Archéogeographie

Lecture archéogéographique d’une implantation au XVIe siècle : le Colombier, un ancrage dans l’espace pour une insertion sociale

by Emilie Cavanna

Sous presse, parution le 22 mars 2012.
S. Hurard (dir.) - La Ferme du Colombier à Varennes-sur-Seine, coll. Recherches Archéologiques, INRAP/CNRS, Paris, 2012.

Observations archéogéographiques sur le village actuel de Sainte-Agnès (Alpes-Maritimes)

by Emilie Cavanna

F. Blanc (dir. et éd.) - Sainte-Agnès et l’ancien comté de Vintimille du Moyen Age à l’Époque Moderne, actes de la Xe journée d’Études Régionales de Menton (nov. 2006), Nice, 2008, p.87-92.

L’espace : un estimateur archéologique de distinction sociale ? L’exemple des élites médiévales et modernes « aux champs »

by Emilie Cavanna

Actes de la table-ronde « Des hommes aux champs ». Pour une archéologie des espaces ruraux dans le Nord de la France du Néolithique au Moyen Age (Caen, 8-9 octobre 2008), CRAHM éd., à paraître (2012).

Cartes et plans anciens : des images de l’espace du passé à déchiffrer

by Emilie Cavanna

Les images : regards sur les sociétés, actes de la troisième Journée Doctorale d'Archéologie de Paris I (31 mai 2008), Archéo.Doct n°3, Presses de la Sorbonne, Paris, à paraître (2012).

Du milieu au territoire : la ferme du Colombier à Varennes-sur-Seine (77). Restitution croisée d'un paysage entre le XVIe et le XVIIIe siècle

by Emilie Cavanna

Avec Séverine Hurard
M.-F Diot (dir.) - Le paysage et l'archéologie : méthodes et outils de la reconstitution des paysages, actes du 135e congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques (Neuchâtel, avril 2010), éd. CTHS, 2011, p. 7-18.

Archéogéographie et archéologie préventive à la Ferme du Colombier (Varennes-sur-Seine, 77). Un exemple d'une collaboration efficace

by Emilie Cavanna

Avec Séverine Hurard
Dossier « L’archéogéographie. Un état des lieux et de leurs dynamiques » (M. Watteaux, dir.), Les Nouvelles de l’archéologie, n°25, octobre 2011, p. 41-46.

De la "grange de Quinquempoix" à la "ferme de la Siaule" (Jouy-le-Moutier, Vauréal) : l'intérêt d'une étude archéogéographique en amont d'opérations préventives

by Emilie Cavanna

Revue archéologique du Vexin français et du Val d'Oise, n°41, 2010, p. 69-91.

Archéogéographie du centre ancien de Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes)

by Emilie Cavanna

Bulletin du Musée anthropologique de Monaco, suppl. n°1, 2008, p. 279-283.

L’archéogéographie : un projet d’archéologie du savoir géohistorique

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Les Nouvelles de l'archéologie', in dossier coord. par M. Watteaux "L'archéogéographie : un état des lieux et de leurs dynamiques", n°125, décembre 2011, p. 3-7.

Archaeogeography : a project of archaeology of the geohistorical knowledge.

Archaeogeography is a... more Archaeogeography : a project of archaeology of the geohistorical knowledge.

Archaeogeography is a discipline which takes more and more importance since about ten years within the disciplines studying the relation between the societies and their territories, in a long-lasting perspective. This article aims to present and put in perspective its history, its matter and its place in the movement of emergence of a vast research field on the organization of the lands and its dynamics. Lastly, it is the occasion to introduce the papers of this file which illustrate each one an aspect of current archeogeographic research.

La colonisation agraire médiévale en Alentejo (Portugal)

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Etudes Rurales', n°188, juill.-déc. 2011 (published in January 2012).

The medieval agrarian colonisation in Alentejo (Portugal).

The aim of this paper is to highlight the... more The medieval agrarian colonisation in Alentejo (Portugal).

The aim of this paper is to highlight the agrarian planned morphologies during the Middle Ages. The author takes the example of Alentejo, in southern Portugal. There, History offers an ideal context for the analysis of these forms because of the Reconquista and of the process of Repoblación. The historians have studied well the phenomenon of allocation and of redistribution of the parcels of land which takes place within the context of agrarian colonization. But they did not analyze the forms of the parcels which follow from it. This paper, following three ways of research – historical, epistemological and archeogeographical –, shows all the potential of such a subject and contributes to recognize the medieval agrarian planned morphology in a country where it is ignored.

