La datation dendrochronologique du coffrage de fondation d’une pile du pont-siphon de l’Yzeron à Beaunant (Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Métropole de Lyon) by François Blondel, David Baldassari

“…Pile 18 –examined during a preventive archaeology excavation carried out in 2018 in the river bed– had a foundation mass that required the use of wooden formwork for its realisation in masonry.This formwork consists of fir planks laid on edge and roughly nailed to squared fir posts. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…In 2018, an archaeological excavation was undertaken to study three piers (17, 18 and 19) of the Yzeron aqueduct at Beaunant (Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, France) which supported the conduits of a siphon that carried water from the Gier aqueduct to Lugdunum in Antiquity.The Yzeron siphon, which covered a length of 2,660 m and was located less than 20 km from the source of the Gier aqueduct on Fourvière hill in Lyon, made it possible to cross the Yzeron Valley which, at this point, was almost 1.50 km wide and 125 m deep. …”
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La datation des aqueducs lyonnais : un état des lieux by Aldo Borlenghi, Catherine Coquidé

“…In 2020, a preventive archaeology excavation at 73-77 avenue du Point-du-Jour (Lyon 5th arrondissement) uncovered two wooden pipes located in a ditch that follows the presumed route of the aqueduct: dendrochronological dating places them in the year 3 AD, which constitutes a reliable chronological benchmark. …”
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Activités artisanales sur la rive droite de la Vesle à Reims/Durocortorum by Émilie Jouhet, Michaël Brunet, Pierre Mathelart, Véronique Matterne

“…Henri-Henrot in Reims, was preceded by a major rescue archaeology excavation in 2008-2009, extending over a surface of 4,000 m2 and descending more than 3 m of stratigraphy. …”
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Une pompe hydraulique romaine en bois en contexte d’incendie à Reims/Durocortorum by Cyril Driard

“…A wooden water two-cylinder force pump was discovered in 2016 during a rescue archaeological excavation at 45 rue de Thillois in Reims. The discovery of this type of ancient hydraulic device is quite rare. …”
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Le sanctuaire romain du Vigneau à Pussigny (Indre-et-Loire) : un lieu de mémoire, de vie et d’accueil by Arnaud Coutelas, Sébastien Lepetz

“…A rescue archaeology excavation took place in Le Vigneau (commune of Pussigny, Indre-et-Loire, France), along the intended layout of the high-speed train line running from Tours to Bordeaux. …”
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