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Installation et réinstallation des Chasséens dans le vallon de Cazan (Vernègues, Bouches-du-Rhône)

2016

National audience; Installation et réinstallation des Chasséens dans le vallon de Cazan (Vernègues, Bouches-du-Rhône)

[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryBouches-du-Rhône[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryChasséensVernèguesvallon de Cazaninstallationréinstallation
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Ancient architecture in Provence between the Iron Age and the Imperial era: the pillars of the Château-Bas site in Vernègues

2013

The site of Château-Bas (Vernègues, Bouches-du-Rhône), famous above all for its Augustan Roman temple, has yielded a set of pillars decorated either with writhing snakes or with straight rods. As yet there are no known parallels to such pillars. The discovery of a fragment of a pillar reused in a 1st c. AD structure demonstrates that these carvings are ancient. The architectural study of the fragments and comparison with other sculptural elements from southern Gaul suggest they date approximately to the turn of the millenium. The originality of these pieces should perhaps be sought in the copying and adaptation of Italic architectural features (Attic base, Tuscan capital) to a particular fo…

serpentProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryarchitecturepillarRoman AntiquityDépartement des Bouches-du-Rhône[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryIron AgeVernèguesProtohistoireâge du Fer[SHS.HIST] Humanities and Social Sciences/HistoryAntiquité romainepilier[SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/HistoryProtohistory
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