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RESEARCH PRODUCT
La Tene human burial and animal deposit at Varennes-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne)
Patrice Ménielsubject
sépulture ; La Tène ; rituel ; dépôt d'animaux[SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistoryburialanimal depositÎle-de-Francearchéozoologiehommefosse polylobéesépultureritualLa Tène[ SHS.ARCHEO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryVarennes-sur-SeinerituelchienLa TeneLa Tène ; ritual ; animal deposit ; burialdépôt d'animauxchevalsqueletteDépartement de Seine-et-Marnedescription
An adolescent was buried at the bottom of a large irregular shaped pit The body that had been lain on one side, legs tucked under, was in the centre of a ring of stones and was covered by a deposit of a dog and four horses of which two were foals and two were young adults. A thick layer of sand and a second deposit of three horses and a dog covered this first deposit. The adolescent skull had been broken and perforated which adds to the distinctiveness of this burial. Most of the horses had been skinned and the tendons had been removed. Also the four legs of one of the horses in the top deposit had been removed. With no datable finds the radiocarbon analysis gives a date corresponding to the middle of the La Tène period. The structure is situated near a rural settlement that has since been excavated by the rescue archaeology project of the Bassée.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-05-11 |