« La vie de chantier »

Abstract

The authors of the article wonder about the evolution of living conditions on archaeological sites between 1980 and 2010, in parallel with the professionalization of field archaeologists in France. The temporary nature of archaeology activity has led a time to accept precarious living conditions that the establishment of preventive archaeology has contributed to denouncing and transforming. In this perspective, the focus on this evolution is particularly effective in disjointing the intricacies of two modes of existence : the precarious and the temporary.

Keywords

• archaeology
• temporary settlement
• preventive archaeology
• research archaeology
• life conditions
• excavation camp