Thanks to the renewal of construction history and building archaeology these past decades, it is ... more Thanks to the renewal of construction history and building archaeology these past decades, it is now well admitted that reuse of construction materials has been a widely spread practice through every times and cultures. By exploring the great variety of actors, technics, meanings and even economical purposes behind this one idea of “reuse”, it has become obvious that specific contexts of each case of salvage and reuse have greatly shaped the architectural projects and economic landscape of the building site. Considering particularly the medieval and early modern periods in France, this paper proposes a survey on a particular context for the builders: the times of crisis. Human or natural catastrophes have deeply affected the domain of the construction—either beforehand, during or afterwards the events—with a recurring sense of urgency. From tough times to open wars, shortages or price inflation of building materials, budgets’ decreases, cuts in provisioning networks, etc. have disrupted routines in construction works thus leading to reuse practices that did not exist before. In the end, the crises have also produced an amount of ruins, fragments, rubble that has to be removed for the life to go on. From cleaning a place to restore confidence, memory and heritage, dealing with the aftermath eventually imply another range of reuse practices.
At the end of the Middle Ages, the people of Nevers have to face the growing instability of the L... more At the end of the Middle Ages, the people of Nevers have to face the growing instability of the Loire River. Based on the municipal accountings preserved since 1389, the chronicle of both river hazards and the town's responses enlighten the endeavours of a medieval community made to cope with a changing environment. Amongst several attempts, they built and maintain through times dykes liable to flooding, called battis. The medieval sources give an accurate picture of their architecture and execution while the modern townscape's views and maps deliver some clues to discuss their location and function in the Loire floodplain.
Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre | BUCEMA, 2024
In 2017, while a reorganisation project of the INRAE’s experimental unit in Époisses-Bretenières ... more In 2017, while a reorganisation project of the INRAE’s experimental unit in Époisses-Bretenières (Côte-d’Or) was under study, the former priory belonging to the order of Grandmont has been the object of a research campaign crossing medieval and modern archives, built remains and geophysical surveys. The main purpose aimed the reconstruction of the medieval priory and the different spaces organized around the cloister, starting from the only preserved remains of its chapter house. Finally, the surveys have led to a reflection on the lack of buried structures, considered as the possible sign of a practice rather than of an artefact.
L’eau dans les villes d’Europe au Moyen Âge (IVe-XVe siècle) : un vecteur de transformation de l’espace urbain, 2023
The town of Nevers and its inhabitants had to respond, in the development of its layout, to the f... more The town of Nevers and its inhabitants had to respond, in the development of its layout, to the fact that that it is surrounded by three water-courses. In the late Middle Ages, the town authorities were able to skilfully manage the relationship between its people and this rich and complex environment, with all the challenges it brought. These first results of an ongoing research project will deal with the exploitation of water-courses at the end of the 14th c.-early 15th c., as well as the way the authorities and people interacted with them. The relationship appears sometimes to have been one of conflict. Whilst seasonal hazards (floods, freezing) seem to have been coped with well, the sources reveal an increasing struggle with the shifting course of the river.
Actes des congrès nationaux des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, 2012
Marqué par un destin changeant, le château de Germolles (71) conserve les stigmates d’une histoir... more Marqué par un destin changeant, le château de Germolles (71) conserve les stigmates d’une histoire architecturale oscillant depuis les XIIe-XIIIe siècles jusqu’à aujourd’hui entre repli et ouverture, fortification et plaisance, guerre et paix. À partir de la constante agricole fondatrice (grand cellier, clos viticole, bâtiments de la basse-cour), des phases de mise en défense alternent avec des phases d’ouverture, se traduisant à la fois dans l’architecture par un vocabulaire propre à chacun des projets, et dans le statut du site : grange, maison forte, château et palais. Un sommet est atteint à la fin du XIVe siècle, lorsque Marguerite de Flandre compose avec le petit château fort existant pour créer un palais des champs fastueux et novateur. À chacun des projets a correspondu une logique propre au statut du site, du commanditaire ou du bâtiment, perceptible jusque dans le choix des carrières et l’approvisionnement en matériaux.Foucher Marion. Grange, château fort, puis palais : le château de Gemolles (71) du Moyen Âge à aujourd’hui. In: Médiation, paix et guerre au Moyen Âge. Actes du 136e Congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, « Faire la guerre, faire la paix », Perpignan, 2011. Paris : Editions du CTHS, 2012. pp. 133-153. (Actes des congrès nationaux des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, 136-3
