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Annie LEFÈVRE

HIGH MEDIEVAL POTTERY (11th-12th CENTURIES)
FROM THE SOUTH OF THE YVELINES:
Sites at Bullion (rue de Noncienne) and Somchamp (national road 10 bypass)

 

Abstract

The habitat sites at Bullion and Sonchamp, located in the south of the Yvelines department, are chiefly of interest because of the short period of occupation. Consequently, the pottery assemblages, though relatively limited, are very homogeneous and enable a precise description of the wares and types most frequent from the middle of the 9th century to the beginning of the 12th century in this hitherto poorly-documented geographical area. The wares inventoried have primarily fine, light-coloured sandy fabrics used to produce collared-rimmed pots, pouring pots and tubularspouted jugs.

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Cécile BUQUET-MARCON

EARLY MEDIEVAL GRAVE ARCHITECTURE
The Question of Burial Containers at "Saint-Pierre-du-Perray" (Essonne)

 

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Although few funerary sites are yet known in the Senart area, small burial groups are being found with increasing frequency. One of these contained thirty-odd graves, making it the largest group so far discovered in Senart. In the absence of other organic materials, taphonomical study of bone remains provides strong, but sometimes ambiguous, evidence enabling a reconstruction of grave architecture possibly using wood-linings within which individuals were buried. Evidence shows that certain skeletons are significantly dislocated or displaced, whilst others are completely articulated.

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Antoine BOURROUILH

SETTLEMENT AND THE AGRARIAN SYSTEM DURING THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES
Dynamic Modelling of Society-Environment Interaction Using Excavated Sites
from Marne-la-Vallée (Seine-et-Marne)

 

Abstract

This article results from work initially undertaken within a Masters program at the University Paris 1 and presently the subject of thesis research within the "Environmental archaeologies" group (UMR 7014 ArScAn). On-going research aims to study rural settlement during the early Middle Ages as seen through the agrarian-system. The geographical context concerned is the North of France and more specifically the Marne-la-Vallée area on the northern boundary of the Brie plateau. The archaeological record is being used to identify production systems and forms of land-use which may or may not have guaranteed settlement continuity. Ultimately different scenarios will be put forward which may account for and explain the time-space dynamics of the "settlement-environment" system. In order to do this, a studymethod based upon multiagent systems has been adopted. This fundamentally modelling approach allows integration of part of the complexity of society-environment relations. A presentation is made of the agrarian-system model retained for examining settlement in the North of France during the early Middle Ages. Demonstration and argument are submitted for the translation of different subsystems within the model.

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Florence MORET-AUGER

AN UNKNOWN OR HYBRID DENARIUS OF THE EMPEROR HADRIAN
FOR CAESAR ANTONINUS PIUS (SOUZY-LA-BRICHE - ESSONNE)

 

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A denarius of the Emperor Hadrian for Caesar Antoninus Pius was discovered at Souzy-la-Briche, a site located within a triangle formed by the towns of Dourdan, Arpajon and Étampes in a deep valley-bottom through which meanders the “La Renarde” stream (western tributary of the river Orge). Archaeological trenching prior to housing development was carried out on the "Le Pré Cloud" site, given the proximity of probable farm buildings presumably related to the remarkable Gallo-roman villa at "La Cave Sarrazine".

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Stéphane ARDOUIN with the cooperation of Bruno DELOUMEAUX

RESERVOIRS AND CIVIL ENGINEERING ON THE LUTETIA AQUEDUCT

 

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The Lutetia aqueduct probably included numerous reservoirs and other civil engineering works. Spring waters from the Longboyau plateau were collected in a tank which was rediscovered in 1875 and 1903 between Rungis and Wissous. This particular structure’s function may have changed during its period of use. It was probably initially a settling tank which was later modified to become a collecting tank. Civil engineering works would have been necessary to enable the aqueduct to cross the Rungis stream. Other installations, such as a castellum within Lutetia or a conduit crossing the Seine, remain hypothetical.

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  1. 2009-09 LABARRE
  2. 2009-08 SÉGUIER ET ALII
  3. 2009-07 DU BOUËTIEZ and ERISTOV
  4. 2009-06 LE BÉCHENNEC

FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTORS

DRAC Ile-de-France Inrap Conseil départemental du Val-de-Marne SAI 78/92    Seine-Saint-Denis    Seine-et-Marne

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