Travaux et Recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES)

TOULOUSE CEDEX 9

TRACES is a research laboratory in archaeology. Techniques and technologies, material production, settlement history, habitat forms, economic systems, symbolic and funerary expressions, resource exploitation, dietary behaviors, etc. are thus examined from prehistory to the end of the medieval period, particularly in Eurasia and Africa.

In 2019, the CNRS celebrated the 80th anniversary of its creation. You can discover eight decades of research, exploration and discoveries through a thematic journey combining social issues and major transformations which asks essential questions about what our society will be like tomorrow to help imagine the future.

How do both recent and distant traces of the past take on the status of heritage objects? This CNRS exhibition reveals this whole process of transmission. From the discovery of an object to its exhibition through its authentication and protection, science takes an active role in each of these stages and thus creates a link between past civilisations and future generations.

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