Archéodémographie des sociétés protohistoriques du Sud-Est de la France
Iron Age, settlement and demography : these are three anchor points of a PhD defended in 2008. The objective of such a quantitative estimation of the protohistoric populations of South-eastern France, was not only to provide new information, but also an original framework to analyse the evolution of these societies. Indeed, these new data allow us to handle tools and concepts usually used in social science and human geography. When compared to current hypothesis on Iron Age in Mediterranean Gaul, these results enable us to discuss contribution of usual knowledge from archaeological data or historical sources : sometimes by giving support to some ideas, sometimes by disproving others ; but above all, by suggesting new theories to explore. Especially, such an original parameter allows us to consider with a new slant the development of settlement network since the beginning of relations with Mediterranean merchants. And even to assess population reactivity in view of socioeconomic and historic changes.