Ard
Biographic Data
| ID | 53917 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ard |
| FAMILY NAME | Ard |
| SIGNATURE | ARD |
| AFFILIATIONS | Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5846-4949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New insights into Late Neolithic foodways (c. 3300-2900 BCE): First functional study of ceramics in west-central France (Les Caltières, Vendée)
Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France)
The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as an archaeological site to be explored through excavation. The largest archaeological intervention in the m…
Regards interdisciplinaires sur les populations des deux versants des Pyrénées occidentales au Néolithique et à l’âge du Bronze: Transition Et Mobilité
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Mobilité, génétique et transformations culturelles: Réflexions sur les dynamiques du IIIe millénaire BCE à travers le projet ANR Link
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Prehistoric salt production: Technological approach in ceramic studies
Numerous studies have been made on salt production in the European Iron Age, especially through broken low-fired clay artefacts known as “briquetage”. The vessels used in stoves are called salt moulds or salt containers. They serve both as crystallizer and mould for the salt obtained from concentrated brine. For the origin of salt production, archaeological evidences in Europe indicate that salt exploitation was intensified from the 5th millenniu…
Thickness Estimation of the Soil‐Sedimentary Cover Inside Causewayed Enclosures to Locate an Occupation Layer: Map of the Archaeological Potential of the Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure of Le Pontet
The western centre of France is one of the richest regions of Western Europe in terms of causewayed enclosures from the Neolithic period. To date, more than 300 such sites have been identified. Most causewayed enclosures in the region range in size from some hectares to over 10 ha. Exhaustive excavation of such sites is rarely performed because such operations are both financially expensive and time intensive. Completing an exhaustive excavation …
The Roquefort Megalithic Monument at Lugasson (Gironde) and the Question of Gallery Graves in Aquitaine (Abridged version)
The Aquitaine gallery graves are located at the heart of one of the oldest centres of European megalithism, yet until recently, they were still little known and poorly dated. These dolmen gallery graves are well represented between Charente-Maritime and Lot-et-Garonne, and may possibly have emerged in this region before spreading throughout Atlantic Europe. Long considered as late architecture, like the Armorican gallery graves, some authors have…
Le monument mégalithique de Roquefort à Lugasson (Gironde) et la question des allées couvertes en Aquitaine
Au cœur de l’un des foyers les plus anciens du mégalithisme européen, les allées d’Aquitaine restent encore méconnues et mal datées. Ces dolmens en allée couverte sont pourtant bien représentés entre la Charente-Maritime et le Lot-et-Garonne et font de cette région un secteur potentiel d’apparition et de diffusion du phénomène. Considérés de longue date comme des architectures tardives, à l’image des allées couvertes armoricaines, certains auteur…
The emergence of monumental architecture in Atlantic Europe: A fortified fifth-millennium BC enclosure in western France
The earliest monumentality in Western Europe is associated with megalithic structures, but where did the builders of these monuments live? Here, the authors focus on west-central France, one of the earliest centres of megalithic building in Atlantic Europe, commencing in the mid fifth millennium BC. They report on an enclosure at Le Peu (Charente), dated to the Middle Neolithic ( c . 4400 BC), and defined by a ditch with two ‘crab claw’ entrances…
Vers un modèle d’évolution architecturale des dolmens caussenards en Quercy: L’apport des fouilles du dolmen I du Pech Laglaire à Gréalou (Lot)
Potters’ Mobility Contributed to the Emergence of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon in Third Millennium BCE Alpine Switzerland: A Diachronic Technology Study of Domestic and Funerary Traditions
The spread of the Bell Beaker phenomenon across Europe is still strongly debated today. Small-scale technological studies investigating its integration in local contexts remain rare, even though these are crucial to observing disruptions in traditions. In this article, we studied the ceramic technology of Final Neolithic, Bell Beaker period, and Early Bronze Age settlements of the Upper Rhône valley in Switzerland (3300–1600 BCE). We reconstructe…
Discussions sur la complémentarité de la méthode géomagnétique et de l’imagerie aérienne pour l’ étude des enceintes néolithiques du Centre Ouest de la France
