La courte histoire du cimetière mérovingien de Banneville-la-Campagne (Calvados, France)
In 2009, a developer funded excavation carried out before road works enabled us to study an entire, if small, Merovingian cemetery, established directly alongside a road in use since the Bronze Age. This necropolis counted around 70 burials, and was used during no more than four generations. The fir...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fra |
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2011-12-01
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| Series: | Archéologie Médiévale |
| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/archeomed/11315 |
| Summary: | In 2009, a developer funded excavation carried out before road works enabled us to study an entire, if small, Merovingian cemetery, established directly alongside a road in use since the Bronze Age. This necropolis counted around 70 burials, and was used during no more than four generations. The first graves were dug at the beginning of the second quarter of the 6th century. The original core comprised the grave of a sword bearer accompanied by those of a young woman and three young girls buried with objects for their personal adornment. The orientation of the graves changes for the next generation, as can be observed by the layout of a second couple comprising a sword bearer and a woman more richly adorned than the other contemporary graves. The cemetery is used up until the early 7th century, whilst the track continues to be used well beyond this time. The grave goods placed around the deceased express a desire to demonstrate a level of wealth that does not seem to correspond to the reality of the resources of the individuals themselves. |
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| ISSN: | 0153-9337 2608-4228 |