Gauls and Gallo-Romans at Vertillum. 160 years of archaeological discoveries.
Folio| N° d'inventaire | 19604 |
| Format | 17 x 23.5 |
| Détails | 175 p., color and black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Dijon, 2010 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Considerable documentation was accumulated during the excavations conducted on the archaeological site of Vertault (Côte-d'Or), between 1846 and 1938. This abundantly illustrated work makes available to a wide audience the main lessons that can be drawn from this documentation. At the end of Gallic independence, the site was first that of a secondary oppidum of the Lingones, then during the entire Gallo-Roman period that of a pagus capital, Vertillum. Vertault is a unique example north of the Alps of an agglomeration whose plan can be read almost in its entirety; this plan is restored from the annual excavation sketches and data from aerial surveys. It allows us to understand the organization of the urban fabric (roads, square, public monuments) and that of several dozen houses. The study by specialists of the abundant and rich furniture deposited at the Châtillonnais Country Museum brings to life the daily life of this past, both in the private domain and in production and exchange activities. The teaching of ancient excavations is fortunately complemented by two recent excavations carried out in the immediate vicinity of the oppidum. One discovered, under a Gallo-Roman temple, deposits of horses and dogs buried in pits after sacrifice. The other explored a site mainly from the Gallic period which must have functioned, for a time, as a site for ritual banquets. On this site, the joint study of archaeological and geological data has made it possible to highlight the strong impact of human activities on the environment: in a few decades of the first century AD, the natural landscape of the Laigne alluvial plain was permanently transformed.
Considerable documentation was accumulated during the excavations conducted on the archaeological site of Vertault (Côte-d'Or), between 1846 and 1938. This abundantly illustrated work makes available to a wide audience the main lessons that can be drawn from this documentation. At the end of Gallic independence, the site was first that of a secondary oppidum of the Lingones, then during the entire Gallo-Roman period that of a pagus capital, Vertillum. Vertault is a unique example north of the Alps of an agglomeration whose plan can be read almost in its entirety; this plan is restored from the annual excavation sketches and data from aerial surveys. It allows us to understand the organization of the urban fabric (roads, square, public monuments) and that of several dozen houses. The study by specialists of the abundant and rich furniture deposited at the Châtillonnais Country Museum brings to life the daily life of this past, both in the private domain and in production and exchange activities. The teaching of ancient excavations is fortunately complemented by two recent excavations carried out in the immediate vicinity of the oppidum. One discovered, under a Gallo-Roman temple, deposits of horses and dogs buried in pits after sacrifice. The other explored a site mainly from the Gallic period which must have functioned, for a time, as a site for ritual banquets. On this site, the joint study of archaeological and geological data has made it possible to highlight the strong impact of human activities on the environment: in a few decades of the first century AD, the natural landscape of the Laigne alluvial plain was permanently transformed.