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Sylvain Doussau , born the In Maubourguet, is a self -taught archaeologist. His knowledge and field experience concern prehistoric times, protohistory, Gallo-Roman antiquity and the Middle Ages of the Bigorre region [ first ] . Its main areas of investigation are the Gallo-Roman period, ancient numismatics and the archeology of the landscape.

Coming from a family of farmers in Maubourguet, Sylvain Doussau is interested in adolescence in archeology as of his adolescence. In 1953, he discovered in surrounding fields of various ancient objects such as fragments of Roman tiles and ceramic shards.

His profession as a site manager in building and public works for twenty-five years (from 1964 to 1989) [ 2 ] , allows him to expand his field of investigations on many archaeological sites of Bigorre.

His professional activities and personal research lead him to multiply prospecting, excavations and discoveries throughout his region. He publishes his work in press articles, specialized journals, but also in personal or collective works. He animates local conferences on the archeology of the region and exhibits the objects discovered in a room in the old municipal school in Maubourguet. Sylvain Doussau defines himself as “archaeodidact” [ 3 ] .

Sylvain Doussau was elected in 1977 to the city council of the city of Maubourguet. Since 1989, he has been deputy mayor, in charge of works.

Discoveries in Rivière-Basse [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

The mosaic of the god Ocean exhibited in the museum space of Maubourguet.

Sylvain Doussau began his archaeological research in 1966. He then continued: surface prospecting, surveys and excavations, with a particular interest in the site of the Church of Maubourguet. His discoveries allow him to identify the vicus of Saint-Martin of that, the first name of the town. Based on the study of documents from the national archives, Sylvain Doussau found, in 1978, columns (bases and capitals) of the Romanesque cloister of the Saint-Martin monastery of that, reused in the outbuildings of the castle of Labatut-Rivière [ 4 ] . He convinced the town of Maubourguet to acquire them for a partial reconstruction.

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Its surface surveys, around the city of Maubourguet and the villages of the Pays de Rivière-Basse, allow it to identify several Gallo-Roman Villae sites, including the Domaine de Saint-Girons in 1971. Following the Discovery of the mosaic to the Ocean god of the domain of Saint-Girons in 1979, in charge of the first excavations, he participated in the release and the study of this mosaic [ 5 ] , [ 6 ] .

His local research and excavations allow him to discover other archaeological objects such as ancient, medieval and modern coins, a bronze ax, polished stone axes and a Mousterian biface.

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Sylvain Doussau strives to combine professional life and passion for archeology. Its construction sites, mainly in Tarbes for twenty years, lead it to numerous discoveries in the chief town of the Civitas of the Bigerri at the time of the Roman High Empire.

In 1968, during work in Tarbes, rue Victor-Hugo, he discovered signed ceramics, then in 1969, Gallo-Roman constructions and Merovingian sarcophagi in an enlargement site of the prefecture of the department. In the early 1980s, they were Gallo-Roman fibulae and pottery, followed in 1982, vestiges of the Roman High Empire and finally a Gallo-Roman seaside of an ancient villa on the outskirts of the city.

Sylvain Doussau also participates in official excavations under the direction of the correspondent for the Historical Antiquities of Midi-Pyrénées (Roland Coquerel, then Robert Vié). In 1970 and 1971, he contributed to the excavations of a Gallo-Roman villa in Izaux. In 1982, he joined, in Tarbes, the excavation site of the seaside of the ancient villa of the Ormeau of which he is the inventor.

In 1983, he participated in the excavations on the Castrum Bigorra in Saint-Lézer, then in those of the protohistoric tumulus of Avezac-Prat. At the beginning of 1984, he directed a series of surveys in the church of Maubourguet. He then chained excavations of tumuli on the plateau of Ger, and participated in those of the Gallo-Roman villa of Pouzac which spread from 1987 to 1990.

In 1991 and 1992, Sylvain Doussau returned to the Castrum Bigorra in Saint-Lézer to participate in rescue excavations. In 2009, he traveled to Maubourguet two agrarian terminals of the Roman high-Empire, before their destruction by a road work.

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Since 1975, Sylvain Doussau has continued continuous exploration work in the field of landscape archeology. He concentrates his research on the Roman cadastre of the Adour valley, territory of Bigerrones, and published a first inventory in 1996 [ 7 ] . He complements his panoply of archaeologist tools by acquiring and piloting a three-axis ULM, paving him the way for air archeology from 1998. In 2008, Sylvain Doussau identifies and obtained the conservation in- Situing a Gamma Roman agrarian and cadastral terminal, discovered on the occasion of the Road Deviation site ( D 935 ) of Maubourguet.

The archaeological museographic space of Maubourguet [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Sylvain Doussau in the Museographic Space of Maubourguet in August 2011.

