Within the Festival Des Nouveaux Rendez-Vous des Terres Neuves and in association with Chapitô, Inrap invites you to discover the different facets of archaeology through different stands!
Preventive archaeology in question:
How does preventive archaeology work? What are the tools and methods used by archaeologists? Meet the archaeologists and discuss their profession with them! (archeomaquette, board game, tables with plates, kakémonos métiers, etc.).
Discovery of ancient board games:
The archaeologists of Inrap propose to discover and learn about board games (Ludus Latronculus, Pente Grammai, Marelle), dice games, bone games, or various games of skill, whose rules have been rediscovered in the sources of ancient excavations (game boards, pawns, etc.) and ancient sources.
The study of archaeological furniture:
The excavation actually represents only a third of the real work of the archaeologist: the main part of his work will in fact consist in exploiting the data, and studying the archaeological furniture. You will be able to learn the first phases of the study of furniture: sorting by materials, prior to sending to the various specialists, and reassembly of ceramics.
Archaeology of the Aquitaine coast and changes in the past climate:
Was the climate before stable and the sea level fixed? Have the climatic conditions and sea level changed over time? In other words: have climate and sea level already varied before today? How many meters has the sea level increased in a few thousand years: 1, 10 or 100 meters? Can the sea level still rise? What are the archaeological data on the coast? Where was the sea level before and how was the climate of our ancestors. Finally, can the landscape of the Aquitaine coast remain frozen in its current state, or is it normal that it is unstable? Through this workshop we will try to provide answers to the general public from data from the archaeology of the Aquitaine coast and past climates.