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.

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: Feb 24, 2015
• 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.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1477081