DEBERGE , Yann

This article tries to look into the antique structuration of the Val d'Allier upstream, located in the centre of the Arverns city (Aquitain Gaul). The consideration of the archaeological documentation acquired since more than fifteen years through large preventive surveys, excavations and aerial surveys, brings a renewed vision of the spatial...

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A review of current knowledge is proposed based on updated data for 1330 fortified sites on high ground. These, for the most part, have been explored on too limited an area to understand their precise nature and status. Generally, they are located on spurs and cover a very small area, particularly in the Southeast. Only a quarter of them exceed...