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Oppida, Agglomerations, and Suburbia: the Bibracte Environs and New Perspectives on Late Iron Age Urbanism in Central-Eastern France

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This paper explores the nature and chronology of La Tène and early Roman unenclosed agglomerations in central-eastern France. It has been prompted by the discovery of a c. 115 ha La Tène D2b/Augustan (c. 50 BC to AD 15) site close to Bibracte in the Morvan, located around the source of the River Yonne. This complex provides a new perspective on the chronology and role of Late La Tène and early Roman unenclosed settlements, adding further complexity to the story of the development of Late La Tène oppida. It indicates that these ‘agglomerations’ followed remarkably varied chronological trajectories, raising important issues concerning the nature of landscape and social change at the end of the Iron Age.

Source: European Journal of Archaeology

DOI: 10.1179/1461957113y.0000000034

Authors: Tom Moore, Arno Braun, John Creighton, Laura Cripps, Peter Haupt, Ines Klenner, Pierre Nouvel, Côme Ponroy, Martin Schönfelder

Institutions: Durham University, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, University of Reading, Howard Community College, Universität Hamburg, Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, Université de Franche-Comté, LEIZA - Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie

Language: English

Topic: Archaeological and Historical Studies

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: University of Reading, Durham University, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Centre Archéologique Européen

OpenAlex ID: W1997630714

FWCI: 9.559

Cites: 34

Cited by: 25

Related to: 10