Un dépôt de la deuxième étape du Bronze final à Mormant, Seine-et-Marne

This paper presents a series of metallic artefacts that were part of a dry-land deposit found many years ago in Mormant, Seine-et-Marne. These objects do not probably constitute the entire assemblage but allow this deposit to be dated to the second phase of the Late Bronze Age. The typology of the artefacts is classical for dry-land deposits of that period in the Paris region. The bad preservation of the edges on most of the objects prevents us from systematically observing the condition in which they were deposited (as-cast, completely finished or not, used, etc.). Only one spearhead shows with no doubt traces of use. One spearhead is particularly interesting for its fairly unusual typological characteristics, which are however found on a small series found in the Paris region. It also presents another interesting aspect : substantial deformation, most likely caused by heat. This spearhead, and probably a second one, seems to have been burnt before deposition. This condition is rarely seen in the context of hoards

Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Context (archaeology · Geography · Humanities · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · European Linguistics and Anthropology · Geology