L’occupation du Cambrésis à la période romaine

Abstract

Roman Period Occupation of the Cambrai Region. Results of the Systematic Prospection CampaignsThe prospection operations carried out in the Cambrai region covered nearly 4,000 ha. They have enabled the development of a critical review of the previously available data on the incidence of sites and in particular provide an improved perspective on the Roman era occupation of the region. The density of the sites looks limited, about one site for every 100 ha, but the location and the hierarchy of the sites in relation with the environmental data highlight the factors playing a decisive role in the choice of settlement location : more than the quality of the soils (which are good across the region), it is the anthropic factors, roads and waterways, that determined the positioning of settlements.