L'habitat et la nécropole celtes de Cagny Carrefour Philippe

The site of Cagny on the "Plaine de Caen" was excavated from February to July 2008 and was the first site in Lower Normandy to reap the benefits of large sacle mechanical earth moving, the entire site being revealed over 13.6 acres. Beyond the two enclosures identified during a prior archaeological evaluation, this strategy, prescribed by the Ministry of Culture and Communication's archeological service in Lower-Normandy, resulted in the detection of unexpected remains and occupations. Indeed, we were able to study a settlement dating back to the Middle Neolithic II and a large necropolis with monuments dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Ages. For the Iron Age, features revealing domestic…

Le château de Gien (Loiret)

Connecting Gien Castle to its Landscape: Faunal, Environmental and Buildings Analyses (Loiret, France)

International audience; Gien castle is a listed monument of French architectural heritage. Today it houses the National Museum of Hunting and its collection. Organised visits to the site have traditionally lacked any clear mention of the castle’s historical background. Recently, however, archaeological excavations and building analysis in 2011–2015 produced a wealth of new knowledge about the castle’s medieval origins and history, and about its relationship to its landscape. During the ninth and tenth centuries and then in the fifteenth century the castle occupied a strategically exceptional position reflecting the connection with its environment, notably the strong connection between the c…

Productions végétales, alimentation et élevage dans la vallée de la Moselle entre Metz et Thionville et dans les environs de la cité de Metz : l'apport des données carpologiques et archéozoologiques

International audience; This paper deals with recently obtained archaeobotanical and archaeozoological results obtained from Gallo-Roman sites in the Moselle valley between Metz (Divodurum mediomatricorum) and Thionville and the adjacent areas. The results deriving from recent rescue excavations are giving evidence of Gallo-Roman agricultural practices in a time frame from the 2nd to the late 4th c. AD.