🏛️ Site archéologique au lieudit Le Marais
Multi-period rural settlement in Île-de-France, 1st–15th centuries AD
📌 Fast Facts
- Location: Chambly and Belle-Église, Île-de-France, north of Paris
- Periods: Gallo-Roman (1st–4th c. AD), Frankish (5th–6th c.), medieval (later periods)
- Key finds: Pottery, Roman glass, coins, iron tools, animal bone assemblages
- Significance: Continuous rural occupation spanning nearly two millennia
Site archéologique au lieudit Le Marais is an archaeological site in the countryside north of Paris that documents uninterrupted rural settlement from the Roman period through the medieval era. Spanning the communes of Chambly and Belle-Église, the excavated remains preserve evidence of a prosperous Gallo-Roman villa, subsequent Frankish occupation, and later medieval farmsteads, offering rare insight into how rural communities adapted across major political and cultural transitions. As of ...