Excavation Notebooks. Immersive Archaeological Documents (1898-1986). Two Case Studies, in Pre-Roman Gaul and Italy (CARDO)

The CARDO project (Carnets de fouilles. La documentation archéologique immergée (1898-1986). Deux cas d’étude, entre Gaule et Italie préromaine) sets out to study and promote a series of unique 20th century archaeological archives, through two different perspectives and different levels: in France, the “major site” of Alesia in Gaul, and a constellation of minor sites in the Auxois region; and in southern Italy the “major” Daunarian site of Arpi in Puglia and the fortified sites in the Lucanian interior, in today’s Basilicata. Adapting the perspective and examining geographically remote sites (on a north-south trajectory in keeping with the acronym CARDO), but which present comparable characteristics and are studied at the same time, provides a vision at the European level of how documentation practices evolved, whether written, graphic, or photographic. The objective (which will be attained with the help of an 18-month post-doc position) is to undertake the inventory, referencing and digitalising of these archives, and to embark on a genuinely epistemological reflection leading to a collective publication and online storage of the documents. What is documented in a given period and why? What is considered worthy of being recorded, photographed, or triangulated? How do documentation practices in the field (and in cataloguing and post-excavation) evolve and what can they tell us about the ambitions and potentials of archaeology as a discipline?
Project Leader
Olivier DE CAZANOVE , Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Internal cluster partners
- Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn) - UMR 7041
- Musée d'Archéologie nationale - Domaine de St-Germain-en-Laye
- Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Mondes - USR 3225
Associated partners
Centre Jean Bérard de Naples - CNRS USR 3133
https://centrejeanberard.cnrs.fr/
UMR 6298 ArTheHis
https://artehis.u-bourgogne.fr/
Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio della Basilicata
http://www.sbap.basilicata.beniculturali.it/
MuséoParc Alésia
https://www.alesia.com/
Laboratoire AGORA - EA 7392 Université de Cergy-Pontoise
https://www.u-cergy.fr/fr/laboratoires/agora.html
Duration
30 monthsKeywords
archéologie, archives, Alésia, Arpi, Lucanie
Corinne JOUYS-BARBELIN
Title:
Conservateur du patrimoine
Position:
Chef du service des Ressources documentaires
Institution:
Musée d'Archéologie nationale
Leader of the project:
The Commission de Topographie des Gaules (1858-1879)
Takes part in the project:
Corpus numérisé consacré à l’histoire du Château, des jardins et à la création du Musée des Antiquités nationales de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Elisabeth BELLON
Title:
Ingénieur de recherche, CNRS
Position:
Responsable du service des archives de la MAE
Institution:
MAE
Leader of the project:
Archives de fouilles de sites préhistoriques et antiques
Claude POUZADOUX
Title:
Chargée de recherche
Institution:
CNRS - USR3133 Centre Jean Bérard
Sabine LEFEBVRE
Title:
Professeur des universités, Directrice de l'UMR ArTheHis 6298
Institution:
Université de Bourgogne
Francesco CANESTRINI
Title:
Surintendant
Institution:
Surintendance Archéologie, Beaux-Arts et Paysage de la Basilicate
Michel ROUGER
Title:
Directeur général
Institution:
MuséoParc d'Alésia
Viviane (FRITZ) RAVENEAU
Title:
Attachée de conservation
Institution:
Conseil Départemental de la Côte-d'Or, Pôle ressources, Cellule développement du site d'Alésia
Vivien BARRIERE
Title:
Maître de conférences
Institution:
Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Olivier DE CAZANOVE
Title:
Professeur des universités en archéologie romaine
Institution:
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne