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L'alimentation sur l'oppidum de Boviolles (Meuse) : regards croisés sur la faune, les graines la vaisselle et l'instrumentum

2014

In dem Artikel werden verschiedene Gattungen archäologischer Funde aus dem oppidum von Boviolles (Meuse, Lorraine) vorgestellt, die in Zusammenhang mit der Ernährung stehen. In der Zusammenschau geben sie Auskunft zu den Ernährungsgewohnheiten im spätlaténezeitlichen oppidum von Boviolles (Meuse, Lorraine), das während des ersten Jahrhunderts vor Ch. der Hauptort der Leuker war

The oppidum of Nasium (Meuse, France): functions of extramural structures and evolution of the fortifications

2019

Boviolles-Nasium: des outils et fabricats à l’identification des productions

2015

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L’oppidum de Nasium (Meuse) : fonctions des aménagements extra muros et évolution des fortifications

2021

This presentation presents the extramural structures recognized on the slopes of the oppidum. Located exclusively under forest cover, theseelements are generally in the form of scree or digging installed on the flanks of the oppidum. The challenge is to understand how these objectsfit into the fortified site and how they contribute to the understanding of the whole. These structures also lead to questioning the dynamics ofsetting up the fortified space of the Nasium oppidum.

Mutations urbaines à Boviolles/Nasium (Meuse, Lorraine)

2016

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Villiers-sur-Seine

2020

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 variou…

La circulation des objets métalliques à l'âge du Bronze entre Rhône et Saône: utilisation d'une transformation cartographique linéaire

2006

In order to gain a better understanding of circulation flows of metal objects during the Bronze Age, and move beyond traditional distribution maps of archaeological discoveries, the authors propose a more quantitative and concise method of graphic representation, namely cartographic linear transformation. The value of the method was tested on the Saône-Rhône axis. Bronze axes, swords and daggers were recorded along a 50 km strip either side of the river axis, in order to estimate the frequency and mass of objects in “circulation”.

A major shift in Late Bronze Age metalwork production around 900 BC

2023

Our traditional chronology systems hardly ever reflect cultural changes accurately and may even mask real moments of discontinuity. This is particularly true for the second part of the Late Bronze Age Urnfield Period where a radical change in iconography can actually be noticed around 900 BC. Within a very short period, the famous solar bird-boat iconography, which had widely developed over centuries and given rise to the elaborate and sophisticated ornamentation known on solid hilted swords from the 11th/10th century, takes a back seat and we can see a single new symbol coming to the fore, concentrating figurative representation in form of a singular vase-shaped build (Wirth S. 2021, 652-6…

Transmission patterns in the production of Bronze Age solid- hilted swords

2023

Bronze Age swords with a bronze hilt were a highly specialised production. Casting hilts and blades and fixing them to each other require lots of precision and very specific skills. We hardly know anything about the production organisation as moulds are extremely rare, preventing us from locating workshops. However, studying swords themselves using X-ray imaging techniques allows us to reconstruct a part of the chaîne opératoire and gain insight into some aspects of the production processes. We identify three periods in the production of solid-hilted swords at the European scale:1. Experimental phase (1800-1450 BC): small-scaled productions by multiple workshops experimenting various ways o…

Une crise dans la production métallique de l’âge du Bronze final autour de 900 av. J.-C.

2023

La fin du Xe siècle av. J.-C. correspond à une subdivision mineure au sein des principaux systèmes chronologiques d’Europe continentale (transition Bronze final IIIa-IIIb ou Ha B1-B2/3). Il s’agit pourtant d’une période de rupture majeure dans les productions métalliques. L’aspect des objets en bronze, notamment ceux de la sphère personnelle (épées, parures, couteaux…), change radicalement. La riche ornementation graphique répandue jusqu’alors laisse place à des objets beaucoup plus épurés et standardisés. Ce changement rapide doit être mis en relation avec des variations au sein des systèmes de production et le développement de l’utilisation de moules permanents, auparavant réservés à la p…