TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - Ancient itinerary between Corre (Haute-Saône) and Escles (Vosges) confirmed by the LiDAR: towards the recognition of portage ways between the Saône and the Moselle 
AU  - Pierre Fetet 
AB  - LiDAR covers under forest allow to identify rural settlements and roads. Since 1989, the association Escles-Archéologie has been organizing surveys and listing the ancient ways of the Vôge. One of them attracts particular attention because its substructures make it easy to identify on the ground. It is thought to have been a portage route between the Saône and the Moselle; the Gallo-Roman village of Escles may have been a mid-way stopover between the two rivers. In 2016, the examination of a LiDAR survey revealed a strip of land 40 meters wide, bordered by straight ditches, which follows the road to the north of the Saône. This strip of land is part of a 27 kilometers straight line from Corre to Escles with an azimuth of 30 ° E. When crossing the valleys, while the road deviates to follow easier slopes, this strip of land retains its rectilinear orientation until the change in the gradient at the edge of the plateau, then crosses the obstacle by very steep ramps and resumes the same width and direction on the other side of the river. Surveys carried out on the Corre-Escles section now make it possible to know quite precisely the orientation and the layout of these two contiguous paths and to confirm the existence of a large rectilinear portage way probably intended for pedestrians, riders and pack animals. On the other hand, the paved way was to be used to carry heavy loads. This study, which reveals the topographical and chronological complexity of the road connections between the Saone and the Moselle, requires new archaeological investigations and LiDAR surveys to clarify the routes, in particular for the Escles-Portieux section which is so far poorly documented. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2020.0524 
JF  - Digital Archaeology 
KW  - way,  portage,  Lidar,  route,  navigation, voie,  portage,  Lidar,  itinéraire,  navigation,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_numear20v4n1_5.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2020/06/11 
SN  - 2515-7574 
TT  - Un itinéraire antique entre Corre (Haute-Saône) et Escles (Vosges) confirmé par le LiDAR : vers la reconnaissance de voies de portage entre la Saône et la Moselle 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/Ancient-itinerary-between-Corre-Haute-Saone-and-Escles-Vosges-confirmed-by-the 
IS  - Issue 1 
VL  - 4 
ER  -