Thierry De Putter
Biographic Data
| ID | 220078 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thierry De Putter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thierry |
| FAMILY NAME | De Putter |
| SIGNATURE | DE PUTTER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2746-5310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Kôm Ombo (2025)
The invisible lives of cobalt miners and green traceability discourses
The mobilization for greenhouse gas reduction has significantly boosted our interest in electric cars and green mobility. E-powered technology and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are now cornerstones of our green tech discourse. These technologies rest on the fast-growing demand for rare metals such as cobalt, an essential component in Li-ion batteries. This article focuses on the invisible lives of the artisanal diggers who mine much of the world…
L’usage du calcaire dans l’architecture du temple de Médamoud à la lumière des autres temples thébainsاستخدام الحجر الجيري في بناء معبد مونتو (مدامود) مقارنة بمعابد طيبة الأخرى
L’article se propose de définir l’approvisionnement du calcaire employé dans les maçonneries du temple de Médamoud entre le Moyen Empire et l’époque ptolémaïque en se fondant sur une série d’analyses réalisées à partir de divers échantillonnages. Il apparaît que Médamoud se distingue des autres temples thébains par l’utilisation de ce matériau dans le temps long et le recours presque exclusif au calcaire memphite issu des carrières de Toura. Loin…
From Limestone to Sandstone – Building Stone of Theban Architecture During the Reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III
This paper reviews the monuments built in the Theban area during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III, and their stone materials. This period witnessed a shift from limestone to sandstone in the second part of the Hatshepsut coregency with Thutmosis III, when the queen commissioned an ambitious architectural program. In his autonomous reign, Thutmosis III reused limestone in various monuments, possibly to distance himself from the queen’s c…
Provenancing Central African copper croisettes
Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo
Copper Production and Trade in the Niari Basin (Republic of Congo) During the 13th to 19th Centuries ce
In Central Africa, copper ore occurs in only a few locations and copper appears to have been a scarce commodity in the past—contrary to iron, which is attested more widely and earlier in the sub‐Saharan archaeological record. This paper presents the first detailed characterization of an early copper‐working region in Central Africa. Located along the southern border of the Republic of the Congo, the Niari Basin has revealed several copper product…
‘Put the Statues in the Oven’
Identifying the material used to carve a statue is particularly significant. A sculpture might appear to be of a hard, prestigious stone, requiring a laborious process of manufacture, while actually be of a soft, more affordable stone. A large part of the corpus of sculptures of the Late Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period is made from a peculiar stone: steatite, also called soapstone or talc. Its specific characteristics allowed sc…
Thierry De Putter, un géologue face à la peur "irrationnelle" des déchets radioactifs
Agns Pivot : Vous tes gologue et, pendant dix ans, vous vous tes spcialis dans le domaine de l'enfouissement des dchets nuclaires. Or, vous avez entrepris d'claircir les origines d'un fait social qui vous semble incomprhensible, que vous appelez les ractions irrationnelles du public. Pourquoi vous tes-vous engag dans cette dmarche ? Thierry De Putter : C'est l'aboutissement (ou le commencement, devrais-je dire) d'une rflexion personnelle sur les …
Un relief thébain d'Amenhotep Ier au Musée du Cinquantenaire
Etude d'un fragment (Inv. E. 6470) de relief en calcaire egyptien conserve dans la collection egyptienne du Musee du Cinquantenaire. Il represente une scene d'offrande appartenant a un bloc issu d'un bas-relief monumental. D'apres le resultat des analyses stylistique et geochimique du fragment et les contextes chronologiques et topographiques, il s'agirait d'une representation d'Amenophis I pratiquant l'offrande de l'encens dediee a Amon-Re, prov…
Ramsès II, géologue
L'auteur de cet article presente la stele de l'an 8 de Ramses II et montre que, au-dela de la simple traduction d'un texte, la situation decrite est plus complexe qu'il n'y parait et qu'elle pourrait bien, en fait, refleter les grandes options politiques et religieuses du souverain
Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo
Copper Production and Trade in the Niari Basin (Republic of Congo) During the 13th to 19th Centuries ce
In Central Africa, copper ore occurs in only a few locations and copper appears to have been a scarce commodity in the past—contrary to iron, which is attested more widely and earlier in the sub‐Saharan archaeological record. This paper presents the first detailed characterization of an early copper‐working region in Central Africa. Located along the southern border of the Republic of the Congo, the Niari Basin has revealed several copper product…