Le Centre-Ouest de la France, entre les fleuves Loire et Dordogne, est un secteur géographique riche en enceintes fossoyées du Néolithique, avec 311 sites référencés en 2020. Ces enceintes ont été en grande majorité découvertes par des prospecteurs aériens, ou à l’aide des photographies aériennes des services de l’État tel l’IGN, à partir d’indices phytologiques des fossés de l’enceinte. Depuis les années 2010, les prospections géomagnétiques son…
Le site de Burguista (Ahaxe-Alciete-Bascassan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) et les sépultures en fosse sous dalle mégalithique dans les Pyrénées occidentales
Marticorena Pablo, Mens Emmanuel, Bichot Francis, Llubes Muriel, Seoane corral Lucía, Ropiot Virginie, Ard Vincent. Le site de Burguista (Ahaxe-Alciete-Bascassan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) et les sépultures en fosse sous dalle mégalithique dans les Pyrénées occidentales. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 117, n°3, 2020. pp. 512-515
Pottery technology as a revealer of cultural and symbolic shifts: Funerary and ritual practices in the Sion 'Petit-Chasseur' megalithic necropolis (3100-1600 BC, Western Switzerland)
Research on the third millennium BC in Western Europe has tried for decades to understand the mechanisms of the large-scale cultural changes that took place during its course. Few studies have focused on technological traditions, although these are key to considering continuities and disruptions. In this article, we used pottery technology to approach the evolution of social and symbolic practices at a major megalithic site in Switzerland: the ne…
Humans and their environment on the Médoc coastline from the Mesolithic to the roman period
The northern coast of the Médoc between Soulac-sur-Mer and Montalivet-les-Bains has a rich archaeological heritage that is being directly impacted by coastal erosion. A series of clay-peat palaeosols that formed in ancient estuarine marshes holds evidence of intensive occupation from the Mesolithic until the end of the Roman period. Within this framework, our research focused on the two key sites of La Lède du Gurp (Grayan-et-l’Hôpital) and L’Amé…
L’usage de la terre crue dans le mégalithisme des Pyrénées nord-occidentales: Nouvelles données
Marticorena Pablo, Onfray Marylise, Ard Vincent, Mens Emmanuel, Bichot Francis. L’usage de la terre crue dans le mégalithisme des Pyrénées nord-occidentales : nouvelles données. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 115, n°2, 2018. pp. 394-397
Des mégalithes par milliers
National audience
From sherds to potters: The contribution of techno-morphological approaches to understanding the British Neolithic
The British Neolithic transition, occurring around 4000 BC, at least one millennium after the continental part of Northwest Europe, is still subject to important debate these days. Various studies suggest that the Neolithic start involved farming immigrants from various parts of the Continent. However, ceramics of the Early Neolithic of Britain became increasingly distinct from their Continental roots, particularly in the Southwest and Southeast …
Data processing chain for high spatial resolution magnetic survey: Application on the Neolithic site of le Pontet (Charente‐maritime, France)
This article focusses on an original magnetic survey protocol and its data processing chain. The use of a high sensitive magnetometer combined with a motorized total station permits production of a magnetic map with a high spatial resolution and a high precision of magnetic and positional measurements. The data processing enhances the final magnetic map by the removal and restoring the outlier values, measurement errors and magnetic disturbances.…
Giants in the Landscape: Monumentality and Territories in the European Neolithic
International audience
Découverte d’un habitat ceinturé du début du Néolithique moyen dans le Centre-Ouest de la France: Le Peu à Charmé (Charente)
Ard Vincent, Aoustin David, Mathé Vivien, Onfray Marylise, Legrand Victor, Bouchet Éric. Découverte d’un habitat ceinturé du début du Néolithique moyen dans le Centre-Ouest de la France : le Peu à Charmé (Charente). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 113, n°2, 2016. pp. 382-385
Life and death of Angoumoisin-type dolmens in west-central France Architecture and evidence of the reuse of megalithic orthostats
Au Ve millénaire, le Centre-Ouest de la France voit l’apparition des dolmens de type angoumoisin : tombes à couloir à chambre quadrangulaire caractérisées par un investissement important du travail de la pierre (Burnez, 1976). À l’occasion d’un programme collectif de recherche et de valorisation (2012– 2015), de nouvelles données ont été obtenues grâce à des fouilles, des prospections multi-méthodes et des analyses technologiques et architectural…
Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of P eterborough W are in B ritain
P eterborough W are is now recognized as the dominant ceramic tradition of the middle N eolithic in southern B ritain during the period 3400–2800 BC , part of a wider north E uropean family of Impressed W ares. Drawing on an extensive inventory of 600 recorded assemblages constructed by enriching previous lists with the results of development‐driven research carried out over the last 20 years or so, this paper reviews the production, distribution…
A Comprehensive Magnetic Survey of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure in West‐central France for the Interpretation of Archaeological Features
This paper describes an interdisciplinary study of the Neolithic causewayed enclosure of Bellevue (Chenommet, France). Geophysical investigations and archaeological excavations were used alternately in order to optimize the acquisition of accurate data at different spatial scales: mapping of major structures was obtained by magnetic prospection of the whole site, while excavation identified small features weakly expressed in the prospecting resul…
Ceramic Traditions and Cultural Identities: West‐Central F rance during the L ate N eolithic II Period ( c .3400–2900 cal. BC )
Pottery is generally used as the main basis for characterizing N eolithic cultural identities: archaeologists tend to define groups and cultures in time and space on the basis of typological classification. This paper proposes a different approach to the study of pottery that takes into account the various steps of the chaîne opératoire of manufacture, particularly the methods used to form and finish the pots, in order to characterize the cultura…
Pottery technology as a revealer of cultural and symbolic shifts: Funerary and ritual practices in the Sion 'Petit-Chasseur' megalithic necropolis (3100-1600 BC, Western Switzerland)
Research on the third millennium BC in Western Europe has tried for decades to understand the mechanisms of the large-scale cultural changes that took place during its course. Few studies have focused on technological traditions, although these are key to considering continuities and disruptions. In this article, we used pottery technology to approach the evolution of social and symbolic practices at a major megalithic site in Switzerland: the ne…
A Comprehensive Magnetic Survey of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure in West‐central France for the Interpretation of Archaeological Features
This paper describes an interdisciplinary study of the Neolithic causewayed enclosure of Bellevue (Chenommet, France). Geophysical investigations and archaeological excavations were used alternately in order to optimize the acquisition of accurate data at different spatial scales: mapping of major structures was obtained by magnetic prospection of the whole site, while excavation identified small features weakly expressed in the prospecting resul…
Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of P eterborough W are in B ritain
P eterborough W are is now recognized as the dominant ceramic tradition of the middle N eolithic in southern B ritain during the period 3400–2800 BC , part of a wider north E uropean family of Impressed W ares. Drawing on an extensive inventory of 600 recorded assemblages constructed by enriching previous lists with the results of development‐driven research carried out over the last 20 years or so, this paper reviews the production, distribution…
Découverte d’un habitat ceinturé du début du Néolithique moyen dans le Centre-Ouest de la France: Le Peu à Charmé (Charente)
Ard Vincent, Aoustin David, Mathé Vivien, Onfray Marylise, Legrand Victor, Bouchet Éric. Découverte d’un habitat ceinturé du début du Néolithique moyen dans le Centre-Ouest de la France : le Peu à Charmé (Charente). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 113, n°2, 2016. pp. 382-385
Life and death of Angoumoisin-type dolmens in west-central France Architecture and evidence of the reuse of megalithic orthostats
Au Ve millénaire, le Centre-Ouest de la France voit l’apparition des dolmens de type angoumoisin : tombes à couloir à chambre quadrangulaire caractérisées par un investissement important du travail de la pierre (Burnez, 1976). À l’occasion d’un programme collectif de recherche et de valorisation (2012– 2015), de nouvelles données ont été obtenues grâce à des fouilles, des prospections multi-méthodes et des analyses technologiques et architectural…
Potters’ Mobility Contributed to the Emergence of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon in Third Millennium BCE Alpine Switzerland: A Diachronic Technology Study of Domestic and Funerary Traditions
