Archéologie et histoire du fleuve Charente : Taillebourg – Port d’Envaux : une zone portuaire du haut Moyen Age sur le fleuve Charente
[Archaeology and history of the River Charente: Tailleboourg – Port d’Envaux: A port from the High Middle Ages at the river Charente]
By Annie Dumont, Jean-François Mariotti et al.
The book is published in connection with a comprehensive research project, which aims to study the site Taillebourg – Port Envaux (Charente-Maritime). This archaeological deposit contains numerous witnesses related to activities at the Charente river (boats, dams, fish furniture, agricultural tools, etc..), dated mainly from the Merovingian and Carolingian periods.
The research conducted on this complex site have been based on the principle that one cannot separate the remains discovered under water with what is found further inland in the valley on the floodplain. To carry out this program, various sources of information – geophysical, bathymetric and underwater analysis of the archaeological map of the banks – have been conducted. This has been enhanced with and accompanying study of archaeological finds plus research into old maps and plans. This diachronic and interdisciplinary approach has renewed the knowledge of the evolution of a portion of the river between Saintes and the estuary. It provides understanding a medieval port area, rarely studied.
Archéologie et histoire du fleuve Charente : Taillebourg – Port d’Envaux : une zone portuaire du haut Moyen Age sur le fleuve Charente
[Archaeology and history of the River Charente: Tailleboourg – Port d’Envaux: A port from the High Middle Ages at the river Charente]
By Annie Dumont, Jean-François Mariotti et al.
Hardback: 350 pages
Editions Universitaires de Dijon 2013
Langue : Français
ISBN-10: 2364410339
ISBN-13: 978-2364410336
€40