Provenancing Central African copper croisettes
The invisible lives of cobalt miners and green traceability discourses
The mobilization for greenhouse gas reduction has significantly boosted our interest in electric cars and green mobility. E-powered technology and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are now cornerstones of our green tech discourse. These technologies rest on the fast-growing demand for rare metals such as cobalt, an essential component in Li-ion batteries. This article focuses on the invisible lives of the artisanal diggers who mine much of the world…
Un relief thébain d'Amenhotep Ier au Musée du Cinquantenaire
Etude d'un fragment (Inv. E. 6470) de relief en calcaire egyptien conserve dans la collection egyptienne du Musee du Cinquantenaire. Il represente une scene d'offrande appartenant a un bloc issu d'un bas-relief monumental. D'apres le resultat des analyses stylistique et geochimique du fragment et les contextes chronologiques et topographiques, il s'agirait d'une representation d'Amenophis I pratiquant l'offrande de l'encens dediee a Amon-Re, prov…
Ramsès II, géologue
L'auteur de cet article presente la stele de l'an 8 de Ramses II et montre que, au-dela de la simple traduction d'un texte, la situation decrite est plus complexe qu'il n'y parait et qu'elle pourrait bien, en fait, refleter les grandes options politiques et religieuses du souverain
Thierry De Putter, un géologue face à la peur "irrationnelle" des déchets radioactifs
Agns Pivot : Vous tes gologue et, pendant dix ans, vous vous tes spcialis dans le domaine de l'enfouissement des dchets nuclaires. Or, vous avez entrepris d'claircir les origines d'un fait social qui vous semble incomprhensible, que vous appelez les ractions irrationnelles du public. Pourquoi vous tes-vous engag dans cette dmarche ? Thierry De Putter : C'est l'aboutissement (ou le commencement, devrais-je dire) d'une rflexion personnelle sur les …
‘Put the Statues in the Oven’
Identifying the material used to carve a statue is particularly significant. A sculpture might appear to be of a hard, prestigious stone, requiring a laborious process of manufacture, while actually be of a soft, more affordable stone. A large part of the corpus of sculptures of the Late Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period is made from a peculiar stone: steatite, also called soapstone or talc. Its specific characteristics allowed sc…
Sustainability of artisanal mining of cobalt in DR Congo
Copper Production and Trade in the Niari Basin (Republic of Congo) During the 13th to 19th Centuries ce
In Central Africa, copper ore occurs in only a few locations and copper appears to have been a scarce commodity in the past—contrary to iron, which is attested more widely and earlier in the sub‐Saharan archaeological record. This paper presents the first detailed characterization of an early copper‐working region in Central Africa. Located along the southern border of the Republic of the Congo, the Niari Basin has revealed several copper product…
Provenancing Central African copper croisettes
From Limestone to Sandstone – Building Stone of Theban Architecture During the Reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III
This paper reviews the monuments built in the Theban area during the reigns of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III, and their stone materials. This period witnessed a shift from limestone to sandstone in the second part of the Hatshepsut coregency with Thutmosis III, when the queen commissioned an ambitious architectural program. In his autonomous reign, Thutmosis III reused limestone in various monuments, possibly to distance himself from the queen’s c…
L’usage du calcaire dans l’architecture du temple de Médamoud à la lumière des autres temples thébainsاستخدام الحجر الجيري في بناء معبد مونتو (مدامود) مقارنة بمعابد طيبة الأخرى
L’article se propose de définir l’approvisionnement du calcaire employé dans les maçonneries du temple de Médamoud entre le Moyen Empire et l’époque ptolémaïque en se fondant sur une série d’analyses réalisées à partir de divers échantillonnages. Il apparaît que Médamoud se distingue des autres temples thébains par l’utilisation de ce matériau dans le temps long et le recours presque exclusif au calcaire memphite issu des carrières de Toura. Loin…
The invisible lives of cobalt miners and green traceability discourses
The mobilization for greenhouse gas reduction has significantly boosted our interest in electric cars and green mobility. E-powered technology and lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are now cornerstones of our green tech discourse. These technologies rest on the fast-growing demand for rare metals such as cobalt, an essential component in Li-ion batteries. This article focuses on the invisible lives of the artisanal diggers who mine much of the world…
Kôm Ombo (2025)
History (6 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (5 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works)