The discovery, in 2007, of the Neolithic site of Vaures, in Bergerac

We are in Bergerac, in 2007, in the Vaures-Nord district, whose soil has just revealed a prehistoric human presence. Pierrick Fouéré, Scientific Manager at INRAP, the National Institute for Research in Preventive Archaeology, will soon be called to a site that will lead him to a major discovery…

Following a diagnosis carried out throughout the Pombonne area, postholes drew attention, as well as material dating from the Neolithic era, around 3,500 years before our era. The first plans of houses were soon cleared, and who says houses says village…

Campaign Archaeological Research Center (24) © Radio France
Christophe Tastet

INRAP is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The mission of this public establishment is threefold: operator of diagnoses and excavations, it ensures the scientific exploitation of their results, and contributes to teaching, cultural dissemination and the promotion of archaeology.


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