Les cimetières de la tène ancienne de Fontaine-Mâcon (Aube)

• Published in: Revue Archéologique de l’Est
• Main Author: Luc Baray
• Format: Article
• Language: French
• Published: Société archéologique de l’Est 2022-10-01
• Subjects: burial; Champagne-Ardenne; Aube; cemetery; funerary practices; Second Iron Age
• Online Access: https://journals.openedition.org/rae/15841

This study evaluates the finds made at the beginning of the 20th century in the three cemeteries of Fontaine-Mâcon Les Hantes/ Le Chemin des Brosses, Le Chemin des Ormeaux and Le Chemin d'Auxerre (Aube). It proposes a typological and chronological classification of all the objects found by functional category. It thus enables us to propose a chronological classification of the occupations of these three cemeteries between the second quarter of the 5th century (early La Tène A Early) and the third quarter of the 4th century BC (late La Tène B1). The analysis of funerary practices was also approached through a systematic analysis of the rare existing data. An attempt was made to put them into perspective on the scale of the Paris Basin and the Western Celtic world. This article shows the value of investigating, in the light of current knowledge, the remarkable funerary ensembles that had never before benefited from an exhaustive approach. It thus contributes to our understanding of regional occupation patterns and ancient societies, in this case, the Senonian societies, which succeeded one another in place during most of the Second Iron Age.