Le Clos de Vougeot ou la notion de limite dans le patrimoine viticole monastique. A la difference... more Le Clos de Vougeot ou la notion de limite dans le patrimoine viticole monastique. A la difference du vignoble bordelais ou ce sont les châteaux qui symbolisent les domaines et cristallisent les appellations, dans le vignoble bourguignon et particulierement celui des Cotes de Beaune et de Nuits, les appellations sont regies par la reference au lieu d'origine. Parmi celles-ci, se retrouvent les clos, petits ensembles de parcelles ceinturees de murs. Ils jouent un role fondamental dans la construction des terroirs viticoles de la Cote et sont indissociables des plus grandes appellations. Le denombrement des toponymes le souligne bien puisque plus de 17% des appellations classees en grands ou premiers crus sont des clos, alors qu'aucun autre toponyme n'observe une telle recurrence. L'anciennete du toponyme peut d'ailleurs en expliquer l'importance puisque on retrouve cette forme specifique d'exploitation dans la Loi Burgonde, par exemple, datee des V e et VI e s. (Dubreucq, 2001). A cette epoque, le clos sert d'une part a proteger les vignes du betail qui n'est pas parque, mais plus encore il semble jouer un role important pour la definition du droit foncier des anciennes (gallo-romaines) et nouvelles (germaniques) populations et dans la repartition et l'exploitation des territoires qui en decoulent. Les divers articles de la loi trahissent nettement la volonte de developpement du vignoble qui, par le biais
Thanks to the renewal of construction history and building archaeology these past decades, it is ... more Thanks to the renewal of construction history and building archaeology these past decades, it is now well admitted that reuse of construction materials has been a widely spread practice through every times and cultures. By exploring the great variety of actors, technics, meanings and even economical purposes behind this one idea of “reuse”, it has become obvious that specific contexts of each case of salvage and reuse have greatly shaped the architectural projects and economic landscape of the building site. Considering particularly the medieval and early modern periods in France, this paper proposes a survey on a particular context for the builders: the times of crisis. Human or natural catastrophes have deeply affected the domain of the construction—either beforehand, during or afterwards the events—with a recurring sense of urgency. From tough times to open wars, shortages or price inflation of building materials, budgets’ decreases, cuts in provisioning networks, etc. have disrupted routines in construction works thus leading to reuse practices that did not exist before. In the end, the crises have also produced an amount of ruins, fragments, rubble that has to be removed for the life to go on. From cleaning a place to restore confidence, memory and heritage, dealing with the aftermath eventually imply another range of reuse practices.
At the end of the Middle Ages, the people of Nevers have to face the growing instability of the L... more At the end of the Middle Ages, the people of Nevers have to face the growing instability of the Loire River. Based on the municipal accountings preserved since 1389, the chronicle of both river hazards and the town's responses enlighten the endeavours of a medieval community made to cope with a changing environment. Amongst several attempts, they built and maintain through times dykes liable to flooding, called battis. The medieval sources give an accurate picture of their architecture and execution while the modern townscape's views and maps deliver some clues to discuss their location and function in the Loire floodplain.
Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre | BUCEMA, 2024
In 2017, while a reorganisation project of the INRAE’s experimental unit in Époisses-Bretenières ... more In 2017, while a reorganisation project of the INRAE’s experimental unit in Époisses-Bretenières (Côte-d’Or) was under study, the former priory belonging to the order of Grandmont has been the object of a research campaign crossing medieval and modern archives, built remains and geophysical surveys. The main purpose aimed the reconstruction of the medieval priory and the different spaces organized around the cloister, starting from the only preserved remains of its chapter house. Finally, the surveys have led to a reflection on the lack of buried structures, considered as the possible sign of a practice rather than of an artefact.
L’eau dans les villes d’Europe au Moyen Âge (IVe-XVe siècle) : un vecteur de transformation de l’espace urbain, 2023
The town of Nevers and its inhabitants had to respond, in the development of its layout, to the f... more The town of Nevers and its inhabitants had to respond, in the development of its layout, to the fact that that it is surrounded by three water-courses. In the late Middle Ages, the town authorities were able to skilfully manage the relationship between its people and this rich and complex environment, with all the challenges it brought. These first results of an ongoing research project will deal with the exploitation of water-courses at the end of the 14th c.-early 15th c., as well as the way the authorities and people interacted with them. The relationship appears sometimes to have been one of conflict. Whilst seasonal hazards (floods, freezing) seem to have been coped with well, the sources reveal an increasing struggle with the shifting course of the river.
