Editing History of Paris (section)

==Prehistory==
[[File:Fouilles_rue_Henri_Farman.jpg|thumb|right|Site of the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (INRAP) digging at the Rue Henri-Farman (15th arrondissement) in June 2008]]

In 2008, archaeologists of the ''Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives'' (INRAP) digging in the [[15th arrondissement of Paris|15th arrondissement]], not far from the [[Rive Gauche|Left Bank]] of the [[Seine]], discovered the oldest human remains and traces of a hunter-gatherer settlement in Paris, dating to about 8000 BC, during the [[Mesolithic]] period.<ref name="lemonde1"/>

Other more recent traces of temporary settlements had been found at [[Bercy]] in 1991, dating from around 4500–4200&nbsp;BC.<ref name="roman_chronology">{{cite web|url=http://www.paris.culture.fr/en/ow_chrono.htm|title=Paris, Roman City –Chronology|publisher=Mairie de Paris|access-date=16 July 2006}}</ref> The excavations at Bercy found the fragments of three wooden canoes used by fishermen on the Seine, the oldest dating to 4800–4300&nbsp;BC. They are now on display at the [[Carnavalet Museum]].{{sfn|Lawrence|Gondrand|2010|p=26}}<ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&from=themes&code=C0632055582&num_notice=3&total_notices=4 vidéo, radio, audio et publicité - Actualités, archives de la radio et de la télévision en ligne - Archives vidéo et radio]. Ina.fr. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ina.fr/archivespourtous/index.php?vue=notice&from=fulltext&num_notice=8&total_notices=9&mc=pirogue vidéo, radio, audio et publicité - Actualités, archives de la radio et de la télévision en ligne - Archives vidéo et radio]. Ina.fr. Retrieved on 2013-07-12.</ref> Excavations at the 15th arrondissement site found traces of settlements from the middle [[Neolithic]] period (4200–3500&nbsp;BC); the early [[Bronze Age]] (3500–1500&nbsp;BC); and the first [[Iron Age]] (800–500&nbsp;BC).<ref>''Dictionnaire historique de Paris'' (2013), Le Livre de Poche, p. 608.</ref> Hatchets made in eastern Europe were found at the Neolithic site in Bercy, showing that first Parisians were already trading with other parts of Europe.<ref name="Combeau, Yvan, 1999, p.6"/>