Du plan radio-concentrique au plan radio-quadrillé : relecture archéo-géographique des rapports entre pouvoir et formes du paysage au Moyen Age.

by Magali Watteaux

published in Ph. Rodriguez (ed.), 'Pouvoir et Territoire', actes du colloque de St-Etienne (7-8/11/2005), Publications de l’Université de St-Etienne, St-Etienne, 2007, p. 267-277.

From the radiocentric form to the radiosquarred form : archaeogeographical re-reading of the relations between Power... more From the radiocentric form to the radiosquarred form : archaeogeographical re-reading of the relations between Power and morphology of the landscapes during the Middle Ages.

See also on this subject the paper of 2003 "Le plan radio-quadrillé des terroirs non planifiés"

Le plan radio-quadrillé des terroirs non planifiés

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Études Rurales', n°167-168, juill.-déc. 2003, p.187-214.

The radio-squarred form of the non planned countries

Most plots in French villages fit into in a radial... more The radio-squarred form of the non planned countries

Most plots in French villages fit into in a radial pattern of
squares, which associates a network of roads polarized by
a village habitat with auto-organized and inherited plots of
land, usually in a pattern of squares. This modelization,
based on several observations, forces us to critically review
the opinions formulated by historians about how medieval
space was organized. The village territory was not
“radial-concentric”, and it did not clearly emerge during the
polarization and “birth” of villages. When they exist, radial
or concentric forms did not organize big areas, and they can
always be set down to necessities. The phrase “radial
concentric” is misleading, and applying this pattern to
French villages is reductionist in relation to a much richer
and more moving geographical reality.

Archéogéographie de l’habitat et du parcellaire au haut Moyen Âge.

by Magali Watteaux

published in E. Peytremann (ed.), 'L’Austrasie. Sociétés, économies, territoires, christianisation', actes des XXVIe Journées Internationales d'Archéologie Mérovingienne (Nancy, 22-25/09/2005), Presses Universitaires de Nancy, Nancy, 2009, p. 109-120.

Archaeogeography of the settlement and of the plots of land during the early Medieval Ages (V-XII c.)

Paper... more Archaeogeography of the settlement and of the plots of land during the early Medieval Ages (V-XII c.)

Paper on the question of the early medieval setllement and of the plots of lands during this period. I use a lot the archaeological data but in an archaeographical perspective.

À propos de la «naissance du village au Moyen Age »: la fin d'un paradigme?

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Études Rurales', n°167-168, juill.-déc. 2003, p. 307-318.

About the "birth of the village during the Middle Ages" : the end of a paradigm

In France, since... more About the "birth of the village during the Middle Ages" : the end of a paradigm

In France, since the beginning of the 1980's, researches on the medieval rural settlement have been conducted by a theory on the origins of our villages by Robert Fossier. The villages would appear around the beginning of the eleventh century and would fix them durably in the soils, around the church and/or the castle. This theory - forged at one time when it made possible to advance the reflexion on the relations between the seigniories and the habitat - can be today revalued thanks to the archaeological data brought by the preventive excavations.

Le bocage : un paysage agraire surdéterminé pour les archéologues et les médiévistes.

by Magali Watteaux

published in A. Antoine et D. Marguerie (eds), 'Bocages et Sociétés', actes du colloque de Rennes (29-30/09 et 01/10/2004), Presses Universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, 2007, p.121-132.

The bocage : an agrarian landscape which poses problems for archaeologists and medievists.

Since Marc... more The bocage : an agrarian landscape which poses problems for archaeologists and medievists.

Since Marc Bloch, the bocage is one part in France’s traditional
“landscape trilogy”. Though recent, it is considered
to be essential for studying the history of the land in western
France. Current results from archeogeography and preventive
archeology are modifying this view. By
distinguishing between planes and modeled forms, between
the different scales used, archeogeographers have separated
the parcelization of the land from the creation of a landscape
demarcated with hedgerows. They have discovered
that the underlying morphology usually originated in a selforganized,
resilient network, which we cannot consider to
be a “type” during the Middle Ages. We must reject a
linear vision and focus on the process of parcelization as
it fits onto a society’s space-time continuum.