Actes des congrès nationaux des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, 2012
Marqué par un destin changeant, le château de Germolles (71) conserve les stigmates d’une histoir... more Marqué par un destin changeant, le château de Germolles (71) conserve les stigmates d’une histoire architecturale oscillant depuis les XIIe-XIIIe siècles jusqu’à aujourd’hui entre repli et ouverture, fortification et plaisance, guerre et paix. À partir de la constante agricole fondatrice (grand cellier, clos viticole, bâtiments de la basse-cour), des phases de mise en défense alternent avec des phases d’ouverture, se traduisant à la fois dans l’architecture par un vocabulaire propre à chacun des projets, et dans le statut du site : grange, maison forte, château et palais. Un sommet est atteint à la fin du XIVe siècle, lorsque Marguerite de Flandre compose avec le petit château fort existant pour créer un palais des champs fastueux et novateur. À chacun des projets a correspondu une logique propre au statut du site, du commanditaire ou du bâtiment, perceptible jusque dans le choix des carrières et l’approvisionnement en matériaux.Foucher Marion. Grange, château fort, puis palais : le château de Gemolles (71) du Moyen Âge à aujourd’hui. In: Médiation, paix et guerre au Moyen Âge. Actes du 136e Congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, « Faire la guerre, faire la paix », Perpignan, 2011. Paris : Editions du CTHS, 2012. pp. 133-153. (Actes des congrès nationaux des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, 136-3
Le Clos de Vougeot ou la notion de limite dans le patrimoine viticole monastique. A la difference... more Le Clos de Vougeot ou la notion de limite dans le patrimoine viticole monastique. A la difference du vignoble bordelais ou ce sont les châteaux qui symbolisent les domaines et cristallisent les appellations, dans le vignoble bourguignon et particulierement celui des Cotes de Beaune et de Nuits, les appellations sont regies par la reference au lieu d'origine. Parmi celles-ci, se retrouvent les clos, petits ensembles de parcelles ceinturees de murs. Ils jouent un role fondamental dans la construction des terroirs viticoles de la Cote et sont indissociables des plus grandes appellations. Le denombrement des toponymes le souligne bien puisque plus de 17% des appellations classees en grands ou premiers crus sont des clos, alors qu'aucun autre toponyme n'observe une telle recurrence. L'anciennete du toponyme peut d'ailleurs en expliquer l'importance puisque on retrouve cette forme specifique d'exploitation dans la Loi Burgonde, par exemple, datee des V e et VI e s. (Dubreucq, 2001). A cette epoque, le clos sert d'une part a proteger les vignes du betail qui n'est pas parque, mais plus encore il semble jouer un role important pour la definition du droit foncier des anciennes (gallo-romaines) et nouvelles (germaniques) populations et dans la repartition et l'exploitation des territoires qui en decoulent. Les divers articles de la loi trahissent nettement la volonte de developpement du vignoble qui, par le biais
The European Harbour Data Repository is a series of databases which were compiled in the framewor... more The European Harbour Data Repository is a series of databases which were compiled in the framework of the DFG-funded Priority Program 1630 “Harbours from the Roman Period to the Middle Ages” (http://www.spp-haefen.de/en/home/) by a team of archaeologists, historians, geographers, and information technology specialists. It catalogues harbours, harbour-related infrastructure, and vessels all over Europe with a chronological focus on the Roman and Medieval Period. Different digital volumes of the data repository have been compiled by several project teams within and without the Priority Program. The Data Repository is available via https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00035239.
Every volume of the Data Repository is authored by one or several specialists. Therefore, the spatial and chronological focus, as well as the size of the datasets, differ significantly. Given the spatial and chronological scale and the diversity of sources, this Data Repository does not aim to be exhaustive. The different databases are available as Excel-file as well as .csv to allow for long-term reusability. Further information and specific critical comments are available in an accompanying pdf for each database.
