@ARTICLE{10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1037, 

TITLE={A wooden aqueduct from the end of the 1st century BC of Aoste (Isère)}, 
  
AUTHOR={Fabrice Laurent
, François Blondel
, Tony Silvino, }, 
	
JOURNAL={Archaeology, Society and Environment}, 
	
VOLUME={3}, 

NUMBER={Issue 1}, 
	
YEAR={2023}, 

URL={https://www.openscience.fr/A-wooden-aqueduct-from-the-end-of-the-1st-century-BC-of-Aoste-Isere}, 
	
DOI={10.21494/ISTE.OP.2023.1037}, 
	
ISSN={2752-4507}, 
	
ABSTRACT={The preventive archeology dig, carried out in 2017 as part of the Aosta bypass (Isère), uncovered an extremely well-preserved wooden aqueduct. The samples taken in thirteen plates, with a view to dendrochronological dating, date the felling of oaks (Quercus fc) during the autumn or winter to 19 and 18 BC, chronology corroborated by stratigraphic and ceramological data. The structure crosses the excavation area over a length of 32.40 m. Built in sections of 7.09 to 7.60 m in length, it uses massive planks whose elevation is only guaranteed by the narrowness of the installation trench and by a few crosspieces. These latter also support the cover boards. No fixing element, nor any assembly and sealing system is involved. The book has no background. It was probably fed by groundwater at this location. The good conservation of the work as well as its rather early dating, at the origins of the ancient agglomeration of the vicus Augustus, make it a relatively exceptional discovery.}}