The spread of the Bell Beaker phenomenon across Europe is still strongly debated today. Small-scale technological studies investigating its integration in local contexts remain rare, even though these are crucial to observing disruptions in traditions. In this article, we studied the ceramic technology of Final Neolithic, Bell Beaker period, and Early Bronze Age settlements of the Upper Rhône valley in Switzerland (3300–1600 BCE). We reconstructe…
Data processing chain for high spatial resolution magnetic survey: Application on the Neolithic site of le Pontet (Charente‐maritime, France)
This article focusses on an original magnetic survey protocol and its data processing chain. The use of a high sensitive magnetometer combined with a motorized total station permits production of a magnetic map with a high spatial resolution and a high precision of magnetic and positional measurements. The data processing enhances the final magnetic map by the removal and restoring the outlier values, measurement errors and magnetic disturbances.…
Ceramic Traditions and Cultural Identities: West‐Central F rance during the L ate N eolithic II Period ( c .3400–2900 cal. BC )
Pottery is generally used as the main basis for characterizing N eolithic cultural identities: archaeologists tend to define groups and cultures in time and space on the basis of typological classification. This paper proposes a different approach to the study of pottery that takes into account the various steps of the chaîne opératoire of manufacture, particularly the methods used to form and finish the pots, in order to characterize the cultura…
Thickness Estimation of the Soil‐Sedimentary Cover Inside Causewayed Enclosures to Locate an Occupation Layer: Map of the Archaeological Potential of the Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure of Le Pontet
The western centre of France is one of the richest regions of Western Europe in terms of causewayed enclosures from the Neolithic period. To date, more than 300 such sites have been identified. Most causewayed enclosures in the region range in size from some hectares to over 10 ha. Exhaustive excavation of such sites is rarely performed because such operations are both financially expensive and time intensive. Completing an exhaustive excavation …
Traditions techniques et savoir-faire céramiques au Néolithique récent dans le Centre-Ouest de la France: Le cas des sites d’habitat attribués au Vienne-Charente
During recent years the excavations of several causewayed enclosures of western-central France dating from the Recent Neolithic have yielded original ceramic assemblages, attributed to the Vienne-Charente cultural group, previously known only in funerary contexts. This study proposes a technological analysis of four series from these sites with the aim of characterizing these ceramic assemblages in technological terms. The recognition of two main…
Traditions techniques et savoir-faire céramiques au Néolithique récent dans le Centre-Ouest de la France: Le cas des sites d’habitat attribués au Vienne-Charente
During recent years the excavations of several causewayed enclosures of western-central France dating from the Recent Neolithic have yielded original ceramic assemblages, attributed to the Vienne-Charente cultural group, previously known only in funerary contexts. This study proposes a technological analysis of four series from these sites with the aim of characterizing these ceramic assemblages in technological terms. The recognition of two main…
Enfin des traces d’habitat à l’intérieur d’une enceinte du Néolithique récent du Centre-Ouest de la France: Premiers résultats et perspectives des fouilles du site de Bellevue (Chenommet, Charente)
Ard Vincent, Dufraisse Alexa, Fouéré Pierrick, Frémondeau Delphine, Liard Morgane, Maingaud Audrey, Maitay Christophe. Enfin des traces d’habitat à l’intérieur d’une enceinte du Néolithique récent du Centre-Ouest de la France : premiers résultats et perspectives des fouilles du site de Bellevue (Chenommet, Charente). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 106, n°3, 2009. pp. 597-601
L’analyse de pâte des vases Sq1 et Sq2 de la structure funéraire 1 des Châtelliers du Vieil- Auzay, Auzay (85). Les implications concernant le tertre funéraire du Néolithique récent
Ard Vincent, Convertini Fabien, Large Jean-Marc. L’analyse de pâte des vases Sq1 et Sq2 de la structure funéraire 1 des Châtelliers du Vieil- Auzay, Auzay (85). Les implications concernant le tertre funéraire du Néolithique récent. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 107, n°3, 2010. pp. 585-587
Analyse technologique des céramiques provenant d’enceintes fossoyées du Néolithique récent du centre-ouest de la France attribuées au groupe Vienne-Charente (3500-2900 av. J.-C.)