Élevage et forêt sur la Montagne dijonnaise à la fin du Moyen Âge. Deux établissements forestiers d’éleveurs en Terre de Saint-Seine. Saint-Martin-du-Mont (Côte d’Or) (Beck P., Faucher Fr., Maigrot J.-L. dir.), Toulouse, 2017, Mergoil, p. 187-190., 2017
Ce numéro spécial est consacré aux découvertes archéologiques récemment effectuées dans le lit de... more Ce numéro spécial est consacré aux découvertes archéologiques récemment effectuées dans le lit de la Loire ou à ses abords immédiats. Toutes les périodes sont concernées, et les vestiges sont présentés depuis l’amont vers l’aval, depuis le haut bassin de la Loire jusqu’à l’estuaire. Les descriptions sont abondamment illustrées et complétées par un lexique et des encadrés permettant une meilleure compréhension de certains termes ou disciplines scientifiques auxquelles ont eu recours les chercheurs. Ces derniers sont rattachés à différentes universités (Saint-Etienne, Dijon, Paris, Nantes), au Ministère de la Culture, ou à l’Inrap (Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives). Pêcheries, digues, moulins, ports, épaves de bateaux, anciens ponts, sont replacés dans le cadre historique et environnemental qui a vu leur construction et leur évolution jusqu’à leur abandon. Les modifications des tracés du fleuve sont également évoquées à travers deux exemples montrant que la Loire s’inscrit dans une longue relation entre événements climatiques et interventions humaines.
Book of Abstracts of the conference "Les ports de navigation intérieure en Europe Centrale : rela... more Book of Abstracts of the conference "Les ports de navigation intérieure en Europe Centrale : relais entre l’Europe du Nord et la Méditerranée - Inland harbours in Central Europe: Nodes between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea
Dijon, 1./2. Dec. 2016
The international symposium organized in Dijon forms part of the SPP1630 European project “Harbours” on inland harbours from roman period to middle ages, in which the Burgundy University cooperates with the Friedrich Schiller University from Jena. The SPP1630 offers a structural and diachronic comparative analysis of the harbours networks on inland waterbodies. Its goals are the study of the harbours settled on lakes or rivers as a complex phenomenon, and the assessment of their respective significance as hubs in the communication and exchange network between Mediterranean Sea and Northern Europe. The project relies on the analysis of archaeological (from roman period) and historical sources, and integrates the waterbodies navigability (watersheds, dynamics, flow, land cover,…), as the characteristics of naval architecture (adaptation of boats to specific river dynamics…), the presence of crossings between fluvial and terrestrial pathways (transhipment points), or the tolls (socio-economic evolutions, borders, etc.). These two days gather German, French and European researchers from the different fields required on such a research problem (history, archaeology, geography, palaeoenvironmental analysis, geomatics), in the aim to present recent discoveries and results. The present book contains the 27 abstracts in three languages (French, German, English). A collection of articles will be published from the communications presented during the symposium.
Inland harbours as gateways between water and land are crucial nodes for mobility and economic ex... more Inland harbours as gateways between water and land are crucial nodes for mobility and economic exchange in Antiquity as well as in the Middle Ages. This volume is a collection of 20 papers given in 2016 at the international conference “Inland harbours in Central Europe: Nodes between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea” in Dijon (University of Burgundy, France). The conference has been part of Priority Program 1630 ”Harbours” funded by the German Research Foundation. The papers deal with the archaeological, historical and geographical analysis of specific harbours and ships, harbour systems of selected rivers and lakes as well as larger harbour networks and their interplay with other infrastructure. The case studies cover a wide geographic range from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean with a particular focus on France and Germany.
séminaire d'archéologie portuaire organisé par l’Inrap, l'Université d'Aix-Marseille (CCJ-Arkaia) et l'Université de Nantes (CReAAH – LARA), 2023
Le port fluvial médiéval est une réalité architecturale souvent difficile à percevoir sur le terr... more Le port fluvial médiéval est une réalité architecturale souvent difficile à percevoir sur le terrain. Les sources historiques témoignent pourtant d’un lieu particulièrement vivant, protéiforme et organisé. Plusieurs projets de recherche menés sur la Loire moyenne, la Saône et le Doubs, et articulant archéologie subaquatique, étude de cargaisons perdues, recherches historiques et analyses géoarchéologiques, sont l’occasion de revenir sur cet espace, ses infrastructures et ses pratiques.
Situé hors agglomération ou en ville, port spécialisé, permanent ou de chantier, le dialogue entre les rares vestiges archéologiques, les comptabilités municipales du bas Moyen Âge et les évolutions du lit majeur permet d’esquisser ces multiples facettes, et les enjeux locaux de sa maintenance. Pour changer d’échelle, de grandes bases de données dédiées au patrimoine fluvial permettent de replacer ces ports dans le réseau des connectivités médiévales.
