Alignement de monolithes bordé par une sépulture en cours de fouille
05 September 2019
Discoveries

The megaliths of Veyre-Monton (Puy-de-Dôme): aligned menhirs, tomb, cairn, and statue

An Inrap team has recently excavated a group of aligned menhirs at Veyre-Monton (Puy-de-Dôme). This research, prescribed by the State (Drac Auvergne – Rhône- Alpes), was conducted in the context of construction work by the APRR society to widen the A75 motorway. This is the first time such alignments, cairns and statuemenhirs have been discovered in Auvergne or, more broadly, in central France.

Un site archéologique d'exception à Obernai (Bas-Rhin) : plus de 6 000 ans d'occupation
24 October 2013
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An exceptional archaeological site at Obernai: more than 6000 years of occupation

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 excavation at Obernai, under the curation of the State (DRAC Alsace). 

Une vigne gallo-romaine à Gevrey-Chambertin
05 March 2009
Discoveries

A Gallo-Roman vineyard in Gevrey-Chambertin

Gevrey-Chambertin, located 12 km from Dijon, is world famous for its Burgundy wine. Viticulture has been practiced there since the Gallo-Roman period.

Le Paris des chasseurs-cueilleurs
25 June 2008
Discoveries

Hunter-gatherers in Paris

A team of prehistorians from the Inrap has discovered traces of some of the last prehistoric hunter-gatherers, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris.The 5,000 m2 excavation, curated by the Regional Archaeology Service (Drac Île-de-France), is located on Henry-Farman Street on the site of a future waste separation centre.