“…The same level of control has been identified in the gold mines of the Limousin, where complex drainage and timbering techniques, on the one hand, and gold quality control, on the other, show the presence of management personnel and specialists in the organisation of these operations (Cauuet et al 2018, 34-6). This large gold district (with more than 250 mines) was exploited between the fifth century BC and the Augustan period, with an intensification from the third century BC (Cauuet 2004;Toledo I Mur et al 2005;Cauuet et al 2018). Gold production is estimated between 74 and 297 tons over the entire period of operation, which far exceeded local consumption.…”