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Le "cimetière de bébés" d'Alésia : un mobilier funéraire inédit / Sandra Jaeggi
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Appartient au périodique : Bibliothèque d'archéologie méditerranéenne et africaine, Paris, 2009-, 12, p. 225-241, 2101-2849 Appartient au livre : L'enfant et la mort dans l'Antiquité. III, Le matériel associé aux tombes d'enfants, Arles, 2012, Ed. Errance, textes réunis et édités par Antoine Hermary et Céline Dubois, Errance, actes de la table ronde internationale organisée à la Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l'Homme (MMSH) d'Aix-en-Provence, 20-22 janvier 2011, Bibliothèque d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne et Africaine, p. 225-241, 9782877725224
Publication: 2012 Description: 17 p. : ill.Langue: Français Auteur principal: Jaeggi, Sandra, 1973-.... Résumé: A reconsideration of the records of excavations made at Alésia by Abbot Joly in 1950 provided an opportunity to relocate the site, to re-examine the funerary material, to determine the age of the deceased and to re-evaluate the use of the expression « baby's cemetery ». The analysis of the bones and other material found in the tombs allows us to assess the correlation between the age of the deceased and the nature of the offerings. Comparisons with other archaeological sites demonstrate many similarities (such as the concentration of perinatal burials), as well as singularities (such as the type of inhumation, the character of the funerary material, the presence of an older individual). In anticipation of new excavations which may help to understand the specificity of the site and its possible connection with the nearby sanctuary, new approaches are proposed in this article.. Item type: Extrait

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Bibliogr. p. 240-241

A reconsideration of the records of excavations made at Alésia by Abbot Joly in 1950 provided an opportunity to relocate the site, to re-examine the funerary material, to determine the age of the deceased and to re-evaluate the use of the expression « baby's cemetery ». The analysis of the bones and other material found in the tombs allows us to assess the correlation between the age of the deceased and the nature of the offerings. Comparisons with other archaeological sites demonstrate many similarities (such as the concentration of perinatal burials), as well as singularities (such as the type of inhumation, the character of the funerary material, the presence of an older individual). In anticipation of new excavations which may help to understand the specificity of the site and its possible connection with the nearby sanctuary, new approaches are proposed in this article.

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