PhD grants : Dynamics of settlement in the Middle Loire Basin (5th c. BC – 7th c. A.D.) (H&L)

• Keywords

spatial archaeology, hierarchie of habitat, society-environment relations

• Profile and skills required

Holder of a Master's degree in archaeology.

Archaeology of Gaul

Iron Age, Antiquity

Mastery of databases and GIS

Basic knowledge in stratistics

• Project description

The Loire river is a structuring element of the landscape, playing a major role in the society-environment relations and settlement dynamics. Since roman antiquity, the Ligerian corridor appeared in the springs as a place of exchange and a commercial axis, both by navigation and by land traffic along its banks. Although the Loire Valley may have been an axis of exchange, its real role in the organisation and occupation of the nearby territory is unknown. The multiplication of archaeological data available in the Middle Loire basin since the 1970s, thanks to the development of exploration methods and the expansion of preventive archaeology, offer the possibility of approaching the issue from an archaeological approach with a diachronic perspective.

• References

BATARDY, BUCHSENSCHUTZ et DUMASY 2001

Batardy C., Buchsenschutz O. et Dumasy F. - Le Berry antique, Milieu, Hommes, Espaces, Atlas 2000, 21e supplément, FERACF, Tours, 190 p.

GANDINI 2006

Gandini C. - Des campagnes gauloises aux campagnes de l’Antiquité tardive : la dynamique de l’habitat dans la cité des Bituriges Cubi (IIe s. av. J.-C. - VIIe s. ap. J.-C.), Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 579 p.

GANDINI, FAVORY et NUNINGER 2012

Gandini C., Favory F. et Nuninger L. (dir.) - Settlement Patterns, Production and Trades from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. ARCHAEDYN. Seven millennia of Territorial Dynamics [En ligne], BAR International Series n° 2370, Archaeopress, Oxford, 80 p.

GUILAINE 2000

Guilaine J. - Changeons d’échelles : pour la très longue durée, pour de larges espaces, Etudes Rurales, 153-154, p. 9-21.

NUSSLEIN 2016

Nusslein A. - Les campagnes entre Moselle et Rhin dans l’Antiquité Analyse comparative des dynamiques spatiales et temporelles du peuplement de quatre micro-régions du Ier s. av. J.-C. au Ve s. ap. J.-C., Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 542 p.

REDDE 2017

Reddé M. (dir.) - Gallia rvstica : les campagnes du nord-est de la Gaule, de la fin de l’âge du Fer à l’Antiquité tardive, Mémoires n° 49 50, Ausonius éditions, Bordeaux.

SANDERS 2017

Sanders L. (dir.) - Peupler la Terre : de la préhistoire à l'ère de métropoles, PUFR, Tours, 527 p.

VAN DER LEEUW, FAVORY et FICHES 2003

Van Der Leeuw S., Favory F. et Fiches J.-L. - Archéologie et systèmes socio-environnementaux. Études multiscalaires sur la vallée du Rhône dans le programme ARCHAEOMEDES, Collection de Recherches Archéologiques n° 27, CNRS, Paris, 403 p.

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