Rare iron-in-chill seat tombs in Don Rong discovered-history

A group of atypical Gaul Tomb, the deceased was buried in the sitting position and unearthed in Qiong in southern France. Although they have not been outdated alone, they can usually go back to the Latène period (450-25 BC).

The archaeologist of the French National Institute of Prevention and Archeology discovered this discovery in the excavation of Corderliers Convent, which was less than 400 feet from the Gallic and Roman remains in the 1990s. The oldest archeological layer revealed that 13 people were buried in a circular pit with a diameter of about three feet. The deceased was buried all adults buried on the pit floor, leaning on the east side, headed to the west. Their hands were placed on pelvis or femoral bones, supporting their torso. Their legs are curved to suitable for space. The duration is separated and arranged on a straight line.

Except for a person’s elbow, there was a black stone armed, no serious goods were found. The style of the bracelet can be traced back to 300 to 200 BC, but based on the example of several seats in several seats, archaeologists believe that burial was performed during the entire Latène period. Only about twelve places are well known, 9 of which are in France and three in Switzerland. All these locations are located near the noble house and/or religious asylum, rather than in the traditional cemetery or near.

During the excavation near the 1990s, two seats in two round pits were discovered, which is a space in the late period of noble period, which contains the remains of many animals. The hinge bones of the entire dog, sheep and pigs are unearthed there, which indicates that there is a religious asylum in the place.

Although these sites are distant, they still repeat the consistency: these burial structures are installed on the edge of the settlement; the relevant people are adults, and their gender (determined) is male. In addition, the unity of the location (the same direction, the careful arrangement of the corpse) reminds people of squatting stones or metal characters, and even sitting on the end of the end of Latène and High Empire. These funerals evoke a method that may be targeted at specific themes.

The excavation also discovered the later Gallo-Roman cemetery, and its history can be traced back to the 1st century AD, which seems to be a child who is dedicated to burial. After discovering the remains of 22 people, everyone may die before the first birthday. They were lying on the back or sides of the CIST grave or wooden coffin. Only iron nails can survive from the latter. At the time, this was a typical representative of the Roman burial custom. Although adults are usually cremated, less than one child does not; they put them in wooden or stone libraries, or if they are small enough, they are placed in high -direction ceramic containers.