Mines et métallurgie carolingienne à Melle (Deux-Sèvres) : l’apport des charbons de bois archéologiques
Florian Téreygeol|Claude Dubois
Mines and carolingian metallurgy at Mette (Deux-Sèvres) : charcoal data. The originality of the Carolingian silver mines Melle resides in fact that they were completely opened by use fire. These mining networks provide necessary material for an anthracological study. One twelve currently accessible has been studied detail order to determine type management organisation underground. This consequently provided opportunity establishing a sampling strategy, taking into account parameters relating study underhand specific mine conditions. results concern two different aspects. A new woodstack hitherto unknown context extraction fire observed. species wood used have also identified, their variations within complex monitored. comparative spectrum with surface sites resulted absolute chronology activity radiocarbon dating, alone, could not provide.
Archéologie médiévale