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Entre terres et eaux

Les sites littoraux de l’âge du Bronze : spécificités et relations avec l’arrière-pays

Actes de la Séance de la Société préhistorique française (Agde, 20-21 octobre 2017)
Textes publiés sous la direction d’Yves Billaud et Thibault Lachenal
Paris, Société préhistorique française, 2020
(Séances de la Société préhistorique française, 14), 376 p.
ISBN : 2-913745-76-8 (en ligne) – ISSN : 2263-3847

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The shorelines of lakes, lagoons, rivers as well as estuaries and coastal fringes – were particularly attractive to the Bronze Age communities of Western Europe, although they do not seem to have been occupied continually. Despite their reputation for being unhealthy, these environments are attractive ecological niches at the interface of complementary environments, offering a great economic potential. The specificities of these wetland or submerged sites, from the excavation techniques to the structures and the materials unearthed, come together in a totally separate discipline, which does not encourage direct comparison with « terrestrial » sites. The aim of this symposium, which was held on 20-21 October 2017 in Agde, was therefore to bring together different approaches to the study of sites located in these interface zones between land and water, to reflect on their specificities and their relationship with other occupations situated in the hinterland. This book includes seventeen contributions exploring five distinct geographical areas, each with their own specific orographic and hydrographic characteristics, but which are linked on common issues.