When archaeologists rediscover Marseille.
Gallimard| N° d'inventaire | 17419 |
| Format | 20 x 24 |
| Détails | 174 p., color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2013 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
Marseille is the only city in France that can claim twenty-six centuries of continuous urban history. Around 600 BC, Greek settlers from Phocaea in Asia Minor landed in the Lacydon cove and founded the trading post of Massalia. Over the centuries, gradually expanding onto the surrounding hills, the city grew. This topographical permanence led to the almost systematic destruction of successive buildings, whether ancient, medieval, or modern. It is therefore in the subsoil that we must seek the history of Marseille! Archaeological discoveries of prehistoric occupations (Cosquer cave, at the gates of Marseille, Saint-Charles hill), excavations of major sites from Antiquity (Greek and Roman ports, port baths), Late Antiquity (Episcopal palace, basilica on rue Malaval), the Middle Ages (Sainte-Barbe pottery workshops, Alcazar tannery) and the modern era (tennis court on rue Thubaneau, plague graves on rue Leca) have allowed archaeologists to study the city's past, from Prehistory to the 19th century. Written by two specialists - Marc Bouiron, archaeologist for the City of Marseille for ten years, and Philippe Mellinand, archaeologist at Inrap, who has participated in excavations in the city for twenty-two years - this work offers a new reading of the history of Marseille through its remains and provides a clear synthesis of several decades of excavations in the heart of the city, from the Panier district to the Old Port.
Marseille is the only city in France that can claim twenty-six centuries of continuous urban history. Around 600 BC, Greek settlers from Phocaea in Asia Minor landed in the Lacydon cove and founded the trading post of Massalia. Over the centuries, gradually expanding onto the surrounding hills, the city grew. This topographical permanence led to the almost systematic destruction of successive buildings, whether ancient, medieval, or modern. It is therefore in the subsoil that we must seek the history of Marseille! Archaeological discoveries of prehistoric occupations (Cosquer cave, at the gates of Marseille, Saint-Charles hill), excavations of major sites from Antiquity (Greek and Roman ports, port baths), Late Antiquity (Episcopal palace, basilica on rue Malaval), the Middle Ages (Sainte-Barbe pottery workshops, Alcazar tannery) and the modern era (tennis court on rue Thubaneau, plague graves on rue Leca) have allowed archaeologists to study the city's past, from Prehistory to the 19th century. Written by two specialists - Marc Bouiron, archaeologist for the City of Marseille for ten years, and Philippe Mellinand, archaeologist at Inrap, who has participated in excavations in the city for twenty-two years - this work offers a new reading of the history of Marseille through its remains and provides a clear synthesis of several decades of excavations in the heart of the city, from the Panier district to the Old Port.