La ferme viticole tardo-antique du chemin du Mas du Padre (Balaruc-les-Bains, Hérault)

Resume

In central Languedoc, a short distance from the shores of the Étang de Thau, the site of Chemin du Mas du Padre represents one of the rare Late Antique rural establishments in Mediterranean Gaul to have been the subject of a comprehensive archaeological investigation.

Excavation revealed the remains of a building of approximately 500 m², constructed ex nihilo at the beginning of the 5^th century AD and equipped with two pressing installations intended for wine production, associated with storage cellars whose capacity may have reached several hundred hectolitres.

The abundant artefactual assemblages attest to a dynamic economy, still largely monetised and integrated into regional as well as transmarine exchange networks, particularly with Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean.

The continuation of occupation for nearly a century after the abandonment of wine production, in the first half of the 6^th century, provides an opportunity to observe the transformations in material culture that accompanied the transition to the Early Middle Ages.

Based on a broad multidisciplinary approach, this study benefits from a micro-regional perspective informed by the rich body of documentation available for this sector of the Languedoc coastline.

The volume thus offers new insights into the economy of a Mediterranean rural area at the end of Antiquity, highlighting in particular the continued importance of viticulture during this period.

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Summary

Préface
Introduction

Chapitre 1 – Les données de terrain

Chapitre 2 – Les mobiliers céramiques

Chapitre 3 – Étude archéométrique des céramiques africaines

Chapitre 4 – Étude des verres

Chapitre 5 – Étude de l’instrumentum

Chapitre 6 – Étude de la meule

Chapitre 7 – Les monnaies

Chapitre 8 – Les tuiles en terre cuite

Chapitre 9 – Analyses biochimiques du contenu des bassins

Chapitre 10 – Archéozoologie d’un établissement rural du Bassin de Thau entre Antiquité et Moyen Âge

Chapitre 11 – Paysage végétal, charbonnage et arboriculture sur les rives de l’étang de Thau durant l’Antiquité tardive d’après l’étude des charbons

Chapitre 12 – Synthèse et mise en perspective des données :

Le Barrou à Sète : le devenir d’une villa littorale à la fin de l’Antiquité

Une installation viticole tardo-antique dans l’agglomération de Balaruc-les-Bains

Le Fiau : un établissement rural du Haut Moyen Âge

Conclusion

Bibliographie

Authors :

Marie Anselmo, Iouri Bermond, Fabrice Bigot, Aurélia Borvon, Claudio Capelli, Alain Chartrain, Vianney Forest, Nicolas Garnier, Jordan Latournerie, Marie-Laure Le Brazidec, Delphine Lopez, Cyprien Mureau, Christophe Pellecuer, Antonia Persico, Hervé Pomarèdes et Christophe Vaschalde