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AUTHOR
Nicolas B. Garnier
Stèles et statues du premier et du début du second âge du Fer dans le Midi de la France : la question des sanctuaires archaïques à la lumière des recherches sur le complexe des Touriès (Saint-Jean et Saint-Paul, Aveyron)
International audience; Archaeological excavations, that we have operated in the site of steles Les Touriès in south Aveyron for ten years, allow us to understand the way of living and the evolution of this sanctuary dated from the first and from the beginning of the second Iron Age. We could discover some steles alignments, some warriors and chariot statues, a probable funeral mound and a commemorative podium. All these elements follow eachother, between the 8th and the 4th century B.C., according to the rhythm of local or regional leaders likely in competition.
Looking for ancient wine as gift for the Prince of Lavau (5th c. BC)
International audience; The excavations at Lavau brought to light a large monumental necropolis with a central burial mound overlying an undisturbed chieftain’s grave from the end of the Early Iron Age or the beginning of the Late Iron Age. In the funerary chamber rich grave furniture accompanied the dead: a bronze cauldron containing serving and drinking vessels of ceramic, silver, and bronze, two bronze plates, and a cist. As there were visible deposits present on the inner surface of the cauldron, a series of samples were taken from different parts of the cauldron and the locally made oenochoe. Using a double-step methodology of extraction and structural analysis by GC-MS, the main bioma…