Introduction
There are advantages to conducting surveys after stripping the topsoil in order to obtain a more detailed map of the subsurface. After the removal of the surface layers (often disturbed), a geophysical survey can help not only to better map more tenuous archaeological structures that would not have appeared on maps made before stripping, but also to highlight structures that are difficult to see with the naked eye. Although this approach is not new, it remains underutilised in programmed and preventive archaeology despite its contribution of complementary arguments to the reading of remains (Hulin, 2016) (Simon, 2012) (Marmet, 2000). The approach proposed at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs explores the interest of integrating geophysical methods directly into the heart of excavation operations. It allows for the precise location of buried archaeological remains and significantly o...


