De la formation de médiévistes archéologues à la formation d’archéologues médiévistes : quarante ans de cheminement

Abstract

For a long time, the teaching of medieval archaeology depended upon historians or art historians who practiced archaeology. They did also set the academic framework for the discipline, which may differ quite a lot from one institute to another. The development of professional diplomas of archaeology opened the way for at greater independence of medieval archaeology and strengthened its bonds with the other archaeological disciplines. Progress of archaeological methods and diachronic studies, including the postmedieval periods, have led to new directions in the practice and teaching of archaeology. On the same time, the renewal of the interdisciplinary exchanges with the medievalists from the other historical sciences has become a major challenge for the research and the teaching of archaeology.

Keywords

• interdisciplinarity
• historical sciences
• archaeological method
• historical archaeology
• medieval archaeology
• fieldwork