Sous le bocage, le parcellaire...

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Études Rurales', n°175-176, juill.-déc. 2005, p. 53-80.

Under the bocage, the plots of land

Since Marc Bloch, the bocage is one part in France’s traditionalmore Under the bocage, the plots of land

Since Marc Bloch, the bocage is one part in France’s traditional
“landscape trilogy”. Though recent, it is considered
to be essential for studying the history of the land in western
France. Current results from archeogeography and preventive
archeology are modifying this view. By
distinguishing between planes and modeled forms, between
the different scales used, archeogeographers have separated
the parcelization of the land from the creation of a landscape
demarcated with hedgerows. They have discovered
that the underlying morphology usually originated in a selforganized,
resilient network, which we cannot consider to
be a “type” during the Middle Ages. We must reject a
linear vision and focus on the process of parcelization as
it fits onto a society’s space-time continuum.

Archéogéographie morphologique de la plaine sud-vendéenne

by Magali Watteaux

This paper written in 2008 will be published in C. Marcigny et V. Carpentier (eds), 'Des hommes aux champs. Pour une archéologie des espaces ruraux dans le nord de la France, du Néolithique au Moyen Âge', Presses universitaires de Rennes, Rennes, sous presse (début 2012).

Archeogeography of the Southern Vendee plain.

The archaeological data collected since ten years on the... more Archeogeography of the Southern Vendee plain.

The archaeological data collected since ten years on the plain of Southern
Vendée show that this space knew a dense occupation as of the Gallic
period. The archeogeographic analysis allows to put all these sites in
network and, thus, to contribute to the recent renewal of research on the
history of the agrarian planimetry. It shows indeed that the large network of
forms that dominates the plain experienced an important evolution phase
during the second Iron Age. According to the dynamical methods, this
network is characterized by a remarkable durability. It is also found to be
associated to forms of other levels, leading to the creation of hybrid
morphological configurations such as the “radio-squared” forms.

Etude archéogéographique du Sud-Vendée (85). Entre plaine et bocage.

by Magali Watteaux

published in 'Medieval Europe Paris 2007'. 4e Congrès International d'Archéologie Médiéval et Moderne "On the Road Again", Section Archéogéographie

Archaeogeographical study of the Southern Vendée (France). Between plain and bocage.

This paper presents... more Archaeogeographical study of the Southern Vendée (France). Between plain and bocage.

This paper presents the very first conclusions of my PhD on the agrarian morphology of the Southern Vendée.
See the paper named "Archéogéographie morphologique de la plaine sud-vendéenne" to complete this subject.

La dynamique de la planimétrie parcellaire et des réseaux routiers en Vendée méridionale. Etudes historiographiques et recherches archéogéographiques.

by Magali Watteaux

PhD - University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - 2009
Vol. 2 and 3 are on the link below.

The dynamics of plots and roadway network in the Southern Vendée. Historiographical studies and archaeogeographical... more The dynamics of plots and roadway network in the Southern Vendée. Historiographical studies and archaeogeographical research.

This PhD thesis addresses three principal issues. The first one is a historiographical investigation of the bocage, the medieval habitat and plots and the landscapes of Vendée (France) in order to identify the dead ends and the possible ways of reforming the associated scientific speeches. The second is an archaeogeographical analysis on several space and time scales of the planimetric forms (the roadway network, the plots, the habitat network) in an area of 800 km² in Southern Vendée. The objective is to understand their organization, installation and transmission over a large time scale, according to the paradigm of the dynamics and the complexity of the processes. Lastly, the third research attempts to point out the possible relationships between the plot pattern, the roadway network and the settlement from the Protohistory until our days in order to provide an attempt to reform the geohistorical classical account.

Archéogéographie rurale

by Magali Watteaux

published in Joëlle Burnouf et al., 'Manuel d'archéologie médiévale et moderne', Armand Colin, Paris, 2009, p. 152-153.

Rural archaeogeography.

It is a short paper in a general book on medieval and modern archaeology about the... more Rural archaeogeography.

It is a short paper in a general book on medieval and modern archaeology about the archaeogeography of the rural lands. The example taken is the Vendée, studied in my PhD.