Preventive Archeology and Evolution of the Vegetation Landscape from the Iron Age to the Middle Ages in Gâtinais: Highlighting Hemp Cultivation and Retting Activities (Courcelles and Sceaux-en-Gâtinais, Loiret, France)
Camille Joly|Lionel Visset|Camille Scaon|Corinne Pont-Tricoire|Hélène Froquet-Uzel
During the construction of Highway A19, preventive archaeological excavations were carried out in Gâtinais and two them completed by paleoenvironmental studies. The first site is located valley Rimarde (Courcelles, Loiret). samplings taken from a near Neolithic occupation, funeral circles Late Bronze Age Carolingian necropolis, but sedimentary sequence only starts during Iron Age. It very open landscape, dominated agro-pastoral practices which display major expansion diversification late Roman Empire (cereals, hemp walnut), then have their peak Early Middle Ages. Central Ages, rye flax cultivation appears agricultural landscape. second boring between Maurepas brook (Sceaux-du-Gâtinais, Loiret) Gallo-Roman route remains buildings. From beginning Age, pastoral activities are important. First, ripisilvae vegetation maintained suffers significant cuts Empire. This phenomena probably correlation with strong development activities, particularly hemp, retting practices. With distinct decline these textile invaded sedge meadow becomes peaty.
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