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New aerial research in Picardy and Artois

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R. Agache
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Aerial surveys of Picardy have brought to light numerous systems of graves and in-filled ditches, generally protohistoric, as well as Roman camps, and even some trench diggings in the historical period.

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Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 46 , Issue 182 , June 1972 , pp. 117 - 123
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1972

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References

* The Société de Préhistoire du Nord has just published a new album of more than 400 photographs: Roger Agache, Détection aéienne de vestiges protohistoriques, gallo-romains et médiévaux dans la Somme et ses abords—Contribution à 1’Histoire de l’occupation ancienne des sols—Bull. special no. 7—Musée de Picardie, Amiens, 1970.

In it are to be found aerial photographs and plans of all the archaeological remains discussed here. For the Middle Ages one should consult the excellent thesis of Robert Fossier, La Terre et les hommes en Picardie, 2 vol., Béatrice Nauwelaerts, Paris, Louvain, 1968.