Céramiques languedociennes du haut Moyen Age (VIIe-XIe s.).

Abstract

Bringing together the contributions of some twenty authors, this study presents a first evaluation conceming the earthen-ware used in the Languedoc from the VIIth to the XIth century. The material is presented in the form of notices, describing the contextes of the discoveries and proposing a tentative dating. The study ends with an attempted synthesis aiming to lay down the typo-chronology and circulate results. The identification of several zone of production, and an attempt to evaluate their areas of diffusion, tend to reveal the existence of regional trade ; this image is at variance with the traditional vision ofa selfsufficient rural economy.