Ground surveys were then carried out to check over 900 of these LiDAR indices. The dates provided by the furniture confirm the predominance of ancient occupations, but many structures are still undated. Spatial analysis work is currently being carried out to identify these sites and networks in their environment, their proximity relationships, their relative chronology and their morphology.
- Project leader: Laure Laüt.
- Other contributors (GIS mapping):
- Christophe Batardy,
- Sophie David,
- Angélique Montès,
- Tiphaine Pabois-Maumené.
- Partner and/or funding institutions:
- Direction régionale des affaires culturelles (DRAC) Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,
- Office National des Forêts (ONF), agence territoriale Berry Bourbonnais,
- European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) / Fonds européen de développement régional (FEDER),
- Centre régional Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes de l’information géographique (CRAIG),
- Département de l’Allier,
- Société des amis de la forêt de Tronçais (SAFT).