Définies essentiellement à partir de leurs productions céramiques, certaines cultures et groupes de la fin de la période néolithique dans le Centre-Ouest de la France restent aujourd’hui encore mal caractérisés. En effet, l’absence de formes complexes et de décors pour certaines de ces productions, celles du groupe Vienne-Charente du Néolithique récent (3500-3000 avant J.-C.) par exemple, ne facilite pas la mise en place d’une classification morp…
Ceramic Traditions and Cultural Identities: West‐Central F rance during the L ate N eolithic II Period ( c .3400–2900 cal. BC )
Pottery is generally used as the main basis for characterizing N eolithic cultural identities: archaeologists tend to define groups and cultures in time and space on the basis of typological classification. This paper proposes a different approach to the study of pottery that takes into account the various steps of the chaîne opératoire of manufacture, particularly the methods used to form and finish the pots, in order to characterize the cultura…
A Comprehensive Magnetic Survey of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure in West‐central France for the Interpretation of Archaeological Features
This paper describes an interdisciplinary study of the Neolithic causewayed enclosure of Bellevue (Chenommet, France). Geophysical investigations and archaeological excavations were used alternately in order to optimize the acquisition of accurate data at different spatial scales: mapping of major structures was obtained by magnetic prospection of the whole site, while excavation identified small features weakly expressed in the prospecting resul…
Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of P eterborough W are in B ritain
P eterborough W are is now recognized as the dominant ceramic tradition of the middle N eolithic in southern B ritain during the period 3400–2800 BC , part of a wider north E uropean family of Impressed W ares. Drawing on an extensive inventory of 600 recorded assemblages constructed by enriching previous lists with the results of development‐driven research carried out over the last 20 years or so, this paper reviews the production, distribution…
Giants in the Landscape: Monumentality and Territories in the European Neolithic
International audience
Découverte d’un habitat ceinturé du début du Néolithique moyen dans le Centre-Ouest de la France: Le Peu à Charmé (Charente)
Ard Vincent, Aoustin David, Mathé Vivien, Onfray Marylise, Legrand Victor, Bouchet Éric. Découverte d’un habitat ceinturé du début du Néolithique moyen dans le Centre-Ouest de la France : le Peu à Charmé (Charente). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 113, n°2, 2016. pp. 382-385
Life and death of Angoumoisin-type dolmens in west-central France Architecture and evidence of the reuse of megalithic orthostats
Au Ve millénaire, le Centre-Ouest de la France voit l’apparition des dolmens de type angoumoisin : tombes à couloir à chambre quadrangulaire caractérisées par un investissement important du travail de la pierre (Burnez, 1976). À l’occasion d’un programme collectif de recherche et de valorisation (2012– 2015), de nouvelles données ont été obtenues grâce à des fouilles, des prospections multi-méthodes et des analyses technologiques et architectural…
Des mégalithes par milliers
National audience
From sherds to potters: The contribution of techno-morphological approaches to understanding the British Neolithic
The British Neolithic transition, occurring around 4000 BC, at least one millennium after the continental part of Northwest Europe, is still subject to important debate these days. Various studies suggest that the Neolithic start involved farming immigrants from various parts of the Continent. However, ceramics of the Early Neolithic of Britain became increasingly distinct from their Continental roots, particularly in the Southwest and Southeast …
Data processing chain for high spatial resolution magnetic survey: Application on the Neolithic site of le Pontet (Charente‐maritime, France)
This article focusses on an original magnetic survey protocol and its data processing chain. The use of a high sensitive magnetometer combined with a motorized total station permits production of a magnetic map with a high spatial resolution and a high precision of magnetic and positional measurements. The data processing enhances the final magnetic map by the removal and restoring the outlier values, measurement errors and magnetic disturbances.…
L’usage de la terre crue dans le mégalithisme des Pyrénées nord-occidentales: Nouvelles données
Marticorena Pablo, Onfray Marylise, Ard Vincent, Mens Emmanuel, Bichot Francis. L’usage de la terre crue dans le mégalithisme des Pyrénées nord-occidentales : nouvelles données. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 115, n°2, 2018. pp. 394-397
Humans and their environment on the Médoc coastline from the Mesolithic to the roman period
The northern coast of the Médoc between Soulac-sur-Mer and Montalivet-les-Bains has a rich archaeological heritage that is being directly impacted by coastal erosion. A series of clay-peat palaeosols that formed in ancient estuarine marshes holds evidence of intensive occupation from the Mesolithic until the end of the Roman period. Within this framework, our research focused on the two key sites of La Lède du Gurp (Grayan-et-l’Hôpital) and L’Amé…
