: Early Bengal in Regional Perspectives (up to c. 1200 CE), with a Foreword by Romila Thapar, Vol. 1. Archaeology – Political History – Polity (944 pages, de p. 899 à p. 938 : bibliographie, de p. 939 à p. 944 : index) ; Vol. 2. Society – Economy – Culture (716 pages, de p. 665 à p. 698 : bibliographie, de p. 699 à p. 716 : index), Abdul Momin Chowdhury et Ranabir Chakravarti (eds), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2018, paru dans Bulletin de l’École française d’Extrême-Orient 106, 2020

Coline Lefrancq

2020, pp.480-489

Autre publication scientifique hal-04386799v1

2013-2015 excavations at Mahasthan. Preliminary results of the third phase of the France-Bangladesh cooperation

Vincent Lefèvre , Coline Lefrancq

Religions, Society, Trade and Kingship: Archaeology and Art in South Asia and along the Silk Road, 5500 BCE-5th Century CE, Research Presented at the Twenty-third Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Cardiff, 2016. Volume 1: Archaeology, Seals and Inscriptions, Iconography and Artistic Expression, 2020

Autre publication scientifique hal-03203965v1

The pottery from Mazar excavations at Mahasthangarh (Bangladesh) and its implications for the Early Medieval Period of Ancient North Ben

Coline Lefrancq

South Asian Archaeology and Art 2014. Papers presented at the Twenty-Second International Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art held at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities/National Museums of World Culture, Stockholm, Sweden, 30th of June to 4th of July 2014, 2020

Autre publication scientifique hal-03203962v1

The pottery from Mazar excavations at Mahasthangarh (Bangladesh) and its implications for the Early Medieval Period of Ancient North Bengal

Coline Lefrancq

Eva Myrdal (ed.) European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art 2014, Dev Publishers and Distributors, pp.205-215, 2020, 978-93-87496-36-1

Proceedings/Recueil des communications hal-04386795v1