The construction site of a secondary school in the commune of Riom in the Puy-de-Dôme department is providing archaeologists with an opportunity to excavate the remains of an ‘indigenous farm’ dating from the 2nd century BCE. This Gallic agricultural settlement is reminiscent of the ‘Pâtural’ site discovered a few kilometres away in the 1980s. These sites, contemporary with the first ‘capital’ of the Arverni people (the Gallic settlement of Aulnat-Gandaillat), bear witness to a territorial organisation common to the whole of Gaul. Little by little, the entire organisation of the Gallic occupation of the Limagne plain in Auvergne is being revealed…
Scientific advisors: Audrey Pranyies (Archéodunum France) Yann Deberge (Inrap – ARAFA) A co-production by Court-jus Production and Archeodunum In partnership with ARAFA and BIBRACTE With the support of the Auvergne Regional Council and the Puy-de-Dôme General Council.
With the participation of:
Vincent Guichard (BIBRACTE), Audrey Praniyès (ARCHEODUNUM), Yann Deberge (ARAFA / INRAP), John Collis (University of Sheffield), Manon Cabanis (INRAP), Sylvain Foucras (ARAFA) and Lionel Orengo (ARCHEODUNUM / ARAFA)