Archaeology

MISSIONS

The DRAC (Regional Archaeological Service - SRA), in the field of preventive archaeology, studies, protects, preserves and promotes the archaeological heritage of the region. SRA programmes and monitors scientific research in the regions and disseminates the results.

• It ensures the enforcement of legislation and regulations on archaeological excavations and discoveries, on the use of soil and basements and on the protection of archaeological remains. (See "Book V of the Heritage Code Article R.523-1 et seq.");

• It prepares the programming of planned excavations and annual surveys in accordance with national recommendations;

• It prescribes and controls preventive archaeology operations (diagnostics and excavations) made necessary by spatial planning operations and implemented by various authorized operators. (Aids and procedures);

• It manages the file of deposits and excavations, and more generally of all archaeological documentation. As such, the SRA documentation is a resource open to all;

• It shall ensure that the results of the research are published;

• It controls excavation depots;

• It ensures the link with the services of other partners (local authorities, operators...the archaeological activity in the region, by engaging in particular activities of animation and information of the public.

Information resources

The purpose of the documentation of the Regional Archaeological Service is in priority to gather and manage all scientific documents (reports of archaeological operations, books, journals, reprints, university memoirs, etc. ...) intended for the needs of the service, archaeologists and partners of local authorities. It also ensures the reception of the public.

• The "archaeological map" makes documentary records identifying and situating archaeological operations - or site indices - in the territory of the 1200 municipalities of Ile-de-France.
• The library brings together nearly 5,000 books and 150 journal titles, 1,400 abstracts in prehistory and 600 in history. 

Specialized in the Ile-de-France region, it has a substantial collection of Paris publications, including archaeological and heritage journals from local associations. More generally, various regional and thematic scientific journals as well as the regional scientific reviews of the whole of France are also preserved.

The list of regional scientific reviews published is available on the website of the Ministry of Culture and Communication:  http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Politiques-ministerielles/Archeologie/Valoriser/Diffusion-scientifique

Since summer 2014, the SFA library has been referencing all new acquisitions (monographs, congress proceedings, articles, etc., dealing essentially with archaeological research in the Ile-de-France region, and dealing with all periods, from prehistory to the contemporary period) collective catalogue FRANTIQ https://www.frantiq.en/. It also indicates, as and when, the collection states (years and numbers) of the journals it keeps. 
In addition, a cataloguing in FRANTIQ of its acquisitions prior to summer 2014 is underway.

In total, as of mid-December 2020, 2,200 references held in the SFA library are reported.

Your contact

marie-alice.virlouvet@culture.gouv.fr

Authorized operators

• List of operators authorised to carry out preventive archaeology operations - by region