France narrated by archaeologists Excavations and discoveries up to the 21^st century

In ten years more than 2,000 archaeological excavations have been carried out thanks to Preventive Archaeology, which precedes the launching of development sites over the whole territory. Synthesizing this harvest of unpublished results, this book takes another look at the history and the geography of France in the light of the most noteworthy discoveries. "La France racontée par les archéologues” embraces 200,000 years of human presence. From traces of pre-Neanderthal man in the valley of the Seine right down to the scars of  20^th century conflicts, this fresco reveals to us unsuspected aspects of our history: climatic changes, landscape transformations, migrations and land occupations, ways of life, social hierarchies, housing, agricultural, artisanal and industrial techniques, economic exchanges, religions, funerary practices, art … And it reminds us that everywhere, beneath our feet, the "archives of the earth” await their discoverers. 

More that 300 photographs illustrate the recent excavations of 168 sites spread over 154 communes over the whole of France (list available on demand). Maps situate them in France.