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15 July 2012
Events
International conference organised by
The French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP),
The Museum of European and Mediterranean civilisations in Marseilles
The Regional Centre for the Mediterranean
Marseille-Provence 2013, European Capital of Culture
06 July 2012
Discoveries
Since the month of April, a team of Inrap archaeologists have been excavating several Paleolithic occupations in Etricourt-Manancourt, the oldest of which dates to 300,000 years ago. This work is curated by the State (Drac Picardie).
25 June 2012
Discoveries
In advance of construction work at the ZAC of Ussol by the city of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13 Habitat), a preventive excavation, prescribed by the State (Drac Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), is being conducted at a site at which an Antique villa was discovered during a diagnostic operation.
13 June 2012
Discoveries
On the Archères plain (Yvelines), a team of Inrap archaeologists is excavating the Fort Saint-Sébastien, the camp at which the troops of Louis XIV were trained for the siege of Maastricht.
24 May 2012
Discoveries
Since November 2011, a team of Inrap archaeologists has been excavating a large Solutrean site in Boulazac (Dordogne), near Périgueux. This work, which is curated by the State (Drac, Aquitaine), is taking place in advance of the construction of a waste management and recovery center by the Sita society, a subsidiary of Suez Environment.
02 May 2012
Events
In recent years, the history of slavery has taken an important new turn. However, new developments in the archaeology of the colonial period are not as widely known.
15 March 2012
Discoveries
The National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research celebrates ten years of archaeological discoveries.
08 March 2012
Discoveries
By Cyril Marcigny and Daphne Bétard
Preface by Jean-Paul Jacob, president of INRAP