ArkéAube. From the first peasants to the Prince of Lavau (-5300/-450)

The exhibition 'ArkeAube' in Troyes (2018-2019) : from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, a voyage through prehistoric Aube.

In six steps and through more than 200 archaeological objects, the ArkeAube exhibition reveals how people, over the course of thousands of years, crossed, inhabited, invested in, and exploited the territory of the Aube. From before the first settlers 7,000 years ago to the splendours of the Celtic princes 2,500 years ago.

The Aube territory is shown here as a natural crossroads for civilizations and exchanges, at the intersection of two migratory and trade axes:

• the East-West axis, from the large Turkish plateaus to the Atlantic coasts,
• the North-South axis, from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean.

The exhibition highlights the determining characteristics of a territory that inspired flourishing trade and intense cultural exchanges: its privileged location and the grand boulevards of fluvial transportation that are the Seine and the Aube.

Prince of Lavau: the very first restored objects unveiled

The exhibition is the occasion to unveil to the public the very first objects recovered  from the monumental necropolis of the Prince of Lavau (near Troyes) - a major discovery in Europe uncovered in 2015 by INRAP (National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research). These vestiges will be revealed gradually, from their analysis to their restoration, by the C2RMF (Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France).