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

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Communication dans un congrès (43)

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 Lefèvreet al. World Archaeological Congress - 10, Claire Smith, Jun 2025, Darwin, Australia, Australia Communication dans un congrès hal-05533142v1
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-05533099v1
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Chapitre d'ouvrage (4)

1992. Coopération archéologique au Bangladesh – Mahasthangarh Coline Lefrancq,Vincent Lefèvre,Marie-Françoise Boussac,Bruno Helly,Rifat Rashid Sabine Fourrier. 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

Article dans une revue (7)

Grounding texts and theories of societal change Jason Hawkes,Riza Abbas,Anne Casile,Jaseera C.M.,Coline Lefrancqet 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

Autre publication scientifique (4)

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

Proceedings/Recueil des communications (1)

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

Rapport (1)

BACTRIANE Mission archéologique franco-ouzbèque de Bactriane septentrionale BILAN DE LA CAMPAGNE 2010 Pierre Leriche,Sakirdzan Rasulevic Pidaev,Elise Allaoua,Coline Lefrancq,Fabien Lesgueret al. [Rapport de recherche] CNRS AOROC UMR8546. 2010 Rapport (rapport de recherche) hal-03734877v1