Evolution of a terroir during protohistory. Preventive excavations of IFS ZAC OBJECT'IFS SUD 2008 (Calvados).
PURennes| N° d'inventaire | 22886 |
| Format | 23 x 28 |
| Détails | 373 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Rennes, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782753579842 |
The development of the Caen metropolitan area over the past several decades has led to the implementation of extensive preventive archaeology operations, particularly on the southeastern outskirts. In the commune of Ifs alone, archaeological interventions have revealed, over an area of more than 55 hectares, dense human occupation extending from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. This work provides data from the excavation conducted on the last phase of development of the ZAC Object'Ifs Sud, allowing us to reason on the notions of land and terroir, their exploitation and their development through a thousand years of occupation. If the first signs of human presence concern the funerary domain of the Bronze Age, the first domestic installations date back to the end of this period and follow one another during the Iron Age, while demonstrating profound modifications that are also reflected in the management of the dead. The major interest of this work lies in the achievement of a synthesis of all the excavations carried out in this sector of the outskirts of Caen, which have never been published to date. The work addresses different themes likely to attract a diverse readership among researchers in archaeology but also landscape historians and geographers interested in the evolution of an agrarian terroir over more than a millennium.
The development of the Caen metropolitan area over the past several decades has led to the implementation of extensive preventive archaeology operations, particularly on the southeastern outskirts. In the commune of Ifs alone, archaeological interventions have revealed, over an area of more than 55 hectares, dense human occupation extending from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. This work provides data from the excavation conducted on the last phase of development of the ZAC Object'Ifs Sud, allowing us to reason on the notions of land and terroir, their exploitation and their development through a thousand years of occupation. If the first signs of human presence concern the funerary domain of the Bronze Age, the first domestic installations date back to the end of this period and follow one another during the Iron Age, while demonstrating profound modifications that are also reflected in the management of the dead. The major interest of this work lies in the achievement of a synthesis of all the excavations carried out in this sector of the outskirts of Caen, which have never been published to date. The work addresses different themes likely to attract a diverse readership among researchers in archaeology but also landscape historians and geographers interested in the evolution of an agrarian terroir over more than a millennium.