Salt springs continuously exploited from the Neolithic period through the early modern era. Also the site of a Roman bath complex.
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Salt springs continuously exploited from the Neolithic period through the early modern era. Also the site of a Roman bath complex.
Fontaines Salées
Wikipedia (French) Site archéologique des Fontaines Salées
DARE 19446
Lantier 1964
Mérimée PA00113837
Lacroix 1963
Patrimoine du Morvan (French)
Wikidata Q3485401
Louis 1943
Mérimée PA00113688
Pleiades
baths
salt
mine, quarry
Fontaines Salées
Fontaines Salées
Fontaines Salées
1700
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Fontaines Salées
Fontaines Salées
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Pleiades
2100
Wikidata Q3485401
bath, spa
Bath complexes as commonly found in Greek and Roman cities.
spring
A spring as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: Water issuing naturally from the rock or soil upon the land or into a body of surface water.
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
mine
A mine as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: Excavation or systems of excavations, including pits or tunnels, made underground for the extraction of metals, metallic ores, coal, salt, precious stones, building stone, clay, or another substance, or an open-air excavation for the extraction of such substances.
-10000
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Representative location based on OpenStreetMap.
OSM location of Les Fontaines Salées
Neolithic Period in the Eastern Mediterranean (ca. 10,000-3,300 BC)
The so-called "Neolithic" or "New Stone Age" period as defined in the Eastern portion of the Mediterranean basin, lasting roughly from 10,000 - 3,300 BC. See further: http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/artarchaeologyarchitect/g/neolithic.htm [[-10000, -3300]]
Mediaeval/Byzantine (AD 641-AD 1453)
The Mediaeval period in the West, or the period from the end of Late Antiquity (640) to the fall of Constantinople in the East (1453). [[640, 1453]]
Pleiades
1453
OSM Node