TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - Editorial. Archaeological carbonates: the memory of water 
AU  - Julien CURIE 
AU  - Christophe PETIT 
AB  - This text introduces the publication of the symposium "Archaeological carbonates, the memory of water" which was held at the MSH "Mondes" in Nanterre, France. This meeting gathered nine papers around the notion of "archaeological carbonates" studied in various contexts (caves, aqueducts, baths) and in a wide geographical area. Identified since Antiquity as reveal some historical texts of ancient authors (Vitruvius, Pliny the Elder, Strabo), carbonate deposits are relatively common in hydraulic structures associated with calcium saturated waters. Following the pioneering study of the carbonates of the ancient aqueduct of Nîmes in the 1990’s, different works combining different paleo-environmental and geoarchaeological approaches have recently completed the panel of studies of these archaeological carbonates. This special publication of the journal Archéologie, Sociétés et Environnement highlights the great interest of studying these carbonate deposits preserved in an archaeological context, true sedimentary archives of human activities and water managements by past human societies. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.0967 
JF  - Archaeology, Society and Environment 
KW  - Geoarchaeology,  carbonates,  Sedimentary archives,  Management of water,  Past societies,  Archaeological Carbonates, Géoarchéologie,  dépôts carbonatés,  Archives sédimentaires,  Gestion de l’eau,  Sociétés du passé,  Carbonates archéologiques,  
L1  - https://openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_ase19v1n1_editorial.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2023/04/5 
SN  - 2752-4507 
TT  - Editorial. Les carbonates archéologiques : la mémoire de l’eau 
UR  - https://openscience.fr/Editorial-Archaeological-carbonates-the-memory-of-water 
IS  - Issue 1 
VL  - 1 
ER  -