The study of Modern archaeology in Metropolitan France

Summary

In the last 30 years, the study of modern and contemporary archaeology in France has seen a substantial expansion, especially in the light of the strong and rapid emergence of preventive archaeology, in both rural and urban contexts. In this paper we propose an overview of research on the “recent” historical periods. Research into the archaeology of the modern period is increasingly diversified, extending to the material world, including diverse buried and extant remains. Castles, gardens, rural habitats, agrarian structures, landscapes and territories, industrial or military practices are all now full-fledged, expanding fields of investigation. This underlines the importance of an archaeological discourse on those recent times, despite the existence of archives and historical records, and the necessity to engage in dialogue and comparison with all available sources of information.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2014   •
• Modern Archaeology of the French Atlantic Region

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

Record Identifiers

PaperId(s): SYM-24,01