Area built on posts (Saint-Paul, Route des premiers Français, 2018)

Area built on posts (Saint-Paul, Route des premiers Français, 2018)
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This area was occupied by buildings constructed on wooden posts. The postholes have left a trace where they used to stand in the sandy substrate. Overlapping with other structures – a building on flashing and a light course of aligned stones – suggests the site was intensively occupied, entailing the restructuring of the buildings, perhaps due to sand encroachment.

© Thierry Cornec, Inrap

© Thierry Cornec, Inrap

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