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Last name: MORHANGE
First name: Christophe
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The aim of this paper is to discuss Roman coastal landscapes and sea-level forcing near Forum Julii (Fréjus, France). These new data demonstrate that the shoreline was a rocky coast with a biological mean sea level at −33 cm ± 6 cm N.G.F. This shoreline was buried by a sandy beach around 50 A.D. A core drilled near the Villepey pond attests to...
Fréjus (Forum Julii): The Ancient Harbour, by Gébara and Morhange, is the publication of the research data collected by a multidisciplinary project that has studied the ancient harbor of Fréjus in France since 1986. The project employed a combination of paleographical and archaeological methods in an effort to provide a different model for...
Scientific research conducted over the past decade at the outskirt of Fréjus help to trace the change in the landscape, especially in relation to the river Argens. It is now possible to delimit the shoreline in the Antic period. Those results have renewed our understanding of the Antic town layout, its suburbs and have shed a new light on the...
Dynamique du littoral et peuplement : le cas de la colonie romaine de Fréjus
Dynamique du littoral et peuplement : le cas de la colonie romaine de Fréjus
La forme d'un port et son évolution dépendent largement du contexte naturel dans lequel il s'intègre. L'idée que la forme polygonale du port romain de Fréjus résultait de l'existence d'une lagune antérieure à l'installation des premiers colons était admise depuis longtemps. On connaissait pourtant assez mal le contexte de mise en place du port,...
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