Développement topographique et caractères généraux de la nécropole de Vron (Somme)

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ID19360451
AuthorsClaude Seillier (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume16
Issue1
Pages7-32
Publication date1986-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArchéologie médiévale (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0153-9337 • E-ISSN: 2608-4228
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/arcme.1986.1165
OpenAlexW339954558
LanguageFR
Citations received2

Cl. Sellier, General characteristics and topographic development of the Vron (Somme) necropolis. The late Roman and Merovingian necropolis of Vron (Somme) was in use from 370 /375 to c. 700 A.D. The western sector, the oldest, is composed of three burial groups, probably of family origin, of which the second, due to it's regular topographic development and the presence of many, sometimes abundant, coin deposits permits the establishment of a particularly precise absolute and relative chronology. The cemetery moves to the east c. 450 A.D., This part of the necropolis has been removed by quarrying activities. The late Roman part distinguishes itself from other rural cemeteries in the area by the presence of weapons and military belts in certain male burials, and fibulae of germanic origin in some female burials. Several graves dating to the end of the fifth, and early sixth centuries, countain Anglo-Saxon type fibulae and vases. The excavation at Vron provides us, for the moment, with the only regional example of the transition between the late Empire and the Merovingian period. In a region that was germanised early on, this cemetery reflects the particularities of a littoral zone, open to maritime influence

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Chronology · Excavation · Geography · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology

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