Économie agraire à la fin de l'âge du Bronze sur les bords du lac du Bourget (Savoie, France)

Abstract

In spite of their suitability, waterlogged Bronze Age settlements of the Alpine area are actually under-investigated for archaeobotany. New investigations in Grésine (Bourget Lake, Savoie) bring new data on farming economy. Food plants include different cereals, oil plants, pulses, and many collected fruits. Various farming practices are documented. The fields seem to be long-term cultivated, autumn and spring sowings probably taking turns with short fallow phases. Grassland communities were exploited and could in part have grown during fallow phases on the cultivated land.