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1995
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Gallia - Année 1995 - Volume 52 - Numéro 1 - Pages 263-310La découverte de plusieurs dizaines de bergeries d'époque romaine dans la plaine steppique de la Crau (territoire de la cité d'Arles) permet d'aborder, pour la première fois, l'étude de l'élevage antique des ovins à partir des structures matérielles. La répartition des divers aménagements (bergeries, cabanes, puits, fours, réunis en groupes plus ou moins denses) et la chronologie de l'occupation suggèrent une organisation de ce territoire et une exploitation systématique de la plaine, depuis la création de la colonie d'Arles, jusqu'à la fin du IV s. et le début du Ve s. La variété des trouvailles donne un aperçu de la vie quotidienne des bergers et l'importance de cet élevage, dans une plaine inhospitalière l'été, pose le problème de la transhumance.
The discovery of several dozen sheep-folds from the roman period in the plains of the Crau, under the jurisdiction of the city of Arles, lets in the possibility for the first time of undertaking the study of roman sheep-farming on the basis of structural remains. The distribution of various structures (sheep-folds, sheds, wells, and ovens assembled into more or less dense groups) and the chronology of occupation suggest an organization of the territory and a systematic utilization in the plains since the foundation of the colony of Arles, until the 4 /5th century A.D. The wide variety of discoveries offers an impression of the daily life of shepherds and of the importance of sheep breeding in an inhospitable plain, during summertime, which makes transhumance necessary.
48 pages
The discovery of several dozen sheep-folds from the roman period in the plains of the Crau, under the jurisdiction of the city of Arles, lets in the possibility for the first time of undertaking the study of roman sheep-farming on the basis of structural remains. The distribution of various structures (sheep-folds, sheds, wells, and ovens assembled into more or less dense groups) and the chronology of occupation suggest an organization of the territory and a systematic utilization in the plains since the foundation of the colony of Arles, until the 4 /5th century A.D. The wide variety of discoveries offers an impression of the daily life of shepherds and of the importance of sheep breeding in an inhospitable plain, during summertime, which makes transhumance necessary.
48 pages
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01 janvier 1995
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6 Mo