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Although the ancient site of Utica has been studied since the 19th century, the location of its harbours remains unresolved, buried under sediments as the Mejerda delta prograded and left Utica 10 km inland. Using relief data and a coring survey with sedimentological analysis, we identify the dynamics of the delta’s progradation, which produced a d...
In the lower Euphrates valley, a region subject to strong bioclimatic constraints, irrigation appears to have been tried out very early, probably in the Halaf period (6000–5100 BC), because of a change in the dynamics of the river. Then in the Early Bronze Age, when the kingdom of Mari became established, a system for exploiting the valley appeared...
A l’automne 2011 a debute a Utique un nouveau programme de recherche place sous la direction conjointe de Jean-Yves Monchambert (Universite Paris-Sorbonne) et d’Imed Ben Jerbania (Institut national du patrimoine de Tunisie). Il concerne les niveaux preromains de la ville, en particulier les niveaux archaiques d’epoque phenicienne et punique ancienn...
The surveys carried out between 1982 and 1990 in the lower valley of the Syrian Euphrates, under the auspices of the Mission archéologique de Mari, have thrown new light on the history of populations and development in this region from the Neolithic to the advent of Islam. Geography and archaeology have brought their contributions to this study, in...
La basse vallée de l'Euphrate syrien du Néolithique à l'avènement de l'islam : géographie, archéologie et histoire
La confluence du Khabour et de l’Euphrate en Syrie fut un point stratégique important au cours des siècles. Plusieurs auteurs grecs et latins mentionnent cette région. Les trois descriptions les plus détaillées nous proviennent de Xénophon à la fin du Ve s. av. J.-Chr., d’Ammien Marcellin au IVe s. ap. J.-Chr., et de Procope au VIe s. Elles nous mo...
