Gabrielle Démians d'Archimbaud (6 September 1929 – 1 August 2017) was a French archaeologist specialising in deserted medieval villages and religious buildings.
She was a pioneer of the study of material culture in the Middle Ages and Professor emerita of History of Art.
d'Archimbaud begun her teaching career at Lycée Georges Clemenceau in Montpellier from 1957-1958.
She researched and excavated at the Abbey of St Victor, Marseille from 1970 to 1978, the Oppidum de Saint-Blaise at Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts from 1980 to 1984, and at the Notre-Dame-du-Bourg cathedral in Digne-les-Bains from 1983 to 2004.
[1] She was admitted to the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres with the rank of Chevalier (knight) in January 1989 and promoted to Officier (officer) in February 2016.