Dominique CARDON

Dr. Dominique Cardon is Emerita Director of Research at the National Centre of Scientific Research, research unit CIHAM/UMR 5648, in Lyons, France. Her long pursued research themes are the history and  archaeology of textile production and dyeing with natural organic colorants. She has been awarded the Silver Medal of CNRS, the UNESCO Medal “Thinking and Building Peace” and was made Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in France and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts, des Lettres et de la Culture of Madagascar for her contributions to textile research.