Estelle Camizuli à l’HIMAT (Photo F. Cattin)
L’étude “Ancient mining near the Bibracte oppidum and its nowadays impact on ecosystems: a multidisciplinary approach” par E. Camizuli, F. Monna, I. Jouffroy-Bapicot, F. Cattin, R. Scheifler, C. Gourault, J.-P. Guillaumet, C. Petit, G. Hamm, R. Losno, J. Labanowski, F. van Oort, et Paul Alibert a été présentée à l’HIMAT 2012, Innsbruck [la présentation]
ABSTRACT: The Morvan Massif (Burgundy, France), nowadays a pristine-like protected area, was a major economic center during the Iron Age, as attested by the Bibracte oppidum, the largest settlement of the Aeduan Celtic tribe (ca. 180 BC–25 AD). Study of several peat archives enhanced computing of anthropogenic metal fluxes, generated by local mining and metallurgical activities. All activities led to broad forest clearances for energy. Such indirect indications suggest that metallurgy started as early as the Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1650 cal BC) and continued irregularly until the 20th century AD. Recently, an excavation near the oppidum provided direct clues of Iron Age mining activities. Read more