I. Étude préliminaire des principales structures

Le village Michelsberg des Hautes Chanvières à Mairy (Ardennes)

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ID8941695
AuthorsClément Marolle (corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume31
Issue1
Pages93-118
Publication date1989-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGallia préhistoire (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-4127 • E-ISSN: 2109-9642
PublisherCNRS Éditions (PUBLISHER • FR)
DOI10.3406/galip.1989.2267
OpenAlexW2053328691
LanguageFR
Citations received6

The Michelsberg village of "Les Hautes Chanvières" is located on the alluvial plain formed by the confluence of the River Meuse and the River Chiers, on the "commune" of Mairy (Ardennes), 10 km east of Sedan. The site is used as a quarry. Rescue excavations took place on a surface of 28.40 acres. The discoveries number 18 main buildings (out of which 7 are complete) and many outbuildings, which can be attributed to the Michelsberg culture. They are rectangular buildings, well anchored to the ground, with double-sloped roofs. One of these buildings (13 m x 60 m) consists of an axial row of six large post-holes and of two side-walls set in deep trenches. It was subdivided, by pairs of oblong deep transverse pits, into four rooms each with a front entrance. Two others (9.50 m x 42 m and 45 m) had the same shape, but the prints of the side-walls were superficial. The other buildings were smaller. One of them included a perpendicular aisle ; in a group of four, each one was made of two rooms only. Among the numerous secondary structures, 102 cylindrical silo-pits (0.70 m to 1 m in diameter ; 1.35 m to 1.65 m deep) were re-used as rubbish pits. Important deposits of animal bones can often be found there. The limits of the village are still unknown except for a triple paling foundation wall to the south, alongside a filled-up channel. The site was also occupied in the Late Bronze III and La Tène I-II

Alluvium · Archaeology · Front (military · Geography · Geomorphology · Mining engineering · Geology · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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