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This undated image courtesy of Michel Py, l'Unite´ de Fouilles et de Recherches Arche´ologiques de Lattes, shows remains of the foundations of the Etruscan merchants' quarters in Zone 27 of Lattara, dated ca. 525-474 B.C. Amphora nos. 4, 5, and 7 came from the concentration of amphoras in Room 15 (top right inset). France is renowned as a leader in the crafts of viticulture and winemaking—but the beginnings of French viniculture have been largely unknown, until now. Imported ancient Etruscan amphoras and a limestone press platform, discovered at the ancient port site of Lattara in southern France, have provided the earliest known biomolecular archaeological evidence of grape wine and winemaking—and point to the beginnings of a Celtic or Gallic vinicultural industry in France circa 500-400 BCE. Details of the discovery are published as “The Beginning of Viniculture in France” in the June 3, 2013 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Dr. Patrick McGovern, Director of the Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and author of Ancient Wine: The Search for the Origins of Viniculture (Princeton University Press, 2006) is the lead author on the paper, which was researched and written in collaboration with colleagues from France and the United States. AFP PHOTO / Michel Py, l'Unite´ de Fouilles et de Recherches Arche´ologiques de Lattes == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO /UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA/Michel Py, l'Unite´ de Fouilles et de Recherches Arche´ologiques de Lattes / NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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MICHEL PY |
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3 Iunie 2013 |
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