An archaeological diagnosis followed by a rapid assessment on the site of a future property development at Bernières-sur-Mer allowed the observation, unfortunately incomplete, of a network of ditches dividing plots of land, and of several funerary structures (enclosures and tombs) dating from the end of the 3rd millennium ВС (very beginning of the Bronze Age). These enclosures and burials probably belong to a funerary complex already partially discovered some 20 years ago about 100 metres away: the two "famous" Bernières tombs dated to the late 3rd or early 2nd millennium and described by G. Verron in 1976. One of the tombs discovered this year (tomb 102, enclosure 101) has been dated to between 2195 and 1918 ВС, which tends to indicate that the two sites form an almost contemporary complex. The remains discovered at Bernières-sur-Mer would thus constitute a single exceptional site, now for the most part destroyed (this site has not been excavated and the plots of land for development have been discharged from all archaeological constraints), covering over six hectares (approximately 15 acres) and related to a land use system dating back to the 3rd millennium.
D ieses Poster wurde gemeinsam mit einem anderem Poster (vgl. K. Fechner et al.) ausgearbeitet, um die archäologischen und umweltlichen Aspekte der Gräben mit V-Profil oder Schlitzgruben zu veranschaulichen. Die Untersuchungen in der Champagne und der Normandie zeigen, dass es sich um ein Phänomen handelt, das sich nicht auf ein weites Territorium in Nordfrankreich beschränkt, sondern auch Mittel-und Westeuropa berührt, zudem betrifft es eine sehr lange Zeitspanne, vom Beginn des Neolithikums bis zum Beginn der Bronzezeit. Einige Fallstudien bieten die Möglichkeit, die morphologische Variabilität dieser Gräben zu präzisieren, den Rhythmus ihrer Nutzung und die Umgebung, in der sie ausgehoben wurden. Seit einem Jahrhundert wird ihre Funktion diskutiert, hauptsächlich aufgrund ihrer Unergiebigkeit in Hinsicht auf archäologisches Material. Die zahlreichen neuen umweltlichen und archäologischen Daten und ethnoarchäologischen Belegen lassen die Frage aufkommen, ob es sich hier um Fallen für wilde Pflanzenfresser gehandelt haben könnte. Diese Hypothese muss mit höchster Aufmerksamkeit überprüft werden.
The site of Goulet “ Le Mont” was discoverd during the archaeological survey preceding the construction of A88 highway between Caen and Sées. It is located near Argentan on the first plates dominating the Orne, which flows a few hundred meters away, and surmounts one of its affluent, the Houay. The site is established on the slope of this valley. It is marked by sections of ditches of 10 to 50 metres long, which draw a vast enclosure, whose diameter is gauged to be 550 metres, according to results of the excavation, aerial photographies and geophysical prospecting. This sums up to 1,7 kilometre of ditch and an internal surface of around 20 hectares. Within the excavation, only the western part of this structure could be observed. The ditches were dug in the calcareous substrate. Parts of the ditch located at the western end are no more than thirty centimetres under the level of scouring (0,70 metre under the surface of the ground) while the others can be as deep as 1,30 or 2 metres under this same scouring. The furniture discovered within the ditch is not very common. It is attached to middle Neolithic II, between 4400 and 3600 BC according to the absolute datings. The filling of the structure allowed the construction of a pollinic transept which revealed a significant impact of cereal growing in the close surroundings of the enclosure.
This article provides initial results on the use of shellfish by the inhabitants of Clos des Châtaigniers, Normandy (France) during the Late Bronze Age. The settlement is located at Mathieu, 10km from the coast. The French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) conducted excavations on this site in 2010, under the direction of David Giazzon. A semi-circular domestic enclosure from the end of the Late Bronze Age was discovered. The diet of the inhabitants of Mathieu was partly based on mussels, which were found in large quantities. These shells were collected at low tide on a rocky to muddy/rocky shore. They were then transported inland to be eaten fresh or processed. Other marine invertebrates were also present on this site. Some of them were collected with the mussels. In fact, they were mixed with or fixed to this bivalve. Many other small fragments of shells are present on the site and could have come from the stomach contents of fish. Figure 11: Spectrum of the bivalve remains (excepted the mussels) by shell accumulations.
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