De la fin de l'indépendance à la romanisation : les fouilles du Mont Castel à Port-en-Bessin
19 September 2014
Discoveries

From the end of independence to Romanization: excavations at Mont Castel in Port-en-Bessin

A team of archaeologists from Inrap, the CNRS, and the universities of Rennes 2 and Burgundy are currently conducting a research excavation of the Gallic oppidum of Mont Castel in Port-en-Bessin.

Une nécropole du Néolithique moyen à Fleury-sur-Orne
10 September 2014
Discoveries

A Middle Neolithic necropolis in Fleury-sur-Orne

A team of Inrap archaeologists is currently excavating a 20 hectare site in Fleury-sur-Orne. This work, curated by the State (Drac Basse-Normandie) is taking place in advance of the construction of habitation zones by Normandie Aménagement and the Caen-La-Mer agglomeration. 

L'Inrap dégage la tour Denis, au pied des remparts du Mont-Saint-Michel
24 August 2011
Discoveries

Inrap uncovers the Tower of Denis at the foot of the ramparts of Mont-Saint-Michel

A team of archaeologists from the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives has just finished an excavation at the foot of the ramparts of Mont-Saint-Michel. 

Quand Néandertal faisait halte à Tourville-la-Rivière
17 September 2010
Discoveries

When Neanderthal man stopped at Tourville-la-Rivière

A team of a archaeologists from Inrap (The National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) is at present excavating, curated by the State (Regional Archaeological Service - DRAC - Haute-Normandie), a prehistoric and paleontological site over 200,000 years old at Tourville-la-Rivière, Seine Maritime.