Les relations sociétés/milieux physiques depuis la fin du Tardiglaciaire : les apports du programme Loire / Floodplain archaeology and environmental change in the Loire valley during Holocene.

Abstract

The «Loire» research project is firmly based on an interdisciplinary approach of the fluvial environments. We study alluvial archaeological sites and floodplain geomorphology and palaeoecology. The Loire Valley floodplain is influenced by both physical and human activity. In the Middle Ages, especially from the XVth century onwards, societies tried to build their own space in the floodplain, erected «levées» and tried to force the adjacent river Indre and Cher to their junction with the Loire river.