The quern and millstone quarries of Bibracte and Autun: The case of Saint-Andeux (CÙte-díOr, Burgondy, France)

View/ Open
Issue date
2019Author
Jaccottey, Luc
Farget, Virginie
Fronteau, Gilles
Beuchot, Sylvain
Boyer, François
Cherot, Coralie
Suggested citation
Jaccottey, Luc;
Farget, Virginie;
Fronteau, Gilles;
Beuchot, Sylvain;
Boyer, François;
Cherot, Coralie;
.
(2019)
.
The quern and millstone quarries of Bibracte and Autun: The case of Saint-Andeux (CÙte-díOr, Burgondy, France).
Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 81-100.
https://doi.org/10.21001/rap.2019.extra-4.5.
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The millstone research carried out at the oppidum of Bibracte has recently been
bolstered by finds deriving from preventive archaeology carried out at the Roman city of Autun.
A new phase of this research has focused on the quern and millstone quarries supplying the
two centres. Among the quarries is the vast vaugnerite outcrop of Bois de Joux at Saint-Andeux
(Côte-d’Or). Field surveys identified two sectors producing mostly rotary querns dating to the
Late Iron Age and Antiquity. Examining the roughouts renders it possible to reconstruct the
operational sequence of their manufacture while the study of the quarries offers data to distinguish
the Late Iron Age from the Roman quarries and identify their sequences of production.
Note
Anderson, T.J., Alonso, N. (eds), Tilting at Mills: The Archaeology and Geology of Mills and Milling. Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent. Número Extra 4, 2019. ISBN: 9788491440291Is part of
Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 81-100European research projects
Collections
The following license files are associated with this item:
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as cc-by-nc (c) Luc Jaccottey et al., 2019
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Rotary quern and millstone roughouts beyond their quarries
Jaccottey, Luc; Jodry, Florent; Dumont, Annie; Moyat, Philippe (Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)Groups of unfinished quern and millstones (roughouts) have been recovered in Western Europe in the sea, in rivers and along ancient roads. They have also been unearthed during archaeological excavations of cities and ... -
Recent research on quern and millstone quarries in Majorca and Minorca (Balearic Islands, Spain)
Sánchez Navarro, Joaquín (Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)This paper presents the most recent research on querns and millstone quarries carried out in the Balearic Islands of Minorca and Majorca (Spain) since the article published in the proceedings of the Rome colloquium ... -
The quern quarry of La Calera (Agaete, Gran Canaria, Spain): Working volcanic tuff with stone tools
Naranjo-Mayor, Yurena; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Amelia; Francisco Ortega, Isabel (Universitat de Lleida. Departament d'Història. Secció d'Arqueologia, Prehistòria i Història Antiga, 2019)This paper identifies the operational sequence of volcanic tuff rotary quern production on the Island of Gran Canaria. This is carried out by analysing the tool marks on the face of the La Calera (Agaete) quarry and the ...