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TURQUIE –  Assos - Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Assos, located in the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale’s Ayvacık district, have unearthed an inn complex.  Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Archaeology Department Professor Nurettin Arslan said works this year mostly focused on Byzantine era ruins in the inner parts of the ancient city.  “In these excavations, we unearthed the ruins of a complex that could be considered an inn complex. The existence of this complex is mentioned in ancient sources but it has never been unearthed. The inn, where people were accommodated and patients were treated, is located behind the western gate,” said Arslan, who has been head of the excavations for 10 years. “The complex has its own bakery, kitchen and cisterns. All the needs of visitors were met there. At the same time, there is a chapel for people to pray. Ancient resources from the Byzantine era provide information about the inn but none of them defined this structure and its location,” he added. “If we are not wrong, thanks to the artifacts we have found we will be able to shed light on this structure: how it was operated, how many sections it had, and how they served. For example, finding more than one marble table in a room would should us that people dined there. Finding a small chapel would show that people were able to worship in the inn. There is more than one cistern and water well, as well as kitchens. There are also many accommodation places connected to each other but no archaeological excavation has been able to locate such a structure. That is why we are sure we have unearthed a Byzantine-era structure,” Arslan said.He also said they unearthed residences that had collapsed during an earthquake that occurred in the Byzantine era in the lower agora section. “This was probably a big residential complex where one of the notable Byzantine families lived. It collapsed in an earthquake and is an important find to reveal life in the era. As it collapsed in an earthquake, everything is in its own place. This gives us information about the materials used in the Byzantine structures and people’s lifestyles. It helps us reveal what people used in their homes,” said Arslan. “All ancient sources inform that Aristotle lived here from 347 to 345 BC. He had six students here too and we know that he gave classes. 
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-inn-complex-unearthed-in-assos-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=105381&NewsCatID=375

FRANCE –  Etalondes - Avant le chantier de construction d'un magasin, des fouilles d’archéologie préventive ont été menée sur le site dit de la « plaine du Chemin Saint-Martin ». Elles ont permis de mettre au jour les traces d’habitations gallo-romaines, nées en bordure d’une voie antique.

http://www.linformateur-leclaireur.fr/les-dessous-gallo-romains-d-etalondes_27117/

FRANCE –  Vitry-Sur-Seine - Sur les chantiers de construction du Grand Paris Express, il est courant de croiser des foreuses et des déblais. Des squelettes datés du Haut Moyen Age et des archéologues pinceaux à la main, un peu moins. C'est pourtant le cas à Vitry-Sur-Seine. Depuis le 29 août, une équipe d'une douzaine d'archéologues et d'ethnologues de l'Inrap (l'Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives) creusent les sous-sols de la station Gare de Vitry, sur la future ligne 15. Sur une surface de 4.400m2, ses équipes travaillent sur trois thèmes. Au plus proche de la surface, les ruines d'une maison bourgeoise du XVIIe siècle - la « Maison des lierres » - ont été exhumées. Paysages aménagés et systèmes hydrauliques élaborés sont étudiés sur le chantier. « Les occupants de la maison disposaient même de l'eau courante ! », s'enthousiasme Sébastien Poignant, responsable des recherches archéologiques sur le site. Sous cette demeure, un système de caves a permis de comprendre que les lieux étaient déjà occupés durant l'Antiquité. Cet espace est un ensemble funéraire rare en Ile-de-France. Une nécropole d'une centaine de tombes bâtie avec des matériaux divers - sépultures en coffre de pierre, de tuiles antiques, de bois ou encore sarcophage de plâtre. Le site a été utilisé comme cimetière sur une période allant du IIe au VIIIe siècle, soit le Haut Moyen Age.
http://www.lesechos.fr/pme-regions/actualite-des-marches-publics/0211430092289-des-archeologues-a-la-gare-de-vitry-2037790.php

CHINE - Changsha -  A group of ancient wells have been found in the city of Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, the city's cultural relics bureau announced Thursday. The 25 wells along with a tomb were found around the beginning of March at the construction site of the provincial stadium which was being expanded in downtown Changsha. Archaeologists have started research and excavation on those wells since then. Thirteen wells have been confirmed to belong to the Song Dynasty (960-1279) while another two can date back to the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, according to the bureau. Celadon debris has been found in these wells. The bureau also said the time of the other 10 ancient wells have not been identified, for no cultural relics have been excavated from them so far.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-10/27/c_135785662.htm?