Le Moyen Âge s’étend sur plus de mille ans. Les historiens des textes le font débuter en 476, à la fin du règne de Romulus Augustule, dernier empereur romain d'Occident, ou en 496, date du baptême de Clovis. Il se termine soit en 1453, avec la prise de Constantinople par les Turcs et la fin de l'Empire romain d'Orient, soit en 1492, date de l’accostage de Christophe Colomb sur le continent américain, ou encore à la mort de Louis XI en 1481.

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24/04/2011
Archéopages 32 - Access to water

Systems for capturing and distributing water are at the same time little varied in their totality, and subtly adapted in their diversity. To...

Revues
05/01/2011
Archéopages 31 - Sweet and salty

Archaeology is not stingy with testimonies on the production of salt and sugar. To obtain these two essential products, men have competed with...

Les découvertes
21/10/2010
Medieval Tanners of Troyes

A team of archaeologists from Inrap is at present excavating, curated by the State (Drac, Regional Archaeological Service, Champagne-Ardenne),...

Revues
18/07/2010
Archéopages 30 - Men and coastlines

Human societies have always been confronted to a modest or ample, slow or sudden rise in sea level, and thus to the retreat or advance of the land...

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18/05/2010
Archéopages HS 2 - Archaeology without borders

Inrap's international activities are inseparable from its missions. With their partners, the archaeologists of the institute intervene according...

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18/04/2010
Archéopages 29 - Recycling and reuse

For archaeologists, and especially for those who study building archaeology, it is clear that the supply of provision for construction sites, ever...

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18/01/2010
Archéopages 28 - Hunting

The management of the different products of hunting is mainly extrapolated from bone deposits: modes of acquisition, subsistence, distribution ......

Les découvertes
15/12/2009
At the origins of Christian Corsica - the forgotten churches of Propriano

During the construction of a housing project at Propriano (Southern Corsica) by the Limat Promotion property group, Inrap archaeologists have unear

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18/10/2009
Archéopages 27 - Roads and networks

The multiplication of geographical destinations and goods has led to the development of infrastructures and means of transportation as well as a...

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18/07/2009
Archéopages 26 - Fishing

A poor relative of mammals, the fish only had for himself that he was particularly prolific. As a result, he is abundantly fished and eaten. The...

Actualités internationales
15/07/2009
Lalibela, exceptional Ethiopian Christian site at last mapped out

The Ethiopian authority of research and conservation of heritage (ARCCH), the French centre of Ethiopian studies (CFEE) and the French National...

Actualités internationales
17/06/2009
The UNESCO World Heritage Center and Inrap sign a contract of cooperation

Inrap and the UNESCO World Heritage Center have just signed an agreement ("letter of intention") to combine their efforts for the conservation and...

Revues
17/04/2009
Archéopages 25 - Segregation

In a concerted, organized and regulated way, human societies invariably put aside certain types of individuals and groups of individuals. The...

Les découvertes
09/04/2009
Paris rediscovers its first medieval fortifications

An excavation on the rue de Rivoli is currently uncovering the first Medieval city fortifications of Paris. Curated by the State (Drac...

Les découvertes
09/03/2009
Merovingian and Carolingian cemeteries in Noisy-le-Grand: 500 years of funeral practices

A team of archaeo-anthropologists from the Conseil Général of Seine-Saint-Denis and Inrap, is at present excavating a funerary ensemble dating from

Revues
17/01/2009
Archéopages 24 - Neighbourhoods and suburbs

It had become customary to know ancient and medieval towns only by their monumental centres and major structures. Today, preventive archaeology...

Les découvertes
24/10/2008
The discovery of Early Christian mosaics at the foot of the Marseille Cathedral

In advance of a landscaping project realized by Euroméditerranée on the esplanade of the Marseille Cathedral (also known as "The Major"), a prevent

Les découvertes
21/10/2008
The catacombs of Rome: thousands of victims of an epidemic ?

The catacomb of saints Marcellinus and Peter in Rome has been undergoing systematic excavation since 2005. The research involves the Pontifical...

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