L’âge du Fer, qui correspond à la seconde partie de la Protohistoire, s’étend de 800 avant notre ère à la fin du Ier siècle de notre ère.
Durant toute cette époque, les territoires correspondant à la France actuelle sont progressivement fréquentés par des populations qui possèdent l’écriture (les Grecs, les Romains). En revanche, les peuples locaux (Celtes, Gaulois, Ligures, Ibères…) écrivent peu, ou pas du tout. C’est donc l’archéologie qui fournit, en plus des quelques textes grecs ou latins, l’essentiel de nos connaissances sur ces groupes humains.

Les découvertes

A team of archaeologists from Inrap, the CNRS, and the universities of Rennes 2 and Burgundy are currently conducting a research excavation of the

Les découvertes

A combined team composed of archaeologists from the Ardennes departmental archaeology unit and from Inrap has just finished excavating the...

Ouvrages

This book, resulting from a national investigation conducted by Inrap, is an analytical presentation of the rhythms of the emergence and...

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In advance of the construction of an industrial business park by the associated communes of Pays de Sainte Odile, Inrap has just finished a large...

Les découvertes

An Inrap team has just uncovered a Gallic necropolis from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC on the site of the Parc...

Revues

From the bee to the elephant, including the carp, the falcon, the pig, the dog and the cat, domesticated species are as diverse as they are...

Revues

Published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Inrap, this issue presents some major evolutions of archaeological knowledge,...

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In Bayeux, on November 29 and 39, 2011, Inrap organized a round-table on "Settlement and land occupation during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age i

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An Inrap team is at present excavating, curated by the State (Drac - Regional Archaeological Service,  Île de France), an important Gaulish site...

Revues

The will to start with a clean slate, the need to limit the overflows of private constructions, the ambition to extend its hold, to regulate the...

Les découvertes

An Inrap team is currently conducting an excavation, under the curation of the State (DRAC Pays-de-la-Loire), of the future location of the Les...

Les découvertes

In advance of the construction of a housing project by Nexity Foncier Conseil, in Champagne-sur-Oise (Val-d’Oise), a team of Inrap archaeologists...

Revues

Systems for capturing and distributing water are at the same time little varied in their totality, and subtly adapted in their diversity. To...

Revues

Archaeology is not stingy with testimonies on the production of salt and sugar. To obtain these two essential products, men have competed with...

Les découvertes

In advance of construction work to protect the lower Lez Valley from flooding, a team of Inrap archaeologists is conducting an excavation, curated

Revues

Human societies have always been confronted to a modest or ample, slow or sudden rise in sea level, and thus to the retreat or advance of the land...

Revues

The management of the different products of hunting is mainly extrapolated from bone deposits: modes of acquisition, subsistence, distribution ......

Revues

The multiplication of geographical destinations and goods has led to the development of infrastructures and means of transportation as well as a...

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