GAO 2023 Conference H2Oxford: Water flowing through Archaeology
Handling river risks is crucial within urban environment, whether it has concerned one-off events... more Handling river risks is crucial within urban environment, whether it has concerned one-off events or long-term evolution. Riverine inhabitants and authorities had to struggle with different temporal rhythms, dealing either with isolated events, as floods or ice jams, or long-term river migration. An ongoing postdoctoral project, dealing with the impact of the LIA on Burgundian rivers in France, following multidisciplinary research programs on the Middle Loire River, bring opportunities to discuss the way riverside towns have dealt with river instability. It also enlightens the differences in rivers changes. On the Loire River, geomorphological analyses of the floodplain mostly underline the Loire channels' high instability. From Middle Ages to nowadays, these landscapes have deeply evolved, thus implying a dire need to adapt infrastructures (bridges,…) and even the urbanism itself on the moving banks. Archaeological remains in La Charité-sur-Loire or medieval accountings in Nevers have revealed accurately the local communities' endeavours intended to deal with the shifts of the channel position between the 13th and 14th century. Amongst them, two main technical and mind-set changes: the passage from wooden to stone bridges and the growing constraint on the channel's wanderings. If dealing with the aftermath is mandatory, historical sources mainly reveal the significant increase of beforehand works. The strategies developed to constrain the Loire's channels in their former positions, maintain the water flows under the bridge and at the port, reveal the great change in the way local then royal administrations dealt with their environment during the Little Ice Age. The issues are different on other river courses, as the Saône and Doubs rivers, where local communities mostly had to strike against floods. Solutions thus has been adapted to that particular risk and leading to a range of strategies aiming to lands and towns protection, with dikes and even bypass canals.
International Conference "Contesting Water Management and Water Rights. From the End of Antiquity... more International Conference "Contesting Water Management and Water Rights. From the End of Antiquity to Industrialization", Lorsch, 2.-4. September 2019
Negotiating river exploitation was crucial in medieval and post-medieval England, France and Germany. Many different agents with competing interests participated in this process. In our talk, we will focus on three different topics: First, we will discuss the negotiation of river modifications and canal construction by local communities on a micro-scale, especially monastic communities and rival agents. These modifications affect the flow pattern of the river, the availability of hydro-energy, the established road network and also the navigability of the rivers themselves. Case studies such as Meaux Abbey in England will enlighten, how these competing interests have been negotiated and which physical remains have been preserved. Second, we will discuss conflicts which have been triggered by natural dynamics of the river itself, especially meandering. This instability has caused manifold conflicts with men-made physical remains, but also with social and economic structures such as rights, tolls and taxes, which are fixed in the landscape. How cities and lords have been dealing with this issue will be exemplified for the middle Loire river. Third, we will present a macro perspective. On a large spatial scale it is striking, that different river sections have been used for different purposes: mills and fisheries with dams cluster significantly at lower rank sections, whereas harbour installations and infrastructure for navigation clusters on higher rank sections. The highest potential for conflicts could be observed on river sections, where different interests overlap each other. This will be discussed for France based on a large newly developed digital dataset.
Le pietre delle città medievali. Materiali, uomini, tecniche (area mediterranea, secc. XIII-XV), ... more Le pietre delle città medievali. Materiali, uomini, tecniche (area mediterranea, secc. XIII-XV), Convegno internazionale, Turin-Cherasco
Présentation orale dans le cadre de la 6ème Journées d’études monastiques du PCR « Monastères en ... more Présentation orale dans le cadre de la 6ème Journées d’études monastiques du PCR « Monastères en Europe occidentale (Ve-Xe siècle) : Topographie et structures des premiers établissements en Franche-Comté et Bourgogne » (Sous la direction de Christian Camerlynck, Sébastien Bully, Sylvie Balcon-Berry, Christian Sapin)
Thanks to a newly developed French-German database on antique and medieval fluvial infrastructure... more Thanks to a newly developed French-German database on antique and medieval fluvial infrastructures in the framework of the DFG project Inland harbours in central Europe as hubs for European communication networks, communication networks can be analysed based on the evolution of management strategies of rivers. We will present a comparative approach of harbour networks, concurrent uses of the fluvial landscape and the processes of decision-making based on case studies from Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.
9. Deutscher Archäologiekongress des Deutschen Verbandes für Archäologie und der
Deutschen Altertumsverbände, Session "Arbeitskreis Spätantike und Frühes Mittelalter", Mainz, 7.7.2017.
