Étude de la cluse fortifiée de Joux : le cas du bourg castral de Jougne by Valentin Metral

“…The study also makes it possible to better perceive the development of a castral mountain village with high archaeological potential and the importance of the latter in the history of the Comté region during five to six centuries. …”
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Villa et ateliers sidérurgiques à l’est de la forêt de Sillé-le-Guillaume (Sarthe) : un exemple de production domaniale du fer durant l’époque romaine ? by Florian Sarreste

“…The eastern part of the forest of Sillé-le-Guillaume, located about 35 km northwest of Le Mans (Sarthe), is the subject of archaeological researches since 2004. First results show an iron production district dated between the second half of the 1st c. …”
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The Introduction of Open and Free Academic Courses in Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Greece by Anna Karatzani, Alexandros Tagoulis, Vasilike Argyropoulos, Athina Alexopoulou, Stamatis Boyatzis, Maria Chatzidaki

“…The 4-year Bachelor Degree in Conservation-Restoration at the Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens has the difficult task of preparing its students to become professional Conservator-Restorers with knowledge and skills in six specializations of either archaeological (objects) conservation or in conservation works of art. …”
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Exploitation végétale des oasis d’Arabie by Charlène Bouchaud

“…The study of various archaeological contexts permits to recognise an optimal daily use of this plant that provides animal and human food products, fuel and building materials. …”
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Marmoutier (Tours) : de l’hôtellerie médiévale à la maison du Grand Prieur by Élisabeth Lorans, Émeline Marot, Gaël Simon

“…The monastery of Marmoutier, a large benedictine abbey situated between the hillside and the Loire river, opposite the city of Tours, has been the subject of a major archaeological research programme since 2005. The floor space of the old monastic guest house, of which around a third is still above ground, was excavated between 2006 and 2013, showing a complex evolution of the monastic buildings between the 10th-11th and the 19th centuries. …”
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The traces of roman metallurgy in Eastern Serbia by Petković Sofija

“…The archaeological traces of the Roman mining and metallurgy in eastern Serbia are rather frequent but insufficiently studied and published. …”
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De sol, d’air, d’eau sous photons by Catherine Mosbach, Agnès Daval

“…These fundamental notions are illustrated here through the examples of major projects such as the archaeological park of Solutré, the botanical gardens of Bordeaux, the museum of Louvre-Lens and the Phase Shifts Park of Taichung in Taiwan currently being built. …”
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THE LOWER PALEOLITHIC INDUSTRY OF ANKHE IN VIETNAM WITH THE SO-CALLED MOVIUS LINE by Nguyễn Khắc Sử

“…The An Khe industry has similar characteristics in terms of material, technique, type, and date to the Baisei (China) industry. The archaeological discoveries in Vietnam and China show that bifaces appear from the Early Paleolithic. …”
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Géolocalisation des sources fiscales pré-révolutionnaires : la quadrature du cercle by Florent Hautefeuille

“…The multiplication of tax sources from the late Middle Ages makes possible the spatialization of data which, for previous periods were difficult to cross with the archaeological sources without adequate tools. This paper incorporates the results of two programs funded by the ANR and the RNMSH. …”
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Les agglomérations du Centre de la Gaule : types d’occupations et évolution du réseau (iiie-vie s. apr. J.-C.) by Christian Cribellier

“…The mentions of vicus, castrum and castellum in Gregory of Tours writings give to these sites a historical anchor attested by some archaeological discoveries. It is thus a restructured and deeply changed network, inheriting from successive evolutions, which still lasted at the end of antiquity. …”
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Une figurine en terre cuite dorée d’époque romaine à Reims/Durocortorum by Loïc Androuin

“…Archaeological excavations carried out prior to the construction of the tramway in Reims in 2007-2008 led to the discovery of a group of Gallo-Roman terracotta figurines. …”
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La voie entre Cessero (Saint-Thibéry, Hérault) et Segodunum (Rodez, Aveyron) : lieux d’étape de la moyenne vallée de l’Hérault by Stéphane Mauné

“…Interviews, pedestrian surveys, and programmed and preventive archaeological digs carried out on this small portion of the territory of Gallia Narbonensis have gathered a wealth of documentation. …”
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Le monastère face aux laïques au haut Moyen Âge : lieux de culte secondaires et accueil aux limites de l’espace monastique dans le contexte italien  by Eleonora Destefanis

“…Just at the edge of this space – the claustrum or a much bigger territory, perceived however as monasterium in every aspect – we can find specific complexes for social (and sometimes medical) services, in certain cases provided with secondary churches, distinct from the abbatial one.The paper studies, through some Early Middle Ages Italian cases and referring to written as well as archaeological sources, the topographical and functional choices connected to these structures. …”
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West Africa facing the lack of traffic lanes by Benjamin Steck

“…The protection policy involves regulations restricting access to certain areas and prohibiting certain types of exploitation of natural and archaeological resources. The question at least is how African countries can link economic and social purposes with ecological protection for an improvement of human conditions of life. …”
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Maximizing temperature sensitivity in a one-dimensional photonic crystal thermal sensor by Manal A. Maher, Arafa H. Aly, Mohamed S. Esmail, S. E.-S. Abd El-Ghany

“…Interest in the sensor’s sensitivity to temperature variation is for the sake of the photonic bandgap behavior of the 1D photonic crystal and the thermo-optic effect of glycerin must be preserved over a long time in protecting archaeological artifacts. In this direction, theoretical modeling together with numerical simulation studies are conducted to optimize the refractive index of GaN to enhance sensitivity. …”
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Étude par absorptiométrie de la densité minérale osseuse dans une population médiévale (nécropole de Notre Dame du Bourg, Digne, Alpes de Haute-Provence France, XIe-XIIIe et XVIe-X... by Jean Fulpin, Bertrand Mafart, Pierre-Yves Chouc, Gabrielle Demians d'Archimbaud

“…The purpose of the study was to determine post-menopausal bone mineral content in women living in a semi-rural region at two different archaeological periods, i.e. Medieval 11th century and pre-modern 17th century. …”
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Casting techniques of cannonballs from the Akko 1 shipwreck: Archaeometallurgical investigation by Cvikel D., Mentovich E.D., Ashkenazi D., Kahanov Y.

“…Combined with the archaeological and historical background, this supports the possibility that Akko 1 was a naval auxiliary vessel, which was in Akko harbour circa 1840.…”
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L’alimentation hydraulique de Saint-Romain-en-Gal (Rhône), quartier de Vienne antique (Isère) by Laurence Brissaud, Jean-Luc Prisset

“…No vestige of an aqueduct has been observed since an 18th century mention that indicated the presence of two conduits west of Sainte-Colombe.At the site of the archaeological site of Saint-Romain-en-Gal, there are clear signs of the presence of a stream and a ditch. …”
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Le port antique de Chelles (Seine-et-Marne) : une course après la rivière by Yann Le Jeune, Corinne Charamond, Christian Charamond

“…In Chelles (Seine-et-Marne), on Gustave-Nast street, excavations were performed by Inrap in a dense archaeological context associated with an ancient town. …”
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La station de Bergusium et le site des Buissières à Panossas (Isère) : de la toponymie à l’archéologie by Matthieu Poux, Aldo Borlenghi

“…Backed by its eastern foothills, the site of Buissières in Panossas suggests other archaeological arguments to that effect. Located in a valley overlooking the Velin Plain and Bourbre Valley, it is at the junction of two major roads connecting the settlements of Vienne and Lugdunum to Italy via the Alpine passes. …”
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