Interdisciplinary Study of the Early Building Phases of St Irénée’s Church (Lyon, France): The Contribution of Luminescence Dating
Armel Bouvier|Pierre Guibert|Sophie Blain|Jean-François Reynaud
The church of Saint-Irénée in Lyons, the capital city Gauls, is one oldest witnesses Christianization, and it also attests to evolution Lyons under aegis Burgundians. New archaeological historical data a luminescence dating campaign presented here have renewed previously held views on development through first centuries its existence. Three main building stages were detected two within very short time span. According new data, stage would occurred between 5th century beginning 6th century, second 7th third could be around 9th-10th period.Furthermore, we noticed that reused Gallo-Roman bricks frequently set into masonries which studied conjunction with early medieval specially produced for (re)building already mentioned, was unexpected.
Archéosciences|HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)|HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)