Un site archéologique d'exception à Obernai (Bas-Rhin) : plus de 6 000 ans d'occupation
24 October 2013
Discoveries

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). 

Les guerriers gaulois sont dans la plaine de Troyes
12 April 2013
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Gallic warriors on the plain of Troyes

An Inrap team has just uncovered a Gallic necropolis from the 4th and 3rd centuries BC on the site of the Parc Logistique de l’Aube, at Buchères. 

L'enquête nationale sur l'âge du Bronze : une première dans le domaine de la recherche archéologique en France
09 January 2012
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National survey of the Bronze Age: a first in the field of archaeological research in France

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 in France” to present the first results of a national survey devoted to this topic.

Wissous et les élites parisii de la fin de l'indépendance gauloise
16 September 2011
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Wissous and the parisii elite at the end of the Gaulish independence

An Inrap team is at present excavating, curated by the State (Drac - Regional Archaeological Service,  Île de France), an important Gaulish site situated on the territory of the Paris Orly airport. This four-hectare site shows traces of occupation from the late Bronze Age (circa 800 BC) but is particularly interesting in revealing an important farm holding dating from the second century BC. 

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

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.