Arvernes et segusiaves au second age du fer : contribution a l'etude des societes gauloises de france centrale (these sur travaux)
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Abstract EN:
This thesis is a compilation of studies that consider several aspects of the archaeological evidence available in the north of massif central (france) for the period of the late iron age (3rd-1st centuries bc) : "typo-chronology" of several categories of artefacts (namely pottery, coins, jewelry), spatial cultural divisions (through funeral practices and pottery), and evolution of the gallic society subsequent to the appearance of the oppida (at the turn of the 2nd and 1st centuries) and to romanization. We defend that the most important social change of the period (and the one the bene fit of which was amplified after the roman conquest) for this region is not the one induced by oppida but the slow organization of society started in the 3rd century : the setting up of stable commercial routes and large size open settlements, the stabilization of regional political entities (the caesar's civitates) and of a political elite.
Abstract FR:
La these presentee est un recueil de travaux qui traitent de divers aspects de la documentation archeologique du nord du massif central relative a la fin de l'age du fer (iiie-ier siecles avant j. -c. ) : "typo-chronologie" des mobiliers, relations avec le monde mediterraneen, gestion des ressources economiques et fonctionnement des transactions commerciale s (emergence de l'economie monetaire), geographie du peuplement, clivages culturels (a travers notamment les pratiques funeraires et le repertoire de la ceramique indigene), enfin evolution de la societe sous l'effet de l'apparition des "oppida" (a la charniere des iie et ier siecles) et de la romanisation. On soutient surtout le point de vue que le phenomene social le plus marquant de la periode (celui dont a le plus beneficie la romanisation) est non pas l'apparitition des oppida mais l'organisation lente de la societe depuis le iiie siecle : mise en place d'un reseau stable de voies de communication et d'agglomerations, amelioration progressive des moyens de production et d'echange, stabilisation d'entites politiques regionales (les "cites" decrites par cesar) et de leur classe dirigeante.