Due to his function as a deputy mayor of the work, Sylvain Doussau is involved, from 2009 to 2011, in the construction of the municipal archaeological museum in Maubourguet. This museum is intended to welcome mosaic to the Ocean god as well as other archaeological pieces of the town (cloister) and surroundings (monetary treasure).

The , the Maubourguet city inaugurates its museum space. Sylvain Doussau is the main designer and he brings his own discoveries and knowledge to it over a period of 200,000 years of history of men in the country of Val d’Adour [ 8 ] , [ 9 ] .

  • Mosaic to the Ocean God and the Domaine de Saint-Girons . Sylvain Doussau. 2010. (ISBN  2-913781-62-4 ) . Published by the City of Maubourguet and broadcast by the Val d’Adour tourism office. Document utilisé pour la rédaction de l’article
  • Sylvain Doussau , History of the town hall of Maubourguet, 1846-2007 , Print advice, Tarbes, , 39 p.
  • Discovery of a Moustérien with Soublecaux, Hautes-Pyrénées . Sylvain Doussau. Review: Archeology of Western Pyrenees and Landes n O 21, 2002. p. 121-126 .
  • Discovery of a final bronze ax in Maubourguet, Hautes-Pyrénées . Sylvain Doussau. Review: Archeology of Western Pyrenees and Landes n O 20, 2001. p. 149-156 .
  • Discovery of a lot of Roman currencies in Pouzac, Hautes-Pyrénées . Sylvain Doussau and Robert Vié. Review: Archeology of Western Pyrenees and Landes n O 15, 1996. p. 11-41 .
  • Discovery of the Roman centuriation of the territory of Bigerrones. Civitas turba demystified, Hautes-Pyrénées . Sylvain Doussau. Review: Archeology of Western Pyrenees and Landes n O 15, 1996. p. 139-168 .
  • Archaeological research on the site and the church of the priory of Saint Martin of that, in Maubourguet, Hautes-Pyrénées . Sylvain Doussau. Review: Archeology of the Medieval Midi. T 6, 1988. p. 65-89 .
  • The Mosaic of the Ocean God in Maubourguet (Hautes-Pyrénées) . C. Balmel, S. Doussau. History and archeology files n O 120, . Page : 76 [first]
  • The ocean mosaic found in Maubourguet (Hautes-Pyrénées) . Sylvain Doussau, Catherine Balmelle. Gallia. 1982. Numbers 40-1 p. 149-170 . Read online.
  • Sylvain Doussau , The “Treasure” of the Maubourguet Fountains , Printing Cart-Vee, Lourdes, , 24 p.
  • Sylvain Doussau , Church of Maubourguet , Printing Cart-Vee, Lourdes, coll. “History archeology”, , 72 p.
  • Archaeological research on Maubourguet and its region, Roland Coquerel and Sylvain Doussau. Review: Bulletin of the Ramond company, Bagnères de Bigorre, 1973. p. 111-141 .
  • Notes on the ancient vestiges of Maubourguet, Roland Coquerel and Sylvain Doussau. Review: Bulletin of the Ramond company, Bagnères de Bigorre, 1970. p. 89-114 .
  • Sylvain Doussau , Why Rome Fonda Tarbes, or the Roman centuriation of the Adour valley , Tarbes, advice print group, , 150 p. (ISBN  978-2-913781-65-8 )
  1. ↑ MAUBOURGUET, Sylvain DOUSSAU excavating stories. Article from the newspaper La Dépêche of 06/26/2011. Accessed 24/11/2011.
  2. ↑ ‘ Meeting with Sylvain Doussau » , on nrpyrenees.fr , (consulted the ) .
  3. ↑ ‘ Maubourguet 5,000 years of history », The dispatch , ( read online , consulted the ) .
  4. ↑ The lapidary elements of the former Cloister of Maubourguet (Hautes-Pyrénées), Bulletin of the Academic Year 2007-2008 on the site of the academies and learned companies of Toulouse. Accessed December 2, 2011
  5. ↑ History and archeology files, n O 120, October 1987. Page 76. Summary online.
  6. ↑ Ballelle Catherine, Doussau Sylvain. The ocean mosaic found in Maubourguet (Hautes-Pyrénées). In: Gallia. Volume 40 booklet 1, 1982. p. 149-170 . Read online.
  7. ↑ Discovery of the Roman centuriation of the territory of Bigerrones. Civitas Turba demystified, Hautes-Pyrénées. Sylvain Doussau. Review: Archeology of Western Pyrenees and Landes n O 15, 1996. p. 139-168 .
  8. ↑ Presentation of the Maubourguet museum space on the website of the Maubourguet Tourist Office. Accessed 8/8/2011.
  9. ↑ Maubourguet, the Ocean god has his museum. On the website of the La Dépêche newspaper of 06/13/2011. Accessed 8/8/2011.

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