European Protohistory – Iron Age – Roman period – material culture – weaponry – funerary archaeology – acculturation processes

Field of research and activities

Lionel Pernet is an archaeologist and specialist in the Iron Age and Roman period. He obtained a PhD in archaeology from the Universities of Lausanne and Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne. He has worked at the National Museum in Zurich and in Montpellier, where he directed the archaeological site and the Lattara Museum (2009-2015). He has been director of the Cantonal Museum of Archaeology and History in Lausanne since 2015. His interests and research also focus on the history of museum collections and anthropological perspectives on material culture.

Publications

Lionel Pernet's publications focus on the Iron Age and Roman necropolis of Giubiasco, Gallic mercenaries and auxiliaries, the Roman necropolis of Lattes, and articles on museum collections.

Awards

• 2014: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
   

Tasks within the university

Teaching: Protohistory (Iron Age) course.

Student supervision: Bachelor's, Master's

Member 

Document expertise (Gallia – Patrimoines. Collections cantonales vaudoises  -  Cahiers d’archéologie romande)

Member of scientific societies: President of Archéologie Suisse – Friends of the MCAH. Cercle vaudoise d’archéologie – Société académique vaudoise – Association française pour l’étude de l’âge du fer.