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Oppida, agglomerations and suburbia: The Bibracte environs and new perspectives on Late Iron Age urbanism in central-eastern France

Moore, T.; Braun, A.; Creighton, J.; Cripps, L.; Haupt, P.; Klenner, I.; Nouvel, P.; Ponroy, C.; Schönfelder, M.

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Authors

A. Braun

J. Creighton

L. Cripps

P. Haupt

I. Klenner

P. Nouvel

C. Ponroy

M. Schönfelder



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.

Citation

Moore, T., Braun, A., Creighton, J., Cripps, L., Haupt, P., Klenner, I., …Schönfelder, M. (2013). Oppida, agglomerations and suburbia: The Bibracte environs and new perspectives on Late Iron Age urbanism in central-eastern France. European Journal of Archaeology, 16(3), 491-517. https://doi.org/10.1179/1461957113y.0000000034

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Aug 1, 2013
Deposit Date Apr 18, 2012
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal European Journal of Archaeology
Print ISSN 1461-9571
Electronic ISSN 1741-2722
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 16
Issue 3
Pages 491-517
DOI https://doi.org/10.1179/1461957113y.0000000034
Keywords La Tène, Oppidum, France, Agglomeration, Landscape archaeology.

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