In order to go further limits inherent to subject disjunction, or those imposed by sources, perio... more In order to go further limits inherent to subject disjunction, or those imposed by sources, periods or sites, this thesis emphasises a multidisciplinary and diachronic approach of stone supply on medieval and modern building sites. Thanks to the confrontation of buildings with different origins and functions, this work tries to dissect process of choices and stone supply network. It finally considers connection between people and a natural resource.
Colloque international Géohistoire de l'environnement et des paysages, université de Toulouse, 12-14/10/2016, 2016
Colloque international Géohistoire de l'environnement et des paysages, université de Toulouse, 12... more Colloque international Géohistoire de l'environnement et des paysages, université de Toulouse, 12-14/10/2016
Since 2012, the Priority Research Program ,Harbours" of the German Research Foundation focuses on... more Since 2012, the Priority Research Program ,Harbours" of the German Research Foundation focuses on the navigation network in the Roman and Medieval period between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. In the framework of this large-scale project, a data repository connected to a Web GIS has been developed.
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of the building site.
Considering particularly the medieval and early modern periods in France, this paper proposes a survey on a particular context for the builders: the times of crisis. Human or natural catastrophes have deeply affected the domain of the construction—either beforehand, during or afterwards the events—with a recurring sense of urgency. From tough times to open wars, shortages or price inflation of building materials, budgets’ decreases, cuts in provisioning networks, etc. have disrupted routines in construction works thus leading to reuse practices that did not exist before. In the end, the crises have also produced an amount of ruins, fragments, rubble that has to be removed for the life to go on. From cleaning a place to restore confidence, memory and heritage, dealing with the aftermath eventually imply another range of reuse practices.
of the building site.
Considering particularly the medieval and early modern periods in France, this paper proposes a survey on a particular context for the builders: the times of crisis. Human or natural catastrophes have deeply affected the domain of the construction—either beforehand, during or afterwards the events—with a recurring sense of urgency. From tough times to open wars, shortages or price inflation of building materials, budgets’ decreases, cuts in provisioning networks, etc. have disrupted routines in construction works thus leading to reuse practices that did not exist before. In the end, the crises have also produced an amount of ruins, fragments, rubble that has to be removed for the life to go on. From cleaning a place to restore confidence, memory and heritage, dealing with the aftermath eventually imply another range of reuse practices.
Every volume of the Data Repository is authored by one or several specialists. Therefore, the spatial and chronological focus, as well as the size of the datasets, differ significantly. Given the spatial and chronological scale and the diversity of sources, this Data Repository does not aim to be exhaustive. The different databases are available as Excel-file as well as .csv to allow for long-term reusability. Further information and specific critical comments are available in an accompanying pdf for each database.
Vol. 1: L. Kröger, Within the network of fluvial ports. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (ed.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 01 (Jena 2018). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.35240
Vol. 2: T. Bendschus, S. Feuser, Images and imaginations of roman ports. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (ed.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 02 (Jena 2018). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.35243
Vol. 3- : forthcoming 2018/2019
Vol. 3: T. Schmidts, The Thracian harbour city Ainos. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (Hrsg.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 03 (Jena 2019). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.38381
Vol. 4: A. Ginalis/D. Heher/A. Külzer/J. Preiser-Kapeller/G. Simeonov, Harbours and landing places on the Balkan coasts of the Byzantine empire (4th to 12th centuries. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (Hrsg.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 04 (Jena 2019). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.38384
Vol. 5: G. H. Jeute, Harbours as factors in the settlement of the Bremen Basin between the Roman Iron Age and the Middle Ages. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (Hrsg.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 05 (Jena 2019). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.38387
Vol. 6: S. Kalmring, The Leiruvogur harbor research project. Interdisciplinary archaeological examination of a Viking harbor and its hinterland in Iceland. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (Hrsg.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 06 (Jena 2019). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.38390
Vol. 7: B. Majchczack Trading terps and Geest boundary harbours medieval trading ports on the German North Sea coast. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (Hrsg.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 07 (Jena 2019). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.38393
Vol. 8: J. Trachet/D. de Ruijsscher Medieval Bruges and its outports. A landscape-archaeological contribution to the Zwin-debate. In: L. Werther/H. Müller/M. Foucher (Hrsg.), European Harbour Data Repository, vol. 08 (Jena 2019). https://doi.org/10.22032/dbt.38396
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Inland harbours in Central Europe: Nodes between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean Sea
Dijon, 1./2. Dec. 2016
The international symposium organized in Dijon forms part of the SPP1630 European project “Harbours” on inland harbours from roman period to middle ages, in which the Burgundy University cooperates with the Friedrich Schiller University from Jena.
