Gallia No. 77-1, 2020. Roman ports in the three Gauls. Between the Atlantic and inland waters.
CNRS| N° d'inventaire | 23555 |
| Format | 23 x 29 |
| Détails | 528 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782271135230 |
This issue provides an overview of the Roman ports excavated to date in the Three Gauls (Lyonnaise, Aquitaine and Belgium) and more particularly in the Atlantic Arc and inland waters. Drawing on the communications presented at a conference organized in Nantes in 2018, it reports on nearly a century of research and discoveries reflecting the emergence of port archaeology in this non-Mediterranean space, while offering a unique image of ancient ports established at the bottom of estuaries or on the banks of rivers and streams. The preparation of this volume was an opportunity to focus more specifically on the configurations, infrastructures, architectural systems and technical choices made to equip part of the usual port triptych, namely the space linked to (un)loading activities, at the foot of the bank, and the navigable space. The excavation program carried out between 2005 and 2016 on the river-sea port of the Saint-Lupien district in Rezé (Loire-Atlantique), on the edge of a disappeared arm of the Loire, is at the origin of the Nantes conference and therefore of this issue. It revealed remarkably preserved quays built with timber-framed caissons and stone blocks. It also made it possible to gather multiple data within the alluvium accumulated at their foot (fauna, insects, textiles, etc.). It is this set which in particular served as a point of comparison for the presentation of several other port sites highlighted in the basins of the Seine (Aizier [Eure], Incarville [Eure], Rouen [Seine-Maritime], Blainville-sur-Orne [Calvados], Reims [Marne], Pont-Sainte-Maxence [Oise], Chelles [Seine-et-Marne], Les Mureaux [Yvelines]), the Loire (Tours [Indre-et-Loire], Orléans [Cher], Bourges [Cher]) or even the Garonne (Barzan [Charente-Maritime], Saintes [Charente-Maritime], Naintré [Vienne], Bordeaux [Gironde]). In order to enrich the subject and extend the discussion, this file ends with a chronological opening (Vix [Côte-d'Or]), coupled with a geographical opening, on the other side of the watershed, on the Rhine, Rhône and Mediterranean side, with a presentation of ports built in a lake, fluvio-lacustrine or lagoon port context (Besançon [Doubs], Switzerland, Irun [Basque Country, Spain] and Narbonne [Aude]).
This issue provides an overview of the Roman ports excavated to date in the Three Gauls (Lyonnaise, Aquitaine and Belgium) and more particularly in the Atlantic Arc and inland waters. Drawing on the communications presented at a conference organized in Nantes in 2018, it reports on nearly a century of research and discoveries reflecting the emergence of port archaeology in this non-Mediterranean space, while offering a unique image of ancient ports established at the bottom of estuaries or on the banks of rivers and streams. The preparation of this volume was an opportunity to focus more specifically on the configurations, infrastructures, architectural systems and technical choices made to equip part of the usual port triptych, namely the space linked to (un)loading activities, at the foot of the bank, and the navigable space. The excavation program carried out between 2005 and 2016 on the river-sea port of the Saint-Lupien district in Rezé (Loire-Atlantique), on the edge of a disappeared arm of the Loire, is at the origin of the Nantes conference and therefore of this issue. It revealed remarkably preserved quays built with timber-framed caissons and stone blocks. It also made it possible to gather multiple data within the alluvium accumulated at their foot (fauna, insects, textiles, etc.). It is this set which in particular served as a point of comparison for the presentation of several other port sites highlighted in the basins of the Seine (Aizier [Eure], Incarville [Eure], Rouen [Seine-Maritime], Blainville-sur-Orne [Calvados], Reims [Marne], Pont-Sainte-Maxence [Oise], Chelles [Seine-et-Marne], Les Mureaux [Yvelines]), the Loire (Tours [Indre-et-Loire], Orléans [Cher], Bourges [Cher]) or even the Garonne (Barzan [Charente-Maritime], Saintes [Charente-Maritime], Naintré [Vienne], Bordeaux [Gironde]). In order to enrich the subject and extend the discussion, this file ends with a chronological opening (Vix [Côte-d'Or]), coupled with a geographical opening, on the other side of the watershed, on the Rhine, Rhône and Mediterranean side, with a presentation of ports built in a lake, fluvio-lacustrine or lagoon port context (Besançon [Doubs], Switzerland, Irun [Basque Country, Spain] and Narbonne [Aude]).