Discover the commitments behind the Canal
Find here the structural commitments of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe and the project partners.
Discover the commitments behind the Canal
Find here the structural commitments of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe and the project partners.
Carried out upstream of land development work, preventive archeology aims to understand and safeguard the buried heritage.
First, the archaeologists proceed to the diagnosis of the ground, phase during which they clear and observe the basements. If significant remains are identified, the State, via the Regional Archeology Service (SRA), then prescribes an excavation stage to study them. Once these two steps have been completed, the SRA declares a release from all archaeological constraints, which authorizes the start of work on the plots.
I ensure the project management of the archaeological part of the project, in relation with the SRA and the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) or the archeology services of the communities carrying out the work.
Upstream of operations, I ask land operators to free up land, then, during campaigns, I ensure compliance with the framework defined by the environmental authorization, in conjunction with the environment department of the SCSNE and with the help of private ecologists*.
I work in close collaboration with the SCSNE technical teams, in particular to coordinate archeology operations
with the work schedule.
“Preventive archeology makes it possible to get to know the territory well and to safeguard its heritage. ”
The site is topographed** and a 3D reconstruction can be made if interesting pieces are found. All the objects are recovered by archaeologists to be studied in the laboratory by specialists, such as ceramologists, archaeozoologists, or even anthropologists. A report is then drawn up by Inrap and, after validation by the SRA, the State services recover and preserve the remains. They can then be offered to museums for their collections or for exhibitions.
The SCSNE sees to the progress of the Canal project by limiting the impacts for the inhabitants and the environment of the territory, which conditions our organization. For example, to carry out a diagnosis on agricultural land, we intervene as much as possible after the harvest.
Elsewhere, the presence of certain species of fauna or flora can lead us to plan our interventions after they have been moved. Finally, if the SRA requests the diagnosis of a wooded plot, we can only carry out this outside the nesting periods (between September 15 and January 15 or March 15, depending on the species).
* The ecologist is a scientist specializing in ecology who intervenes to limit the impact of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
** Surveying land consists of representing it on a plan with the shapes and elements, natural or artificial, that make it up.
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