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Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air dans les Bouches-du-Rhône

Patrimoine classé
Vestiges Gallo-romain
Oppidum

Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air

    Le Bourg
    13320 Bouc-Bel-Air
Private property
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Oppidum du Baou-Roux à Bouc-Bel-Air
Crédit photo : Fr.Latreille - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Âge du Fer
Antiquité
Haut Moyen Âge
Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
100 av. J.-C.
0
1800
1900
2000
VIIᵉ siècle av. J.-C.
Start of occupation
124 av. J.-C.
Destruction by Rome
1856
First archaeological mention
1903
Tennevin and Gérin-Ricard
Années 1960
Methodical searches by J.-P. Tennevin
1992
Site protection
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Oppidum, including its archaeological remains (CK 1-6): inscription by order of 7 April 1992

Key figures

Félix Tennevin - Amateur archaeologist Discovered a female burial in 1903.
Comte de Gérin-Ricard - Researcher and explorer Studyed the site as "castellam".
Jean-Pierre Tennevin - Archaeologist Systematic searches in the 1960s.
Benoni Blanc - First mentioner Author of a note in 1856.

Origin and history

L'oppidum du Baou-Roux is a former Celto-ligure site, more specifically Salyen, located on the Massif de l'Étoile, north of Marseille. Occupied from the seventh century B.C.E., it was destroyed in 124 B.C. by the Romans. This small 2 hectare plateau, bordered by a 40-metre cliff, served as a strategic point between the Marseille basin and the Arc valley. Its fertile soil allowed a continuous farming operation, reusing even the stones of the walls after the abandonment of the site.

The first archaeological explorations date back to 1856, with a note by Benoni Blanc mentioning a millstone fragment. At the end of the 19th century, the Tennevin family, owner of the land, collected objects on the surface and undertook scattered excavations. In 1903, Félix Tennevin discovered a female skeleton decorated with bronze bracelets and iron rings, suggesting a ritual burial. In the same year, the Count of Gérin-Ricard and G. Vasseur conducted campaigns, publishing results on the ligure industry in Provence.

In the 1960s, Jean-Pierre Tennevin, grandson of Felix, carried out methodical excavations to the northeast of the plateau. He brought to light an archaeological stratum rich in debris from the 6th and 7th centuries B.C., as well as a neighborhood organized in "cases" and "streets", revealing a real Salyan urbanization. His work, published in 1972, remained a reference for the study of the site, supplemented later by excavations C81 (1981-1996).

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