Béziers au Ve s. av. J.-C. : étude d'un ensemble de mobilier représentatif et essai de caractérisation du site

Abstract

Excavations carried out in the centre of Béziers in recent years allowed the archaeological exploration of the levels Vth and IVth c. B. C. In this paper the authors present a collection of objects from a thick preparatory core for a road, representative of the last three quarters of the Vth c. The complete analysis of the collected objects, mainly pottery and metal objects, plus some fauna, is very detailed and abundantly illustrated. In addition, regional and Mediterranean comparisons bring the authors to stress the distinctives features of this large protohistoric agglomeration in the context of Southern France (concerning town-planning and private architecture, only touched upon here, but mainly table and kitchen crockery). Precise counts of almost 9 000 fragments provide a new reference basis for the Languedoc, but also for the far-west Mediterranean. The extent of the Mediterranean factors, the specificities noted and the remarkable scarcity of local indigenous features induce the authors to stress the particular relations of this habitat with the Western Greek world and its strongly Hellenised character and to consider the presence of Phocaeans.

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