La sépulture mégalithique à entrée latérale de Beaumont à Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust (Morbihan) : Etudes anthropologique et pétrographique. Données complémentaires

Tinévez, Jean-Yves; Baud, Charles-Albert; Grévin, Gilles; Lagier, René; Giot, Pierre; Morzadec, Hervé

doi:10.3406/rao.1990.948

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“…The funerary practices linked to gallery graves in Brittany are very poorly understood, as few of the sites have yielded human remains (e.g., La Torche, Plomeur, Western Brittany; Milon & Giot, 1947; le Tertre de L'Église, Plévenon, Northern Brittany; Harmois, 1909; Beaumont à Saint‐Laurent‐sur‐Oust, Southern Brittany, Tinévez, 1988; Tinévez et al, 1990). The closest and best‐studied examples come from the funerary ensembles of the Paris Basin (Chambon & Salanova, 1996; Marçais, 2016; Salanova et al, 2017), which attest to collective burial practices (successive deposition in a single monument).…”

Section: General Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

An interdisciplinary approach to Late/Final Neolithic coastal gallery graves in Brittany, Western France: The 3D structure, origin of stone material, and paleoenvironmental setting of the Kernic and Lerret monuments

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This article presents an interdisciplinary study of two Late/Final Neolithic gallery graves (Kernic and Lerret) located on the orthwestern coast of Brittany (Western France). These monuments show striking similarities in terms of architectural style and geographical position. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the construction strategy of these monuments by (i) determining the origin of the megalithic blocks using comparative petro‐structural analyses of blocks and surrounding rocks, (ii) reconstructing the coastal environment from sediment core analyses and (iii) defining the significance of these monuments in the territories from an intervisibility analysis. The study reveals marked differences between the two monuments studied. The Lerret gallery grave was erected close to a unique source of stone material on the margins of a marshland zone. In contrast, the Kernic monument, erected on the edge of an estuary, seems to have been built using a deliberate diversification of stone extraction sites. An intervisibility analysis shows a dense network of visual interconnections between a number of megalithic tombs present in the study area, where the two monuments occupy very distinct sites. The social implications of stone selection and the geographical location of Late/Final Neolithic funerary monuments are also discussed in an enlarged regional context.

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Section: General Settingmentioning

confidence: 99%

An interdisciplinary approach to Late/Final Neolithic coastal gallery graves in Brittany, Western France: The 3D structure, origin of stone material, and paleoenvironmental setting of the Kernic and Lerret monuments

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“…For these two periods, few individuals (fewer than a dozen), are found in each monument, implying either regular emptying of the chambers or that only a limited sub-section of the population was interred within a given megalithic monument. The presence of several sets of unburnt remains suggests that these monuments, apparently designed to be re-opened, were Tinevez 1988;Tinevez et al 1990), the Allée sépulcrale at Sur la Mare (Poses, Eure; Billard et al 2006), and the Aire crématoire at Fontenayle-Marmion (Calvados; Caillaud & Lagnel 1972). At Beaumont, in addition to the cremated remains of at least three individuals, several objects with evidence of burning were recovered, suggesting that in situ 'fire rituals' could have taken place, although the use of fire to 'remove' skeletons or deposited materials in order to create space for new burials cannot be ruled out (Billard et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…During the Recent and Late Neolithic the practice of cremation is attested at the lateral entrance grave of Beaumont (Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust, Morbihan; Tinevez 1988; Tinevez et al 1990), the Allée sépulcrale at Sur la Mare (Poses, Eure; Billard et al . 2006), and the Aire crématoire at Fontenay-le-Marmion (Calvados; Caillaud & Lagnel 1972).…”

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Bell Beaker Burial Customs in North-western France

Favrel¹,

Nicolas²

2022

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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Ever since large amounts of Bell Beaker complex pottery were first discovered within megalithic graves in north-western France, the Bell Beaker has been tightly tied to the ‘megalithic phenomenon’. However, the fact of construction of these various kinds of megalithic monument during the Middle to Late Neolithic pre-dates the users of Bell Beakers. While this is a case of the re-use of older funerary monuments, it is assumed that Bell Beaker funerary practices witness a shift from Neolithic collective burial to individual inhumation. For a long time finds from the megalithic graves have constituted our main source of information on the Bell Beaker complex in north-western France. However, these ‘artificial caves’ have biased our understanding of the Bell Beaker complex and, in particular, of its funerary practices. The re-assessment of old finds and recent large-scale excavations have brought to light a large number of new sites, revealing a greater diversity in Bell Beaker funerary practices in the region than had been perceived previously. In the first part, we set the broader picture, stating what we know or can say about funerary practices during the Recent and Late Neolithic (3350–2550 bc), before the beginning of the Bell Beaker phenomenon. We then discuss the different Bell Beaker burial practices (2550–1950 bc), their chronological and regional variabilities, and, above all, the research biases that might have affected their understanding.

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“…Un geste semblable est observé à Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust (Morbihan), dans la sépulture à entrée latérale de Beaumont (Tinevez, 1988 ;Tinevez et al, 1990), où des restes osseux brûlés sont associés à des objets brisés par le feu (lames et haches polies en silex). Dans les deux cas, on notera le faible nombre d'individus, trois à Saint-Laurent-sur-Oust également.…”

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