Hillforts in France (22th c. BC-1st c. AD): a draft of current thinking

La céramique façonnée au tour : témoin privilégié de la diffusion des techniques au Hallstatt D2-D3 et à La Tène A-B1

In recent years a series of studies made it possible to characterize the productions of thin walled pottery traditionally identified by the term “wheel-turned pottery”. The establishment of regional typologies and the realisation of petrographic analyses helped to determine these technical groups which seem to have appeared in the northern alpine zone at Hallstatt D2-D3. Today we are able to compare the results of these selected analyses and draw a temporary conclusion illuminating the context of acquisition of the potter’s wheel and its assimilation by different cultural groups within a wide spread geographical area comprising contrasting landscapes between the centre of France and the Cze…

Les établissements de hauteur défendus protohistoriques en France (XXIIe-Ier siècles av. J.-C.)

A review of current knowledge is proposed based on updated data for 1330 fortified sites on high ground. These, for the most part, have been explored on too limited an area to understand their precise nature and status. Generally, they are located on spurs and cover a very small area, particularly in the Southeast. Only a quarter of them exceed 7 ha. The size of the fortifications is also an essential criteria, but it was only possible to address it from one clue – the length: the range of disparities are very wide there also; but, we note that this length doubles on average at the end of the Iron Age. The materials of the ramparts reveal trends: earth dominates in the northwest half, stone…