La chronologie de Roquepertuse. Propositions préliminaires à l'issue des campagnes 1994-1999

Abstract

The examination of all of the stratigraphical data, along with the study of un- stratified material culture and recently excavated material, allows us to propose the first chronology for the site at Roquepertuse. The seven identified phases of occupation between the Neolithic and the transition from the third to the second century BC reveals the temporal succession of a series of structures : the establishment of the fortification, the construction of public place, the spread of the settlement to its maximum size during the mid-third century BC, followed by its contraction and then a change in function. New evidence regarding the date of the lapidary features is also presented.

Beginning of viniculture in France

“…Coudounèu (24), a site within the economic sphere of Massalia, 75 km to the northwest. At the same time at Roquepertuse (25), even closer to Massalia, pips of the domesticated Eurasian grape have been reported.…”

Never Mind the Bottle. Archaeobotanical Evidence of Beer-brewing in Mediterranean France and the Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages During the 5th Century BC

“…1), and 7 km east of the Etang de Berre. New excavations carried out during the 1990s (Boissinot et al 2000) largely rejected the earlier "sanctuary hypothesis" and interpreted the prestigious art and symbolic elements within the context of the dynamics of a small hill-fort village over a period lasting from the fifth to the early second century BC (Fig. 2).…”

“…Local people from fifth century BC sites in the vicinity of Etang de Berre were accustomed to buying considerable amounts of wine from Mediterranean merchants and above all from the Massaliots (e.g., Dietler 1990Dietler , 1997Py 1993;Sourisseau 2000). Although only small amounts of Massaliote amphorae shards have been recovered from the fifth century BC habitations of Roquepertuse (Boissinot et al 2000). Moreover, we have to take into account the consumption of an indigenous, locally produced wine.…”

Les prémices du phénomène urbain à l'âge du Fer en Gaule méridionale : les agglomérations de la basse vallée du Rhône

“…En Provence, ont été individualisés les sites de Coudounèu à Lançon-de-Provence, un petit grenier fortifié de la fin du Ve s. av. J.-C. (Verdin et al, 1997 ;Verdin, 2000) (Boissinot et al, 2000;Boissinot, 2004) (fig. 5).…”