Jorah battles to save a sunken antique gem
The story – Lakes Chalain and Clairvaux are home to the remains of Neolithic villages threatened by mass tourism.
Special Envoy to Lac de Chalain (Jura)
The story begins in 1904. A small company (Union Electric) decided to use the hydraulic power of Shalin Lake to supply electricity. The plant draws water from the lake, and as the water level drops, an invaluable archaeological treasure is revealed: remains of dwellings, tools, and ornaments, all dating back several thousand years. … More than five thousand years ago and for nearly 2,000 years, men and women lived literally on the lake, in villages built entirely on stilts.
The first excavations took place at the beginning of the twentieth centurye Horn, and let the first pieces be saved. But it was actually necessary to wait until the 1980s for a team of archaeologists to work permanently on the site and discover its full potential. Pierre Petrequin, archaeologist at the Ministry of Culture, has worked since 1970 on the archaeological sites of Lake Clairvaux for about fifteen years …
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