La grotte I de Castelvielh à Sainte-Anastasie (Gard)

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ID9353233
AuthorsBernard Dedet (0000-0001-6777-6303, corresponding author), Jean-Michel Pène
Year1991
Volume14
Issue1
Pages89-123
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDocuments d Archéologie Méridionale (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0184-1068 • E-ISSN: 1955-2432
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/dam.1991.1034
OpenAlexW143758653
LanguageIT
Citations received10
References cited6

Cave I of Castelvielh was occupied in the Neo-Chalcoliticum, in Late Bronze IIIa, at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age, and then in the Middle Ages (XIIth till XIIIth c). It fits into the whole of the southern rock dwellings that are relatively numerous in the distria of Sainte-Anastasie. An rescue excavation carried out from 1984 to 1986 has yielded data that are more or less important according to the period concerned. After a study of the traces of the arrangements and an analytical presentation of the objeas (for the most part pottery), the authors fit the successive occupations into the cultural context of the area ; they discuss their purpose in the différents periods : permanent or temporary dwelling ?, specialisation of cattle breeding (for late Bronze IIIa) ?, place of worship (for the beginning of the Early Iron Age) ? A study of the faune of Late Bronze IIIa offers additional arguments for this era

Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Geography · Humanities · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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