Conférence à Bléré "Les campagnes de Touraine aux époques gauloise et romaine : l'exemple des fouilles archéologiques de Bléré et d'Autrèche"

Thursday, November 5, at 6:00 p.m. LECTURE: "THE COUNTRYSIDE OF TOURAINE DURING THE GALLIC AND ROMAN PERIODS: THE EXAMPLE OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT BLÉRÉ AND AUTRÉCHE Bléré - City Hall Council Chamber By Jean-Marie Laruaz, archaeologist and operations manager for the Indre-et-Loire Department’s Archaeology Division In just 25 years, dozens of rural sites from the Gallic period have been unearthed as part of preventive archaeology efforts in Indre-et-Loire. A careful study of these sites now allows us to take a fresh look at land-use patterns in the Touraine countryside 2,000 years ago. This lecture will provide an opportunity to present the main findings of this research, notably through two examples of recent excavations conducted at B