The SPP1630 offers a structural and diachronic comparative analysis of the harbours networks on inland waterbodies. Its goals are the study of the harbours settled on lakes or rivers as a complex phenomenon, and the assessment of their respective significance as hubs in the communication and exchange network between Mediterranean Sea and Northern Europe. The project relies on the analysis of archaeological (from roman period) and historical sources, and integrates the waterbodies navigability (watersheds, dynamics, flow, land cover,…), as the characteristics of naval architecture (adaptation of boats to specific river dynamics…), the presence of crossings between fluvial and terrestrial pathways (transhipment points), or the tolls (socio-economic evolutions, borders, etc.). These two days gather German, French and European researchers from the different fields required on such a research problem (history, archaeology, geography, palaeoenvironmental analysis, geomatics), in the aim to present recent discoveries and results. The present book contains the 27 abstracts in three languages (French, German, English). A collection of articles will be published from the communications presented during the symposium.
Situé hors agglomération ou en ville, port spécialisé, permanent ou de chantier, le dialogue entre les rares vestiges archéologiques, les comptabilités municipales du bas Moyen Âge et les évolutions du lit majeur permet d’esquisser ces multiples facettes, et les enjeux locaux de sa maintenance. Pour changer d’échelle, de grandes bases de données dédiées au patrimoine fluvial permettent de replacer ces ports dans le réseau des connectivités médiévales.
An ongoing postdoctoral project, dealing with the impact of the LIA on Burgundian rivers in France, following multidisciplinary research programs on the Middle Loire River, bring opportunities to discuss the way riverside towns have dealt with river instability. It also enlightens the differences in rivers changes. On the Loire River, geomorphological analyses of the floodplain mostly underline the Loire channels' high instability. From Middle Ages to nowadays, these landscapes have deeply evolved, thus implying a dire need to adapt infrastructures (bridges,…) and even the urbanism itself on the moving banks. Archaeological remains in La Charité-sur-Loire or medieval accountings in Nevers have revealed accurately the local communities' endeavours intended to deal with the shifts of the channel position between the 13th and 14th century. Amongst them, two main technical and mind-set changes: the passage from wooden to stone bridges and the growing constraint on the channel's wanderings.
If dealing with the aftermath is mandatory, historical sources mainly reveal the significant increase of beforehand works. The strategies developed to constrain the Loire's channels in their former positions, maintain the water flows under the bridge and at the port, reveal the great change in the way local then royal administrations dealt with their environment during the Little Ice Age. The issues are different on other river courses, as the Saône and Doubs rivers, where local communities mostly had to strike against floods. Solutions thus has been adapted to that particular risk and leading to a range of strategies aiming to lands and towns protection, with dikes and even bypass canals.
Negotiating river exploitation was crucial in medieval and post-medieval England, France and Germany. Many different agents with competing interests participated in this process. In our talk, we will focus on three different topics: First, we will discuss the negotiation of river modifications and canal construction by local communities on a micro-scale, especially monastic communities and rival agents. These modifications affect the flow pattern of the river, the availability of hydro-energy, the established road network and also the navigability of the rivers themselves. Case studies such as Meaux Abbey in England will enlighten, how these competing interests have been negotiated and which physical remains have been preserved. Second, we will discuss conflicts which have been triggered by natural dynamics of the river itself, especially meandering. This instability has caused manifold conflicts with men-made physical remains, but also with social and economic structures such as rights, tolls and taxes, which are fixed in the landscape. How cities and lords have been dealing with this issue will be exemplified for the middle Loire river. Third, we will present a macro perspective. On a large spatial scale it is striking, that different river sections have been used for different purposes: mills and fisheries with dams cluster significantly at lower rank sections, whereas harbour installations and infrastructure for navigation clusters on higher rank sections. The highest potential for conflicts could be observed on river sections, where different interests overlap each other. This will be discussed for France based on a large newly developed digital dataset.
Franche-Comté et Bourgogne » (Sous la direction de Christian Camerlynck, Sébastien Bully, Sylvie Balcon-Berry, Christian Sapin)
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