Abstract
A large VIth century B.C. open settlement area was excavated along the national motorway 10 at Barbazieux in 1994-1995. Remains scattered over an area of 1.5 hectares, which include lofts, combustion structures, extraction pits and rubbish dumps, arranged within spaces structured by boarding, form a body of evidence of remarkable interest for theregion.The study of the pottery, which is based on 5500 potsherds, has allowed to establish a varied typology : this will certainly make the deposit of Barbezieux an essential landmark in the establishment of the typo-chronology of the First Iron Age pottery production in the centre-West region.