L’atlas de Trudaine et ses apports en archéologie

Abstract

The atlas known as of Trudaine is frequently used by the historians, the geographers or the amateurs of old maps. In the field of archaeology, this source can also bring invaluable services. Realized during the median third of the 18th century, these maps answer an administrative order initially. The purpose of the road maps is to inventory the royal roads which must be built and those on which maintenance work is necessary. From now on, it presents many possible uses as regards urban, road or landscape archaeology. This source poses also a certain number of limits and problems of exploitation which suppose precautions of use. Starting from examples taken on the territory of the généralité of Tours, I try to review the multiple potentialities of this series of maps.

Keywords

• cartographie
• Louis XV
• Ponts et Chaussées
• territoire
• Trudaine