Le site de Burguista (Ahaxe-Alciete-Bascassan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) et les sépultures en fosse sous dalle mégalithique dans les Pyrénées occidentales
Marticorena Pablo, Mens Emmanuel, Bichot Francis, Llubes Muriel, Seoane corral Lucía, Ropiot Virginie, Ard Vincent. Le site de Burguista (Ahaxe-Alciete-Bascassan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) et les sépultures en fosse sous dalle mégalithique dans les Pyrénées occidentales. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 117, n°3, 2020. pp. 512-515
Pottery technology as a revealer of cultural and symbolic shifts: Funerary and ritual practices in the Sion 'Petit-Chasseur' megalithic necropolis (3100-1600 BC, Western Switzerland)
Research on the third millennium BC in Western Europe has tried for decades to understand the mechanisms of the large-scale cultural changes that took place during its course. Few studies have focused on technological traditions, although these are key to considering continuities and disruptions. In this article, we used pottery technology to approach the evolution of social and symbolic practices at a major megalithic site in Switzerland: the ne…
Vers un modèle d’évolution architecturale des dolmens caussenards en Quercy: L’apport des fouilles du dolmen I du Pech Laglaire à Gréalou (Lot)
Potters’ Mobility Contributed to the Emergence of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon in Third Millennium BCE Alpine Switzerland: A Diachronic Technology Study of Domestic and Funerary Traditions
The spread of the Bell Beaker phenomenon across Europe is still strongly debated today. Small-scale technological studies investigating its integration in local contexts remain rare, even though these are crucial to observing disruptions in traditions. In this article, we studied the ceramic technology of Final Neolithic, Bell Beaker period, and Early Bronze Age settlements of the Upper Rhône valley in Switzerland (3300–1600 BCE). We reconstructe…
Discussions sur la complémentarité de la méthode géomagnétique et de l’imagerie aérienne pour l’ étude des enceintes néolithiques du Centre Ouest de la France
Le Centre-Ouest de la France, entre les fleuves Loire et Dordogne, est un secteur géographique riche en enceintes fossoyées du Néolithique, avec 311 sites référencés en 2020. Ces enceintes ont été en grande majorité découvertes par des prospecteurs aériens, ou à l’aide des photographies aériennes des services de l’État tel l’IGN, à partir d’indices phytologiques des fossés de l’enceinte. Depuis les années 2010, les prospections géomagnétiques son…
The emergence of monumental architecture in Atlantic Europe: A fortified fifth-millennium BC enclosure in western France
The earliest monumentality in Western Europe is associated with megalithic structures, but where did the builders of these monuments live? Here, the authors focus on west-central France, one of the earliest centres of megalithic building in Atlantic Europe, commencing in the mid fifth millennium BC. They report on an enclosure at Le Peu (Charente), dated to the Middle Neolithic ( c . 4400 BC), and defined by a ditch with two ‘crab claw’ entrances…
Prehistoric salt production: Technological approach in ceramic studies
Numerous studies have been made on salt production in the European Iron Age, especially through broken low-fired clay artefacts known as “briquetage”. The vessels used in stoves are called salt moulds or salt containers. They serve both as crystallizer and mould for the salt obtained from concentrated brine. For the origin of salt production, archaeological evidences in Europe indicate that salt exploitation was intensified from the 5th millenniu…
Thickness Estimation of the Soil‐Sedimentary Cover Inside Causewayed Enclosures to Locate an Occupation Layer: Map of the Archaeological Potential of the Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure of Le Pontet
The western centre of France is one of the richest regions of Western Europe in terms of causewayed enclosures from the Neolithic period. To date, more than 300 such sites have been identified. Most causewayed enclosures in the region range in size from some hectares to over 10 ha. Exhaustive excavation of such sites is rarely performed because such operations are both financially expensive and time intensive. Completing an exhaustive excavation …
The Roquefort Megalithic Monument at Lugasson (Gironde) and the Question of Gallery Graves in Aquitaine (Abridged version)
The Aquitaine gallery graves are located at the heart of one of the oldest centres of European megalithism, yet until recently, they were still little known and poorly dated. These dolmen gallery graves are well represented between Charente-Maritime and Lot-et-Garonne, and may possibly have emerged in this region before spreading throughout Atlantic Europe. Long considered as late architecture, like the Armorican gallery graves, some authors have…
Le monument mégalithique de Roquefort à Lugasson (Gironde) et la question des allées couvertes en Aquitaine
Au cœur de l’un des foyers les plus anciens du mégalithisme européen, les allées d’Aquitaine restent encore méconnues et mal datées. Ces dolmens en allée couverte sont pourtant bien représentés entre la Charente-Maritime et le Lot-et-Garonne et font de cette région un secteur potentiel d’apparition et de diffusion du phénomène. Considérés de longue date comme des architectures tardives, à l’image des allées couvertes armoricaines, certains auteur…
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