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Chapter 12 France: Submerged Prehistory on Atlantic and Mediterranean Coasts

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The French coastline accounts for many submerged remains of prehistoric sites along all its coastlines. Undisturbed sites including intertidal deposits containing artefacts give a total of 180 find spots. Each geographical region has its own specific features: submerged peats and fish weirs along the Channel and Atlantic coasts, faunal assemblages from the Channel and the North Sea, underwater sea caves and karsts along parts of the Mediterranean coast and occupations dated to later prehistory on the Mediterranean and in the south-western coastal lagoons. Coastal archaeology successfully confirms the high potential and good preservation of submerged sites, particularly organic artefacts such as wooden objects, features related to fishing and faunal assemblages. New types of sites and research issues have emerged over the past decade, particularly Palaeolithic sites, Neolithic axe deposits in association with megalithic complexes and fishing structures reflecting a widespread activity along the coasts of the Channel and the Atlantic Ocean. The implementation of a scientific programme relating to submerged sites is all the more urgent since offshore industrial projects are rapidly increasing along the French coasts.
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hal-02486572 , version 1 (28-09-2020)

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Cyrille Billard, Marie-Yvane Daire, Chloé Martin. Chapter 12 France: Submerged Prehistory on Atlantic and Mediterranean Coasts. G. Bailey; N. Galanidou; H. Peeters; H. Jöns and M. Mennenga. The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes, Springer, pp.249-280, 2020, Coastal Research Library 35, 978-3-030-37367-2. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-37367-2_12⟩. ⟨hal-02486572⟩
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