Samara Arboretum, Archaeological museum in La Chaussée-Tirancourt, France.
Samara Arboretum is an outdoor museum with botanical gardens located on spacious grounds near the Somme River. The site contains reconstructed buildings and work areas from different prehistoric periods alongside more than 100 tree varieties and 500 plant species.
The site recreates dwellings and workplaces spanning from the earliest Stone Age through the Bronze and Iron Ages. These reconstructions show how people's way of living and their tools changed over thousands of years of human development.
Skilled craftspeople demonstrate how people worked with stone and bone in ancient times, while reconstructed dwellings show how families actually lived and organized their daily routines.
The grounds cover a large area and are best explored on foot using marked paths connecting the different exhibition zones. Shaded areas under trees and picnic spots are available, making a visit comfortable regardless of weather conditions.
The ethnobotanical garden displays living specimens of plants that Neolithic people actually cultivated and harvested for food and medicine. Visitors can see how early crop varieties looked quite different from the plants we grow today.
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