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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Villiers-sur-Seine
Rebecca PeakeGisèle Allenet De RibemontGinette AuxietteChristine ChausséSylvie CoubrayValérie DelattreNicolau Escanilla ArtigasLamys HachemCaroline HamonYannick LedigolChantal LeroyerBenoit MilleJeanne PerrièrePatrick PihuitDelphine MinniThéophane NicolasPascal RubyFrançoise ToulemondeCarlos ValéroCécile Vébersubject
Bronze AgeAristocratic habitatÎle-de-France -- FranceChasse[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryBronze metallurgyDéfrichementÎle-de-FranceHabitat aristocratiqueSeine-et-Marne -- FranceMétallurgie du bronzeÂge du BronzeSeine-et-MarneLand clearingAgro-pastoral activitiesActivités agro-pastoralesHuntingdescription
The known Bronze Age settlements between the Île-de-France and Champagne are usually small, unenclosed family farms. The Villiers-sur-Seine site, however, built in a visible and accessible location that enabled control of activities on the nearby river, is completely different: the two large buildings and their annexes were protected by a system of ditches and an ostentatious palisade. Though the Seine Valley was already anthropised at the end of the 9th century BC, this habitat seems to have had a significant impact on the nearby natural environment: development of agropastoral activities due to the extension of wet meadows, episodes of land clearing for construction, cultivation of various plant species whose production required intensive agriculture, and the hunting of large game. To these aspects of high social status can be added exceptional undertakings such as bronze metallurgy and the organisation of collective meals. Villiers-sur-Seine, therefore, was as much a hub of the local economy as it was a focal point for the surrounding populations.
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| 2020-01-01 |