Bois des Lens

Description

A series of opencast limestone quarries located in the Bois des Lens about 25 km west of Nîmes (France) were identified and studied in the 20th century. They are thought to have been brought into use in the fourth century BCE, with peak exploitation occurring during the early Roman Empire.

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• BAtlas 15 C2 Bois des Lens

  Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.

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• Bessac 1981

  J.-C. Bessac. “Les Carrières de Nîmes.” Dossiers, Histoire et Archéologie 55 (1981): 59–67. https://www.persee.fr/doc/galia_0016-4119_2002_num_59_1_3095.

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• Bessac 1986

  J.-C. Bessac. “Carrières Antiques Du Bois de Lens (Gard) : Inventaire Préliminaire.” Revue Archéologique de Narbonnaise 19 (1986): 159–82. https://www.persee.fr/doc/ran_0557-7705_1986_num_19_1_1287.

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• Bessac 1996

  Bessac, Jean-Claude, and Marie-Reine Aucher. La pierre en Gaule narbonnaise et les carrières du Bois des Lens (Nîmes): histoire, archéologie, ethnographie, et techniques. Ann Arbor, MI: Journal of Roman archaeology, 1996.

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• YouTube Carrières du bois des Lens by Bruno Teste

  YouTube. Google. Accessed February 27, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/.

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• Bessac 2002

  Bessac, Jean-Claude. “Les carrières du Bois des Lens (Gard).” Gallia 59, no. 1 (2002): 29–51. https://doi.org/10.3406/galia.2002.3095.

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